Ruth Davidson

"My plea to people in the room is: let’s use the kick up the backside the voters have given both the main parties, to really focus minds."

"I’m not sure the party would be happy with a drippingly wet, pro-immigrant lesbian Scot."

"The advantages we gain from EU membership clearly and categorically outweigh any disadvantages that come with it. I campaigned for Scotland to stay part of a wider Union. And I believe Britain should …"

"I think there are a number of people within the Conservative Party who need to take a long, hard look at themselves. Yes, I understand of course we have got to respect the referendum result, of course…"

"It is not enough to say to people who have come here and made their home here and their life here that we want your labour. We’ve got to be able to say that we want your brains, we want your culture, …"

"You have to want it , and I don’t want to be prime minister . . . I value my relationship and my mental health too much for it."

"I fear that having tried to be a good leader over the years, I have proved a poor daughter, sister, partner and friend. The party and my work has always come first, often at the expense of commitments…"

"We have a prime minister with one foot out the door and a leadership election which has split the party between cheerleaders for the frontrunner and anyone-but-the-frontrunner"