THE Tories must "do the decent thing" and call a General Election, rather than appointing a new prime minister without a public vote, Scotland's deputy first minister has said.
John Swinney spoke out at the same time as Scottish Conservative chairman Craig Hoy insisted the party could serve out its full five-year term in government at Westminster.
While Swinney accused the Tories of game playing by installing another leader without a General Election, Hoy argued it was “perfectly legitimate” for parties to change leader without going to the country. He claimed that an election would “only provide eight weeks of huge political instability”.
