Prime Minister Theresa May eating a cone of chips Identity over policy. Where you come from over what you believe. Your image over your ideas. These are battles all parties must face – and the Tories are no different. They’ve claimed again and again they are the real party of the working-class but spoken from the voices of privately educated aristocrats this claim fell flat with most. But Scotland is different: they have Ruth Davidson. She’s the young, working-class woman leading the Scottish Tories. Something never seen in England. So, maybe when she says the Tories are the party of the working-class, people will believe her. That’s the hope anyway. In 2017 The Telegraph ran the headline: “Ruth Davidson: A gay, working class, bull riding, outspoken Scot...and the Tories' secret weapon”. She certainly is popular. But does this mean the Tories are the party of the working-class? Annie Wells thinks so. Like Davidson, Wells is from a working-class background, working in M&
Scottish journalist and musician