Striking a pose? Nicola Sturgeon attacks Liz Truss over ‘attention seeker’ jibe claiming that the only time they ever met the Foreign Secretary asked for advice on getting into VOGUE
- The Tory leadership favourite last week branded Sturgeon an ‘attention seeker’
- Ms Sturgeon said she had first thought the comments were a ‘spoof’ attack
- Said Truss asked at Cop 26 about ‘how she could get into Vogue’ magazine
Nicola Sturgeon reignited a war of words with Liz Truss today over being branded an ‘attention seeker’ today – claiming that the only time they have met the Foreign Secretary wanted advice on being featured in Vogue.
The First Minister told an Edinburgh Festival event today that Ms Truss made the remark at Cop26, the environmental summit held in Glasgow last year.
It took place weeks after Ms Sturgeon had appeared in a glamorous photoshoot in the fashion Bible.
Last week Ms Truss adopted an aggressive stance towards the SNP leader’s demand for a new Scottish independence referendum .
The Tory leadership favourite last week branded her an ‘attention seeker’ and said the best thing to do is ‘ignore her’ – sparking fury with the SNP who said they and the Scottish people were ‘insulted’.
Speaking to LBC radio today in the Scottish capital, Ms Sturgeon said she had first thought the comments were a ‘spoof’.
She recounted a conversation they had at Cop 26 about ‘how she could get into Vogue’, adding: ‘She calls me an attention seeker…’
She also branded Boris Johnson ‘a disgrace to the office’ of prime minister’.
The First Minister told an Edinburgh Festival event today that Ms Truss made the remark at Cop26, the environmental summit held in Glasgow last year.
The Tory leadership favourite last week branded Sturgeon an ‘attention seeker’ and said the best thing to do is ‘ignore her’ – sparking fury with the SNP who said they and the Scottish people were ‘insulted’.
Ms Truss made the comments at a Conservative hustings in Exeter and was swiftly backed by Jacob Rees-Mogg, who declared that Ms Sturgeon ‘waffles on endlessly’, is ‘very often wrong’, and is ‘always moaning’.
But Depute First Minister John Swinney said her comments were ‘deeply troubling and concerning’, adding that people in Scotland, regardless of political opinion, will be ‘really concerned, and in many cases, insulted’.
He said: ‘Nicola Sturgeon has far more democratic legitimacy than Liz Truss is going to have if she becomes the prime minister, and I think Liz Truss has absolutely no right or foundation to make these remarks.’
Ms Sturgeon, the SNP First minister, wants to hold a new independence vote in October next year, nine years after Scotland last voted to remain in the UK.
Yesterday the Government submitted its legal argument against allowing the Scottish Parliament to legislate for another independence referendum.
Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain QC referred a prospective referendum Bill to the Supreme Court last month to ascertain if it was within the powers of Holyrood.
Oral arguments are due to be heard in the case in October, but the Advocate General for Scotland Lord Stewart QC submitted the case against the Bill being within the legislative competence of Holyrood on Tuesday.
It is understood the UK Government has asked for the Court’s permission to publish the submission.
