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Big guns fail to trouble First Minister

RUTH Davidson brought up her big guns yesterday.

Then her tanks, her aircraft carriers, her nuclear submarines, and her rapid-fire statistics designed to shoot the SNP down in flames. Defence issues, it seems, are the best form of attack.

Ms Davidson also seized a tactical opportunity that comes to every Tory leader. This is when you get to accuse opponents of lacking "respect" for service personnel if they fail to take your military-related arguments seriously. Unlike Britain's defence budget, this one comes cheap.