Boris Johnson failed to mention the worsening cost of living crisis during his keynote speech at the Scottish Conservative conference.
The Prime Minister addressed delegates at the gathering in Aberdeen at the P&J Live arena earlier today.
Throughout this speech he spoke about the war in Ukraine, the possibility of high-speed rail in Scotland, independence, sending Alex Salmond to space and SNP MP Ian Blackford's waistcoat.
With fuel bills rocketing the PM instead focused on attacking others rather than coming up with solutions to prevent people choosing between heating and eating.
He attempted to focus on the North Sea while in the Granite City in a bid to woo locals in the area.
Johnson said: "Are we not crazy to be talking about completely shutting down domestic production, only to buy oil and gas at a vast mark up from Vladimir Putin's Russia.
"We continue to lead the world in cutting carbon emissions.
"It is also vital to recognise that in this transition there will be a continuing and vital important role for oil and gas not least in producing hydrogen.
"That's why it makes sense for the government to continue to help that crucial industry in the northeast of Scotland with a North Sea transition deal with £16 billion - and I repeat what is the policy of of Labour and the SNP, turn off the taps."
Johnson also took time to have a pop at former First Minister Alex Salmond during his speech.
It comes after the Alba Party leader cancelled his show on Russia's RT following the invasion of Ukraine last month.
The PM said: "We are strengthening the UK’s position as a science superpower, from a computer outside Edinburgh that is capable of making a billion computations a second, to the international barley hub in Dundee – helping to prevent global food shortages by protecting crops against pests, to the burgeoning Scottish space sector in Ayrshire, Shetland and the space port in Caithness.
"And after his success on Russia Today perhaps we should invite Alex Salmond to join his fellow cosmonauts in orbit.
"And I have a feeling that is an issue on which Nicola Sturgeon and I might see eye to eye."
Praise for Douglas Ross
Johnson also turned his attention to the SNP and indyref2. He did it while praising Douglas Ross who in January called for the Prime Minister to quit over partygate.
He said: "It is by driving that Levelling-Up agenda and by a relentless focus on the people’s real priorities, combined with a fearless weekly interrogation of the First Minister that Douglas Ross has been able to defy the sceptics and stop Nicola Sturgeon from getting an overall majority and to get more votes than any other Scottish Conservative leader - 100,000 of them.
"And I will tell you why else Douglas has been successful.
"He is the only political leader in Scotland to be saying loud and clear what is blindingly obvious to everyone - that this is not the moment to be having another referendum.
"This is not the time for yet more delectable disputations about the constitution when our European continent is being ravaged by the most vicious war in Europe since 1945 and when public services and the economy need to recover from the pandemic.
"And how incredible that Labour should be so spiritually cowed that they have become nothing but the lapdogs and the enablers of the SNP."
Ian Blackford
Johnson also revealed that he would like to see high-speed rail (HS2) come to Scotland, however he did it while taking aim at the SNP's Westminster leader Ian Blackford,
He said: "We are spending £5 billion to deliver gigabit broadband across the whole country bringing a smile to the face of even the humblest crofter as he orders a new waistcoat online.
"And now is the time to go beyond the parochialism and constitutional myopia of the SNP and drive forward projects that will bring jobs and growth to the whole UK – as Peter Hendy has pointed out in his excellent Union Connectivity Review - the A77, the A75, the A1, improving the West Coast Mainline to Scotland and yes of course – in time – the logic says HS2 must come to Scotland as well."
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