Rishi Sunak’s conference speech yesterday, in which he sought to claim the mantle of change, has received a reasonably welcome reception in the papers this morning. The Times front page says this ‘son of a pharmacist’ is casting himself as Thatcher’s heir, while the Telegraph focused on the PM’s ‘huge decisions to change Britain’.
It appears that not everyone enjoyed the speech though, particularly up in Scotland. After the speech, it was reported that Chris McEleny, the general secretary of the pro-independence Alba party led by Alex Salmond, has reported the PM to Police Scotland alleging contempt of court. He did so after Sunak made the following jibe at Nicola Sturgeon:
‘Nicola Sturgeon wanted to go down in the history books as the woman who broke up our country. But it now looks like she may go down for very different reasons.’
McEleny explained: ‘The prime minister is commenting on and making an assumption about a live Police Scotland investigation.
