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Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross to back down from tactical voting call

The next general election is due to be held by January 2025.has reported that Mr Sunak is planning to hold a vote in October or November next year.

So anything that turns Scottish politics back into a binary bunfight over borders is absolutely fine by Mr Ross.It follows the resignation of Nicola Sturgeon as first minister and the arrest of her husband, former chief executive Peter Murrell, in a Police Scotland finance probe. Mr Ross is expected to tell the Scottish Tory conference: "Humza Yousaf said that he wants to shift independence into 'fifth gear'.

Mr Ross is expected to say: "The SNP cannot even manage their own accounts, how can they be trusted on the finances of an independent Scotland?"We have always known that our arguments on trade, currency and jobs were stronger - and the 2014 referendum proved that.

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