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Liam Kerr has become the fourth Scottish Conservative to join the party’s leadership contest. <\/p>\n
The North East MSP said he aimed to take the Tories out of opposition, telling members he could offer a “realistic path to power”. <\/p>\n
He said that he could unite the party and deliver their key policy aims. <\/p>\n
He joins former journalist Russell Findlay, ex-Olympic sprinter Brian Whittle and deputy leader Meghan Gallacher in the leadership race. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Mr Kerr said: \u201cGoing into the 2026 [Holyrood] election we need to present the people of Scotland with a genuinely Conservative programme which gives them a reason to vote for us, and lays out a realistic path to power.”<\/p>\n
He said under his leadership, the party’s strategy “would start from the future”, considering how the country should look in 15 years’ time. <\/p>\n
\u201cEverything we do will work back from that point, creating the kind of Scotland we want to live in \u2013 fair, thriving and dynamic,” Mr Kerr said. <\/p>\n
\u201cI know I have the strategy and vision to unite our excellent group of MSPs who will come together and take our case to the Scottish people ahead of 2026.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n