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Alasdair Clark

Nicola Sturgeon Spitting Image sketch which sees FM 'headbutt' Boris Johnson branded 'lazy'

Nicola Sturgeon made her first appearance on the satirical puppet show Spitting Image last night, but viewers have panned the sketch.

The Scottish First Minister is the latest in a line up of politicians and public figures to get the Spitting Image treatment, but viewers blasted the show as "embarrassing".

The accent for Nicola Sturgeon's puppet also fell flat, with one viewer branding it 's****'.

The sketch sees the FM headbutt Prime Minister Boris Johnson as she attends a march in favour of Scottish independence.

A viral clip of the TV sketch has been criticised on social media, with Scots comic Limmy calling it 'atrocious'.

It is not known if the First Minister has seen the sketch herself.

Other viewers said the show had relied on negative Scottish stereotypes, with Sturgeon's puppet having a saltire painted on its face.

One user said the accent was all wrong and reminded the creators where the First Minister was from: "Shame the accent is completely off, she's Glaswegian not a highlander or whatever the f*** that was!"

Nicola Sturgeon Spitting Image puppet (Daily Record)

The sketch also features the First Minister quote the Krankies and call Scotland’s Euro 2020 qualification “fandabidozi”

Other politicians with their own puppets on the show include Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, US President Dominic Cummings and Tory minister Michael Gove.

Environmental campaigner Greta Thunberg also features, alongside puppets of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.

Comedian Matt Forde had said portraying the First Minister was more difficult than Boris Johnson.

Michael Gove also features (PA)

He told the Daily Record last month: “With people like Boris and Trump, you don’t even have to make up the silly things they do as they are already doing them and, as for characterisation, there’s not much exaggeration needed.

"They are already scarily funny.

“Nicola Sturgeon, on the other hand, now there is a challenge. She is much more disciplined and stateswoman-like.

Boris Johnson's puppet has appeared in several episodes (AVALON/BRITBOX/AFP via Getty Ima)

“She is not a cartoon character like Trump or Boris so making her puppet believable would not be easy, unlike her predecessor Alex Salmond, who would be a much less difficult puppet transformation.

“I’ve been trying to perfect my Nicola impression and it is getting better."

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