DISAPPOINTED after an incredibly positive campaign! The words of Scottish Conservative MP Andrew Bowie the day after the Conservatives lost two…
Party. Those sentiments are breathtaking and so arrogant, yet not surprising from Mr Bowie MP, who going by those results will be looking for new employment after the nextHere in Scotland the recent by-election in Rutherglen and Hamilton West saw the Conservatives lose their deposit – in other words, they did not secure 5% of the vote.
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