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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Sophie Huskisson

Nicola Sturgeon blames no-deal Brexit planning for distracting from pandemic plans

Nicola Sturgeon has blamed no-deal Brexit planning for diverting resources away from emergency planning at the Covid-19 public inquiry.

The former First Minister of Scotland said "every part of our work was impacted" by preparing for a potential no-deal exit from the EU.

At one stage, Ms Sturgeon went so far in her criticism of Brexit that lead counsel to the inquiry Hugo Keith KC was forced to remind her she was in "a witness box not a soap box".

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