boris johnson has vowed to bring forward measures to "compensate for the grave inadequacies" of the scottish government. in an interview with bbc scotland ahead of the conservative party conference, the prime minister attacked the snp for their record on health and education. he ruled out allowing a second referendum on scottish independence. and after a furious debate in the commons on wednesday, he defended his use of strong language. mr johnson said that, following either a deal or a no-deal brexit, he would bring forward measures to produce "a much stronger scottish economy". 'extra funding' he said: "they (the snp) have the highest taxes anywhere in the uk. they are not doing a good job on health, they are not doing a good job on education. "i hope the money that we are now investing is properly spent on those services. "and i hope that scottish conservatives get the credit they deserve for the hundreds of millions of extra funding that we're putting into scottish agriculture which was secured, not by nicola sturgeon, but by scottish conservatives."
boris johnson vows to compensate for 'snp inadequacies'