Prime minister takes aim at Nicola Sturgeon’s party over delivery of vaccines

Boris Johnson has taken a swipe at the Scottish National party by claiming there would not have been a single Covid-19 vaccine in Scotland if it was up to Nicola Sturgeon’s party, the Guardian understands.

Addressing a virtual meeting of the 1922 Committee of backbench Conservative MPs on Tuesday evening before Wednesday’s Commons vote on the third national lockdown in England, the prime minister highlighted the threat of the new Covid variant but was also said to have criticised Scotland’s ruling party.

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