The Foreign Minister ruled that Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon was only trying to “draw attention” and that it was therefore a question of “ignoring her”.
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Candidate for the succession of Boris Johnson, the conservative Liz Truss drew the wrath of the Scottish separatists of the SNP by estimating on Monday August 1 that the Scottish Prime Minister Nicola Sturgeon was only seeking to “draw attention” and that it was therefore appropriate to “ignore it”. The current Foreign Secretary is considered the favorite to occupy 10 Downing Street soon. At a public meeting in the English town of Exeter, she presented herself as a “union child”. She felt it was necessary “to show people in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales (…) that our policies apply across the UK”. On the question of a new referendum on independence, Liz Truss repeated three times “Nope”.
On the BBC, Scottish Deputy First Minister John Swinney judged these comments “completely and utterly unacceptable”. The Scots will be “absolutely horrified by the harmful words” of the candidate for the head of the conservative party. “Nicola Sturgeon has much more democratic legitimacy than Liz Truss will have if she becomes Prime Minister”he said on Tuesday morning, referring to the fact that only Conservative party members, estimated at nearly 200,000 people, will take part in the vote, who represent only a small fraction of the electorate.
Despite the British government’s repeated refusal, Nicola Sturgeon intends to organize a new referendum on Scottish independence on October 19, 2023. Anticipating a legal showdown with the government, the independence leader took the lead and seized the Supreme Court , for it to determine whether the Scottish Parliament has the power to legislate to organize this referendum without the agreement of the British government. The Scots had already been consulted on the subject in 2014 and had voted 55% to remain within the United Kingdom.