Scottish Tories must tackle Reform UK threat, says new leader Russell Findlay

Russell Findlay has comfortably won the bitterly fought contest to replace Douglas Ross as leader. Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/The Guardian

Russell Findlay, the newly elected leader of the Scottish Conservatives, has said his party faces a significant threat from Reform in Scotland.

Findlay said the Scottish Tories had to listen to the tens of thousands of Tory voters who defected to Reform UK at the general election if his beleaguered party is to successfully mount a revival.