Douglas Ross: Tories 'emphatically' reject Scottish leader's Labour vote call
The Conservative party has rejected a suggestion from its leader in Scotland that voters could tactically back Labour to oust the SNP.
In many seats in Scotland, it will be Labour or the Lib Dems who are seen as the most likely challengers to the SNP at the next general election.in May, no seats are up for grabs in Scotland or Wales. "But I think generally the public can see, and they want the parties to accept, that where there is a strongest candidate to beat the SNP, you get behind that candidate.
He added: "In many seats across Scotland, particularly because of the weakness and the scandal engulfing the SNP, the Scottish Conservatives have the opportunity to point out that we are the only alternative to the SNP. The party's deputy leader Keith Brown said: "It shows just how little difference there is between the Tories and the pro-Brexit Labour party that Douglas Ross is willing to endorse them instead of his own party."Keir Starmer has taken Labour so far to the right that they are now just a pale imitation of the Tories - backing Brexit, supporting brutal austerity and attacking devolution.
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