Boris Johnson’s attempt to stem support for Scottish independence was in serious trouble on Tuesday after it emerged that he had described the devolution of power to Edinburgh as “a disaster”. Worth bookmarking these PM comments for the next time Tories say they’re not a threat to the powers of the Scottish Parliament - or, even more incredibly, that they support devolving more powers. The prime minister also described the 1999 decision to devolve powers to the Scottish parliament as “Tony Blair’s biggest mistake”. Mr Johnson’s attack on devolution undercuts the stance of the Scottish Conservative party, which in the late 1990s opposed creation of the parliament at Edinburgh, but has since embraced it. “Devolution has not been a disaster,” Mr Ross wrote on Twitter on Monday evening.

Source: The Irish Times November 17, 2020 10:41 UTC