"Scottish Tory members say Mr Johnson’s suggestion that devolution has been a disaster has added to the difficulty of stopping what polls suggest will be a landslide victory for the SNP in Holyrood elections next May.
The SNP, which insists victory in May would give it a mandate to hold a second independence referendum, has said the prime minister’s comments showed Conservative commitment to devolution was a facade.
“Worth bookmarking these PM comments for the next time Tories say they’re not a threat to the powers of the Scottish parliament,” Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland’s first minister and SNP leader, tweeted on Monday."
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The SNP, which insists victory in May would give it a mandate to hold a second independence referendum, has said the prime minister’s comments showed Conservative commitment to devolution was a facade.
“Worth bookmarking these PM comments for the next time Tories say they’re not a threat to the powers of the Scottish parliament,” Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland’s first minister and SNP leader, tweeted on Monday."
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