A FORMER Conservative minister has said he would consider standing for election to the Scottish Parliament, branding the idea 'very…
minister has said he would consider standing for election to the Scottish Parliament, branding the idea"very attractive".
Speaking ahead of publication of his new memoir, Politics On The Edge, Rory Stewart also said he “despised” the “creeping” MP he became before leaving theStewart said he cared deeply about Scotland and stated, “Scottish Conservatism has more in common with the way that I view the world”.. In the aftermath of May's resignation, he took part in the 2019 Conservative leadership contestant, losing out to Boris Johnson.
Following his defeat, Stewart resigned from his ministerial post after Johnson became Tory leader as he felt he could not serve under his fellow old Etonian.When asked if he would consider running in Scotland, he said:"Yes, I have often thought of it. I think for somebody like me who is about the liberal centre, and obviously it would be a liberal unionist centre in Scotland, I can see a real point to that, yes. And maybe that is something to think about in the long run.
Stewart has previously spoken of his own Scottish roots, saying his father was “a man for tartan trousers, bagpipes, the whole lot” and that he thought it was “fun being Scottish because it was a way of irritating the English”. The Conservative said he was still struggling about whether he wanted to return politics “at all”, but if he did, Scotland would be an avenue he would consider.
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