One of the first Tories to demand his resignation when the scandal erupted, Davidson reiterated a handful of Tory lawmakers who confirmed Wednesday that they were standing by their letters of censure after Johnson was fined for violating his government’s rules. Now a Tory peer, she said the prime minister had “ridiculed” the British public’s sacrifices during the pandemic, opening a rift with Douglas Ross, her close ally and successor as leader of the Scottish Conservatives. Ross was the first Tory MP to publicly urge Johnson to resign in January, but has since withdrawn his letter of rebuke to the 1922 Commission, arguing that he would support Vladimir Putin if the British prime minister were forced to resign during his tenure. in Ukraine. Speaking as the couple campaigned in Edinburgh ahead of the May local elections, Ross hinted that his support for the prime minister was temporary and conditional, but declined to discuss what action he could take in the future. He said his current support for the prime minister was not a “free passage”, but that questions about Johnson’s fate after the end of the war in Ukraine – or whether the Tories were disastrous in the May municipal elections, as many polls predicted. – were “hypothetical”. Ross said voters were justifiably “angry, furious, angry” with the fines imposed on the prime minister, chancellor and a number of Downing Street officials. “I share very much this anger and rage, but I also have to look at the situation in Ukraine. I wish that did not happen. “ A series of polls in Scotland this year put Tories third behind Labor for the first time in five years, threatening to end Tories’ string of strong election results in Scotland. Opposition parties have stated they will not run in the by-elections on Friday, removing hundreds of protesters by truck. Labor and Liberal Democrats say they are garnering votes across Scotland. Davidson campaigned earlier. Photo: Murdo MacLeod / The Guardian If so, it means that Davidson’s decision to publicly disagree with her ally’s stance on the prime minister is of regular value to the Tories, signaling to frustrated voters that the Conservatives remain unhappy and critical of Johnson’s behavior. Degrading the polls, Ross said Johnson’s resignation would “create a vacuum, create instability; allies around the world would know he was leaving.” “And the most important person in all this – Vladimir Putin – would know that he was going to leave and that instability would undermine what the West is trying to do to help President Zelensky and the people of Ukraine.” Davidson said that if Johnson was sincere that he wanted to obey the law on Ukraine, he should start with his own behavior. “I do not think the prime minister apologized last night [over being fined] “It was anything but regrettable and substantial and I am sure he is very sorry for what happened, but I think the prime minister should set an example,” he said. “I believe that the office of prime minister is falsified when you have someone who violates the laws that he brought, and I fully understand that really great geopolitics are happening. Right now. There are big international issues. But I still believe that when it comes to supporting a country that fights for freedom and democracy, you have to follow your own rules. Must.”
