Nicola Sturgeon says Liz Truss requested her ‘learn how to get into Vogue’

Nicola Sturgeon has claimed Liz Truss quizzed her about learn how to land an interview in Vogue journal once they met briefly at Cop26 final yr.

Talking at an Edinburgh fringe occasion on Wednesday, the Scottish first minister recalled assembly the Conservative management favorite on the world local weather convention in Glasgow shortly after the journal interview – her second with the style bible – had come out.

“I keep in mind it fairly nicely really,” Sturgeon instructed the viewers. “I had simply performed, and that is going to sound actually up myself however I don’t imply to … I’d simply been interviewed by Vogue, as you do … that was the primary factor she wished to speak to me about, she wished to understand how she may get into Vogue.

“I mentioned to her, they got here and requested me.”

Sturgeon was responding to feedback made by Truss throughout a Conservative management hustings occasion in Exeter wherein Truss labelled Sturgeon an “consideration seeker” and instructed the viewers that “the perfect factor to do with Nicola Sturgeon is to disregard her”.

Ruling out a second independence referendum, Truss had instructed the viewers: “She’s an consideration seeker, that’s what she is. What we have to do is present the individuals of Scotland, Northern Eire and Wales what we’re delivering for them and ensuring that every one of our authorities insurance policies apply proper throughout the UK.”

Talking to political commentator Iain Dale on the Edinburgh fringe occasion, Sturgeon mentioned that when she instructed the overseas secretary that she had in truth appeared in Vogue twice (as soon as in 2015 and once more in 2021), Truss “seemed slightly bit as if she’d swallowed a wasp”.

“I keep in mind it as a result of there we have been on the world’s largest local weather change convention in Glasgow, world leaders about to reach. That was the primary subject of dialog she was concerned about pursuing. And as soon as we’d exhausted that it sort of dried up.”

“I’m certain we’ll have many extra conversations about many extra substantive issues,” she added. “I’m certain she’ll be in Vogue earlier than too lengthy.”

The Guardian has approached Vogue for touch upon whether or not Truss is to look in a future difficulty.