The SNP's Westminster leader Ian Blackford lashed out at Boris Johnson and insisted that he does not follow the rules he urges Brits to. Mr Blackford spoke in the House of Commons and asked: "It is deeply regrettable that we are once again forced to spend so much time in this house talking about the Prime Minister's misconduct, but when the person in charge so blatantly breaks the rules, it needs to be talked about." The Prime Minister hosted a packed party in Downing Street last Christmas, breaking the rules that everyone else was expected to follow.
At a time when public health messaging is so important, how can people trust a prime minister when he thinks it's one rule for him and one rule for everyone else? Johnson said he thinks they should assert their line of attack more closely. I said before that he is talking total nonsense. I think he would have been better off talking about the victims of Storm Arwen in Scotland. READ MORE: EU deal is about to be CRUSHED? Judgement Day in court At a time when public health messaging is so important, how can people trust a prime minister when he thinks it's one rule for him and one rule for everyone else? Johnson said that they think they should assert their line of attack more closely. I said before that he is talking total nonsense. I think he would have been better off talking about the victims of Storm Arwen in Scotland. It comes as Mr Johnson was unable to change his salary and censure him over his conduct, amid claims that he has demonstrated himself to be a liar. Blackford accused the Prime Minister of presiding over scandal after scandal and urging Conservative MPs to join opposition parties to criticise Mr Johnson's behaviour. Several SNP MPs made allegations about Johnson's relationship with the truth as their party filed a motion accusing him of repeatedly violating the sixth principle of public life- honesty. Blackford said his ministerial salary should be reduced by 41,567 per year because of his handling of the sleaze row, giving peerages to Conservative Party donors and criticising Mr Johnson for his handling of the sleaze row.
After a tetchy three-hour debate, described by Deputy Speaker Dame Rosie Winterton as a slanging match, MPs rejected the SNP motion by 321 votes to 214, majority 107. Mr Blackford said that month after month, the charge sheet gets longer and longer, but not one single person is ever held to account. If the public is to have confidence in this place, then that needs to change today. If the Prime Minister is given consequences unless he is censured, he won't just think he's gotten away with the mess he has made in the last few months, he will think he can do it all over again. It will be final proof that the Tories really believe that it is one rule for them and one rule for everyone else if the Prime Minister isn't properly censured today. Sturgeon pushes on with Indyref 2 as Scots plunged into fuel poverty INSIGHT 'Scots are freezing! SNP hecklers slammed in the fiery Commons battle of VIDEO Royals, upstage Sturgeon's independence bid with unifying message ANALYSIS after listing untrue claims from Mr Johnson, the SNP MP said: "On the basis of all the evidence, I can only conclude that the Prime Minister has repeatedly broken the sixth principle of public life. I can only conclude that the Prime Minister has shown himself to be a liar. He accused Johnson of orchestrating much of the sleaze and corruption linked to his government. Deputy Commons Speaker Dame Eleanor Laing warned Mr Blackford and other MPs that they should use the temperate and parliamentary language, saying that those speaking in favor of the motion should set out their arguments clearly. Intemperate abuse is as out of order on this motion as any other. She said that because of the fact that the debate was about Mr Johnson's conduct, a relaxation of the rules would be allowed, which is why arguments intended to criticise or defend that conduct are in order, so things may be said that the chair would not normally allow in other proceedings.