Nominations for candidates wanting to stand in the Scottish Tory leadership contest close today. One candidate has already voluntarily dropped out, and it’s not clear if all of the remaining five will receive the 100 votes they need from the membership to progress to the next stage. Already there has been much drama, with some contenders even suggesting the race be paused after revelations about outgoing leader Douglas Ross came to light. Yet as the Scottish Conservative leadership contest descends into internecine warfare, one could be mistaken for believing that at stake is something of importance, something of value. But the uncomfortable truth is: it doesn’t really matter who runs Scotland’s only mainstream centre-right party.
The role as the leader of Scotland’s centre-right party should of course be of value, one which oscillates between being the leader of the opposition and being the First Minister like it does in our nearest neighbours.
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