Scotland’s First Minister’s sarcastic reaction to Liz Truss’ victory.
Scotland’s first minister, who warned Liz Truss the day before about any plans to block the next Scottish independence referendum, today reacted ironically to her election as prime minister.
Nicola Sturgeon, the First Minister of Scotland, reacted ironically today in response to the election of Liz Truss as the leader of the Conservative Party and the subsequent Prime Minister of England, and her victory in this competition was based on Liz Truss’s positions regarding the laws related to the next Scottish independence referendum. questioned.
According to Scotland’s “Nation” news website, Liz Truss, who was working in Boris Johnson’s government as Foreign Secretary, won 81,326 votes in the final stage of the race for the leadership of the British Conservative Party with her rival Rishi Sonak, the former Treasury Secretary. and Sunak also got 60,399 votes.
During the election campaign in August, Terrace lashed out at the First Minister of Scotland, once describing Sturgeon as a “beggar for attention” and at another point saying, “Sturgeon is best ignored”.
The first minister of Scotland today reacted in a diplomatic way to the victory of Liz Truss in the election and while congratulating this victory, he promised to “build a good working relationship” with the new prime minister of England.
Scotland’s First Minister tweeted: “Congratulations to Liz Truss. “Our political differences are deep, but I will seek to build a good working relationship with him, as I have done with the three prime ministers before him.”
“She (Liz Truss) must now freeze energy bills for people and businesses, provide more cash support and increase public service funding,” Sturgeon said.
Sturgeon, however, poked fun at Liz Truss’s election results amid reports of new positions Truss plans to take in the next Scottish independence referendum.
The Sunday Times media recently wrote in a report that Liz Truss plans to introduce a new law for the next English independence referendum, which will require a quorum of 50% of all eligible voters in order for supporters of Scottish independence from the United Kingdom to win in this referendum. Scotland’s conditions should vote yes to independence.
Sturgeon pointed to the results obtained by Truss and said: “47 percent of all eligible voters voted for Truss.”
He clarified: “This figure would have no value if the new law related to the independence referendum was to be applied to this vote, and in that case this election would be invalid.”
On Sunday, Sturgeon warned Liz Truss against any future attempts by her to “toughen up the rules” to win Scottish independence, calling it an example of “tampering with the rules” and “changing the basis of democracy”.
