Tory who called FM 'drooling hag' given top paid role on Scottish council

Councillor Kathleen Leslie, the Tory group leader in Fife, has been handed the convener role on the Education Scrutiny Committee

THE Unionist parties have worked together to elect a Tory who was struck off the teaching register after calling Nicola Sturgeon a “drooling hag” to a paid role overseeing education in Fife.

Kathleen Leslie, a Conservative councillor for the Burntisland, Kinghorn and Western Kirkcaldy ward, was narrowly elected to be the convener of the Education Scrutiny Committee on Tuesday morning.