Ruth Davidson announces ‘wholesale’ review of Scottish Conservative policy

Speaking today in Glasgow, Ruth Davidson has outlined plans for a wholesale review of Scottish Conservative policy across local, national and UK level.

Ruth Davidson said:

"In order to improve the way in which our message is advanced to the people of Scotland, we must make clear what that message is.

"Too often I have been told on a doorstep that nobody knows what we stand for. No more.

"One of the biggest reforms I am instituting is a wholesale review of our policy across local, national and UK government. Our policy soundings will involve wider consultation and input than we've had in years and will result in a platform of policy ideas tested in the crucible of Scottish public life.

"And yet, that too will not be enough to stake out the ground of a modern Scottish Conservative party fighting to be heard in the 21st century.

"We must not only state what we want to achieve, but why we want to achieve it.

"What we stand for, our values and principles which will be the framework upon which our policies hang.

"So today is the first in a number of values statements, explaining why Conservatives are wedded to the cause of a smaller state, sound public finances, enterprise, opportunity, endeavour, and – yes – to the success and growth of a private sector which offers opportunity to individuals and benefit to the whole country."

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