Heading for oblivion

If Calton had been blogging at the time of the Scottish Conservative leadership election, he would have said that the conservatives (small c) had consigned themselves to oblivion, however, even with his far-sightedness, he did not anticipate how quickly this prediction would come true. Just a couple of months later, Ruth What's-her-name's profile is so low her wheel rims are striking sparks off the tarmac. The appointment of Michael Tait, recent winner of the Tartan Bollocks award, as her media director is unlikely to help unless he can invent a personality for her. Annabel Goldie may not have been everyone's cup of tea but at least she had a media presence. Ruth What's-her-name's main achievement since being elected has been to out-grey Mr Gray. Only the candidates for the Labour leadership are less conspicuous. If Murdo Fraser had deliberately planned the demise of the Scottish Conservative Party to make way for his new centre-right unionist party he couldn't have done it better.