Scottish Conservative leader Russell Findlay and predecessor Ruth Davidson have joined forces to urge voters to back their party on the peach ballot to stop an SNP majority.
The duo will be campaigning in Glasgow today with Annie Wells, the lead Scottish Conservative candidate for the city, to remind Scots that John Swinney will inflict “constitutional chaos” by pushing for another independence referendum if he wins the election outright.
Findlay said voting Scottish Conservative on the regional list was the tried and tested way to prevent an SNP majority – with Ruth denying them it in 2016, and Douglas Ross doing the same in 2021.
She added that only the Scottish Conservatives could be trusted to stand up to the SNP’s obsession with breaking up the UK because Reform are not a Unionist party and Labour are too weak.
Scottish Conservative leader Russell Findlay said: “Scotland stands on the brink of constitutional chaos as John Swinney joins forces with Sinn Fein and arrogantly boasts that he’ll get a majority to then demand a referendum on breaking up the UK.
“I’m delighted to be joined by our former leader Ruth Davidson. She saw off the SNP in 2016 and we’re determined to do it again.
“Pro-UK voters have the power in their hands to stop Swinney’s destructive plot – and that’s by voting Scottish Conservative on their peach ballot paper.”
Former Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson said: “The peach ballot paper is voters’ secret weapon – and it’s vital they cast it for the Scottish Conservatives to stop an SNP majority.
“Labour are too weak to stand up to John Swinney, while Reform can’t even claim to be a Unionist party when they are fielding pro-independence candidates and Lord Offord is relaxed about another referendum.
“Russell and the Scottish Conservatives are the only party that can be trusted to defend the Union.”