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New leader, new direction – where next for the Scottish Tories?

Looking ahead, the Scottish political battlefield isn’t as fertile for them as it once was.

After heavy SNP loses, it feels like we’ll be hearing less about a second independence referendum in the near future.

The Scottish Tories may have opposed independence, but the spectre of another referendum was a very useful campaigning tool for them.

One Scottish Conservative MSP, Stephen Kerr, told me his party “packed a punch” when it came to the constitution, but it now needs a new message.

He believes Scotland is “one of the most Conservative countries in Europe”, and wants to see which of his colleagues can outline an effective low tax, socially conservative platform.

Stephen Kerr thinks there needs to be a longer contest where the future of the right in Scotland can be debated in detail.

It feels like this is a party that will need to adjust.

So who’s weighing up a bid? And where would they take the Scottish Conservatives?


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