Scottish Conservatives, the Prime Minister congratulated the Scottish Tories on blunting Nicola Sturgeon’s ambitions for an SNP majority at the Scottish elections in May.To cheers at an evening reception, he said: “It is the first time I’ve been able to thank you all in person for the heroic act of depriving the SNP of the majority they so craved.”Johnson went on to launch an outspoken attack on the independence movement, claiming “ the gilt is coming off the gingerbread of the Scottish