Ian Blackford described the alleged comments by the PM that he would rather "bodies pile high in their thousands" than impose another lockdown across the country as "utterly abhorrent".
Downing Street has denied the comments were made by the Tory prime minister, which first surfaced in the Daily Mail today. It has been reported that Johnson made the comments after he delivered the announcement of a second lockdown at the end of October.
It comes as Johnson is engaged in a bitter fall out with his former adviser Dominic Cummings over his handling of the coronavirus pandemic, leaked text messages and his refurbishment of the Downing Street flat.
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