Rishi Sunak vows to 'drive down support for independence' with pop at SNP

Rishi Sunak during his first trip to Scotland on the Isle of Bute when he was chancellor and accosted by an independence supporter

RISHI Sunak has vowed to “drive down support for independence” as he insisted the SNP claim “credit for all the good things in Scotland”.

The Tory leadership hopeful made the assertion in a column for the Daily Mail, adding that he would “stand up to the SNP” and hold them to account for their actions.