Liz Truss has been urged to clarify whether she backs ‘independence’ for the Scottish Tories ten years after backing a campaign for a new party.
The Foreign Secretary, who is the bookies’ favourite to succeed Boris Johnson, has talked up her Unionist credentials during the Conservative leadership contest against Rishi Sunak.
She has flagged up her childhood in Paisley, described herself as a ‘child of the Union’ and ruled out supporting indyref2.
