![]() “She’s an attention seeker, that’s what she is and what we need to do is show the people of Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales what we are delivering for them, and make sure that all of our government policies apply right across the United Kingdom.” Truss, who described herself as “a child of the union” said: “We’re better together and I think the best thing to do with Nicola Sturgeon is to ignore her. One member of the audience asked: “What are you going to do to get Scotland on board? Because I’m sick to death hearing about Nicola Sturgeon trying to break up the union.”Ĭhair of the hustings, the Whitehall editor of the Financial Times Sebastian Payne, added: “The bond of the United Kingdom has weakened over the past 12 years of the Conservative government, and if you look at Northern Ireland or Scotland, independence is very much a question again. On Monday, the candidates were setting out their case for Tory leadership to members when Truss was asked about how she would strengthen the bond of the UK. The foreign secretary is competing with former chancellor Rishi Sunak to succeed Boris Johnson as Prime Minister at No 10. Liz Truss has said that the “best thing to do with Nicola Sturgeon is ignore her” and branded the First Minister an “attention seeker” at the Conservative hustings in Exeter.
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