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Ruth Davidson
11 quotes
“The advantages we gain from EU membership clearly and categorically outweigh any disadvantages that come with it. I campaigned for Scotland to stay part of a wider Union. And I believe Britain should stay part of a wider Union too.”
Ruth Davidson (born 1978) first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Scottish Lib Dem conference: Leader Tim Farron in staunch defence of EU BBC News (27 February 2016)
“It is not enough to say to people who have come here and made their home here and their life here that we want your labour. We’ve got to be able to say that we want your brains, we want your culture, we want your passion, we want you in our country, making our country better and giving these people security.”
Ruth Davidson (born 1978) first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted by The Guardian. Ruth Davidson pokes fun at Andrea Leadsom and Boris Johnson (13 July 2016)
“There are times when you feel, oh shit, I wish I hadn’t done that, and you beat yourself up about it; and there are times when you feel desperately, desperately alone because it doesn’t feel like anyone’s helping you with the task. You have ‘punch the air’ moments, and you have ‘crying silently at night so as not to wake up the person next to you’ moments. But I guess leadership is about doing that in your own time. It’s about strength and tenacity and moral courage.”
Ruth Davidson (born 1978) first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Said in an interview with The Guardian. Ruth Davidson: ‘I’ve never been caught out. That tells you something’ (21 August 2016)
“Plenty of genuine sexism & misogyny in politics. Don't need prominent women debasing the term to cover their own poor performance. Jeez.”
Ruth Davidson (born 1978) first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Emily Thornberry accuses Sky's Murnaghan of 'sexism' BBC News (11 September 2016)
“I’m not sure the party would be happy with a drippingly wet, pro-immigrant lesbian Scot.”
Ruth Davidson (born 1978) first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Said at a party conference when asked whether she would run in the next leadership election. Quoted by the Independent. I’m convinced Ruth Davidson could be the next prime minister, even if the bookies favour Boris John…
“You have to want it. And I don’t want to be prime minister. [. . .] I value my relationship and my mental health too much for it. I will not be a candidate.”
Ruth Davidson (born 1978) first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Interviewed by Decca Aitkenhead in "Interview: Ruth Davidson, leader of the Scottish Conservatives, on depression, her self‑harm scars and why she’ll never be PM" The Sunday Times Magazine (16 September 2018).
“My plea to people in the room is: let’s use the kick up the backside the voters have given both the main parties, to really focus minds.”
Ruth Davidson (born 1978) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Said after the 2019 UK local elections where both the Conservatives and Labour suffered losses. Quoted by the Financial Times. Ruth Davidson adds pressure to Brexit talks (4 May 2019)
“We have a prime minister with one foot out the door and a leadership election which has split the party between cheerleaders for the frontrunner and anyone-but-the-frontrunner.”
Ruth Davidson (born 1978) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: A pact with the Brexit Party would be an admission the Tories are dead" The Daily Telegraph (17 June 2019), quoted by the Express. "Tory alliance with Brexit Party blasted as defeat by Ruth Davidson 'we’re not dead yet!…
“I think there are a number of people within the Conservative Party who need to take a long, hard look at themselves. Yes, I understand of course we have got to respect the referendum result, of course we've got to deliver Brexit, but not at the expense of breaking up the United Kingdom. I would remind people of their obligations within the party - yes, we're a Conservative Party, but we're also a Unionist party, and I'd remind them that our own union of nations is every bit as important as leaving someone else's.”
Ruth Davidson (born 1978) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Ruth Davidson: 'Deliver Brexit, but not at expense of UK' BBC News (18 June 2019)
“Any Conservative leadership candidate must put the Union first. Jeremy [Hunt] has done so and will get my vote.”
Ruth Davidson (born 1978) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Tweet, as cited in "Ruth Davidson backs Jeremy Hunt for PM" The Herald (26 June 2019)
“I fear that having tried to be a good leader over the years, I have proved a poor daughter, sister, partner and friend. The party and my work has always come first, often at the expense of commitments to loved ones.”
Ruth Davidson (born 1978) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Her resignation letter on Twitter (29 August 2019) cited in Ruth Davidson quits as Scottish Conservative leader BBC News (29 August 2019)