Douglas Ross will head to John Swinney’s own constituency on Tuesday to rally anti-SNP voters to inflict a “once-in-a-generation” defeat on the nationalists.
He will use the Scottish Conservative General Election campaign launch speech to highlight that many seats will come down to a straight fight between his party and the SNP.
Douglas Ross will urge voters who want the focus to be on issues like the economy, schools and the NHS to reject the independence-obsessed SNP candidates.
He will say John Swinney is “just as divisive a nationalist as Nicola Sturgeon and just as beatable an opponent as Humza Yousaf”.
Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross said: “We’re here in John Swinney’s back yard to put him on notice that the Scottish Conservatives are coming for SNP seats like this one.
“Like so many seats across Scotland, this one is a straight contest between the Scottish Conservatives and the SNP.
“In this election, the opportunity is there to finally end their independence demands for good.
“For more than a decade, ever since that ‘once-in-a-generation’ referendum, the SNP have focused only on independence at the expense of everything else.
“Voters have a once-in-a-generation chance to beat the SNP by voting Scottish Conservative in key seats up and down the country.
“By beating the SNP, we can get all of the focus over the next five years onto creating good jobs, reducing NHS waiting lists and investing to improve our public services.
“Scotland has had enough of the SNP’s non-stop demands for independence and the way they overlook the issues that really matter.
“Let’s get out there and fight for the neglected patients, pupils, parents, workers who have been let down by the SNP. Let’s get out there and win in key seats right across Scotland. Let’s get out there and beat the SNP.”