His old Etonian bluff and bluster don’t charm Scottish voters and, worse for Johnson, they don’t distract them either. The prime minister has been unequivocal about this. Photograph: Murdo Macleod/The GuardianIt is an insult to the intelligence of Scottish voters to push the lie that their right to self-determination was time-limited to one day in 2014. Civil disobedience would be a gift for the prime minister and his well-heeled cabinet. If Johnson continues to ignore the votes and voice of Scotland, he could well be the last prime minister of the United Kingdom.

Source: The Guardian December 22, 2019 09:00 UTC