Stop pussyfooting around leftist consensus in Scotland, says Kerr

The Central Scotland MSP said the party must challenge things like free tuition or free prescriptions.

The Scottish Tories must stop “pussyfooting around the leftist consensus” – including free tuition fees and prescriptions – under a new leader, a senior party MSP has said.

“These have become shibboleths that the people who administer and use them know are unworkable in the long term, but we Conservatives haven’t dared to oppose.” “I and the party will support a leader who can lead the discussion on centre-right policies and communicate them with conviction to an electorate who will be glad to hear a new song from the Scottish Conservatives.”

“He resigned the leadership during the election campaign and should now step down in favour of an interim leader chosen by MSPs.” “It would be entirely counterproductive when the leadership contest itself presents us with an opportunity to discuss the future of our party in a way we haven’t in more than a decade.”

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