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Rape clause denier enters Scottish Tory leadership race
Brian Whittle MSP Scottish Conservative during Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party debate on Net Zero, Energy and Transport, at the Scottish Parliament in Holyrood, Edinburgh, September 15, 2021
OLYMPIAN and rape clause denier Brian Whittle has launched his bid to become the next leader of the Scottish Tories.
Mr Whittle had been a regular on the international athletics stage in the ’80s and ’90s, competing at 400 and 800m, going on to become a Tory MSP on the South of Scotland list in 2016.
Announcing his candidacy, Mr Whittle outlined his “core principles of education, enterprise and empowering people, adding that the party must be prepared to tell “hard truths.”
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