Swinney to be crowned SNP leader with 'no contest', says Scottish Conservatives leader
Douglas Ross, leader of the Scottish Conservatives, tells Sky News Humza Yousaf's departure was "inevitable" after his decision to "dump" the Greens out of government.
Asked if there is an SNP frontrunner his party fears the most, Mr Ross says there will be "no contest" with John Swinney likely to be crowned leader.
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Just swapped one duffer for another. Why am I not surprised?
The same John Swinney that backed transgender self ID at 16 and an LGBGT school curriculum. The Scottish greens will be delighted, and the tail continues to wag the dog.
@ScottishRoss27
Ай бұрын
The same John Swinney that delivered the Queensferry Crossing under budget?
@babycharliebrown
Ай бұрын
@@ScottishRoss27Get him in! Track record of failure as a leader. Look at his stats mate. He’s a loser. Best thing for Scotland is to get rid of SNP.
@bigbinji6145
Ай бұрын
@@ScottishRoss27 the same Mr Swinney who is deeply involved in embezzling £600K with Messrs Murrell and Sturgeon.
@ScottishRoss27
Ай бұрын
@@babycharliebrown Scotland has the the best deal anywhere in the UK with the SNP, Vastly superior to anything in Torie run England and Labour run Wales.
@ScottishRoss27
Ай бұрын
@@bigbinji6145 Not been established. He's not. In 2023 The UK Electoral Commission signed of the 2023 SNP Accounts which shows Reserves of £584,649.
Need an election... give the people the vote ....
@jackdubz4247
Ай бұрын
A soon as Sunak calls one.
@phoebecaulfield4062
Ай бұрын
@@jackdubz4247 Mr Sunak does not call the Scottish elections.
@isabelrice4494
Ай бұрын
Sorely over due. The sooner the better. Totally sick of it all.
@TheRaminski
Ай бұрын
snp/greens will be extinct after the next election and the cult knows that.
@user-sf7kl9uh7k
28 күн бұрын
Labour's coming back to Scotland!!!!
Give the people the vote SNP a disaster for Scotland
@robbiethepict2783
Ай бұрын
Labour and the Tories have done worse to Scotland. We will never vote for any slavish bond.
john swindle as leader what next he was sturgeon and Yousaf's clapping seal.
@jackdubz4247
Ай бұрын
Better him than The Hateful Kate.
John Swindle in POWER.. 😱 OMG SCOTLAND.. OUT OF THE FRYING PAN INTO THE FIRE 🔥
Swinney is as tarred with the Sturgeon hand as any??? Its all about THE MONEEEEY!!
We need a general election
Mr Ross is the man who supported Boris Johnson, then didnt, then did, this most spineless politician in the UK
@blackislepeas
Ай бұрын
Lorna Slater no ? Useless no ? Liz Truss no ? - plenty of others in the spineless pool to draw from
@Bear-Cohiba-1966
Ай бұрын
He’s better than useless
@Glasgow_kiss
Ай бұрын
@@Bear-Cohiba-1966you need to get your head checked out.
@k_rez
Ай бұрын
@@blackislepeasplenty of others? Are they being interviewed in this clip? No. Well done 👏🏻
@JamJam0189
Ай бұрын
Douglas Ross says they won't be a contest for leader and John Swinney will be crowned unopposed. Please remember: Following the resignation of Jackson Carlaw in July 2020, Ross announced his candidature in the August 2020 Scottish Conservative Party leadership election. Five days later, he was elected leader unopposed! Hypocritical Douglas eh?
This guy makes me even more determined to vote for Scottish Independence as he’s completely in denial of the mess his party are making of Westminster and believing that has no effect on Scotland.
Humza did the right thing sacking the greens the people of Scotland are delighted there should be a general election
@ScottishRoss27
Ай бұрын
The SNP have a mandate and manifesto to fulfil from the Election in 2021.
@idavo
Ай бұрын
Like England, the UK - change the leader & let the people vote.
@ScottishRoss27
Ай бұрын
@@idavo Don't vote for Leaders, vote for Party and the SNP have mandate to government from the electorate.
@nicolarse-stubborn
Ай бұрын
@@ScottishRoss27they are pushing the gender agenda ,something the Scottish public don't want
@nicolarse-stubborn
Ай бұрын
@@ScottishRoss27they are running scared from an election because they know what the outcome will be
The name ELMAR FUDD comes to mind
Look at her smug face while interviewing.. 🤔😳👎
Interviewer spent the whole interview trying to antagonise.
Dross appears to have no concept of glasshouses or stones.
Can the country please have a vote of no confidence in Fishy Ballsac?
