Russell Findlay’s first process as the brand new chief of the Scottish Conservatives might be to deliver his celebration again collectively.
It has been a bruising few months for Tories north of the border.
Former chief Douglas Ross left amid a row over candidate picks – and in the end did not take any Commons seats.
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The management race hasn’t been a lot rosier, with briefing and backbiting between the assorted camps.
However in the long term, the larger problem is the looming elections to the Scottish Parliament in 18 months time.
Russell Findlay enters his new job as chief of the most important opposition celebration in Holyrood.
That will not final, although.
The final election noticed the Tories’ share of the vote in Scotland minimize in half.
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Beneath the UK parliamentary voting system, that solely translated into one seat loss.
The extra proportional Holyrood system would not have been so type.
With Labour seemingly within the ascendancy, the risk to the Union fading as a rallying trigger, and Reform snapping at their heels, the brand new Scottish Tory chief has a mountain to climb.
