Nicola Sturgeon: "I have big political differences with Douglas Ross but even I am not as derogatory about him as his Tory colleagues." #FMQs
Sturgeon: "'Not a big figure, 'lightweight', these might be insults directed at the leader of the Scottish Conservatives, but actually they say something much deeper about the Westminster establishment's utter contempt for Scotland." #FMQs
Nicola Sturgeon: "If they can't even show basic respect for their colleagues, what chance do the rest of us have?" #FMQS
Sturgeon: "Independence is fundamentally about empowerment and aspiration, but an added benefit of being independent is that we’ll no longer have to put up with being treated like something on the sole of Westminster's shoe..." #FMQs
Sturgeon: "...and I suspect today, even Douglas Ross finds that a really attractive proposition.” #FMQs
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Labour shadow leader of the house Thangam Debbonaire asking Jacob Rees Mogg for a statement from the government on the "future of the union." She points out that even the SNP aren't "as rude as he about his Scottish colleagues".
Rees-Mogg says Douglas Ross "has office within the Conservative Party and it seems to me that people who hold office ought to support the leader of the party. That is the honourable and proper thing to do."
He says we are "particularly fortunate to have the Scottish Secretary that we have. He is such a formidable figure in Scottish politics and offers the strongest, the firmest, the clearest leadership."