Ruth Davidson

Ruth Davidson: ‘The house-clearing that’s about to happen needs to happen’

At last night’s Spectator Parliamentarian of the Year awards, Ruth Davidson was crowned parliamentarian of the year. Here is the acceptance speech she delivered:

Thank you. It’s so much nicer to be welcomed on stage by Michael today than the last time he did it, which was at a Scottish Conservative party conference in the Albert Halls in Stirling, where he introduced me as the new David Moyes of Scottish politics – which is true, and at the time was meant as a compliment – but football changes quickly, as well as politics.

Thank you very much for this award today. It is actually accepted on behalf of everybody who plies their trade outside of SW1. Because, believe it or not, if you go to Manchester or Cardiff or Edinburgh, and we hope in Stormont in the very near future, you will see that political debate is alive everywhere.

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