The SNP has branded the Conservative government at Westminster as ‘chaotic, confusing and corrupt’.

In a speech to the party’s conference, held online again due to the Covid pandemic, Ian Blackford, SNP Westminster leader, said Boris Johnson was leading a government mired in “sleaze”.

Blackford said the SNP would be tabling a Motion of Censure at the House of Commons against the Prime Minister this week.

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He said unless Johnson faces consequences for his “disastrous actions” he’ll think he has got away with “the mess he has made of it” it and do it again.

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Blackford said: “Not alone have the last number of weeks exposed a Prime Minister and a Westminster government collapsing in their own chaos, the lid has also been lifted on the scale of their sleaze.

“Because while chaos and confusion is one thing, deliberate corruption is quite another.

“And I’m afraid corruption is the only proper word, the only honest word, for what has been going on.”

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Blackford said in the two years since Johnson has been Prime Minister there has been a “cash for honours scandal, a cash for contracts scandal, a texts for tax breaks scandal

He added: “There’s even been a cash for curtains scandal.”

Blackford said: “Month after month, scandal after scandal and still no independent investigation to hold those responsible to account.

“No wonder people have come to the conclusion that the Tories think it’s one rule for them and one rule for everybody else.”

If the Motion of Censure were to pass it could lead to an early General Election.

However, with Boris Johnson leading 360 Conservative MPs and a working majority of 77, barring a huge Tory revolt the SNP motion is destined to fail.

It is also not clear if Labour, the LibDems or any other of the smaller parties will back the SNP motion.

Nicola Sturgeon will close the SNP Conference today, with her Party Leader speech, which she will use to urge people in Scotland to redouble their efforts on stopping the spread of Covid in the light of the new omicron variant from southern Africa.

The First Minister will say: “The new variant has led the Scottish Government to impose tighter restrictions again at our borders.

“That none of this was even contemplated just a few days ago, is a reminder of how fast this virus can move and change.

“We must, all of us, therefore, redouble our efforts to stop it in its tracks.

“The good news is that we know how to do that. We’ve done it before.

“Over these next weeks of winter, we need to pull together and look after each other.”

She is also expected to speak about public services, independence and the economy.