JAMIE Greene has become the latest candidate to enter the Scottish Tory leadership race.
It comes after Liam Kerr joined Russell Findlay, Brian Whittle and Meghan Gallacher in the contest on Monday.
The party’s management board recently set out the dates for the contest, with nomination opening on August 8 and a new leader expected to be announced on September 27.
Greene (below), an MSP for the West Scotland region, said: “I want to fix politics, fix our party and fix Scotland.
“That means a radical shake-up of how we do things in Holyrood and a change in leadership style.”
He pledged to deliver “meaningful change,” including giving members a bigger say in how the party was run, as he hit out at “pointless grievance mongering” in parliament.
He added: “The country needs a common sense, centre-right party which the next generation of voters will trust, a party with a viable and honest path to power.
“That’s why my campaign will focus on how we attract people who have never considered voting Conservative before, but who are drawn to our common-sense ideas.
“We must change and that means taking some risks, or face being in eternal opposition.”
Prior to being elected to Holyrood, Greene worked in the media and is the co-convener of Holyrood’s LGBTI+ cross-party group.
Greene was sacked from his party’s front bench last year by Douglas Ross (above), who will remain in post until a new leader is confirmed.
South of the Border however, the UK party won’t name a successor to Rishi Sunak until November 2.
Ross revealed during the General Election he would quit as Scottish Tory leader after U-turning on his pledge not to stand as an MP.
However, he lost the Aberdeenshire North and Moray East seat to the SNP’s Seamus Logan.
