Nicola Sturgeon has said she “detests the Tories and everything they stand for”.

The First Minister gave the response when asked whether Prime Minister, Liz Truss was a friend or foe?

Sturgeon said she would like to be a friend in areas both governments could work together on but then went on to say she detests the Prime Minister’s party.

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She was asked by the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg, in Aberdeen, on day two of the SNP Conference if Truss was a friend or foe, and whether she would prefer a Tory or Labour Government at Westminster.

Sturgeon said: “We are political opponents but I’ve always tried to work with her predecessors and I will try to work with her, so I would like to be a friend on the basis of the areas where we can work together constructively.”

Asked the same question about Keir Starmer, she said: “I worked very well with Keir Starmer over Brexit. I’m really disappointed that Keir Starmer has thrown in the towel on the European Union and no longer wants to take the UK or Scotland back into the European Union.

“If the question to me is would I prefer a Labour Government over a Tory government? I detest the Tories and everything they stand for, so It’s not difficult to answer that question.

“But firstly, being better than the Tories is not a high bar to cross right now. I think we need to see more of a radical alternative from Labour rather than just a pale imitation.

“And if you’re asking me do I think either a Westminster Tory Government or a Westminster  Labour Government is good enough for Scotland then my answer to that question is no.”

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She was also asked about tax and the UK government plan to cut the basic rate of income tax to 19p.

Sturgeon said Scotland had the “best value” tax rates in the UK.

She said: “We have a well-established budget process in Scotland. “We will take the decision based on a balanced consideration.

“This is a really difficult time for people.

“We are doing things to try and lift the incomes of the lowest. We have a Scottish Child payment In Scotland that nobody else in the UK has, £25 a week, soon, for every child in low-income families. We don’t pay for prescriptions, we have free tuition in Scotland so taxpayers in Scotland get good value for money. Better value for money than anywhere else in the UK.”