What began as one man’s unforced error could result in an overdue reckoning about the future of the centre right in Scotland, according to Scottish Tory insiders. It comes after a bruising week in which Douglas Ross took the ignominious accolade of becoming what is thought to be the first leader of any party to step down in the middle of a UK general election campaign.
Ross himself admitted on a campaign visit on Tuesday that the events of the past few days had “not been good enough”, responding to a growing backlash from colleagues appalled at his surprise announcement last Thursday that he would run for the Aberdeenshire North and Moray East constituency, replacing the expected candidate, David Duguid.
