Watch: ‘Boris is giving every Scottish person the ick for the UK’

Scottish voters have given their verdict on the prime minister ahead of crucial elections on Thursday.

Boris Johnson has the mammoth task of keeping his own MPs on side as he looks to protect his position in the face of difficult results in the local elections.

The PM faces a cost-of-living crisis, the fallout from his fine over a lockdown-busting birthday party in No 10 and scandals involving Tory MPs as voters head to the ballot boxes on Thursday.

Every council seat in Scotland is up for grabs, as well as all seats in Wales and London.

Talking to PoliticsJOE ahead of the vote, Scottish residents gave a dim view of the prime minister, saying he is pushing them towards independence.

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Jack Peat

Jack is a business and economics journalist and the founder of The London Economic (TLE). He has contributed articles to VICE, Huffington Post and Independent and is a published author. Jack read History at the University of Wales, Bangor and has a Masters in Journalism from the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.