Ruth Davidson’s Scottish Tories have shown Theresa May what success looks like

Extraordinary results for the Conservatives in Scotland, where the party – under Ruth Davidson’s leadership rather than Theresa May’s – is doing extraordinary well taking 13 seats. Alex Salmond, former Scottish First Minister, has just lost to to a Conservative in Gordon.  So has Angus Robertson who is the SNP leader in Westminster. Overall, the expectations are that the SNP will lose 20 of their 59 seats – the unionists had hoped to deprive them of ten at most, and would have settled for five.

Amongst the many sentences I never thought I would type, I can add this: Scotland seems to is the only bright spot for the Tories, so bright that Scotland might well end up imposing a Tory government upon England. The great Scottish Conservative comeback is underway. The quality of debate (and leaders) in Scotland has been vastly superior to the lack-of-talent contest laid on by Westminster. Ruth Davidson relishes debate, is an unashamed conservative and has reenergised her party to an extraordinary degree.