Ruth, in a word, is irresponsible

Sir, - If Ruth Davidson, is such a consummate politician how is it that only two days after appearing on the UK BBC’s EU referendum debate to make the case for Remain, the Remain side lost?

Polls were moving in Remain’s favour in that final week.

Surely if she was so “brilliant” then shouldn’t the Remain side have won?

That Remain didn’t win may suggest Ms Davidson’s hectoring, pointing and shouting actually put many off voting Remain.

What entertains the pundits may actually repulse the ordinary voter.

After all, she was leader of the Scottish Tories in 2012 when they recorded their secondworst council election result in 40 years, and also leader in 2015 when the Tory share of the vote was the worst since 1865.

As for 2016, the Tory share of the vote was still below that of the lowest Margaret Thatcher ever got in 1987.

Now we have Ms Davidson appearing to think she can get away with promoting a Brexit she said was based on lies while showing no shame in abandoning her postreferendum support to keep the UK in the single market.

We also hear her using irresponsible language in Scottish political debate – talking of “slaying nationalists” and accusing others of “fratricide” and “weaponising”.

Just who does she think she is sending a message to with such language?

Maybe now is the time to challenge the myth of Ruth Davidson being a principled and responsible politician, because the record is showing someone who changes her position at the behest of Theresa May and who uses irresponsible language. William Paterson. 18 Holyrood Park Road, Edinburgh.

PA. Ruth Davidson is accused of abandoning her support for the EU.