Having purified the Scottish Tories successfully, it is now
clear that Ruth Davidson is going to be faced with tasks in Scotland, according
to a Sky News reporter on the latest happenings in the UK and Scotland in particular.
When former Prime
Minister David Cameron's communications director Craig Oliver told her to participate
in a TV debate in the run-up to the EU referendum, she reminded him that Labour
were putting up Angela Eagle.
"I said: 'That's great Craig, I'm more than happy, as
you know I always love a fight but are you absolutely sure you want two
short-haired, flat shoes, shovel-faced lesbians with northern accents. This is
a whole UK-wide debate and that's narrow casting'."
When Whitehall decided to lower its flags to half-mast
following the death of the Saudi king, Ms Davidson dismissed it as a
"steaming pile of nonsense".
Davidson’s straightforward talking has made the general
public to believe she is Scotland’s most popular politician, with the concept
that she might be loved by the masses, but she would never be voted for.
However, contrary to popular believe, during the 2016
Holyrood elections Davidson gave everyone a shock, when she jumped from fourth
position to takeover Edinburgh Central from the Scottish National Party. A victory
which made the Scottish Tories the official opposition party in the Scottish
Parliament.
Her political prowess has made Theresa May to deeply rely on
her to save the United Kingdom from the referendum threat emanating from the
SNP.
However, with Labour saying it will not work with the
Conservatives again, it seems unlikely that there will be another cross-party
'No' campaign along the lines of Better Together.
Ms Davidson's very success, her profile and popularity, mean
that this time around, the campaign will develop as a much clearer choice
between left and right - social democratic Scotland against Ms May's Brexit
Britain.
The arguments will be different from 2014. Nobody can be
confident about the result.
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