The accusations got here after a BBC journalist was abused and referred to as a traitor on the occasion’s management hustings in Perth on Tuesday evening. In keeping with the information report, James Cook dinner, a BBC journalist masking the occasion, was heckled.

Ms Sturgeon condemned the abuse of the journalist and “any abusive behaviour” on the occasion.

The First Minister mentioned she was “not accountable” for the behaviour of pro-independence activists.

Nonetheless, Sandesh Gulhane, a senior Scottish Tory MSP, claimed Ms Sturgeon’s makes an attempt to “inflame her base” by suggesting Scotland was downtrodden had contributed to the offended scenes.

He advised The Telegraph: “Nicola Sturgeon says she desires a respectful debate after which comes out and says Westminster are treating us like one thing on the only real of their shoe.

“All the things she’s doing is to inflame her base, just because, let’s be sincere, they’re not delivering.

“So that they’re whipping up their base, they’re whipping up anger and hatred. And look, it’s racist.

“They hate the English. That’s the definition of racism. You’re hating a bunch of individuals primarily based upon a attribute.”

Rachael Hamilton, the Tory MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, mentioned it was “disgraceful” that Ms Sturgeon had initially condemned the abuse of a BBC journalist however not of Tory members.

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“It was a genuinely stomach-churning expertise.”

She added that “the police must be taking these demonstrations much more critically”.