DOUGLAS Ross MP was not able to say that his boss Boris Johnson is an asset to the Tory party in Scotland as he dodges questions on whether the Prime Minister should resign.
The Scottish Tory leader was on the BBC's The Sunday Show discussing what his party is looking for from the Scottish Government's response to the coronavirus pandemic and the Tory bid to have votes of no confidence in John Swinney and Nicola Sturgeon.
The Moray MP told host Martin Geissler that the Scottish Tories would be pressing for more evidence to be released by Deputy First Minister Swinney around claims Sturgeon broke the Ministerial Code. He said the party "hope" the votes will happen this coming week.
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When Geissler asked Ross whether a leader of a country should resign if it is found that they misled parliament or broke the Ministerial Code, Ross nervously laughed, then said: "Martin, I am looking very specifically at the case we have in front of us today which is a First Minister who has lied on multiple occasions, we believe has breached the ministerial code on more than 30 occasions and has misused taxpayers' money to continue with a case that was doomed to failure."
Geissler interjected with the fact Ross was choosing to ignore that the Prime Minister, Health Secretary Matt Hancock and Home Secretary Priti Patel have been found by a court to be in breach of the ministerial code or misleading parliament.
Ross said that he "was not choosing to ignore" that, but offered no comment on it and repeated his points about the SNP.
Geissler pointed out that it is not just the SNP that are pointing to the breaches by Cabinet ministers at Westminster and pressed Ross on why he wants resignations in Scotland but "everything to go unnoticed" in England.
Ross said it was a "totally different situation" in Scotland.
When asked by Geissler whether he would be inviting up Johnson to campaign on his behalf ahead of the Holyrood elections in May, Ross said the Prime Minister "will be up before May".
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He added: "But I'm the one leading the party here in Scotland, it's my team, my policies and I am looking forward to the campaign over the next nine weeks."
Geissler then asked: "You see him [Johnson] as an asset, do you?"
Ross let out another breath of nervous laughter then said the Prime Minister will "be up" along with "a number of other people" but was unable to say if he regards his boss as an asset to the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party.
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