STEPHEN Flynn was widely praised on social media after his performance at the BBC General Election debate.
The SNP Westminster leader received the first applause of the night after he said medical students in an SNP-controlled Scotland would not have to pay tuition fees.
A medical student asked the candidates how they can ensure that she will graduate into a functioning NHS.
Flynn said the NHS in Scotland has “record funding” and no strikes.
He then received a round of applause when he added: “Given that you’re going to university to study medicine I think it’s also important to remind everyone in this audience the difference between the SNP and the Westminster parties.
“In an SNP-controlled Scotland you would not pay a single penny in tuition fees for your studies, what a difference that would make.”
But it was his position on immigration that drew a large chunk of praise, with several English users even asking "how can I vote for Flynn?".
Others said he "wiped the floor" with Labour and the Tories, who were represented by Angela Rayner and Penny Mordaunt respectively.
Taking a question about immigration during the seven-way BBC election debate, SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn said he wanted to offer the panel some “home truths”.
“Migration is absolutely essential to our public services, it’s absolutely essential to our businesses,” he said.
“In Scotland, we have a declining working-age population despite a net number of people moving from the rest of the UK to Scotland.
“We need migrants, and this race to the bottom on migration driven by Nigel Farage, followed by the Conservative Party and hotly chased by the Labour Party, does not serve Scotland’s interests, and it does not serve your interests either, so rise up against it.”
To applause, Flynn said voters had been “led down the garden path by the right wing in British politics for far too long. We need to stand against it, we need to promote our economy, promote our public services, and do so by promoting migration”.
Flynn also took aim at Rishi Sunak after the Prime Minister left D-Day commemorations early for a TV interview.
He said: “We need to be standing with our veterans. We need to make sure that our military is fully funded and that we have more people serving, and that we look after them when they become veterans.”
He added: “A prime minister who puts his own political career before public service is no prime minister at all.
“A prime minister who puts his own political career before Normandy war veterans is no prime minister at all."
“So it’s incumbent upon all of us to do our national service and vote the Tories out of office.”
