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BBC flooded with complaints as viewers rage at guest who 'is a good liar'

Nicola Sturgeon sat down with BBC's Laura Kuenssberg and was questioned over her husband Peter Murrell's admission that he embezzled 400,000 from the SNP, with many viewers branding her a liar

[BBC was flooded with complaints]

BBC was flooded with complaints(Image: VV Shots via Getty Images)

The BBC was flooded with complaints after Nicola Sturgeon sat down for a grilling with Laura Kuenssberg following the admission by her estranged husband, Peter Murrell, that he had misappropriated 400,000 from the Scottish National Party. The former first minister of Scotland, who helmed the SNP from 2014 to 2023, confessed to the BBC that she feels as though she is "serving a sentence for a crime I did not commit".

During the interview, Kuenssberg probed Sturgeon about the motorhome her husband bought, which was valued at over 100,000. "That motorhome was parked in your mother-in-law's drive for a long time, and yet you say you knew nothing about it," Kuenssberg challenged.

When questioned if she had visited her mother-in-law while the vehicle was there, Sturgeon replied: "Less than a handful of times." As Kuenssberg interjected that she must have walked past it, the politician shot back: "No, I didn't. My mother-in-law's house has a driveway where we park our car. The motorhome was round the side of the house, which is not immediately visible in the way that we went into the house.

[The interview sparked a fierce debate online]

The interview sparked a fierce debate online(Image: BBC)

"I genuinely don't have any conscious memory of seeing that motorhome. If I saw it, I would have assumed it was a neighbours'. My mother and father-in-law were in their mid-80s. It would not have crossed my mind that it was theirs."

She added: "Why would it have crossed my mind that it was the SNPs, that Peter had brought it?"

The interview ignited a heated debate online, with many taking to social media to voice their complaints and accuse the 55 year old of being dishonest, reports the Express.

One posted: "Nicola Sturgeon having her 'Prince Andrew moment' interview with #BBCLauraK. 'The motorhome was up the side of my in-laws house and I'd just have assumed it was the neighbours, not that I remember seeing it, of course'. Utterly ridiculous."

Another echoed: "'I genuinely, genuinely don't recall seeing a motor home at my in laws house'. Disingenuous nonsense right up there with her evidence at the Covid enquiry. Can't believe people believe this garbage."

A third raged: "Of course she's a good liar - she's a politician!"

[Nicola Sturgeon's appearance caused chaos]

Nicola Sturgeon's appearance caused chaos(Image: BBC)

Another viewer weighed in: "Sturgeon saying she didn't see a massive motorhome while visiting her in-laws and it wasn't mentioned by anyone in the family. Aye ok."

A fifth echoed: "This interview gets worse and worse. What a liar."

Not everyone was convinced Sturgeon was being dishonest as others took to social media to defend her.

One viewer said: "Unpopular opinion and i'm not her fan but I believe her when she says she knew nothing."

Another posted: "This #BBCLauraK interview with Nicola Sturgeon is ludicrous, she is one of the victims in all this and is being painted as the villain! Being asked 'gotcha' questions about why she didn't notice a new coffee machine or expensive pens given her and Murrell's salary."

A third penned: "On a personal level of course I feel for Nicola Sturgeon but this interview of hers with @bbclaurak is excruciating. The motor home alone sounds bizarre. #bbcLaurak."

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