SCOTTISH boxer Josh Taylor has called Scotland a 'fascist state under [Nicola] Sturgeon's SNP' on social media in a remarkable outburst.
The 31-year-old from Prestonpans, the world's undisputed light-welterweight champion with four belts, retweeted a video shared by GB News journalist Dan Wootton.
In the clip, police officers can be seen removing patrons from a pub that is closed, with the customers arguing that the venue was still open.
Wootton shared the video as he criticised the First Minister, writing: "Sturgeon is criminalising people having a good time.
"Scots must stand up to this Covid hysteria before she divides society for good.
Sturgeon is criminalising people having a good time.
— Dan Wootton (@danwootton) January 3, 2022
Scots must stand up to this Covid hysteria before she divides society for good.
I’ll have a special Digest on my return to @GBNEWS at 9pm - and we’ll speak to the man who filmed this shocking footage. pic.twitter.com/fsE3vGOtCL
"I’ll have a special Digest on my return to @GBNEWS at 9pm - and we’ll speak to the man who filmed this shocking footage."
Taylor - who has previously promoted 'anti-vax' views on social media - then shared Wootton's tweet as he made an extraordinary allegation.
"Fascist state scotland under sturgeons [sic] SNP," he wrote.
"What a terrible state of affairs."
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