Bear in mind that the Scot Tories allowed a free vote which 3 of their members took advantage of to vote for the proposal. SNP, Lab and Greens applied the whips despite which a number of SNP MSPs reb… (View Post)

That's the essential point surely. Kemi Badenoch, several weeks ago, raised this as an issue and was, I thought, taking it up with ScotGov. Would be interesting to know how the discussions went. (View Post)

From a Scots Tory POV what's not to like? All Scots Tory voters past, present and future will be opposed to measures which reduce the age of changing gender to 16, and will be less than keen on the p… (View Post)

I think the understanding within NATO is that the UK prioritises navy/air/nuclear while countries like Germany should, understandably given the geography, have a greater focus on ground forces. But a… (View Post)

And Heseltine. Had he taken the leadership in 1990 instead of Major the history of the UK would have been quite different. A real mover and shaker, and capable of changing the political weather which… (View Post)