Douglas Ross is urging pro-UK voters to unite behind the Scottish Conservatives in key seats across Scotland to send the SNP packing and ensure Humza Yousaf swaps his campervan for a removal van.
In his keynote conference speech in Aberdeen, the party leader will say Scots who are sick and tired of the SNP’s independence obsession and poor record in government can turn a bad General Election into a terrible one for the “dud” First Minister.
Douglas Ross will also outline to delegates the Scottish Conservatives’ five key promises ahead of the election. These are:
- Repairing and upgrading key roads
- Recruiting 1,000 extra GPs and banning the closure of any local NHS facilities
- Reducing class sizes and tackling the wave of violence in schools
- Putting 1,000 extra police officers on Scotland’s streets
- Cutting taxes for hard-pressed Scots
Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross will say: “If pro-UK voters want to kick the Nationalists out then they need to unite behind the Scottish Conservatives in key seats.
“Together, we can beat the SNP and take Scotland forward.
“Humza Yousaf is totally unfit to be Scotland’s First Minister.
“In WhatsApp messages revealed by the UK Covid Inquiry, Humza Yousaf said: ‘I am winging it! And will get found out sooner rather than later.’
“Conference, we all knew that long ago. Humza Yousaf has been found out in every job he’s ever done.
“He was the transport secretary when the trains never ran on time, and celebrated the launch of a ferry with painted-on windows.
“He was the justice secretary who left the police at breaking point and brought in the disastrous Hate Crime Act.
“He was the health secretary who let waiting times spiral out of control and Audit Scotland said had no vision for the NHS.
“Only in the SNP would he fail upwards.
“We need better than a First Minister who is ‘winging it’ with the lives and livelihoods of Scots.
“This General Election let’s send Humza Yousaf packing.
“His days in office are numbered. The knives are being sharpened, not just across the country but within his own party as well.
“Even the SNP are starting to realise that Humza Yousaf is a dud.
“We already pushed Nicola Sturgeon out. Now let’s use this General Election to shove Humza Yousaf out the door.
“If the pro-UK majority unites and votes together in the key seats, where it’s a straight fight between the Scottish Conservatives and the SNP, we can beat the Nationalists up and down Scotland.
“We can make sure it’s not only a bad night for the SNP, but a terrible night for Humza Yousaf.
“If we vote together in those crucial SNP-Scottish Conservative seats, it won’t be a campervan that Humza Yousaf needs. It will be a removal van.”