But with the Scottish Government’s ratings apparently impervious to its record, the real question is whether these damning figures will make any difference.
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He did not create the problems which bedevil the Party, and his departure alone will not resolve them.
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That Johnson’s recent visit was reported as though he were a Governor-General of Imperial India touring the North-West frontier is a bad sign.
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The May Government set a time-bomb under the Union when it agreed to the mass devolution of ex-EU powers. Ministers must think again.
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The proposition is backed by more than a third of those prepared to say how they’d vote – including an overwhelming majority of Tories.
In 2016, 38 per cent of voters in Scotland backed Brexit. So why is the Party currently stuck at 23 per cent in the polls for next year’s Holyrood election?
For all that Downing Street sources dismissed Douglas Ross as ‘Mr Nobody’, the Prime Minister has decided to replace him with two people.
By deflecting attention from their own record, the row is a huge gift for the SNP – and the stakes are much higher than the 2021 elections.
With Holyrood elections probably a year away now, Conservatives north of the border need to be prepared for when the campaign starts.
If the UK government is to succeed in stamping its mark through direct investment, it will need to channel the zeal usually reserved for an underdog.