Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to reinforce the fact HM’s government will not be granting a second Scottish independence referendum, even if the SNP wins a majority in May’s Holyrood elections.
In a speech to the Scottish Conservative Party conference, the Prime Minister is set to say having a referendum during the Covid-19 pandemic would be reckless.
The news comes as a billion-pound spending drive is underway which will see the UK Government invest directly in Scottish transport and infrastructure, circumventing the SNP-run Scottish Government.
Discussing Mr Johnson’s speech, one well-placed Government source said: “Absolutely now is not the time for a reckless independence referendum. We need to be pulling together.”
Another said: “We’re not having a referendum in the middle of a pandemic”.
Prime Minister Johnson is currently in Northern Ireland where he met military personnel before heading to a Covid-19 vaccination centre in County Fermanagh.
Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) First Minister Arlene Foster urged the prime minister to stand up for Northern Ireland and ditch what she called the “intolerable” NI Protocol.
The visit comes at a time Whitehall is focusing on how to strengthen the United Kingdom’s union.
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