Cameron's Calculated Gamble: Can He Keep the Scottish Tories Onside?
Sunday Herald › November 05, 2007
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FOR David Cameron, the focus on English grievances is a net vote winner. The most his party can lose in Scotland is one seat currently held by David Mundell compared with the dozens of new constituencies it could pick up in southern marginals.
"Both Brown and Cameron know the next general election will not be won in Scotland, " said one Tory insider. "If we believe we can mop up seats in England by attacking Barnett and the West Lothian anomalies, it's hardly a surprise that we should pursue this strategy." Logic might dictate the Scottish Tories would be against playing the "English" card, but the MSP group in Edinburgh appears to support the ideas floated by David Cameron.See the full content of this document
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Cameron's Calculated Gamble: Can He Keep the Scottish Tories Onside?
On a solution to the West Lothian question, Conservative MSPs have for years supported the sort of "rebalancing" favoured by Cameron. Scottish Tory support for cross-party talks on increas...
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