Jacob Rees Mogg Repeats Liz Truss Attack On Nicola Sturgeon Saying She Is Often Wrong And Always Whining .

It comes after the Foreign Secretary – the front-runner in the Tory leadership contest – said it was best to “ignore” the SNP leader as she dismissed calls for a second Scottish independence referendum. Tory members in the audience at the Exeter event cheered and applauded the comment, with Ms Truss adding: “It’s attention-seeking, that’s what it is.” The remarks were seized on by SNP politicians, who accused Ms Truss of showing “contempt” for voters north of the border while supporting an independent Scotland. Rather than try to defuse the row, however, Mr Rees-Mogg backed up the comments on Tuesday, accusing Ms Sturgeon on Sky News of “obsessing endlessly” about the issue of a second referendum. He said: “When he’s thinking endlessly that he’s going to have a referendum and go to the High Court and all that, we have to say, hang on you’re doing that because you’re failing to deliver for the people of Scotland. and the UK Government should also deliver for the people of Scotland.” “I think he’s wrong too often, he’s always whining, and we need to focus on how the union benefits people,” he added. “The SNP gets a lot of cross – of course the SNP also gets cross, its permanent default state. It’s a state of mild rage, much of it misrepresented. “What we need to do is make the case for why the UK is successful for the people of Scotland and how the UK as a whole has helped the people of Scotland.” John Swinney, deputy first minister, described Ms Truss’s comments as “deeply disturbing and disturbing” on Tuesday morning. Nicola Sturgeon’s deputy says comments are ‘deeply disturbing and disturbing’ (PA) He added: “Nicola Sturgeon has far more democratic legitimacy than Liz Truss will have if she becomes Prime Minister and I think Liz Truss has absolutely no right or basis to make these remarks.” Joanna Cherry, SNP MP, added: “I think the Scottish independence movement should be grateful to Liz Truss. Looks like he’s going to be prime minister. “On any future occasion when Tories or unionists talk about a union of equals or respect for Scotland, we have her silly outburst playing on a loop.” Ms Truss also appeared to take a harder line on the issue of the Scottish referendum at the weekend, insisting it would not “happen to me” if she wins the contest to replace Boris Johnson in No 10. In a letter to Ms Sturgeon last month, the outgoing prime minister said only that now was not the time to return to the issue “as our country faces unprecedented challenges at home and abroad”. His comments came in response to Scotland’s First Minister unveiling proposals to hold a Scottish referendum on October 19, 2023. As well as calling for the power to hold such a vote to be transferred to Holyrood, High Court judges were also asked whether the Scottish Government could hold an advisory vote on the matter. If these avenues fail, Ms Sturgeon claimed the next general election would become a “de facto referendum”.