Putdown of the week

The Sunday Times is perhaps a little too cutting in its dismissal of the Scottish Tories:

Cameron, after visiting Crewe, flew on to Ayr racecourse, where the party’s Scottish conference was under way. North of the border the Conservatives have just one MP. The decrepit band of blue rinses gathered for the Scottish conference were a stark reminder of the hurdles that still lie between him and the keys to No 10.

Actually, to secure a turnout of 600 is not bad going. And they looked a bit less decrepit than usual ...