Scottish Conservative MPs will ‘make Britain great again’, says Ruth Davidson

Scottish Conservative MPs elected on Thursday will “make Britain great again”, the party’s leader Ruth Davidson has said.

In a warm up speech for Prime Minister Theresa May today in Edinburgh, Davidson called on Scots to use their vote to reject a second referendum on Scottish independence.

 “You can take your second referendum – we don’t want it, we said No, we meant it. Get back to the day job,” she said.

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Scots Tory MPs, said Davidson, would go to Westminster to “try and make Britain great again”.

Theresa May told the crowd in a removal warehouse in Edinburgh that Jeremy Corbyn would grant Nicola Sturgeon permission to hold a second indyref.

Voters were faced with a choice between her and Corbyn for the next prime minister, she said.

“Me, I'm a passionate Unionist, I want to ensure the United Kingdom stays together, we strengthen those bonds across the whole of the United Kingdom,” she said.

"Or Jeremy Corbyn, negotiating with the SNP for a second referendum, which he is says is 'absolutely fine' by him."

May predicted he would get “a different view from the Scottish people”.

Labour have pledged they will not do a power-sharing deal with the SNP or any other party but would attempt to win backing for a Labour budget as a minority administration.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said the SNP would “be part of a progressive alternative to a Tory government”.

Scottish Labour’s general election campaign manager James Kelly said: “Ruth Davidson’s stealing Donald Trump’s slogan was a toe-curling moment, but both the Tory campaign and the Trump campaign have sought to divide our society.”

SNP deputy leader Angus Robertson said: “The surreal sight of Theresa May addressing activists in a removal warehouse served only to underline the opportunity that the people of Scotland have to remove her majority on Thursday."