As befits Burns Day, Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson opened her speech yesterday with some lines from the bard: "O wad some Pow'r the giftie gie us, To see oursels as ithers see us."
As befits Burns Day, Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson opened her speech yesterday with some lines from the bard: \"O wad some Pow'r the giftie gie us, To see oursels as ithers see us.\"
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Since winning the leadership in November 2011, she has had to learn that lesson the hard way. In that contest she beat Murdo Fraser, the favourite for the job, after he proposed reforming the party in Scotland under a different name and disposing of what was widely viewed as a "toxic brand" since the Thatcher era. Ms Davidson vowed to stick with the old name. On the constitution, she spoke of drawing "a line in the sand" and said she opposed the devolution of any further powers from Westminster. That was the platform on which she was elected.
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Davidson makes a devolution U-turn
As befits Burns Day, Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson opened her speech yesterday with some lines from the bard: "O wad some Pow'r the giftie gie us, To see oursels as ithers see us."
Since winning the leadership in November 2011, she has had to learn that lesson the hard way. In that contest she beat Murdo Fraser, the favourite for the job, after he proposed reforming the party in Scotland under a different name and disposing of what was widely viewed as a "toxic brand" since the Thatcher era. Ms Davidson vowed to stick with the old name. On the constitution, she spoke of drawing "a line in the sand" and said she opposed the devolution of any further powers from Westminster. That was the platform on which she was elected.
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