Johnson makes ‘unbelievably crass’ joke about Thatcher closing coal mines

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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