Nicola Sturgeon grilled over using pandemic to further Scottish Independence cause
If she had decided to politicise the pandemic - an accusation she denies - Nicola Sturgeon accepted it would have been a “betrayal”.
The former first minister has been accused in the inquiry of using the pandemic to push for Scottish independence, with lead counsel Jamie Dawson KC asking if such a move would be a “considerable betrayal of the Scottish people”.
“If I had at any point decided to politicise a global pandemic that was robbing people of their lives and livelihoods, and educational opportunities, and had decided in the face of that to prioritise campaigning for independence, then, yes, it absolutely would have been as you described,” Ms Sturgeon said.
“Which is precisely why I didn’t do it - I wouldn’t have done it.”
Nicola Sturgeon said she “knows for a fact” it is possible for her to make decisions without seeing them through the prism of independence.
She said she had not thought “less” about politics and independence than she did during the Covid-19 pandemic.
She said she wanted to assure the inquiry that none of the decisions she took were “influenced in any way” by political considerations or by trying to gain advantage in the goal of independence.
She said: “I was motivated solely by trying to do the best we could to keep people as safe as possible.”
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A liar, nothing more nothing less.
@Steviemacdonald6594
4 ай бұрын
A despicable liar
@fastyaveit
3 ай бұрын
A politicians job is to evade the truth and spin the lies
I thought she was a poor leader. Too blinkered on independence but her replacement is much worse.
@jacpat5372
3 ай бұрын
Her replacement is downright dangerous.
What a bloody liar.
What a load of BS!
@lindseydickens5661
4 ай бұрын
Absolute drama queen, me, me, me .
Was she crying while people were dieing. No, she was too busy trying to push for independence. What a hard hearted piece of work.
@jimmymcdonald426
3 ай бұрын
Yes
Her SNP policies were controlled and driven by her obsession with independence. The Scottish people suffered as a result. Camper van grift hopefully will be brought to court soon.
@trevorhart545
4 ай бұрын
WRONG. Independence was the LAST outcome Nicola Sturgeon wanted. To keep her job and the role as a European Commissioner she needed to be in the UK in the EU. BREXIT killed her dream so she set out to REVENGE the destruction of her dream! Scots DIED because of that.
@thedangler1754
4 ай бұрын
I hadn't heard anything else about the camper van, so very please this could end up in court
@billyanderson7024
3 ай бұрын
and drive with a desire simply to be different for the sake of it.... Such as......Tier levels 1 to 5 in England and 0 to 4 in Scotland thereafter. 🦧🙄What a load of BS....a simple case of differentiation from England for no good reason other than showing themselves as 'different'
All they need to do is show some of her covid briefings ... pure independence propaganda.
When will this monster go to jail ?????
@calderden
4 ай бұрын
Never I'm sad to say
Shameless feigned crocodile tears,she is not a good actress.
@Leepatrick3868
4 ай бұрын
But she’s a good thief
Independence her sole objective sod everything else.
@mikebrough3434
4 ай бұрын
To be fair, that's what we voted her in to do.
@calderden
4 ай бұрын
@@mikebrough3434lots of us didn't vote for that little dwarf
@Strength-in-Union
4 ай бұрын
@@mikebrough3434 ... but she killed yer granny instead!
@mikebrough3434
4 ай бұрын
@@Strength-in-Union She was 20 years too late for that.
@Strength-in-Union
4 ай бұрын
@mikebrough3434 so you'll be blaming Margaret Thatcher then?
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 oh no it’s not, oh yes it is, cranky’s pantomime continues.
She is a liar and a control freak. The people will never forget what your party have done.
Shes under oath, and yet, she still lies! Has she no moral compass?
@101wildgoose
4 ай бұрын
She lied when she took her oath of office. She swore allegiance to the Queen, her heirs and successors. You can't be loyal to the Queen if you are trying to break up her kingdom against her wishes.
@calderden
4 ай бұрын
None what so ever
@daffytree2605
4 ай бұрын
She actually never placed her hand on a Bible when she took the oath,so that was the first lie.
@sircxx8621
3 ай бұрын
No, none whatsoever
@sircxx8621
3 ай бұрын
@@daffytree2605Ffs
This KC is excellent - calmly relentless.
We voted NO Nicolarse back in 2014. What part do you not understand ? People died through your independence vanity project.
Instead of answering yes or no, she gives a speech, rambling about education and her life story. The KC or the chairman of the inquiry should shut her up.
@OldManRunning-dj7qi
4 ай бұрын
I think they let her do this to some extent - her motor mouth approach to answering simple questions can provide plenty of rope that in turn the KC can use during further questioning down the line. It’s all recorded.
See seems to forget her discusson with Liz LLoyd about having a good old rammy with the UK government.
Shes not very good at getting Independence is she?
I can’t listen to her the scam is up.
@brianeaston3748
4 ай бұрын
She doesn't answer a question,she just keeps talking, talking, talking!
