Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss will face off at a hustings in Perth this evening. Here’s what to expect…
They will want to leave the town hall with a belief that whoever replaces Boris Johnson in No10 will not embarrass them; will not leave them attempting to defend the indefensible in a country where it is still considered, in many communities, an article of faith not to vote Tory; will not make them put their blue rosette back in a drawer and forget it exists.
So while much of tonight's event will no doubt go over the same ground as the other hustings, this one will have a tartan wrapper. Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak will square up on just who hates the idea of Scottish independence the most, and who will be stronger in their dealings with Nicola Sturgeon. While all this strong-arming about independence and the SNP is red meat for the Tory faithful, attempts to undermine devolution don't sit easily with Scottish Conservatives. And both contenders need to remember what they are saying will also be seen and heard by the wider Scottish electorate - even those who are not supporters of Nicola Sturgeon or the SNP felt Truss had gone too far in her "ignore" comment. It's not for nothing Scots are known to be thrawn.
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