LONDON – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson faced accusations Thursday that he is not abiding by the country's lockdown rules as he visited Scotland to laud the rapid rollout of coronavirus vaccines across the United Kingdom.
With a raft of polling showing increased support for Scottish independence from the U.K., Johnson's visit to promote the benefits of the union stands to be overshadowed by the lockdown dispute.
Although Scotland has its own government in Edinburgh that has an array powers from public health through to education, it remains part of the U.K.
under which London still has huge influence. “Mutual co-operation across the U.K. throughout this pandemic is exactly what the people of Scotland expect and it is what I have been