Nicola Sturgeon and Douglas Ross have clashed during a fiery debate on Scotland's vaccination programme.
The SNP leader said it was "disgraceful" that the Scottish Tory leader was taking down the rollout of the coronavirus vaccine across the country for political gain.
The exchange came during a National Union of Students leaders' hustings last night where representatives from the main five parties discussed a range of issues.
During the argument between Sturgeon and Ross, the Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar jumped in to say they weren't setting a good example for young people across the country by shouting at each other.
After his interjection, the First Minister said Sarwar had to get off the fence and "decide which side you're on".
Replying to Sturgeon, Sarwar, said political leaders need to remember the country is still in the middle of a pandemic.
Here's the full exchange:
Nicola Sturgeon said: "When it's doing really well you're saying it's the UK's vaccination programme, make your mind up."
Ross interjects: "Your rollout was poor."
Sturgeon replies: "The UK chose to procure in the way that it did, and you're saying it couldn't have done that and Scotland couldn't have chosen to do that with the other UK nations had we been a member of the EU. That is quite simply not true.
"We procured the vaccine the same way we procure the flu vaccine and you don't have to tell me how many people are being vaccinated with the first dose.
"I spend every day overseeing the programme, so stop talking down our vaccination programme for political purposes, it is disgraceful to seek to do that."
Anas Sarwar comes in to say: "What a great example to the children and young people across the country this is...fantastic."
Nicola Sturgeon then replies: "This sitting on the fence on everything might be good for a while but sooner or later in politics you have to decide which side you're on."
Sarwar says: "Was that directed at me?"
Ross adds: "If she's speaking about sitting on the fence it was definitely targeted at you Anas."
Sarwar comes back in to say: "I think my position is pretty clear. I like to not forget about half of the country that doesn't agree with me on the constitution because I think we need to pull out country back together.
"We are in a pandemic after all and 10,000 of our fellow citizens have lost their lives. Perhaps others could remember that sometimes."
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