Ruth Davidson crowned a glorious night by winning her constituency seat with a massive increase of 15.5% of the vote. She also led Scotland’s Tory party to a stunning victory over Labour.
Long considered dead and buried, the Scottish Tories are made a stunning comeback and are now the official opposition to the SNP in Holyrood.
Maybe my favorite picture ever @Ruth_E_Davidson pic.twitter.com/p0GQDdsLnj
— Neil (@LifeOfReillly) May 6, 2016
WATCH @Ruth_E_Davidson speaking immediately after winning Edinburgh Central. #TeamRuthhttps://t.co/DFzl1pbs6e
— Conservatives (@Conservatives) May 6, 2016
Tory leader Ruth Davidson wins Edinburgh central with a 15.5% increase #sp16 https://t.co/1lN016od0W https://t.co/GwlV8DUim2
— STV News (@STVNews) May 6, 2016
There was a stunning gain from Labour in Dumfriesshire, which the party had held for over a decade.
Davidson, a former Army veteran, is a plain spoken lesbian who has charmed the hell out of Scotland since her election.
Ruth Davidson is the only Tory that I would consider voting for. That's how amazing she is.
— Lily Jayne Summers (@MissLilySummers) May 6, 2016
The night saw double-digit swings to the Tories from Labour who were reduced to spinning that they didn’t lose to the Conservatives (they did) but scored own goals on themselves.
Labour sources in Scotland keen to point out if they are beaten into 3rd place it is not Tories overtaking them, it is Labour undertaking
— sarah smith (@BBCsarahsmith) May 6, 2016
Satire was flying as fast as the saltire:
Aye weel it was an own goal #muppets https://t.co/YCtOIKSeMe
— Louise Mensch (@LouiseMensch) May 6, 2016
.@BBCsarahsmith that's the most tragic piece of spin I've ever seen
— Aaron Bell (@AaronBell80) May 6, 2016
. @BBCsarahsmith @thoughtgenerate pic.twitter.com/e1NPdf7Wkz
— Jamie (@lfcjamie) May 6, 2016
Ruth Davidson resurrected a Scottish Tory party that was deader than Jon Snow (not the newscaster). And the BBC couldn’t believe it.
Yes CONGRATULATIONS @Ruth_E_Davidson @ScotTories @PatMcPhee1 @ScotTories https://t.co/sBXMrnsiEw
— Stephen J. Robin (@stephenjrobin) May 6, 2016
Tories take Eastwood as Jackson Carlaw beats Labour's Ken Macintosh https://t.co/8OGfY80UTd #Holyrood2016 pic.twitter.com/huBic7WfbZ
— The Scotsman (@TheScotsman) May 6, 2016
https://twitter.com/charliejoseph24/status/728415624154746880
Many others agreed.
Bugger me, the Tories are back in Scotland pic.twitter.com/GALMEiURLx
— Alan White (@aljwhite) May 6, 2016
Huge turnaround for the Tories in Scotland https://t.co/FoUTczZNa9
— The Independent (@Independent) May 6, 2016
