'Witness box not a soap box': Sturgeon slammed for Brexit rant during Covid Inquiry

Nicola Sturgeon was today halted from ranting about Brexit as she appeared before the Covid Inquiry for the first time. Top lawyer Hugo Keith KC reminded the ex-Scottish first minister she was appearing in 'a witness box, not a soap box' as she lashed out at the UK's exit from the EU. Ms Sturgeon told the inquiry it was 'deeply regrettable' that planning for a no-deal Brexit took resouces away from preparations for a possible pandemic prior to 2020. As she swiped that 'every aspect of Brexit has been false economy', Mr Keith intervened to tell the former SNP leader: 'We cannot allow the political debate of Brexit to be ventilated here.' Ms Sturgeon began her evidence to the Covid Inquiry this morning by admitting that she did 'not get everything right' when she led Scotland through the coronavirus crisis. She also acknowledged a 'significant gap' in the absence of no formal planning for a pandemic that wasn't an influenza outbreak before the Covid disaster. The ex-first minister - who stood down in March after more than eight years in charge at Holyrood - clashed with Mr Keith as she told the inquiry almost all areas of Scottish Government work had been 'impacted' by no-deal Brexit planning prior to the Covid crisis. #dailymail #uknews #nicolasturgeon #brexit #covidinquiry Original Article: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12246209/Top-lawyer-shuts-Nicola-Sturgeon-rants-Brexit-Covid-Inquiry.html Original Video: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/video/nicolasturgeon/video-2969519/Video-Witness-box-not-soap-box-Sturgeon-slammed-ranting-Brexit.html Daily Mail Homepage: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/ Daily Mail Facebook: https://facebook.com/dailymail Daily Mail IG: https://instagram.com/dailymail Daily Mail Snap: https://www.snapchat.com/discover/Daily-Mail/8392137033 Daily Mail Twitter: https://twitter.com/MailOnline Daily Mail Pinterest: https://pinterest.co.uk/dailymail Get the free Daily Mail mobile app: https://dailymail.co.uk/mobile