Prime Minister is to use the example of the army and the UK-funding for a vaccine as arguments for the strength of the United Kingdom as he launches a hard response to Nicola Sturgeon’s latest independence demands.
He will use the vaccination programme as a political weapon even though polls show his personality is one of the factors driving support for independence.During today's Downing Street coronavirus briefing, UK health secretary Matt Hancock claimed the successful roll-out of the covid vaccine across Scotland shows “we are stronger as one United Kingdom”.He entered the increasingly fractious independence debate at a Downing Street press conference, saying the response to the pandemic was “a real example of this country firing on all.