Balfour exit exposes unhappy Tory ship

Responding to the news that Scottish Conservative MSP and social justice spokesperson Jeremy Balfour has quit the party over its “reactionary politics”,  claiming the party has “abandoned the effort” to help the most vulnerable and is more interested in “chasing cheap headlines”, Scottish Liberal Democrat MSP Jamie Greene said:

“I was clear back in April when I quit the Tories that it was a most unhappy of ships and others would follow my exit.

“Whilst Jeremy and I disagreed on specific issues over the years, I respect people who hold views which are clearly borne from life experiences and beliefs, as mine are.

“His accurate description of a Tory party which mimics the voices of other parties, slashes and burns budgets at the expense of society’s most vulnerable and has completely abandoned urban and central belt voters is one which indeed I share.

“One wonders how many more former colleagues will come to their senses and quit?”