Ruth Davidson

in HER OWN WORDS

On coming out as gay

‘It took time for me to come to some sort of peace with myself about it. It’s something I struggled with. I didn’t want to be gay – I’m not sure how many people do…’

On Brexit negotiations

‘I would suggest that macho, beerswilling, posturing at the golf-club bar isn’t going to get us anywhere’

On Theresa May

‘We have got, I think, a good relationship… I know her media persona is quite reserved, but she’s got quite a quiet wit about her. I think she’ll be a good prime minister. She takes everything very seriously, and will always do the right thing. To serve through Brexit is going to be a bloody tough shift, and I take my hat off to her that she wanted to take it on’

On Trump and ‘pussygate’

‘You have to look after that cat and not let Donald Trump anywhere near your pussy’

On the two main parties

‘Labour is still fumbling with its flies while the Tories are enjoying their post-coital cigarette. After withdrawing our massive Johnson’

On the SNP and a second referendum

‘Having failed to persuade people of the necessity of another referendum, the SNP is now hoping to soften us up by telling us we’ll just have to accept it. It is the language of the bully pulpit… It doesn’t speak of a party confident of its case. It smacks of desperation’