Rishi Sunak has claimed that Nicola Sturgeon's plan to hold a second referendum on independence next year is the "wrong priority at the worst possible moment".
The former chancellor is trying to win votes among Scottish Conservative party members in the race to succeed Boris Johnson but faces a strong challenge from rival Liz Truss.
Both candidates to enter Downing Street have spoken out against an IndyRef2 despite the Scottish Government insisting it has a clear mandate following last year's Holyrood election.
Sunak today asked why SNP ministers were not "talking about the drugs crisis in Scotland or how we can get more money into Scottish workers' pockets" instead of another vote on the constitution."Working together and uniting is what made us such a formidable force on the world stage," Sunak wrote in a column for the Scottish Daily Mail."Scotland has achieved so much as part of the UK, and the UK has achieved so much because of Scotland.
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