Tory`s and trust should not be in the same sentence.
Another unelected person
@ScottishRoss27
Ай бұрын
All MSP's are elected.
@jackdubz4247
Ай бұрын
@@ScottishRoss27 No. They are not. Only constituency MSPs are directly elected. Anwar and Ross are also-ran List MSPs.
Douglas Ross says they won't be a contest for leader and John Swinney will be crowned unopposed. Please remember: Following the resignation of Jackson Carlaw in July 2020, Ross announced his candidature in the August 2020 Scottish Conservative Party leadership election. Five days later, he was elected leader unopposed! Hypocritical Dougal eh?
Mister Douglas Ross ! No New licence for Gas ! No New exploration ! That Is the onlly normal policy , mister Douglas Ross !
the culture wars are being fought in Scotland too, Sophy.
I would have our bin man to be leader of Scottish Tories before that test Douglas Ross
@JamJam0189
Ай бұрын
Douglas Ross says they won't be a contest for leader and John Swinney will be crowned unopposed. Please remember: Following the resignation of Jackson Carlaw in July 2020, Ross announced his candidature in the August 2020 Scottish Conservative Party leadership election. Five days later, he was elected leader unopposed! Hypocritical Douglas eh?
We certainly have no confidence in the Tories
Patrick Harvie is the Kingmaker or Queenmaker. The mad are running the asylum
@TheRaminski
Ай бұрын
he likes the queens right enough.
Ross is one of the most loathsome, weaselly individuals in politics. He has NO ideology other than self promotion. Like his Tory masters, he only ever looks to break and destroy things, never anything remotely constructive.
@nicolarse-stubborn
Ай бұрын
No different from the weasels in the Scottish government then is he
@Fredkitchens
Ай бұрын
@@nicolarse-stubborn or all of westminster and the lords
@user-xc8ir7ng9z
Ай бұрын
And he's crap at football.
@SunYellow-zh7vx
25 күн бұрын
Ridiculous comment.
Swinney waste of space we can do so much better
@ScottishRoss27
Ай бұрын
As finance sectary Swinney balanced the books for about 16 years in a row.
@johncrawford8214
Ай бұрын
@@ScottishRoss27 i cooked the books
@ScottishRoss27
Ай бұрын
@@johncrawford8214 Its in law that the Scottish Government has to balance the books every year.
@jackdubz4247
Ай бұрын
Not with the English calling the shots.
Douglas Ross is right the nhs in Scotland is in a mess
John Swinney another Nicola Sturgeon patsy!
@ScottishRoss27
Ай бұрын
Dross another Rishi Sunak patsy
The opinion of Douglas Ross, haha. Thanks Sky, an irrelevance.
An Amoeba has more charisma than DRoss
Hes talking Bull, its not been decided by members. Does he not know anything about procedures were he is supposed to work.
This guy is a joke based his arguement on a local councillor being elected on a 30%turnout
@JamJam0189
Ай бұрын
Douglas Ross says they won't be a contest for leader and John Swinney will be crowned unopposed. Please remember: Following the resignation of Jackson Carlaw in July 2020, Ross announced his candidature in the August 2020 Scottish Conservative Party leadership election. Five days later, he was elected leader unopposed! Hypocritical Douglas eh?
@kincaidwolf5184
Ай бұрын
@@JamJam0189big difference, the SNP are in Government. Nicola Sturgeon resigned, Hamza resigned, the SNP should call an election.
@JamJam0189
29 күн бұрын
@@kincaidwolf5184 But Boris never did when he resigned, Theresa did not call an election when she took over from Cameron, and John Major did not when he took over from Thatcher. Unless it's in the constitution it won't happen.
The next leader of the SNP should be Isla Bryson 😂
Why are we expected to take an interest in the view of someone whose party has not won a Scottish-wide election in over 40 years?
@SunYellow-zh7vx
25 күн бұрын
Because they are the only opposition and did not majorly support the Hate Crime bill!
wasn't the fixed term parliament act a tory policy or am I mistaken?
@davidwicks7543
Ай бұрын
The Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which, for the first time, set in legislation a default fixed election date for general elections in the United Kingdom. It remained in force until 2022, when it was repealed. Since then, as before its passage, elections are required by law to be held at least once every five years, but can be called earlier if the prime minister advises the monarch to exercise the royal prerogative to do so.
@ScottishRoss27
Ай бұрын
@@davidwicks7543 Doesn't apply to Scottish Parliament.
@nicolarse-stubborn
Ай бұрын
@@ScottishRoss27man can't become woman ,and vice versa, doesn't apply according to Scottish government,your point?
