Scottish Conservative Leader Quits as Independence Support Grows
- Carlaw quits with immediate effect after less than six months
- Move leaves party leaderless less than a year before election
Jackson Carlaw
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Scottish Conservative Party leader Jackson Carlaw quit less than six months into the job after failing to arrest a surge in support for independence from the U.K.
Carlaw, who only took over from Ruth Davidson as leader of the Scottish wing of Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party in February, said he wasn’t the “best placed” person to make the case for keeping Scotland in the union. His resignation will take effect immediately.