Nicola Sturgeon was left red-faced on the Covid Inquiry this lunchtime after attempting and failing to make use of her platform to proceed moaning about Brexit.

Shortly after launching into yet one more rant concerning the UK’s resolution to depart the bloc, inquiry lawyer Hugo Keith KC lower her off, rebuking her with a reminder she was sitting in a witness field, not standing on a cleaning soap field.

Having to divert some division sources away from pandemic preparedness in the direction of planning for a ‘no deal’ Brexit has fashioned a small a part of the inquiry to this point, however had Remainers foaming on the mouth as proof leaving the EU damage the UK.

Asked by Mr Keith whether or not pandemic preparedness was the ‘one area’ the place sources shouldn't have been drawn away from to plan for no-deal, Nicola Sturgeon responded: “I don’t disagree with that.”

“I think every aspect of Brexit has been false economy, if I can put it mildly…”

She didn't get any additional earlier than being lower off by the senior lawyer.

He warned: “Ms Sturgeon, I’m so sorry, that is a witness box, not a soap box, we cannot allow the political debate of Brexit to be ventilated here”.

The ex-SNP chief accepted her telling off, responding: “Indeed”.

“With respect I think you’re asking me questions here that are very germane to the whole issue.

“So, yes, I think it was deeply regrettable resources had to be diverted from any other area of work - and, in particular, pandemic preparedness.”

Ms Sturgeon took to the witness field, making a pledge “the evidence I shall give shall be the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth”.

She started with a private assertion to supply her sympathies and condolences to all those that “suffered as a result of Covid-19”.

“The pandemic might be over but for very many people that suffering continues to this day and there is not a day that passes that I don’t think about that.”

Earlier this week Matt Hancock mentioned no-deal Brexit preparations had truly prevented very important intensive care medicine from operating out in the course of the pandemic.

He mentioned preparations for leaving the EU with out a deal meant that when essential medicines have been “within hours of running out” in the course of the pandemic, provide chain preparations from Brexit ended up being “extremely useful in saving lives”.

“The work done for a no-deal Brexit on supply chains was the difference between running out of medicines in the peak of the pandemic and not running out.

“We came extremely close within hours of running out of medicines for intensive care during the pandemic, it wasn’t widely reported at the time.

“I think the only reason we didn’t run out is because of [that] work… which they did during 2019 in preparation for a no-deal Brexit, but became extremely useful in saving lives during the pandemic.”