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Jackson Carlaw has confronted criticism for speculating on the impression the coronavirus pandemic could have on subsequent yr’s Holyrood election.
The Scottish Conservatives chief stated it could now “look ridiculous” if the SNP pushes for independence at subsequent yr’s ballot.
Mr Carlaw added a think about Scotland’s response to coronavirus was the “financial resilience” of the UK.
However the SNP claimed the remarks had been inappropriate.
A celebration spokesman stated “the very last thing any Scottish politician on any facet of the constitutional debate must be doing is making an attempt to make use of the appalling disaster all of us presently face as an argument for or towards independence”.
‘Exhausting disaster’
In an interview with the PA information company, Mr Carlaw stated there will likely be no assure that the SNP will retain its place as the biggest celebration in Holyrood at subsequent yr’s election.
He stated: “I nonetheless keep that by the point we come to the election subsequent yr, the Scottish Authorities could have been in energy for 14 years, folks could have come by way of an exhausting disaster.
“Let’s keep in mind, (Winston) Churchill gained the warfare however the folks turned to (Clement) Attlee after it.”
Mr Carlaw stated he believes making Scotland’s constitutional future a centrepiece of its 2021 marketing campaign might harm the SNP.
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First minister and SNP chief Nicola Sturgeon has been main the response to the coronavirus outbreak with assist from the opposition events, together with the Tories
He stated: “I do not anticipate nationalists to give up the bottom at this level, however fairly truthfully I feel it is going to look ridiculous if the primary debate that the nationalist motion wish to have once we get to the opposite facet of that is ‘let’s go gung ho for independence subsequent yr’ then extra idiot them in the event that they do.
“I feel the general public will have a look at that and say ‘are you kidding?”https://www.bbc.co.uk/”
Mr Carlaw went additional, claiming one of many main elements in Scotland with the ability to sort out the outbreak was the “financial resilience and energy” of the entire of the UK.
World disaster
A spokesman for the SNP stated: “Jackson Carlaw could also be fascinated about subsequent yr’s election – however the first minister and the SNP authorities are totally centered on tackling the present well being disaster and the impression on jobs and incomes.
“Mr Carlaw must be very cautious together with his arguments – the coronavirus pandemic is just not a Scottish, British or European problem, it’s a world one.”