Referendums have made people ‘ bitter and angry’ says Davidson
Ruth Davidson says recent ref-eredums staged in the UK have left people “bitter and angry” – and revealed she never wants to fight one again in her life - time.
The Tory leader, speaking in a podcast organised by finance giants Brewin Dolphin, fears that the SNP is using the Brexit vote to agitate for independence.
“There’ s quite a lot of people from different political parties who have found their voting intentions slightly skewed when they voted on a single constitutional issue… it’s a much more mixed pic- tu re than that ,” she said.
“But, I have to say, as someone who has fought two constitutional referenda now… I’ ve won one and lost one… but I would happily never fight another constitutional referendum again in my lifetime.
“And I would happily never fight any binary referendum, because I think it pushes people into camps.
“I think the bitterness you’ve seen–both in Scotland after the independence vote and we’ re now beginning to see in the rest of the UK after the Brexit vote – shows the aftermath of a referendum seems to be much angrier and scratchier than the debate that leads up to it. I think the divisions are really unhealthy in politics right now.”
The Scottish Tory leader recently announced she is pregnant, with the baby due in October.