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Virtual First Minister's Questions refers to a online questioning and answering session of the Scottish First Minister's Questions which took place on the Scottish Parliament TV channel. Due to its appearing nature, screenshots of the session were photoshopped in a humourous nature.

Origin

In response to the coronavirus pandemic, the Scottish Parliament was reduced to opening one day weekly for Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSP), this resulted in the temporary cancellation of First Minister's Questions in the debating chamber, a session where MSPs ask the First Minister of Scotland questions.

Due to this, the Scottish Parliament announced that it would host its first ever online First Minister's Questions.

Responses

Throughout the virtual session, #FMQs and #VirtualFMQs were trending on Twitter in Scotland and many people started comparing it to the British game show, Celebrity Squares.

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