DOUGLAS Ross “may need to step down” as Scottish Tory leader after the General Election according to party sources...
DOUGLAS Ross “may need to step down” as Scottish Tory leader after the General Election, according to party sources.
Rival parties have claimed Ross has “betrayed” a colleague by putting himself forward to stand in the seat – a decision which came after he previously said he would quitand a “swell of opinion” within the Scottish Conservatives, including that Ross may have to step down as leader regardless of whether he wins the seat or not.“The handling has been so bad,” they said.Another Tory source told the BBC: “If he wins the mood will be that he needs to go as no one can adequately cover all those jobs.
Ross said: “The party management board had to look at the situation right now, the situation with David’s health, his recovery, that was at the heart of the decision the management board took. Pressed on whether he had messaged Duguid or tried to speak to him, Ross added: “We have done both, but given he is in hospital it is not straightforward.We know there are thousands of National readers who want to debate, argue and go back and forth in the comments section of our stories. We’ve got the most informed readers in Scotland, asking each other the big questions about the future of our country.
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