Malcolm Offord also described former First Minister Alex Salmond as a “brilliant” politician who had run a “very good administration”.
Offord’s appointment yesterday led to accusations of cronyism due to his status as a Tory donor. The Greenock -born businessman has ploughed in nearly £150,000 to the party over the years.
He will be made a life peer in House of Lords - an elevation that allows him to take him the role at the Scotland OfficeHowever, a trawl of his past statements shows him taking positions at odds with orthodox Tory thinking.In an April piece for Reform Scotland on turbo-charging the economy, Offord laid out a series of proposals for boosting growth in Scotland.He wrote: “Promote immigration.
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