"BILL Walker, the 77-year-old former Tory MP, was last night elected as deputy chairman of the Scottish Conservatives - beating Jackson Carlaw, the incumbent, by just eight votes.
Mr Walker, as well known for his robust right-wing views as he was for wearing the kilt in the Commons as an MP, secured 2,518 votes to Mr Carlaw's 2,510.
Last night a spokesman for the Tory party refused to comment on the signal Mr Walker's election would send out for the party, which is now led in the UK by David Cameron, 39, who will speak to the Scottish conference in Perth later this week."
When he was an MP, Mr Walker was not quite renowned for his sophisticated and intelligent approach to political debate. And he was not at all put out when both Mr Lang and Mr Forsyth failed to appoint him as one of the Scottish Office ministers, despite the desperate shortage of Scottish Tory MPs to fill the posts.
Given their utter lack of shared interests, I am sure that he and Mr Cameron will get on like a house on fire.
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