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@ScotTories 🧵 And in 2014, Boris Johnson's deputy PM, Dominic Raab, tabled a motion effectively calling for the "outdated" Barnett Formula to be scrapped.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

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Mar 17
Anas Sarwar turns up at #FMQs and once again, talks about a windfall tax - something that the Scottish Parliament doesn't have the powers to introduce.

Literally yesterday, SNP MPs led a debate at Westminster calling for a windfall tax and more powers for Holyrood.

A thread 👇
The SNP's proposals for a windfall tax go a lot further than Labour's.

Labour specifically focuses on oil and gas companies - which the SNP's proposals include - but Labour suggests that massive corporations like Amazon or Serco should not be taxed.
Bottom line is this: at the present moment, there's only two ways a windfall tax can be introduced.

1) The UK Tory government introduces a windfall tax (highly unlikely, given their close links to these huge corporations)

2) Westminster devolves the relevant powers to Holyrood.
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📣@Ianblackford_MP at #PMQs: "Last night, the Prime Minister claimed 'we truly did everything we could' to avoid the deaths of 100,000 people across the UK from COVID-19.

But we all know that’s simply not true."

A thread on the UK government's serial dither, delay and failure👇
❌ 100,000+ deaths
❌ Highest total deaths in Europe
❌ Higher per-million death rate than anywhere in the world
❌ Scientists said the UK government is responsible for “legacy of poor decisions”

This isn't political point-scoring - it's about holding Boris Johnson to account.
From the start, the UK government has been too slow, too late and too indecisive with its COVID response.

This caused the tragedy of unnecessary deaths that could have been avoided with better leadership and a better strategy.

Here's a brief timeline 👇
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