WHO could possibly replace Ruth Davidson as the leader of the Scottish Conservatives?
The Tory tank commander is currently loitering in the shadow of her threat to resign should Brexit negotiations fail to meet her expectations, though the Jouker suspects we all know she would never commit to it. However, it certainly left us pondering over who could replace her if she defied expectations.
We've chosen three candidates who, in the Jouker's opinion, would likely bring about a swift end to the Scottish Conservative's fortunes in Scotland.
Who do you think would replace Davidson if she resigned?
Ross Thomson
The leader of Scotland’s one man hard-Brexit campaign. Ross thinks we need to be tougher in the war on drugs and, in his own words, will not apologise for that position even in the face of evidence that that approach doesn’t work.
Ross’s idea of taking on the Nats is eating teacakes in front of a Union Flag, and he’s still upset that the EU banned needlessly powerful 900W hoovers.
He’d be an absolute gift to the independence movement.
Murdo Fraser
Professional troll and all-round fan of The National (read: sarcasm), Murdo is a man with a love of Rangers and a complicated relationship with VAT.
Not that long ago, Murdo enjoyed a short rant on why a VAT refund for Scotland’s police and fire services was not justified.
However, when Westminster u-turned a few weeks later and issued the refund after all, he then had the gall to demand that the First Minister be grateful that they had fixed a mess that, in his eyes, had previously not existed.
Some say you can see the sunlight glinting off his brass neck from up to a mile away.
Miles Briggs
Briggs made a name for himself by consistently making a mess of each intervention he made during First Minister’s Questions.
The Tory MSP once tried to brag about what the Conservatives had done for health in Scotland before Nicola Sturgeon firmly put him in place by reiterating how much higher spending in Scotland was compared to down south.
Briggs also found himself at the centre of a sexual harassment scandal recently. While the Conservative party internally ruled that there had been no such thing, the investigation was concluded so swiftly and in such a manner that Rape Crisis Scotland condemned the result.
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