Davidson ducks out of Evening Times interview
THE Evening Times has interviewed four of the five party leaders ahead of Thursdays Election.
We featured LibDem leader, Willie Rennie and Scottish Greens co-convenor, Patrick Harvie, yesterday and will focus on Labour leader Kezia Dugdale and SNP leader, Nicola Sturgeon tomorrow.
However despite repeated attempts to arrange an interview with Conservative leader Ruth Davidson, she was unable to find time to meet the Evening Times during the final week of the campaign.
Despite making a request on April 25 and being willing to fit with Ms Davidson’s busy schedule and being willing to travel she was unable to accommodate our request.
Having interviewed the other leaders we are disappointed not to be able to bring you her answers to the questions we wanted to ask.
Instead we print the questions we wanted to ask, below.
What benefit will people in Glasgow get from electing a Conservative MSP?
Your second ballot says Vote Ruth Davidson for a Strong Op- position, but you have walked away from Glasgow to represent Edinburgh. Why should anyone in Glasgow vote Conservative when you don’t want to represent them?
UK Conservative welfare cuts have hit disabled and people on benefits and who are out of work harder than most places.
With the prospect of more to follow, why should anyone in Glasgow vote Conservative?
Govan shipyards should be cutting steel on Type 26s now and a Frigate factory opening at Scotstoun. But there’s a delay until 2017 and jobs could be lost as a result. After the promises on the 13 frigates for the shipyards were reneged on why should anyone vote Conservative in Glasgow?
Ms Davidson has been a Glasgow regional list MSP since 2011, but she decided to seek re-election representing the Lothians instead.
Following her election as SNP she was chosen as Scottish Conservative leader to succeed Annabel Goldie .
On the 2nd ballot paper for 2016 it states Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party Ruth Davidson for a Strong Opposition.