Thread by @olafdoesstuff

Boris Johnson is speaking at the @ScotTories conference.

(Yep, the same @ScotTories who just a few weeks ago, called on him to resign for breaching lockdown rules.)

I know they'd rather forget what he thinks about Scotland and devolution, so here's a reminder. 🧵👇

@ScotTories 🧵 Boris Johnson said devolution is "a disaster".

Even though he thought it was a good idea when he was Mayor of London, he told Tory MPs that he didn't "see a case" to devolve any more powers to Scotland.

bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politi…

@ScotTories 🧵 Boris Johnson’s government is putting his anti-devolution attitude into action.

The Internal Market Bill, widely described as a power grab (even by members of the House of Lords) enables Westminster to overrule policy passed by the democratically elected Scottish Parliament.

@ScotTories 🧵 Jacob Rees-Mogg, senior member of Boris Johnson’s Cabinet, said that devolution amounted to "vandalism" and must be undone.

Yep, the same Rees-Mogg who called Douglas Ross a "lightweight".

thenational.scot/news/18904314.…

@ScotTories 🧵 Boris Johnson and the Tories repeatedly promised a ‘sea of opportunity' for Scotland’s fishing communities.

But Brexit became a fishing sell-out, and Scotland’s fishing leaders said “there is a profound sense of disillusionment, betrayal and fury”.

snp.org/the-tory-brexi…

@ScotTories 🧵 Boris Johnson anti-devolution, anti-Scottish attitude goes pretty far back...

In a Telegraph column, Boris Johnson attacked devolution for being "simply unjust", and complained that Scots are being over-represented at Westminster.

(Source: telegraph.co.uk/comment/425912…)

@ScotTories 🧵 Oh, and here's another one exposing Boris Johnson's anti-devolution stance.

In 2009, he said: “I do think it pretty monstrous that you get free care for the elderly in Scotland and no tuition fees".

@ScotTories 🧵 Boris Johnson also said it was "better value" to spend public money in Croydon than in Strathclyde - confirming his long record of contempt for Scotland.

@ScotTories 🧵 And in 2014, Boris Johnson's deputy PM, Dominic Raab, tabled a motion effectively calling for the "outdated" Barnett Formula to be scrapped.

This, just months after promising Scotland would be "an equal partner" that should "lead, not leave" the UK.

@ScotTories 🧵 This is already a long thread, so I won't even delve into:

👉 Cheese, wine, and suitcases of booze
👉 Brutal welfare cuts
👉 A hard Brexit
👉 The Tory cost of living crisis (which Boris Johnson barely mentioned)

Scotland can choose a better future than this. And we must.