Her only instinct was to posture during the pandemic as to how well she was handling affairs in Scotland related to the pandemic.
@sircxx8621
3 ай бұрын
Exactly 👏👏👏
5:30 She remembered a meeting? In an inquiry? You remembered something Nicola??? Congratulations 🎉, makes a change. Good to see your memory has improved. I was expecting another day of, "I don't recall/that's not my recollection/I'd have to check that".
My god,she lies so easily!
Do you know who I am ??? I’m Nicola and I’m untouchable!!
Her whole attitude is outrage that anybody dare question or interrogate her
Incredible re-call on some specifics but not on others that are relevant. 1
She should be in prison
@sircxx8621
3 ай бұрын
Absolutely, and for a very long time
The question I would have asked is why did you put covid patients into nursing homes when you had an empty SECC waiting to be used but never was costing the taxpayers millions?
@brianeaston3748
4 ай бұрын
Very good point
@glasweedgian
4 ай бұрын
Because London had 1.That was her train of thought.. do what Westminster did 2 days later but add anything to make it look different.
@jamesmason8944
4 ай бұрын
Because the SECC was a farce. There was no staff to look after people in that place. It was like a set on a television show, a bed a chair a hand wash station. No proper ventilation or heating. It was a Brian Rix farce if you are old enough to remember that. Look carefully at the limited photos of it.
My insinct is to strongly keep independence away from thick SNP Galoots 🤷
@matthewcooney6525
3 ай бұрын
Crooks and nothing less
Arrest the crook for screwing my country.
She has been skewered!
She definitely tried to separate Scotland from the uk and always do things differently not because of the pandemic but to always push her obsession of independence,this lawyer is the only person I've seen really question her, she's definitely getting the rammy she wanted now
Sometimes liars make it so blatantly obvious they are lying. This is gringeworthy.
Yeh whatever Sturgeon.
I was waiting on the violin player appearing behind her. Big long story like answers, swaying away from the initial question, to waste time and reduce the number of questions being asked. Talked a lot and said nothing.
CAMPERVAN
@calderden
4 ай бұрын
And the rest
And I didn't bring my homework because the dog ate it.
On 'Brexit' she deliberately forgets that we officially left the EU in January 2020. A month before we knew COVID existed. And yes it was indeed a transitional year until January2021. So it was not 'policy' it was a constitutional fact people had to work on it. Unlike the dream of Independence.
Leader 😅😅😅😅😅A bloody dictator by the sound of it. Government lol.
I had to listen to you every day can’t listen anymore.
Less than 2 minutes in Nicola is NOT talking about her decisions but, in her words, "all the mistakes I made". Yet, earlier it was ALL the Scottish Government decisions? So Nicola Sturgeon is IMPLYING that her mistakes were NOT HER FAULT she was following Scottish Government decisions so SHE IS NOT TO BLAME! What a Snake! No wonder she spent WEEKS practising her responses, she is deflecting all the blame while accepting "the burden she carries every minute of every day" because she was following "GUIDANCE" In other words NOT MY FAULT, NOT MY PROBLEM. Nicola accepts NO BLAME FOR HER DECISIONS.
How can she asleep at night after giving these answers?
@Strength-in-Union
4 ай бұрын
Through many years of practice
@mercedessl8718
4 ай бұрын
@@Strength-in-Union agreed but it is so plain to see she is lying even under oath. How can we criticise despots in russia when this is happening in the uk. You know I actually wanted Scotland to gain independence God knows how they would have survived with the SNP in power
@Strength-in-Union
4 ай бұрын
@@mercedessl8718No way! I can't understand how anyone could ever have believed SNP pish. They have always been a gang of daftie dreamers. In the last 20 years, for some strange reason, they have fooled so many people. Thankfully, most of us knew it from the start. Sadly, a huge chunk of Scotland has been hoodwinked - and even when faced with unarguable proof, they will support the SNP.
@jennyporraz
4 ай бұрын
Not all Scot’s don’t want independence as noted in 2014 we said no ,
So how many referendums will the SNP need to accept the publics vote/ reference?
Nicola Sturgeon - SNP virtual conference, 20 November 2020 - not politicising Covid... *_"You know, one of the arguments often used against independence is that in tough times we need the 'broad shoulders' of the UK. Well, right now, we are living through the toughest of times. The Scottish Government hasn't got everything right - far from it. But I doubt there are many people in Scotland who would have wanted Westminster to be more in charge of our pandemic response."_* *_"In the depth of crisis, we have looked to and trusted our own government and Parliament to steer us through. We should do the same now as we look to rebuild. Our opponents will argue independence is a distraction from that. They could not be more wrong."_*
Betrayal of the Scottish Electorate 😡😡😡😡🏴🏴🏴🏴
Any wonder why Scotland is in such a mess when Sturgeon confirmed that "Her" government were continuously working on independence ?? I thought the MP's were paid to look after the peoples interests, not their own agendas...or am I missing something ??
I am amazed she was able to recall anything about COVID.....
