Nicola Sturgeon has branded Douglas Ross the "cheerleader in chief" for backing Boris Johnson over the partygate scandal.
The SNP chief took intention on the Scottish Conservative chief at First Minister 's Questions (FMQs) at Holyrood forward of the council elections on Thursday.
Ross has been mocked for withdrawing his requires the Prime Minister to resign after he admitted attending a gathering in Downing Avenue in the course of the covid lockdown in 2020.
In January the Moray submitted a letter to the 1922 committee saying he had no confidence within the PM, nonetheless forward of the Tory get together convention in March Ross reversed his calls.
After Johnson was fined by the Metropolitan Police for attending his celebration in Quantity 10 Ross stood by his boss.
Throughout FMQs Douglas Ross probed Sturgeon on native points.
He mentioned: "Tomorrow’s election is an opportunity to get the main target again onto the issues that basically matter to individuals - enhancing native providers, rebuilding roads, investing in colleges and cleansing up our streets.
"Scottish Conservative councillors will give attention to native priorities and stand as much as the SNP after they waste a fortune on ferries, slash council budgets and lower important providers.
"First Minister, why ought to SNP candidates be rewarded on your failures?"
Sturgeon hit again at Ross branding him "a follower" and "not a frontrunner".
She mentioned: "I believe this has been properly observed throughout Scotland on this election.
"Douglas Ross has spent way more time standing up for Boris Johnson than he has standing up for the pursuits of individuals in Scotland.
"When it regarded as if the Tories have been truly going to eliminate Boris Johnson, Douglas Ross bravely at that time known as for his resignation.
"When that modified Douglas Ross allowed himself to be hauled into line and has simply grow to be the cheerleader in chief for Boris Johnson.
"No consistency, no precept, no resolve, no spine.
"That's Douglas Ross, he is not a frontrunner, he is only a follower."
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