The Scottish Conservative Party is showing either a keen sense of humour or a lofty sense of ambition by hosting its annual conference in Glasgow.
It is not so long ago that the very thought of Tories gathering in Scotland’s biggest – and, along with Dundee, traditionally most left wing – city would have been unthinkable.
Now Theresa May is about to swan up as Prime Minister and make a pitch to the working class. Here’s hoping people have been working on their Heimlich manoeuvres because a fair few cornflakes are likely to be choked on.
With council elections in May, Ruth Davidson is desperate to show that last year’s Holyrood success was not simply a one off for her party.
In many ways the song remains the same, of course.
No matter what question the PM is asked about independence, her response begins with: “The question is not could there be a referendum but should there be a referendum.”
That applies even if the question asked is “could there be a referendum”.
Still, she is soaring ahead in the polls across the UK and in Holyrood her party is gaining confidence in holding the Scottish Government to account, despite its own very real wobbles over Brexit.
Do the Tories have justified confidence or misplaced hubris? It won’t be long before we find out.
