UKIP Deputy Leader's Rant on BBC Question Time Swells SNP Membership

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Last Night's edition of Question Time featured a question from an audience member about the Scottish National Party's influence on UK politics, which provoked some revealing responses from the panelists.

Of course, nobody from the SNP was on the panel to offer a counter-view.

Eddie Hitler lookalike UKIP Deputy Leader Paul Nuttal didn't hold back ...

In a more extensive clip, the LibDems' Tim Farron wasn't far behind him ...

Labour's Diane Abbot had the decency to look like she'd rather be anywhere else in the world at the height of the rants, then made a brave attempt to inject some semblance of sanity into the rabid frothing. As for the Tories' Esther McVey, well ...

The hashtag #BBCQT is currently trending with reactions.

As the Exposing UKIP Twitter account observed:

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#UKIP blames for UK ills so far....
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ETA: Nuttal's shocked by the Liverpool Echo's readers' reactions to his performance:

UKIP MEP Paul Nuttall brands BBC Question Time reaction 'appalling'

Some of those reactions came to light as the Echo liveblogged Question Time here: http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/recap-question-time-mp-esther-8501106

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1. Mother Macree

I thought the U.K. didn't have any dumb people in it.