Sturgeon says Johnson's refusal to meet 'not a snub'

Nicola Sturgeon has said Boris Johnson's refusal to meet สล็อตxo her for Covid recovery talks during his visit to Scotland is a "missed opportunity" but not a "snub".

The prime minister arrived in Scotland earlier but declined an invitation to hold talks with Scotland's first minister.

She had invited him to meet at her official Edinburgh residence, Bute House, but the prime minister replied that he would not find during his two-day visit.

She told broadcasters: "I don't feel snubbed. I think most people will think it's a bit odd, and a bit strange, that we've got a prime minister visiting Scotland who talks a lot, rightly, about the need - despite our political differences - for us to work together where we can on getting through Covid and into Covid recovery but doesn't take the opportunity when in Scotland to come and talk to me directly about how we might co-operate and work together."

She says it would have been the first good opportunity to sit down for a "socially-distanced face-to-face chat."

She says: "I stand ready to work with whoever, however I can to get Scotland through Covid and into recovery."