Boris Johnson doesn’t really care about Scotland – he’s pushing it away | Martin Kettle

The new prime minister is doing nothing to dispel the view among Scottish voters that he is an entitled southern English politician

Like Theresa May before him in 2016, Boris Johnson has made the journey to Scotland very early in his prime ministership. Johnson went north this week to try to show how much he cares about what May called “our beloved union” and what he characteristically calls the “awesome foursome”. Like May, Johnson did this not because Scotland is inscribed on his heart, but because Brexit is threatening to revive the clamour for Scottish independence. If ever there was a case of trying to shut the political stable door after the horse has bolted, this is it.

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