Labour’s Jackie Baillie attacks Tory defector Graham Simpson.
By Democrat reporter
Conservative MSP Graham Simpson has defected from the Holyrood Tories to Reform UK.
Dumbarton MSP and Scottish Labour Deputy Leader Jackie Baillie said: “Yet another lifelong Tory has decided to flee their sinking ship in a bid to save their own career, but it will take more than a new rosette to make Scots forget the damage Tories like Graham Simpson have inflicted on our country over the years.”
Simpson, an ex-journalist, is a List MSP for Central Scotland whose remit includes Stirling and some of the eastern shores of Loch Lomond.
“It’s clear that Reform are simply Tories by another name, but neither party has any answers to the challenges Scotland faces.
“The Scottish Tories are now a total irrelevance in Scottish politics, but Reform can’t get rid of this incompetent SNP government either.
“The fact is the next Scottish Parliament election will be a direct choice between a third decade of SNP failure or a new direction with Scottish Labour.”