In a speech entitled A response from the First Minister, the SNP leader addressed Scots on BBC One Scotland at 7 pm last night. Boris Johnson spoke to the whole of the UK on Sunday.
A day after the Prime Minister urged UK adults to get the booster vaccine in response to concerns about the Omicron variant, Labour leader Keir Starmer was given the opportunity to respond. The BBC hasn't given the same response to opposition parties in Scotland. Sharon Dowey, Scottish Conservative culture spokesperson, told the Scottish Daily Mail: Since the UK opposition get to respond to the Prime Minister, we thought it only fair that the Scottish opposition responds to the First Minister. READ MORE: Sturgeon is in a huge battle with Boris over Covid.
Nicola Sturgeon in brutal Boris dig, slams England Covid rules. BBC Scotland believe that there should not be a response to the First Minister in Scotland. The BBC seem to be treating Scotland as less important. A Scottish Labour source criticised the BBC's decision to publish the paper, saying the corporation had given Ms Sturgeon unchallenged prime-time coverage. A BBC spokeswoman told the Scottish Mail: "When the Prime Minister makes a statement across the UK, the BBC has to consider whether or not it is appropriate to offer similar opportunities to other parties.
Our approach ensures that each of the largest parties is heard in each nation. Ms Sturgeon echoed the Prime Minister's goal to give every adult a booster vaccine before the New Year. She said that the Scottish Government's top priority was a third dose. The First Minister said that this winter, just as we thought we had turned a corner in this epidemic, the emergence of Omicron has struck a cruel blow.
EU faces fishing fury after new post-Brexit quotas spark outrage in bloc REACTIONBrexit panic: German economy struggles with UK exports INSIGHT De facto lockdown for over 65 s in France MANDATORY boosters REPORT Whitty issues Christmas Covid warning: NHS to be hit twice by Omicron Omicron is now spreading very quickly. We anticipate a rapid rise in cases. Even if the Omicron variant turns out to be less lethal, the challenge Omicron poses is real. When thousands upon thousands of cases per day are being faced, perhaps as high as 15,000 or more, the burden on the health service quickly becomes impossible if just one in every hundred of those cases needs hospital care. Omicron can do this by sheer weight of numbers.