The charm offensive to portray Douglas Ross as a really lovely guy has continued with the Daily Record reporting that he will step down as an assistant referee if he is elected as First Minister next year.
Ross, the extreme right-wing Westminster MP has still to declare whether he will stand for a Holyrood constituency or take the easier option, preferred by most Tories of the back door List route.
Constituents in Moray have heard all of the promises before as he promised to cut back on his lucrative football sideline on top of his Westminster salary, perks and expenses. Earlier this season he apologised over missing a VJ Ceremony in his constituency in favour of running up and down a line at Kilmarnock v St Johnstone.
On Sunday Ross was on the line at Ibrox, last night he was picking up fees and expenses from the England v Wales match with his week rounded off in Luxembourg on Sunday at the Nations League match against Cyprus.
Joining him on the line for that jolly will be Graeme Stewart who resigned from Police Scotland in 2017 after being fined £500 for assault. Andrew Dallas will be the fourth official.
The Scottish Tories recently appointed former Daily Record and Sun reporter Russell Findlay as their Communications Manager, earlier this week readers of the Press and Journal discovered that the Westminster MP for Moray relaxes by watching videos of cows.
With his role in politics the SFA have taken to giving Ross their most prominent assistant refereeing appointments, waving his flag over three consecutive weekends at Celtic Park and Ibrox.
Douglas Ross will quit referee job, but only if he’s voted in as first minister.https://t.co/LuTYPMyXU4
— Record Politics (@Record_Politics) October 9, 2020
Standing Orders of SNP Group in the Scottish
Parliament
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Responsibilities and Conduct of Members
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(b) Treat their position as a full-time commitment with an
attendance and work rate commensurate with that status.——-
SNP MSPs are full-time; Tories part-time at best.
— StewartStevensonMSP (@zsstevens) October 9, 2020
Will he get an SFA issue mobility scooter to help him in his later years?
Maybe he’ll get a carer to push him up and down the line in a wheelchair.
Will his eysight be up to standard?
Will he manage the annual trip to Barnard Castle for the eye test without stopping for a pee?— ???????Peter McMahon??????? (@pmcm1355) October 9, 2020
Are you recycling one of his lies to keep him in the news?
Try asking him why he thinks he doesn’t need to quarantine when coming back from Luxembourg on Sunday?
Or how much time has he taken away from MPing this week? 3 games 6 days Edinburgh, London, Luxembourg.#PTpolitician— Paul Deery (@Zinaad) October 9, 2020
Is that the same sort of promise he gave to only referee at weekends? Or the sort of promise he made to only referee when parliament wasn’t sitting? Both have been broken so no expectation this promise would be any different
— John Stanners (@JohnStanners) October 9, 2020
1. He’s a linesman not a referee
2. He’s said this before and yet still he continues to officiate
3. ..as First Minister? He bloody well knows he’s no chance which is why he’s said it, clearly being a Linesman is his most important job.Unbelievable
— Doogid (@DoogidGolf) October 9, 2020
If I were him I’d keep the refereeing going as he might find he needs something to fall back on.
— Douglas Mackinnon (@drmuig) October 9, 2020
He’ll retire an assistant referee then,I know the unionist media are pushing him,but,he really is a no mark, every time he appears, independence goes up another point.
— Michael F Mongan (@f_mongan) October 9, 2020
I thought fantasy was confined to the football world but obviously he enjoys fantasy politics as well!
— Clare Donaldson (@Cladonal) October 9, 2020
I don’t care what anyone’s politics are but an UNELECTED list MSP must NEVER be ‘appointed’ as First Minister! NEVER! Utterly unacceptable! ???
— Tomsk ??????????????????? (@Tomsker1) October 9, 2020
I’ll quit being a pensioner if I qualify for the next Olympic Games….in any sport!
— Janette Hannah ??????? (@janette_hannah) October 9, 2020