BORIS Johnson’s government holding parties on Downing Street while the rest of the UK sat in lockdown away from their loved ones is all anyone seems to be talking about.
Nicola Sturgeon has said that Boris Johnson did not appear to be “being straight and truthful” about the parties, while Ruth Davidson has accused her party’s top brass of “taking the public for fools”.
Even the ordinarily taciturn Douglas Ross (at least when wrongdoing at Westminster is concerned) accepted there was a “party of sorts” and that “there are questions to be answered”.
So with every politician and their mother - and Ant and Dec - lining up to have their say on the latest scandal engulfing Johnson’s administration, The National went to ask the Scottish public for their opinions.
From the supportive to labelling the Prime Minister "Mr Blobby", you can see how that went in full here:
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We know there are thousands of National readers who want to debate, argue and go back and forth in the comments section of our stories. We’ve got the most informed readers in Scotland, asking each other the big questions about the future of our country.
Unfortunately, though, these important debates are being spoiled by a vocal minority of trolls who aren’t really interested in the issues, try to derail the conversations, register under fake names, and post vile abuse.
So that’s why we’ve decided to make the ability to comment only available to our paying subscribers. That way, all the trolls who post abuse on our website will have to pay if they want to join the debate – and risk a permanent ban from the account that they subscribe with.
The conversation will go back to what it should be about – people who care passionately about the issues, but disagree constructively on what we should do about them. Let’s get that debate started!
Callum Baird, Editor of The National
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