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Leadership candidate Murdo Fraser has announced details of the nationwide tour he will be taking over the next two weeks.

Having been in Glasgow, Stirling and South Perthshire over the last few days, and held conference calls with members across Scotland, including Orkney, Murdo’s tour will now take him to:

Dundee Tuesday 20th September
Largs Thursday 22nd September
Oban Friday 23rd September
Inverness Saturday 24th September
Newton Stewart Monday 26th September
Lockerbie Monday 26th September
Strathpeffer Tuesday 27th September
Aviemore Wednesday 28th September
Edinburgh Thursday 29th September
Glasgow Friday 30th September
St. Andrews Friday 30th September
Manchester (Party Conference) Sunday 2nd – Wednesday 5th October

October tour dates will be announced in due course.

Murdo said:

“I have spoken to hundreds of members since I launched my campaign. There is a reassuring enthusiasm amongst members of all ages and from all regions of Scotland for my proposal to transform our party into a new, centre-right, progressive party for Scotland.

“Our members know better than anyone the problems our party faces. They are out on doorsteps election after election and their efforts are not being rewarded. They are fed up of fighting and fed up of losing; I share their frustration.

“Our new party will get us winning again. I want to take us back to our roots. Before 1965, we had a distinct, Scottish party which was extremely successful, and my new party will operate on a similar basis.

“Our current party has a severe identity crisis and is losing almost 40,000 votes between every election. This is not the time for more of the same. A new captain is not enough. We need a new ship.”

Murdo joins Ruth Davidson who has already begun a tour of all 59 seats in Scotland.