@ScottishRoss27
Ай бұрын
@@nicolarse-stubborn Population Total Females Males Denmark 5,965 million 3,000 million 2,965 million Norway 5,488 million 2,723 million 2,765 million Scotland 5,479 million 2,807 million 2,672 million Ireland 5,281 million 2,675 million 2,606 million
@lenabo9929
Ай бұрын
It's was lib dems that the tory back
Who's Douglas Ross?
@ScottishRoss27
Ай бұрын
A football linesman
@jackdubz4247
Ай бұрын
A nobody who thinks that they are somebody.
Oh well lol. That's the SNP definitely finished.
@ScottishRoss27
Ай бұрын
Up 2% in yesterdays yougov poll.
Tories haven't had a Scottish majority since 1955. DRoss can go and raffle his doughnuts.
@RichieRich1234RICH
Ай бұрын
Not only that but they had more than half the popular vote several times. What happened.
Douglas Ross thinks that bad news for the SNP means good news for the Tories. Bwahahahahahah!
@ScottishRoss27
Ай бұрын
Tories haven't won a national election in Scotland since circa 1955.
Another Sky presenter that is utterly embarrassing. Her questions are ‘cocktail party chat’ level. Pathetic.
Ross is so useless he cant even take advantage of snp ineptitude!
No one should be the leader of Scotland without a general election and them being voted in by the people of Scotland.
@eckie4679
Ай бұрын
Yes same as in England 🤔🤣
Who cares? Not me I just wish we in England could have a referendum to get rid of that miserable, little country.
Scotland will see the end of Douglas Ross soon.
Maybe mister Douglas Ross Has Ties to Sinn Feinn 🤔🤔🤔🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
@hghyfyfiugou4448
Ай бұрын
Sinn Féin would never accept such a disgusting unionist.
@user-wj4yk8ly1d
Ай бұрын
@@hghyfyfiugou4448 Look at that dispaire , Fed up , anger , HATERED in Douglas s Ross s eyes !!
@user-wj4yk8ly1d
Ай бұрын
@@hghyfyfiugou4448 as if Douglas Ross wants to murder somebody or has allready murdered someone
This is great news for Independence. Remember William Wallace was a reluctant leader. Onwards to Freedom!🏴
Bring back Ruth Davidson.
@lenabo9929
Ай бұрын
She doesn't want the job but yes a better leader
What business is it of the Tories?
So everybody gets, who nobody wants ! again ?
Thank goodness there is a new leader without a contest.
The weasel Ross hopes that Swinney is coronated because it may actually boost the Scottish Tories slightly, if Kate Forbes becomes the new leader however then the SNP will be rejuvenated immediately in the eyes of the Independence supporting Scottish electorate and would take voters away from the Tories.
SNP will be finished if it gets another Sturgeon clique leader.
Said the man who don’t el t prime ministers!
Need the people to vote
all queing up to get their fingers in the pot .
And , mister Douglas Ross , as Sky News Beth Said , people accross BriTain Are furious when the Conservatives come to their footstep Doors ! .
@charleslouden6600
Ай бұрын
In rutherglen the snp didn't even bother canvassing
@user-wj4yk8ly1d
Ай бұрын
@@charleslouden6600 anyway , i like when Nicola Sturgeon says "Boris Johnson and his criminel gang of brexiteers have brought callamitty to Scotlland" 2020
@user-wj4yk8ly1d
Ай бұрын
@@charleslouden6600 "Scotlland did not vote to leave the EU" Nicola Sturgeon , late 2022
@user-wj4yk8ly1d
Ай бұрын
@@charleslouden6600 "Westminster Is Broken beyond repaire" Nicola Sturgeon MsP , late 2020 .
@user-wj4yk8ly1d
Ай бұрын
@@charleslouden6600 No UK politissien ever dared to Challendge the Tories in such fashion , bravo Nicola Sturgeon !
Aye, with a crown of very prickly thorns.
How can Ross be an MP and MSP at the same time, how does that work?
@eckie4679
Ай бұрын
Good question. And he wouldn’t have been elected in Scotland but for our bizarre voting system. Such a system was rejected for Westminster elections in a UK referendum in 2011. So why does Scotland still have it.🤔
Douglas Ross is by far the dullest politician to be elected in any British Parliament. Lawmakers used to be educated lawyers, sharp barristers , and highly rated economists. Nowadays, a football referee can lead a major political party in Scotland.
Another wallpaper in Bute hoose.
