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During the concerning interview, Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon joked she would “try to shock Boris Johnson out of his almost criminal complacency on a no-deal Brexit”. She also suggested the Prime Minister was guilty of “mansplaining” as she appeared on political comedian Matt Forde's show at the Edinburgh Fringe show.

Ms Sturgeon, who is pushing to hold a second independence referendum, initially said she "wouldn't electrocute anybody". But when she was pressed by the comedian over which politicians she would give "a mild shock", she said: "It's tempting to say I would try to shock Boris Johnson out of his almost criminal complacency on a no-deal Brexit”. And when she was quizzed over"and where on the body?” Ms Sturgeon laughed and suggested the prime minister's private parts.

Nicola Sturgeon joked she would electrocute Boris Johnson and Donald Trump

She said: "I wouldn't want to damage his, er, leisure pursuits." Mr Forde then proceeded to ask the audience who they thought Ms Sturgeon should electrocute to which an audience member shouted US President “Donald Trump”. Ms Sturgeon agreed and added: “Donald Trump - I'll go with that. READ MORE: Nicola Sturgeon: 'Calling me Wee Jimmy Krankie is abuse'

The SNP leader said: "There was a lot of that, you know, 'everything will be fine on the night, don't worry it will all work itself out'. "He does that thing. You're going to immediately know the kind of guy. "I say guy deliberately because it tends to be a certain type of man who does this more than women generally do.

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"But he talks, what in my view - and I appreciate I'm not unbiased here - complete nonsense. "He does it with that air of absolute confidence and conviction and swagger." Her remarks prompted a woman in the audience to shout "mansplaining", which Ms Sturgeon replied to saying: "Mansplaining may be one word for it, but you know what it's like.

"He doesn't like getting prodded on the detail." The interview comes after Ms Sturgeon described Mr Johnson’s alleged labelling of her as "that Wee Jimmy Krankie woman" as abuse. The Scottish First Minister said she hadn’t heard of the nickname before but claimed the alleged remark is “meant as a term of abuse”.