Nicola Sturgeon fueled their growing enmity today by claiming Liz Truss might be a “disaster” as prime minister.
The SNP leader asked that Ms. Truss abandon important campaign commitments including tax reduction the day before she is anticipated to be confirmed as the next Tory leader.
Additionally, she said that opposing a second vote on Scottish independence was “weak” and “desperate.”
The insulting remarks were made during a Sky News interview, despite Ms. Sturgeon’s lip service to cooperating with the next PM.
She stated that she had made an effort to work with Boris Johnson and his forerunners. When questioned about her joke that Ms Truss had asked for help on how to get into Vogue magazine, Ms Sturgeon acknowledged that she was not “perfect.”
Ms. Truss dismissed the notion that she would reconsider her campaign commitments this morning and insisted that she will ‘follow through’ on what she said.
Nicola Sturgeon (pictured) demanded that Liz Truss abandon important campaign commitments including tax reduction the day before she is due to be confirmed as the next leader of the Conservative Party.
On Sunday, Ms. Sturgeon said to Sophy Ridge: “It’s true that Liz Truss and I don’t share many political views, but I’m a strong believer in giving anybody running for prime minister an opportunity to prove themselves, and I will absolutely try my best to create a positive working relationship with her.”
She said, “But let’s hope that’s not the case, because this is a very important period for the UK and it requires very serious and very purposeful leadership,” adding that “if she governs way she has campaigned throughout the summer, she would be a disaster”—not only for Scotland but for the whole UK.
When Ms Sturgeon was questioned about her opinion of Ms Truss’ campaign, she said that she was focusing on the ‘niche issues’ of Tory members, such tax cuts.
She said that the obsessions of a small minority of Conservative Party members were not the nation’s top priority.
‘I believe that will become very plain and visible possibly within the first 24 to 48 hours of her leadership. It won’t take very long to see if she is going to rule as a prime minister with a focus on the genuine priorities of the nation or not.
Let’s hope she makes the right decision and quits courting the conservative party’s fringes.
On Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg on the BBC, Ms. Truss stated: “With me, what you see is what you get.” I avoid making commitments I can’t maintain. I keep my word and do what I say I’ll do.
There will be trying situations and difficult choices to be taken, and I will be forthright with the people about what we will confront.
Not all of those choices will win us friends, but I’ll be open and honest about what has to be done.
I also have a good outlook on life. And I’m certain that we can solve these problems because, to be honest, Britain has faced tougher situations in the past. We are capable of handling the obstacles because we have the mentality and the spirit to do so.
According to reports, officials are considering passing a Referendum Act that would need support for independence from a majority of voters rather than a majority of eligible voters in Scotland.
According to the Sunday Times, the UK Government wouldn’t even contemplate holding another referendum on independence unless there was proof for more than a year that at least 60% of people wanted it.
The ideas, according to Ms. Sturgeon, are a “gerrymander of the rules” effort. She said, “That is an indication of basic weakness and a lack of confidence in her argument for the union.”
The First Minister continued by stating that “never has a strong argument been presented for the union.”
When the votes were tabulated in 2014, a record-high 85% of Scottish voters participated in the election, and 55% of them supported being a member of the union.
Ms. Sturgeon backed down from promises of a “wildcat” referendum but made plain her intention to conduct a second vote on independence in October 2023.
She is instead requesting that the UK Supreme Court decide that such a poll may be conducted without Westminster’s permission, but experts have cast doubt on her chances of success.
The SNP leader has threatened to turn the next Westminster election into a “de facto referendum” on independence if she cannot convene a referendum next year.