NEW Tory leader Kemi Badenoch was elected “appealing to the worst instincts of the Conservative Party,” the Scottish Greens said today.

Co-leader Patrick Harvie said the Tories were “determined to emulate the gutter politics of Farage’s far–right Reform.”

He said: “It is truly depressing to see the Tory Party now led by someone as unashamedly divisive as Kemi Badenoch.

“She has based her campaign on a nasty culture war agenda, fuelling division and pitting communities against one another. 

“She’s been elected by appealing to the worst instincts of the Conservative Party.

“We know that the politics she represents is no basis for building a fairer society — we have just endured 14 years of them.”

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar congratulated “her historic achievement as the first black female leader of the Conservative Party.” 

But he argued: “The first thing any new Tory leader should do is apologise to Scots for gambling with families’ savings, crashing the economy and sending bills soaring while putting party before country.”