I suppose this new party will put a major emphasis on unionism? Might it end up a Scottish DUP?
The DUP is left wing, so no.
While I have supported a happy divorce from the UK party for some time, I'm not confident Murdo Fraser is the man to take it forward. The main UK party has supported this idea for years, it's the Scottish wing that has pulled back from it, particularly under Goldie. Lord Forsyth still excerts a strangely large amount of influence over the party which also doesn't help.
As for Unionism, the party can't decide what that actually means with regards devolution. Some still don't back the Scottish Parliament and others (myself included) want devolution max. The party missed the opportunity to push for devolution max and outflank the SNP and the unionist parties some time ago.
What we need is Ruth Davidson; hopefully she is just biding her time.
Ian Paisley's party? Really?
'Directed at the Working Class' is, I believe, probably the best description of the DUP's politics. But then, I'm hardly an expert on UK politics, so you may want for the experts to chime in, before you take my words as the undisputable truth.
