Thread by @theSNP

📺 Coming up soon on @GMB: @NicolaSturgeon talks about our efforts to suppress the COVID pandemic and Scotland's future. #goodmorningbritain

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.@NicolaSturgeon: "Our priority over the past couple of months has been to get schools back and then to keep schools open.

So while we all like to get back to normal, the reality is we can't do everything right now. We need to make choices about what our priorities are."

.@NicolaSturgeon: "I think in a situation as serious as the one we've been living through, as uncertain and unpredictable, it's really important to explain to people the decisions that are making which are having a big impact on people's lives."

.@NicolaSturgeon: "Footballers who are role models have to accept that responsibility. They are role models for a reason, they are talented people and young people look up to them and they have to take that responsibility seriously."

.@NicolaSturgeon: "There is a Scottish election next year and I will make the case for Scotland to have the right to choose its own future and independence... but right now my focus is on tackling COVID and that will remain the case for as long as we are in this situation."

.@NicolaSturgeon: "It is the case that people in Scotland look at Boris Johnson and his government and think that's not what we want for Scotland.

We want to have the opportunity to decide on a better path for our country and that is the stuff of democratic debate."