Now she knows how the public despise her. Go to jail,straight to jail
2:00 minutes in...... "all the mistakes i made " Sums her up really.
Boo hoo…..Doesn’t fool anyone……
@calderden
4 ай бұрын
Only stupid SNP voters
@cycleSCUBA
4 ай бұрын
@@calderden- yep, it'll be 'They big bad tories made ma Nicola cry, so independence now!!'
She's a liar. End of.
I watched it and when travel corridors was talked about, they wouldn't put Spain on it because they may be funny about them joining the EU.
Nicoliar's obsession was independence pure and simple and was not going to let anything stand in it's way regardless of who it hurt and what businesses suffered and now WE HAVE ALL seen the consequences of her actions
It was plain to see from day 1 that the snp were politicising the pandemic, Sturgeon perhaps had a more selfish motive, this was a chance for her to use the pandemic to promote herself alongside the desire to use covid in the case of independence. She really could cry from one eye if asked.
Sturgeon wanted all the power for herself - not answering to the uk government. She didn’t offer her manifesto of how Scotland was going to benefit from a permanent split from the union. She was obsessed and power hungry for independence - it was cringy at times with her rants about it
There are enough uninhabited islands around the UK for herself and her camper to have all the independence she wants. There might be the odd ferry hiccup though.
All the evidence was on what's app
Can't think why the vast majority of people hate this woman 😂
I cant believe the snp are still polling the same numbers . They would vote for pol pot if it meant independence .
Why can't Killie Krankie just stop lying. She's been caught out and each answer she starts turtling.
Guilty 😡😡😡😡😡
liar
Nicoliar
Spent her life in the pursuit of Scottish Independence. And learning how to bend the truth.
We have the technology, such as fMRI or even a polygraph, where it seems reasonable that these torrents of lies could be immediately evidenced and then used to further necessary judicial proceedings.
Trans prison for her/him.
If you look up the word meaning " VERBOSE" in the dictionary it Has Nicola Sturgeon's name in bold letters. She can't answer a question without turning it into a 5-minute -bore-fest ......
A born lier 😡🏴
Blind Ambition Blind destruction on a wing and a prayer,?
Should just lock her up and throw away the key.
Liar
Absolute BS
just not believable. she's a performer
Liar Liar yea tartan pants are on fire
Worse
Frankly, if the majority of Scottish people think the same as Krankie, then unfortunately we should let Scotland leave the Union, and leave the Scottish people to their current majority SNP/Green government. I find this woman totally loathsome.
@jayaitch2194
4 ай бұрын
NO! She and Useless Yousaf et al DO NOT represent the view of the majority of Scots, we're stuck with this as a result of PR.
@jaytemp4203
4 ай бұрын
The majority of the Scottish people don't agree with her, that's the point you melt
@thedangler1754
4 ай бұрын
@@jaytemp4203 Enough over 16 years to give the SNP the majority party...thats the result !
@Haggis984
3 ай бұрын
See this is what i dont like about you unionists that you think just bc we want independence you think we agree with everything they do, are you that narrow-minded to think we that stupid. you are mistaken
@jaytemp4203
3 ай бұрын
@@thedangler1754 if you have no clue what you're going on about, why comment? If you never commented, nobody would know you're dumb
Anyone seen Scottish ross😂
@grww4056
4 ай бұрын
A deluded and completely brainwashed separatist, right here folks…
@monkeynews8311
3 ай бұрын
Desperately trying to google a statistic that'll make himself feel better probably.
25 civil service are still fekin working on it,and a independence fekin minister,
Blah blah blah!
Who did then ,who chaired the meeting ?
She can cry out of one eye if she has to
I don't believe a word she says, ditto Yousaf. Consummate liars the lot of them...!!
She was dancing on the head of a pin
Liar soon as you open the mooooo
👿 lying 👿
Selective memory at work when it suits her narrative
Jail her jail all of them
Let me tell U gal Ur not my lil' boo thang So I don't give a hoot what U think.🤩
Stop complaining...you all voted SNP.
Nasty comments
Queen of Scotland
@jimmymcdonald426
3 ай бұрын
😂😂
She wasn't grilled. She was let off lightly
Evil murdering Hob-Goblin juu's got them to do it.
What happened to her memory ? Normaly its i cant re call .she now remembers everything
usual unionist pish.
@edwardhowie6102
4 ай бұрын
Usual Natzs lies and dishonesty.
@AD270479
4 ай бұрын
By that you mean 'facts'? I bet you never even watched & listened to her blatantly lie eh? Another blind Nat that's pays no attention to facts & just rabbles the same old Nat soundbites.
@charleslouden6600
4 ай бұрын
You go tell that to the people that lossed love ones through your vote.
@garethlock50
4 ай бұрын
😂😂😂 We were waiting for the staunch, disgruntled Sturgeon lover. Hello!😂😂😂
@daffytree2605
4 ай бұрын
So you admit what came out of Medusa's mouth was pish.