An audience member had the best line during the Scottish leaders’ debate

Scottish Tory leader, Douglas Ross, has said he’ll resign after the 4 July election following criticism of his treatment of a rival Tory candidate and questions over his expenses. It is unusual, to say the least, for a party leader to announce their intention to step down during a general election campaign rather than after it. Even more singular for that leader to continue representing his party in leadership debates, as Ross did on the BBC last night.

With this in mind, the best question of the night came from the BBC presenter, Stephen Jardine, who asked Ross: ‘Why should anyone vote for a party you don’t even want to lead?’. The Tory leader replied that he was happy to spend more time with his children, and then seamlessly returned to his stump speech about this election being an opportunity for Scottish voters to concentrate on matters important to them, not the SNP’s ‘obsession with independence’.