A Conservative MP has claimed calls for Scotland to break away from the United Kingdom are being driven "by the likes of Mel Gibson".
Giles Watling, MP for Clacton, told the House of Commons he had been "fortunate enough to work in all four corners of this great Union".
During a debate earlier today the SNP's Cabinet Office spokesman Brendan O'Hara hit out at new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak saying it was "an absolute disgrace" that he has not granted the Scottish Government permission to hold a referendum on independence.
