This Scottish Tory leadership contest is becoming a bit ill-tempered. In truth, it has been for a while. Many insiders believe the ‘party establishment’ is behind Russell Findlay, and that the process is working in his favour.
He may well have some senior people backing him, but there doesn’t seem to be anything that points to him being given an explicit, unfair advantage over other candidates.
Some have suggested he may have been thinking about his candidacy for longer than others – but that’s politics. Nevertheless, other candidates have banded together (highly unusual in itself) to question the legitimacy of this whole process.
Remember, someone will eventually emerge as the new leader of the Scottish Conservatives. They then have a group of MSPs to lead. They are the biggest opposition party at Holyrood. Their role is to hold the government to account.
But right now it feels like the first job of the winner will be to deal with internal disquiet. No easy task in itself.
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