Boris’s warning over Corbyn and a ‘shady’ poll deal with Sturgeon
BORIs Johnson warned yesterday that Jeremy Corbyn is ready to do a ‘shady’ deal with nicola sturgeon’s scottish nationalists which could break up the United Kingdom.
During the scottish leg of a campaign tour which took him to three countries in the same day, the prime Minister gave a ‘cast-iron assurance’ that he would never allow another divisive referendum on scottish independence.
as he sampled whiskies on a visit to Diageo’s Roseisle distillery near Elgin in the Highlands, he warned that Mr Corbyn was already eyeing up a post-election coalition with the snp that would inevitably lead to a second referendum.
Describing Mr Corbyn and Miss sturgeon as the ‘yoke mates of destruction’, he said: ‘I am not surprised that there is a deal now between the snp and Jeremy Corbyn because obviously the only way Jeremy Corbyn hopes he can get into power is with a deal with the snp.
‘The result is that next year will be a chaotic year of two referendums – one on scotland when they were told in 2014 it would be once in a generation – and one on the EU.’ Miss sturgeon has argued that her demands for another independence referendum will be ‘irresistible’ if the snp win a majority of seats in scotland at next month’s election.
But Mr Johnson said there was no case for it, adding: ‘people were promised in 2014 it would be a once in a generation event and I see no reason to go back on that pledge.’ Earlier the PM had taken his ‘Get Brexit Done’ message to the north
East of England, sitting down in full factory overalls with workers at the Tetley Tea plant in Eaglescliffe, Teesside.
He told them: ‘If we can get this whole thing off our backs, we can do things differently.’
The final stop on Mr Johnson’s tour took him to Northern Ireland and the Tayto crisp factory in Tandragee, County Armagh, where he was put to work sorting potatoes and packing crisps.
He defended his ‘ wonderful’ Brexit deal which the Unionist DUP say effectively puts a border down the Irish Sea.
He said: ‘We have done a deal that enables Northern Ireland to have completely unfettered access to the single market – no border with the south – and to Great Britain.’