“Damned if he does, damned if he doesn’t!” - Reader’s share their views about PMs Scotland trip

Kath Everatt firmly supports the Prime Minister, saying that; “He has a job to do, so yes he has to travel, others travel to work. He wasn’t going for pleasure.”

Kath Garner believes that; “Sturgeon is anti English, he is the Prime minister of GB, that includes Scotland.”

Meanwhile, Muriel Hodgkinson thinks that he simply can’t win whatever he does, saying; “He's damned if he does and damned if he doesn't.”

Simon Holmes believes that it wasn’t essential, saying; “He could have used video call instead one rule for us and another for him.”

Michelle Allen isn’t totally convinced by his reasoning and she said; “If he can do it. We can do it. Not a very good example setter. Especially when Nicola Sturgeon told him it wasn't essential.”

Chris Cannon was pretty curt when he said; “I don’t think Boris Johnson is essential.”

Jean Hepplestone put aside any political leanings; “I am 100% not a tory but give the bloke a break. He went to a new vaccine lab in Scotland which will supply the UK with millions of vaccines. As we may be short of vaccines from elsewhere I think it is pretty important.” And, Jean was supported in her view by Hickman Edna, who replied; “I agree with you, he went to show appreciation to the troops as well who is helping out, give the poor bloke a break, OK, he has made mistakes but could anyone else have done any better? I'm not a tory but he's had a bad year.”

Hazel Kennedy said; “He’s the prime minister of the whole of the United Kingdom. I’m sure he had good reasons to go and we should be supporting him in his task, not pulling him down at every opportunity and that applies no matter which political party we support . We should learn huge lessons from America about where division gets us!” Her words were echoed by Dean Walton who says; “Depends whether you believe the union is worth fighting for, we have too much division at the moment, he is still the PM of the UK so if it helps unite us it was worth it.”

Jackie Stanley is tired of the continual attacking of the Prime Minister; “He is the PM for gawds sake! He has to deal with all this the best he can - put yourself in his shoes and give him a break.” Ian Scholey says; “He is the PM of the UK and why shouldn't he visit a British business helping to fight the coronavirus pandemic?” There were many comments on the topic. But Peter Doyle put it rather succinctly when he said; “If he stayed in London he would be accused of not caring about the rest of the country” and, Shahidur Jahangir responded with; “He is the elected leader of this country despite his shortcomings.”