DOUGLAS Ross has defended the Prime Minister after he mentioned “Scottish nationalists” in a speech about “extremist” threats facing the UK.
Speaking at an event in London earlier this week, Sunak claimed an “axis of authoritarian states” were attempting to undermine British values.
The Scottish Tory leader replied: “Well what Rishi Sunak was discussing in his speech on Monday was threats to the United Kingdom and this was a wide-ranging speech on a number of threats. When it was put to Ross that Sunak had put “Scottish nationalists” alongside the likes of Iran and North Korea, the MSP continued to defend the Prime Minister.“Well, if you listen to the entire speech by the Prime Minister, he was going through a range of issues and on threats to the United Kingdom, the future of the United Kingdom is under threat from a party that wants to destroy the United Kingdom,” he said.get up every morning to tear Scotland out of the UK.
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