KAYE Adams has been criticised for reading out a listener’s comment on the radio that compared an SNP political slogan to the Nazi genocide of Jews during the Second World War.

On the Mornings programme on BBC Radio Scotland, listeners were phoning in to chip in on the debate about the SNP’s message of making Scotland “Tory-free” at the next General Election. The slogan was mentioned several times as Humza Yousaf addressed activists at a National Council event in Perth on Saturday.

But Adams has been slated for choosing to read out a comment that questioned whether this approach was “Humza’s 'final solution'”, alluding to the Nazi plan to eliminate Europe’s Jewish population.

Reading out the comment from a listener named John, Adams said: “Slowly getting rid of all political opposition, this is the rhetoric of the 1930s, says John.

"What about the 700,000 Scots who vote Conservative, are their political viewpoints to be marginalised from Scottish society and ultimately banned from expressing their opinion?

"Is this Humza’s 'final solution for dealing with the Tory problem'?”

The line is a reference to the Nazi slogan "Endlösung der Judenfrage" – the "Final Solution to the Jewish Question". The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum says this phrase describes "the deliberate and systematic mass murder of European Jews".

Adams's decision to read out the "insane" comments live on the BBC has been described as "disgusting" and "shameful". 

The BBC has been approached for comment.

SNP General Election candidate Toni Giugliano told The National: "I think the minute you enter that space you’ve lost the argument and you’ve lost the audience.

"I think it’s an extraordinary intervention. I think they [the BBC] should be ashamed of themselves [for reading that out].

"I think choosing to go down that route is shameful."

Pro-independence Twitter/X account MSM Monitor felt Adams "crossed the line" reading out the text.

It posted: "Not for the first time Adams' hatred of the SNP has caused her to cross the line. Seriously, she needs to go.

"Kaye Adams didn't have to read this appalling message out, she chose to, and in doing so decided it was appropriate to conflate the SNP General Election campaign slogan with the Holocaust."

Ally MacIver added on Twitter/X: "There’s a big difference between removing Tories at the ballot box and exterminating jews in gas chambers."

Others on social media suggested it was "highly irresponsible" of Adams to read out such extremist views.

Earlier this year Adams faced a backlash when she said former first minister Nicola Sturgeon "was not a human being" on her show.