19th March, 2015, 3:04 pm We don’t know why this Tory MSP has done this Share this article: This is a photograph of Conservative Member of the Scottish Parliament, Alex Johnstone, holding Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson in his arms. What is going on? We don’t know. https://twitter.com/alexjohnstone61/status/578544738669883392 Why? Tags: Scotland / Scottish Conservatives / Ruth Davidson / Alex Johnstone / Subscribe to our daily email More from LabourList Comment ‘Reconciliation is not weakness. It is leadership’ The dramatic intervention of Anas Sarwar could not have come at a more delicate point in the Prime… David Martin 12th February, 2026, 6:00 am Comment ‘Press regulation is the simplest test of whether Starmer will govern with integrity’ Of all the challenges facing the government, one is distinctively simple to address: press regulation. Independent press regulation… Nathan Sparkes 12th February, 2026, 6:00 am Comment ‘Winning was the easy part. Governing requires a different politics’ The events of recent weeks have been widely framed as a story about personalities. They are not. They… Paula Barker MP 12th February, 2026, 6:00 am
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