Oh Dear, not exactly new blood is it.... same old same old same old the same old record playing again.... we are all tired of this SNP same old story in Scotland
Mister Douglas Ross , remindes me more , of An nationalist , for independance than An ally to London 🤔🇬🇧,
@ScottishRoss27
Ай бұрын
Any elected representative in Scotland's Parliament having Allegiance to London is a threat to Scotland's national security.
Swinney no
I'll never vote tory. Snp all the way. And bring on independence so we aren't at the mercy of Westminster. Evil tories with their evil pip reform, ugh.
@gemma6166
Ай бұрын
It's not independence from Westminster if we have to take orders from EU were we wouldn't have a vote or any say whatsoever just pay them our money with nothing in return independence would kill scotland and we are barely alive after 17 years of damage by snp sturgeon and her minions have a lot to answer for
@eckie4679
Ай бұрын
@@gemma6166not this tired BS again. The EU is an economic trading block, membership of which would be beneficial to Scotland - or any country for that matter. English lunacy has resulted in disaster for thousands of small businesses and people are generally poorer. And the EU never told anyone what to do. That’s just English urban myth
@socialmeaslesinpartnership1252
Ай бұрын
@@eckie4679 Like....Ursula von der nothing.......................................
Humza gone- get the champagne out.
Anyway , mister Douglas Ross , looks , a bit , exkstreem , like An hard Line nationalist 🤔
Well don’t think there’s any talent in your party ross
Independence!!
Get all the con servatives out
Fishy’s best pal. More of the same.
i would have thought the Tories would want the Scottish elections to wait until Westminster Labour's mid-term blues kick in.
@ScottishRoss27
Ай бұрын
Tories are facing wipe out in Scotland and there votes will probably go to Labour.
John John John Ian John
Douglass Ross became Torie leader in Scotland without a contest.
@charleslouden6600
Ай бұрын
Back under your rock Ross.
What are his victim heirachy attributes?
Oh look, a Tory saying things - ignore.
Swinney!? Never heard of him/her/it! Hope it’s not another foreigner!!
@ScottishRoss27
Ай бұрын
Since 2007 has been Scotland's Deputy First Minister, Finance Secretary, Education Secretary and Covid Recovery Secretary.
@hghyfyfiugou4448
Ай бұрын
Another foreigner? When has Scotland had a First Minister that was a foreigner? How about Secretary or even a Minister? Humza was born and raised here. It's the only place he's ever called home. Grow up.
Labour's coming back to Scotland!!!
The swinney The swinney Da da da da da da da da da
😂😂😂😂
Good. Safe hands. Bit dull but against Starmer and Sunak that won't show.
Oh dear me and I thought Sky news Australia was bad but this is just an awful news channel.
@ScottishRoss27
Ай бұрын
The entire British media are anti Snp as they fear the breakup of the UK.
he is a scott through and through so give him a chance instead of being threatened with mosques
@user-xc8ir7ng9z
Ай бұрын
Tories are a much bigger threat than any Mosque.
Still need no confidence vote
Kate Forbes is the best person for the job however, Douglas Ross would also make a good strong First Minister.
There is "no confidence" in Holyrood shut it down and hold the Fringe in it, its perfect for comedians.
Scotland - Vote 2024 Tory goodbye! Laugh :) Jan 2025 EU - Scotland - woohoo! :)
@craigham93
Ай бұрын
Even if that did happen, EU membership would be at least a decade away in any case 😂 that's if Spain, France and Belgium don't black ball it. Associated membership is more likely.
@Celticsamuraiblue
Ай бұрын
@@craigham93Your fear is palpable…..🏴☮️🇪🇺
@craigham93
Ай бұрын
@Celticsamuraiblue aye that's exactly what it is 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@Celticsamuraiblue
Ай бұрын
@@craigham93 Desperate enough to comment on it… Rippin out ye. 🏴😎
@craigham93
Ай бұрын
@@Celticsamuraiblue bursting oot min
Nothing is going to change we need a general election because Swinney is should be looked into as well as sturgeon and murrell
@hghyfyfiugou4448
Ай бұрын
They did nothing wrong. Go look at the books.
@yvonnelivingstone517
Ай бұрын
@@hghyfyfiugou4448 maybe not but it's time for change , they should close the Scottish government down .because snp goverment has fucked us about for long enough
@ScottishRoss27
Ай бұрын
@@yvonnelivingstone517 The United Kingdom would be providing the excuse for Scotland walking away from the Union due to the United Kingdom not providing Scotland adequate access to democracy in their own nation.
@yvonnelivingstone517
Ай бұрын
@@ScottishRoss27 don't make me laugh scotland can't afford to go it alone
@ScottishRoss27
Ай бұрын
@@yvonnelivingstone517 Yes it can, i've studied the figures for atleast 12 years.