Ian Blackford, SNP MP:
Blackford asks the Prime Minister about the upcoming budget, challenging the PM to invest, not cut. “Will the Prime Minister rule out a return to austerity?”
Johnson responds that he is ‘proud’ of the treasury, before lambasting the Scottish government for their spending of money provided by Westminster, ‘failures in policy’, and obsession with independence.
Blackford accuses the Prime Minister of boasting before pointing out the death toll and economic decline of the UK during the pandemic. Oddly, Blackford turns to praise Joe Biden before challenging Johnson to follow suit.
Johnson again references British government investments, again lambasts Blackford for the SNP’s pushing for independence during the crisis.