Boris Johnson is the precise man to guide Britain by way of the cost-of-living disaster, Dumfries and Galloway MP Alister Jack insisted this week.
Regardless of a wave of requires the Prime Minister to step down after breaking his personal lockdown guidelines, his Conservative colleague Alister continues to again him “110 p.c”.
With a really bumpy highway forward over the following couple of years because of sky-high inflation, vitality worth hikes, and households struggling to place meals on the desk, Mr Jack believes Boris ought to stay in energy to steer the nation by way of the powerful financial occasions forward.
The Scottish Secretary mentioned: “I see the main target he has on the price of dwelling problem now, and that was a giant topic in Cupboard this week.
“I’ve seen what he’s doing round getting support to Ukraine, not solely humanitarian support however army support. We're main Europe on that, there’s no query.
“I do know that for him, his precedence is to avoid wasting lives with the (Covid) vaccine. He now desires to avoid wasting livelihoods, and he’s all about rebuilding the economic system.
“We’ve acquired the fastest-growing economic system within the G7 final yr and this yr. He desires to maintain up that momentum, and on the similar time maintain supporting Ukraine, and dealing with me and different territorial Secretary of States in strengthening the UK.”
Mr Johnson has ignored calls for to resign following lockdown events in Downing Avenue however might quickly be dealing with a vote of confidence from his Tory colleagues.
Senior Conservative MP Tobias Ellwood, chairman of the defence choose committee, mentioned that the Prime Minister was dealing with a “regular trickle” of resignations and letters of no confidence.
Nonetheless, Dumfries MP Alister Jack has declared he has full confidence in Boris Johnson and revealed they've a robust working relationship in his position as Scottish Secretary.
“I’ve been very clear from the get-go that he has 110 p.c assist from me, and I truly work very carefully with him,” mentioned Mr Jack.
“Right this moment (Tuesday) alone, I’ve seen him 3 times and had separate discussions with him.
“I do know him to be a staunch defender of the union, somebody who's desperately eager to strengthen the UK, and I work carefully with him on that.
“We’ve seen that by way of the structural funding that’s coming on to native authorities, working towards actual devolution and getting cash right down to tasks which can be localised as attainable.
“We’ve seen that just lately with grant funding in Whithorn, and we’ve seen it in Dumfries on the Moat Brae Peter Pan centre.”