Kemi Badenoch: “Character matters in politics because character is what is tested when things get tough.”

What is important for people to understand, is that where the Scottish Government is doing things that are bad for the people of Scotland, we will intervene, something which I did do when I was in government using the Section 35 powers.

What we are talking about right now is how to make the people of Scotland richer and better.

We believe in free speech. We believe in a free press. And yes, of course, that might be painful for us as politicians, but public scrutiny is part of the gig. If Nigel Farage can’t handle difficult questions … then he shouldn’t be a…

I’ve been very clear, as I did when we intervened with Section 35, when the Scottish Parliament wanted to put men in women’s safe spaces with their self-ID policy.