The GB News panel were left in hysterics at a withering put-down of John Swinney, delivered by ex-Labour MP Stephen Pound.
Swinney, who was made SNP leader in May after Humza Yousaf stepped down, today launched the party’s election manifesto.
But his speech did not go down well among Bev Turner, Andrew Pierce, Stephen Pound and Mike Parry, who delivered a scathing analysis.
Pierce noted that Swinney failed to come across as a “dynamic speaker” during his speech where he reaffirmed his party’s commitment to securing independence for Scotland.
Stephen Pound mocked Swinney
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Stephen Pound described: “He looks like an undertaker explaining to you that he’s lost the body.”
Broadcaster Mike Parry said Pound is correct in many ways, as the “body politic” the party represents, independence, is “almost lost”.
John Swinney unveiled his manifesto in Edinburgh
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Swinney refused to say what will happen to the Scottish independence movement if the SNP loses its majority in Scotland at the election.
He put the push for independence on the first page of the party’s manifesto, which he launched in Edinburgh.
The document states: “Vote SNP for Scotland to become an independent country.”
The party’s position is to seek to give “democratic effect” to the will of the Scottish people if the SNP wins a majority of Scottish seats at Westminster, which Swinney said on Wednesday means negotiating for another referendum to be held.
The GB News panel were left in hysterics at Pound's comment
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There is “no other way” to get to independence than through the ballot box, the First Minister added, saying: “We must never lose faith in the power of the democratic voice of the people of Scotland.”
The SNP leader also appeared to suggest the result of the 2021 Holyrood election, which saw a majority of pro-independence MSPs elected, is enough of a mandate to seek another referendum regardless of what happens next month.
“I think people in Scotland should have their democratic wishes respected,” he said.
“In 2021 they called for there to be a referendum on the question of independence as a consequence of electing a parliamentary majority committed to that particular objective.
“In this election, if people want to intensify the pressure for that to be the case, then their opportunity is to vote for the Scottish National Party to make that happen.
“I stress, that can only happen if votes for the SNP are cast, because votes for the SNP will be capable of delivering independence.”
