Not one to be afraid of speaking his mind, Martin Compston has shared his thoughts on Scottish independence in a recent interview.
Chatting to the Evening Standard , Compston, who played DSI Steve Arnott in BBC hit Line of Duty, said: “I just believe that Scotland should be in charge of its own destiny. I think there’s been several things, but the main thing is Scotland, pretty much by definition, is a centre-left country and England, our biggest partner in the union, is becoming more centre-right.
"You’re just returning Conservative government after Conservative government in Westminster, which Scotland doesn’t vote for. Also, Brexit has been huge. We had the referendum in 2014 and if Brexit never happened, we wouldn’t be talking about independence [again] for a long time.’’
In the run up to the Scottish Parliament elections, Compston was encouraging voters to vote SNP and expressed his support for the First Minister to the Evening Standard.
He said: “I genuinely think, when you look at the leaders, Nicola Sturgeon has been the most competent. I mean, you’ve got Boris Johnson who has gone out saying, ‘Shake people’s hands,’ at the start of all this with coronavirus. I don’t want to get into it, but all these sorts of things. I think she’s… in terms of Scotland, she is by far the most competent leader to lead Scotland to recovery.”
The Line of Duty star has taken to Twitter in the past to share his political views and correct people who claimed he was being a hypocrite for telling people how to vote when he lives in Los Angeles.
At which Compston hit back sharing a letter from the Scottish Conservatives, addressed to him at his address in Greenock adding: “I see Scottish tory twitter and their bots enraged an actor would express an opinion. Apparently it isn’t valid either as they claim I don’t live here. In that case, could you do me, the postman and the environment a favour and stop sending me literature asking for my vote.”
Compston has been staying in Edinburgh for filming over the last four months and recently celebrated his birthday in the capital.
