Just as with Leave voters, another big swath of the electorate might be abandoned to Ruth Davidson as her rivals focus elsewhere.
Ruth Davidson’s call for a London Manifesto misses the point that the boroughs have different needs.
“I’ve got a job at the moment. I’m not looking past 2021. I’ve come a long way in Scotland…and I’ve got a long way to go.”
The Scottish Conservative leader says that, “for all the devolution of power in the last twenty years, our Union continues to be far too London-centric”.
If the Conservatives had won 42 per cent from them too, our research projects that she would have won with a comfortable 42-seat majority.
Also: Scottish Tories offer to mediate with Holyrood as devolved governments try to block the Withdrawal Bill; and a loyalist paramilitary group bids to be legalised.
The problem is that until the Conservatives are serious about selling more state land to build attractive housing it is just talk.
The left will strengthen their position inside Labour, but may push more voters towards the more centrist, avowedly unionist Scottish Conservatives.
We must show people how markets can make life better for ordinary families by broadening choice, spurring innovation, and driving down prices.
The history of our party has much to teach us about how to build on our modern successes.