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Nicola Sturgeon: I detest the Tories...but will try to work with Truss Nicola Sturgeon: I detest the Tories and everything they stand for
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Nicola Sturgeon has told the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg she "detests" the Tories, but would make the effort to work with Prime Minister Liz Truss. The Scottish first minister has told the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg she would like to be a "friend" of Liz Truss based on the areas where the two could work together constructively.
Asked who she would rather have as prime minister, Scotland's First Minister said she would have no difficulty choosing between a Tory or a Labour government. Despite indicating a preference for Labour, she added a caveat that "being better than the Tories is not a high bar to cross". But asked who she would rather have as prime minister, Nicola Sturgeon said she would have no difficulty choosing between a Tory or Labour government - indicating a preference for the latter.
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Nadhim Zahawi responded to Ms Sturgeon's comments later on the same programme. He said: "I think that language is really dangerous". "I detest the Tories and everything they stand for," she said.
She added that being better than the Tories was "not a high bar to cross" at the moment, suggesting a more "radical alternative" from Labour was needed.
Later on the same programme, cabinet minister Nadhim Zahawi called Ms Sturgeon's language "really dangerous".