Boris Johnson is not the only one catching flack from his parliamentary party over Dominic Cummings. Scottish Conservative MSPs are ‘in despair’ at Jackson Carlaw’s leadership on the row and believe he is currying favour with Downing Street in hopes of securing a peerage down the line.
On Sunday, the Scottish Tory press office released a statement from Ruth Davidson’s successor which read in part:
‘I’ve heard what the Prime Minister has said and it is a situation for him to judge. He has reached a conclusion and we must all now focus on continuing to beat this dreadful pandemic. I want the Prime Minister to be able to continue his excellent work leading the country out of lockdown and I am glad he set out his plans clearly today.’
Carlaw is not ordinarily one to hold his tongue. When Nicola Sturgeon was trying to cling on to Dr Catherine Calderwood, her chief medical officer who had been caught flouting lockdown to visit her second home, Carlaw told
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