'She's still moaning': Jacob Rees-Mogg doubles down on Liz Truss' attack on Nicola Sturgeon

Cabinet Minister Jacob Rees-Mogg doubled down on Liz Truss's personal attack on Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, saying she is "always moaning" and "quite often wrong".

It comes after the Foreign Secretary - the favorite of the Conservative leadership race - rejected demands for a second referendum on Scottish independence.

Conservative members of the public at the event in Exeter cheered and applauded the comment , Ms Truss adding: "She's an attention seeker, that's what she is".< /p>

The remarks were seized upon by SNP politicians, who accused Ms Truss of doing show of "contempt" towards the voters north of the border while simultaneously advocating for an independent Scotland.

Rath Instead of trying to defuse the row, however, Mr Rees-Mogg doubled down on his comments on Tuesday, accusing Ms Sturgeon of Sky News to 'discuss endlessly' on the issue of a second referendum.

Recommended Liz Truss to ignore "attention seeker" Nicola Sturgeon on Independence Scotland' do this because you don't respect the people of Scotland, and the UK government will have to do this for the people of Scotland as well."

"I think she gets it wrong very often , she is still ay moaning t and we need to focus on how the union benefits people,” he added.

“The SNP is getting very upset – of course the SNP is getting upset, its permanent state by default. It's a mild state of fury, much of it confused.

"What we need to do is make the case for why the UK is succeeding for the people of Scotland and how the Kingdom United as a whole has helped the people of Scotland."

John Swinney, the Deputy First Minister, called Ms Truss's comments "deeply disturbing and concerning" on Tuesday morning.

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Nicola Sturgeon's deputy says comments are "deeply disturbing and concerning"

He added, "Nicola Sturgeon has far more democratic legitimacy than Liz Truss will have if she becomes prime minister, and I think Liz Truss has absolutely no right or basis to make those remarks."

SNP MP Joanna Cherry added: "I think the Scottish independence movement should be grateful to Liz Truss. Looks like she's going to be PM.

"On every future occasion the Tories or Unionists talk about a union of equals or respect for Scotland, we have his stupid outburst to play on repeat".

Ms Truss also appeared to take a tougher stance on the issue of a Scottish referendum this weekend,...