THE Scottish Tories have claimed that Stephen Flynn’s calls for Donald Trump’s state visit invition to be rescinded are “sowing division to the delight of the Kremlin”.
The SNP Westminster leader sparked controversy with a tweet he wrote in response to Trump’s brutal dressing down of Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the White House last week.
He wrote: “[Keir] Starmer had better get back up off his knees and revoke that offer of a state visit.”
Trump is due to come to the UK for his second state visit as president, with the King inviting him to come to his Scottish properties in the future.
Following a statement from the First Minister on the Scottish Government’s position on recent events, Scottish Tory leader Russell Findlay (below) appeared to take aim at Flynn.
“They risk sowing division between western allies to the delight of the Kremlin and other despotic and dangerous regimes.”
Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar (below) echoed Findlay’s comments, saying that the situation required “serious grown-up leadership, not Twitter diplomacy”.
“It’s an issue of war and peace, life and death,” he said.
“So politicians should not resort to childish attacks on social media for perceived party interest, but instead prioritise peace and the national interest.”
Flynn also came in from criticism from Starmer himself, following a statement in Westminster on Monday.
Scottish Labour MP Gregor Poynton asked the Prime Minister about Flynn's comments, calling them "juvenile and childish".
Starmer replied: "Different people will respond in different ways. Some will take to the keyboard as warriors.
"I picked up the phone to world leaders to try and resolve the situation."
