Frankie Boyle on Scottish independence: 'In the Interests of Unity, F**k Off'

The comic wrote a column explaining what action he would take if he were Prime Minister

"I would unveil my vision carved on an obsidian Obelisk raised in the garden of number 10 without planning permission"

Frankie Boyle has issued a withering putdown of the political parties who are against Scottish independence.

Writing for The Independent, Boyle joked that unity was the best way forward, saying that there was no point in dealing with the Scottish National Party.

"Naturally I wouldn't be able to work with any party that wanted to break up the United Kingdom," he wrote.

"I would try to keep Britain united by not talking to the elected representatives of one of the countries. I would make this clear with my campaign slogan: 'In the Interests of Unity, F**k Off'."

He also says that he would deliberately forget the name of his football team and pretend to be Dutch.

Boyle is an outspoken supporter of SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon, saying that she's not taken more seriously because the media can't handle a strong female leader.

"It feels almost as if the establishment is still assessing her," he wrote in the Guardian.

"Which of the traditional tactics to employ: scorn or vilification? Do you call her the most dangerous woman in Britain or stage a smear where she’s a gossipy woman? Decisions, decisions."

He said: "People feel much more comfortable with the Fifty Shades of Grey version of women’s liberation: possibly feeling life would be much simpler if the suffragettes hadn’t wanted the vote and just really enjoyed chaining themselves to railings."

The Scottish independence referendum, which took place in September 2014, saw the nation vote against leaving Britain 45 per cent to 55 per cent.