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UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson answers questions during a briefing on the current CCP virus pandemic in Downing Street, London, on Nov. 5, 2020. (Leon Neal/WPA Pool/Getty Images); Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon holds a briefing on the CCP virus outbreak in Edinburgh on March 26, 2020. Andy Buchanan/WPA Pool/Getty Images
Britain’s prime minister reportedly called the devolution of powers to Scotland “a disaster,” triggering criticism from Scottish Nationalists who want a second independence referendum.
In a video call on Friday with northern English Conservative Party lawmakers, Boris Johnson said that devolution, introduced by Tony Blair, had been the former Labour prime minister’s “biggest mistake” and “a disaster,” The Sun reported.