Richard Holden and Douglas Ross compound the Conservatives’ election woes

The below content first appeared in Politics.co.uk’s Politics@Lunch newsletter, sign-up for free here and never miss this essential election briefing. Another day, another Conservative election calamity: just in case you thought Rishi Sunak’s re-election bid couldn’t get any more hectic, Douglas Ross announced his intention to resign as leader of the Scottish Tories this morning. More […]

Keir Starmer looks to Nicola Sturgeon ‘for inspiration’, Douglas Ross claims

Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross has claimed that Labour leader Keir Starmer looks to Nicola Sturgeon “for inspiration”, adding that you cannot “fit a hair” between Labour and the SNP on policy. The comments come as the Scottish Conservative leader, who is both an MSP and an MP, prepares to give a new year speech in Edinburgh on Friday. […]

Ross urges probe after No 10 accused of ‘blackmailing’ MPs critical of Boris Johnson

The Scottish Tory leader has said a senior Tory MP’s allegations regarding “blackmail” by No 10 must be investigated. William Wragg, who chairs the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Select Committee (PACAC),who last week urged the prime minister to resign, has alleged that several MPs expressing opposition to Boris Johnson have received “pressures and intimidation” […]