Sentences with phrase «scottish conservatives look»
The Scottish Conservatives look set to take second place at Holyrood from Labour according to a new opinion poll.
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The latter intervention looks to be the more important for precisely that reason: Davidson carries respect within the party whereas Sturgeon is a political enemy; being seen to respond to demands from the Scottish Conservative Party is easier than appearing to cave in to demands from a party that's made anti-Toryism an evangelical faith.
Just how important Brexit has been as a recruiting sergeant for the Conservatives becomes even clearer if we look separately at the evolution of the Conservative vote between, first, 2015 and the Scottish Parliament election in May 2016, and, second, between May 2016 and the UK general election in June this year.
Over the next hour I'm particularly looking out for Nuneaton, a Conservative seat which Labour was targeting - and the first Scottish seat, the Western Isles.
In a testy debate in the Scottish Parliament, Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson accused the SNP leader of looking «pretty shifty» in her party's dealings with Cambridge Analytica.
Scottish Secretary David Mundell has hailed a «seismic change» in politics politics north of the border after an election night which looks set to put the Conservatives as the official opposition.
The Scottish Conservative leader — emboldened by her historic election gains — had earlier called on colleagues to «look again» at their Brexit strategy.