Ruth Davidson

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Ruth Davidson

Ruth Davidson (born November 10, 1978 in Edinburgh ) is a Scottish journalist and politician of the Conservative Party . From November 4, 2011 to August 29, 2019, she chaired the Scottish section of her party.

Life

After finishing school, Davidson studied at the University of Edinburgh and the University of Glasgow . After that she worked as a teacher for a few years. After working as a teacher, she began working as a documentary filmmaker and journalist for the British television broadcaster BBC and became involved in politics. Davidson became a member of the Conservative Party ("Tories").

As the successor to Bill Aitken , Davidson succeeded in entering the Scottish Parliament in May 2011 as a candidate for the Glasgow electoral region . In November 2011, she was elected chairwoman of the Scottish Conservative Party to succeed Annabelle Goldie . She lives with her partner in the Partick district of Glasgow . In the parliamentary elections in Scotland on May 5, 2016 , the Conservatives under her leadership achieved their best result in all previous Scottish parliamentary elections with 22.9% of the vote and became the second largest party, ahead of the Scottish Labor Party .

Due to disagreements with the new Prime Minister and Conservative leader Boris Johnson , she announced her resignation from the Presidency of the Scottish Conservatives on August 29, 2019.

Political positions

Ruth Davidson is assigned to the liberal and centrist wing of the Conservative Party . She supports LGBT rights and called on Northern Ireland , among other things , to introduce same-sex marriage .

Davidson is open to immigration and told the Conservative Party at a party conference that immigrants should feel welcome in Britain. She urged her party to be internationalist and warned against a shift to the right by the conservatives.

Before the referendum on whether the United Kingdom should remain in the European Union , also known as the Brexit referendum, she campaigned against a Brexit. Her appearance in a televised debate the evening before the day of voting is considered her first major national appearance.

In the referendum, the United Kingdom narrowly voted to leave the European Union, while in Scotland around 62% of voters voted to remain in the EU. When the First Minister of Scotland , Nicola Sturgeon , then held out the prospect of a new independence referendum , Davidson expressed skepticism. Instead, she called on the Scottish and British governments to work together and put stability first. She agreed to support a judicial challenge to the Supreme Court based on the Scottish Parliament's vote to protect the powers she invoked against Brexit. She claimed that it was important to take legal action to review the complex situation in court. Davidson announced resistance to a hard Brexit.

She supports the Scottish video game industry and opposes the proposal to deny tax breaks to the industry.

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Footnotes

  1. ^ A b Ruth Davidson quits as Scottish Conservative leader , BBC News, August 29, 2019, accessed August 29, 2019
  2. ^ Pinknews: Tories choose lesbian to fight Glasgow by-election
  3. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/ruth-davidson-dup-lgbt-gay-rights-theresa-may-election-latest-assurances-a7783006.html
  4. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-politics-40458165
  5. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/10/05/ruth-davidson-challenges-hard-brexit-tories-by-arguing-immigrant/
  6. sueddeutsche.de / Christian Zaschke June 22, 2016: The Brexit final spurt is not for the squeamish
  7. theguardian.com: Ruth Davidson enjoys her Nicola Sturgeon moment in EU debate
  8. ^ The guardian.com / Susie Boniface: Ruth Davidson was the star at Wembley. Can't we have more politicians like her? (Comment)
  9. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/mar/02/ruth-davidson-backs-legal-action-against-scottish-brexit-bill
  10. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/jul/28/support-no-deal-brexit-scottish-ruth-davidson-boris-johnson
  11. https://web.archive.org/web/20120425192413/http://www.ruthdavidson.co.uk/2011/10/15/ruth-urges-chancellor-support-scotlands-computer-games-industry/