Douglas Ross - new Scottish Tory Leader

[Guy Profumo]

Congratulations there to the Scottish Conservatives

You've elected a racist on a par with the national ("English") leader

https://twitter.com/DawnHFoster/stat...16069742813184

[EIM]

Referee. Told you they were all Tory grasses.

[Diable Rouge]

https://twitter.com/molach95/status/1291027223110201345

[That Night In Barcelona]

"If you could do anything as prime minister without repercussion, what would you do?"

"Well forget about world peace or ending homelessness, I can't wait to get stuck into gypsies".

It's just.. there's not even a specific thing he's addressing is there? Like 'I keep reading in the Daily Mail that they nick things, we should clamp down on them stealing'. He just wants a non-descript enforcement against an entire group.

[My Name Is Ian]

I think this what passes for 'aspirational' in Conservative circles, these days.

[That Night In Barcelona]

Aspirational conservatism is picking which groups you don't want to include in society. That's about it.

[blameless]

As I keep saying on this subject, anyone who grew up in Scotland during the Thatcher and Major governments and thinks "hmmmm, Toryism, what a splendid idea" lacks even the tiniest trace of empathy for their fellow humans. See also: Ferguson, Niall and Kuenssberg, Laura.

[Snake Plissken]

It's just.. there's not even a specific thing he's addressing is there? Like 'I keep reading in the Daily Mail that they nick things, we should clamp down on them stealing'. He just wants a non-descript enforcement against an entire group.

He's clearly bringing his experience in at flag waving and (dog) whistling.