Aberdeen, a city once swimming in oil wealth, had been battered by more than a decade of Net Zero fundamentalism

Thursday will see two key Scottish by-elections in Arbroath, and in Aberdeen South - where the contest is looking like a close fought race between the Tories and the SNP, and the…

Tory candidate Douglas Lumsden won a majority of more than 6,000 with 14,308 votes, followed by the SNP in second place with 8,258.