Liz Truss and Rishi Sunakaspire to succeeding Boris Johnson As British prime minister, they visited Scotland on Tuesday seeking support from unionist voters, with the promise of greater scrutiny of the independent regional government, which aspires to another referendum in 2023.
In Perth, with a long conservative tradition until the last local elections in May, in which the Scottish National Party (SNP) wrestled with dominance, Truss, the favorite to win the Conservative primaries, noted that He will demand more transparency from the Scottish Executive If you get to Downing Street.
Truss has criticized Scottish Prime Minister Nicola Sturgeon for focusing on him Encourage “constitutional division” rather than social priorities.
“I will ensure that my government does everything necessary for the elected representatives to hold the Home Rule Government to account for its failure to deliver the quality public services, particularly health and education, that Scots deserve,” he said.
The other contender for the position of prime minister, Rishi Sunak – the former economy minister – promised that as chief executive he would compel the permanent secretary of the Scottish government, the highest official in the Self-Administration, to appear annually before Westminster, in London.
“For far too long the SNP has been able to hide its failures by picking and choosing the data it publishes. And I would like to change that, by holding the Scottish government accountable and making sure that Our public services are better managed‘, he announced.
“The future of the UK is bright, but our union must work together, all countries hand in hand to make it happen,” he added.
Sturgeon’s ambition is to hold a new independence referendum in October next year.
Consultations require permission from the central government, which outgoing Prime Minister Johnson has already denied, considering that “This is not the time” for another queryAfter Scots voted to stay in the UK in 2014.
As stipulated in the Scotland Act 1998, which regulates relations between London and Edinburgh after the decentralization of the British Parliament, it is the House of Commons that can legislate on the future of the Union.
The legality of Sturgeon’s holding of consultation without central executive authority will be assessed by the British High Court on October 11 and 12.
Should the judges drop his plans, Sturgeon advances that he will use the next general election (2024) De facto referendum.
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