Chancellor Rishi Sunak mocked for 'insulting' two minute speech to Scottish Tory conference during cost of living crisis

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Rishi Sunak has been mocked for an “insulting” two minute, sixteen second speech to the Scottish Tory party conference. The Chancellor ’s "blink and you might miss" it address during a cost of living crisis and war in Europe only came to 322 words.

It also appeared to contain no new content, despite Scots facing falling living standards.SNP MSP Rona Mackay said: "In the middle of a crushing cost of living crisis the man who holds the purse strings thinks it's appropriate to devote just two minutes of his time to his own Scottish party conference. "In a speech stuffed with shameless self-praise, Sunak provided not a single word of comfort or hope to thousands of hard-pressed Scottish families facing increasing financial uncertainty."This speech was nothing short of insulting and perfectly demonstrates Westminster Tory disdain for the people of Scotland."Sunak, tipped as a future Prime Minister, made a brief speech by video-link to the conference in Aberdeen.On the pandemic, he said: “Two years ago, we faced the greatest challenge of many of our lifetimes.“And in response we pulled together our resources as one United Kingdom to get through it.“Together we protected over one million Scottish jobs, provided loans and grants to almost 100,000 Scottish businesses and delivered £14.5 billion in additional funding for Scotland’s public services.”He also addressed the future: “We must chart a new course together; one that delivers greater opportunity in every region and every community.“That is why this UK Government is committed to levelling up, and we are already taking action.“At the Budget, I announced £173 million for 13 Scottish projects from Whithorn to Inverness as part of our Levelling Up and Community Ownership funds.“