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17 Nov 2020

Boris Johnson sparks row, calling Scottish devolution a ‘disaster’

Data Correspondent and Presenter

Was Boris Johnson intending to throw a political thunder flash across the Scottish border by calling devolution a disaster?

Whether he did or not, his effective disparaging of the Scottish Parliament and twenty years of Scottish rule has achieved just that.

And however casual his remark might have been, the SNP says it will not be forgotten.