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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
He needs to draw attention to SNP failures and promote the Conservative manifesto. He also needs to talk more about how Brexit will benefit, rather than penalise Britain, since Project Fear appears to have convinced many that the sky will fall in when we leave.
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He really doesn’t.
Scottish politics is Balkanised to an extent few people outside the country can appreciate. The constitution is the defining subject, with the SNP (and their useful idiots, the Scottish Greens) on one side, and everyone else on the other. Everything is viewed through the lens of the independence cause and how good or bad a proposition it is. In the current climate the only way to mount a credible challenge to the SNP in Scotland is to be seen as the party of the union. The Tories under Ruth Davidson got quite good at that, and that is why they are the second party in Scotland, ahead of Labour in both Westminster and Holyrood seats.
Boris Johnson’s bumbling upper class public schoolboy persona does not play well in Scotland. It is far too easy for his opponents to portray him as out of touch, regardless of how appealing his message actually is (and Scotland is a surprisingly socially conservative country - its sentiments are not quite as progressive or socialist as they are frequently made out to be).
The only thing that will win Tories votes in Scotland next month is a clear, simple message that they will not allow another independence referendum under any circumstances.