BRIAN Cox has said that Donald Trump is “talking bollocks” with his claims about a second Scottish independence referendum.
The US president was asked about John Swinney’s indyref2 plan at a press conference during his visit to Scotland last week.
The First Minister had just put forward his plans for Scottish independence, saying getting a second referendum could only be achieved if the SNP win a majority in Holyrood.
“I don’t want to get involved in your politics, we've got enough politics of our own,” Trump said.
“I will say that I predicted what was going to happen the last time.”
He noted that he was opening his golf course in Aberdeenshire at the time and had called the result for Better Together, adding: “I like to be correct.”
Trump added: “I do say that when they made that deal, somebody said that it was, and I remember this very distinctly, I said, could they do this all the time?
“There was a little bit of a restriction like 50 or 75 years before you could take another vote because, you know, a country can't go through that too much."
Responding to the comments, 79-year-old actor Brian Cox told Sky News: "He's talking bollocks. I'm sorry, but he does. It's rubbish. Let's get on with it and let's get it [independence] done. We can do it.
"It's been tough as there's a great deal of undermining that has gone on."
