Russell Findlay urged the party ‘not to turn inwards’ during the upcoming leadership campaign.
People in Scotland care about their high utility bills and not the structure of the Scottish Tories, a potential leadership hopeful has said.
The idea was initially put to members in 2011 in a failed leadership bid by by Murdo Fraser – who is said to be considering running again.But the idea has been met with resistance, with fellow hopeful Russell Findlay, who urged the party “not to turn inwards” during the upcoming leadership election to replace Douglas Ross.
“We must not turn inwards and spend all our time debating proposals to split the Scottish Conservatives from the UK party.“They care about their mortgages, their taxes and their duty to leave the country in a good state for future generations. Mr Findlay said the party can spend the period leading up to the 2026 Holyrood election debating the party’s internal machinations, or “get on with the job here in Scotland to build our own vision of a modern popular Conservative Party”.
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