Johnson makes ‘unbelievably crass’ joke about Thatcher closing coal mines
by Libby Brooks and Jessica Elgot from Environment | The Guardian on (#5N0KZ)
Prime minister denounced for comments on visit to Scotland, where he refused to meet Nicola Sturgeon
Margaret Thatcher gave a big early start" to green energy by closing coalmines, Boris Johnson has joked, in comments denounced as unbelievably crass."
On a visit to Scotland on Thursday, the prime minister made a number of provocative comments, stating that a second referendum on Scottish independence is about as far from the top of my agenda as it is possible to be".
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