THE Prime Minister struggled to name his top three achievements as Minister for the Union under questioning by the SNP.
Boris Johnson assigned himself the ministerial position when he was elected as Prime Minister in 2019.
The responsibilities of the position are described on the Government’s website: “As Minister for the Union, the Prime Minister works to ensure that all of government is acting on behalf of the entire United Kingdom: England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales.”
But, now with almost two years with the title under his belt, the PM struggled to note any achievements or successes he was won during his tenure.
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Instead he pointed to the British Army and vaccine rollout as two examples of the "strength of the Union" - but only after being pressed to answer.
During a three-hour evidence session to the Liaison Committee, Johnson was probed on what he has achieved in the role - but he struggled to give a coherent answer.
SNP MP Wishart asked: "Your now the Minister for the Union - could you maybe list your top three achievements since you gave yourself that position?"
Keeping his eyes focused on the desk below him and mumbling, the PM replied: "I think it would be invidious of me to comment..."
Pushed by Wishart that there must be, "one, you're the Minister for the Union for goodness sake", the PM was pushed into responding.
Johnson said: "I think I will leave that. I think that the Union is, let me give an example of the strength of the Union.
"It became obvious to me during the pandemic the role of the British Army for instance in rolling out not just the vaccine but the testing centres and I do think the vaccine rollout can be broadly counted."
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It comes as Johnson was forced to deny that he wants to reverse devolution, after claims made by his former aide Dominic Cummings.
The National exclusively revealed that former Vote Leave chief Cummings said that Johnson was an "unthinking unionist" who would reverse devolution if he could.
Johnson also took the opportunity to make a pop at the SNP government at Holyrood, claiming they "shuffle blame and responsibility on to central government".
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