Liz Truss will be a “disaster” as Prime Minister if she governs as she has campaigned, Nicola Sturgeon has declared. The Scottish First Minister said she hopes for a “constructive” relationship with Truss who is the frontrunner to become Prime Minister on Monday, even though the two have traded insults throughout the Tory leadership contest.
Sturgeon told Sophy Ridge on Sunday: “It’s obviously the case that Liz Truss and I don’t agree on very much politically, but I’m a firm believer in giving anybody who’s coming into the office of Prime Minister a chance to prove themselves, and I will certainly do my best to build a constructive working relationship with her.”
But she added: “If she governs how she has campaigned over the summer, she will be a disaster – not just for Scotland but for all of the UK – but let’s hope that’s not the case, because this is a very serious time for the UK and it needs very serious and very purposeful leadership.”
