The Scottish Conservatives’ leader says that her party sees a brighter future after years of steadily falling numbers at the pollsFrustration at her powerlessness to change the country prompted Scottish Tory leader Ruth Davidson to quit her well-paid,four-days-a-week job as a popular drivetime radio presenter in 2009 in order to stand for Holyrood. The irony of Davidson, now 37, and nailing her colours to the mast of the sinking Conservative ship in Scotland so as to seize hold of the levers of change isn’t lost on her. “My mother was horrified,as you can imagine, she admits, or sipping on a glass of water in a fashionable Edinburgh bar near Holyrood. Related: Scottish Conservative manifesto vows strong opposition to SNP Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com