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Shadowfax · Site Admin Joined: 17 Aug 2011 Posts: 733

Extract from BBC website. Will it make a difference to the Scots when they vote since they are going to support the Westminster party anyway?

The frontrunner for leader of the Scottish Conservatives has said he will disband the party if he wins the leadership election next month.

The MSP Murdo Fraser says the Conservatives carry too much baggage in Scotland and claims a new centre-right party would attract more voters.

The party would sit with the Tories in the Commons but have its own policies.

Mr Fraser said David Cameron was aware and the idea had the support of several senior Conservatives at Westminster.

He told the BBC: "What we have to do is get many more people elected from Scottish constituencies to support David Cameron and a future UK Conservative government and the best way to do that is to create a new progressive centre-right with a Scottish identity."

He added: "I think that will be much more attractive to many people in Scotland who share our values."

notinyourparty · Member Joined: 20 Aug 2011 Posts: 570 Location: Londres

Shadowfax wrote:

Extract from BBC website. Will it make a difference to the Scots when they vote since they are going to support the Westminster party anyway?

The frontrunner for leader of the Scottish Conservatives has said he will disband the party if he wins the leadership election next month.

The MSP Murdo Fraser says the Conservatives carry too much baggage in Scotland and claims a new centre-right party would attract more voters.

The party would sit with the Tories in the Commons but have its own policies.

Mr Fraser said David Cameron was aware and the idea had the support of several senior Conservatives at Westminster.

He told the BBC: "What we have to do is get many more people elected from Scottish constituencies to support David Cameron and a future UK Conservative government and the best way to do that is to create a new progressive centre-right with a Scottish identity."

He added: "I think that will be much more attractive to many people in Scotland who share our values."

Well that is in line with decades of whitehall thinking:

If it is really an embarrassment and nothing can fix it the sovereign remedy is "change its name".

Remember Windscale? The polluter of the Irish Sea, the Laurel and Hardy of nuclear establishments?

It's called Sellafield now.

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Shadowfax · Site Admin Joined: 17 Aug 2011 Posts: 733

notinyourparty wrote:

If it is really an embarrassment and nothing can fix it the sovereign remedy is "change its name".

Remember Windscale? The polluter of the Irish Sea, the Laurel and Hardy of nuclear establishments?

It's called Sellafield now.

Yes, thats a good point and a good comparison to make.