Nicola Sturgeon has called on any new Tory prime minister to discuss arguments against independence "anytime, anywhere".
The leader of the SNP announced his decision for thesecond time while Tory leadership candidates Rishi Snack and Liz Truss were attending theScottish election campaignin Perth. After rejecting thereferendum proposal, they fought back. Tuesday evening.
The Prime Minister said: Discuss anytime, anywhere.
"Now let's debate what is the best future for Scotland, not the process, not when democracy will be denied. Make your case and let the Scottish people decide. Let that be democracy.”
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Sturgeon responded: "In my experience, as Rishi Sunak revealed last night, when you get down to just throwing insults, you practically lose your argument.
"If Rishi Snak, Liz Truss, or anyone in the Conservative Party had the slightest confidence in the content of their position, they would vote positively for the Commonwealth, which the Scottish majority would vote for. If they had any confidence that they could make such a claim, they were not trying to interfere with the right of the Scottish people to choose.
"The only reason they want to interfere with their right to choose is because they fear the nature of the argument."
Truss describes himself as a "union kid" because he spent part of his childhood in Paisley, but instead of asking for another vote, he challenged the Scottish government to improve its record.
"If I am elected Prime Minister, I will no longer allow a referendum on independence," she said, drawing applause from the crowd in her hall at her concert in Perth.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs said, "Our family (nation) will never be divided." "I can't imagine the situation," he said.
"We live, of course, in a union bound by consent and democracy, and I accept that, but I don't think either now or in the near future is far away. I don't think anyone is thinking, it's time to focus on this," he added.
Sunak stressed that politicians should focus on rising energy costs, not on indyref2.
