Kemi Badenoch has accused the SNP and Labour of ‘running Scotland down’ and warned that Europe’s oil capital is ‘dying’ because of their policies on oil and gas.
The Tory leader said it is ‘heartbreaking’ that Aberdeen is ‘fading away’ due to ‘bad management’ by the Scottish and UK governments.
She stepped up her calls to ‘drill baby drill’ and said that supporting new fields can unleash £150 billion of new developments in the North Sea.
And she insisted that Scotland needs the Tories to bring the message of ‘sound money, fiscal responsibility and a stronger economy’.
It comes after Russell Findlay pledged that the Scottish Conservatives will be ‘Scotland’s party of economic opportunity’ and make efforts to boost growth his top issue in the run-up to the Holyrood elections.
