Scots react to the news Ruth Davidson was 'furious' about The Vow

SCOTTISH Tory leader Ruth Davidson was “f***ing furious” about The Vow, a new biography of the politician has claimed. 

The promise to deliver new powers to the Scottish Parliament if Scots backed a no vote in the 2014 referendum on independence was drawn up by Gordon Brown and backed David Cameron, Nick Clegg, and Ed Miliband.

READ MORE: Ruth Davidson was 'furious' over The Vow, new biography claims

The Vow, as it became known, was printed on the front page of the Daily Record on September 16, 2014, just two days before the independence vote.

In his book, Ruth Davidson and the Resurgence of the Scottish Tories, former Press and Journal reporter Andrew Liddle writes: “Ruth was – in the words of one senior party insider – ‘f***ing furious’ with Cameron over the Vow. While she had been consulted over the pledge, she was strongly opposed."

We've rounded up the best Twitter reactions to Davidson's fury. 

1. This SNP MP wonders whether Scotland's Unionist press will press her on these revelations (spoiler: they won't).

More importantly - what does she think of it now considering all the things it promised but never delivered? Hopefully, someone from the 4th estate is tracking that response down.... https://t.co/LLDHJP0gRP

— Pete Wishart (@PeteWishart) June 4, 2018

2. So the Vow was ancient history but the indyref is too recent to be revisited, despite them being just two days apart ... this tweeter finds an apparent contradiction.

Senior Scottish Tory about Ruth Davidson urging David Cameron to drop the Vow circa September 2014: "ancient history"

Senior Scottish Tories about length of time since Independence Referendum in September 2014: "TOO SOON", "STILL FEELS LIKE YESTERDAY"https://t.co/q06z8Uh9YQ

— Jerry Moriarty (@WidelyRecycled) June 4, 2018

3. The book will need to have plenty of blank pages to cover Davidson's silence on rape clause, disability and racists within the Tory party...

I read the article behind this tweet and my prevailing thought was this: someone has written a biography of Ruth Davidson. That's going to be a whole lot of words about not a lot. https://t.co/h7R4loOPWP

— Malcolm Combe (@MalcolmCombe) June 4, 2018

4. But it's fair to say most Twitter users weren't exactly surprised by these "revelations"...

Proof that @RuthDavidsonMSP would never agree to the colour of Sh*te when it comes down to Scotland.https://t.co/moczbIk2AN

— Nicola's No1 Comrade (@ChrisMcCusker67) June 4, 2018

5. 

SCOTTISH Tory boss Ruth Davidson was “f***ing furious” about The Vow, a new biography of the politician has claimed, Ruth sees herself as Queen of Scotland and Furious because her laws are not upheld! We have to kneel before her and say sorry. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

— Bill MacBeth (@bill_macbeth) June 4, 2018

 6. 

Did she, aye right. The ‘Vow’ was never meant to be delivered. This is Davidson attempting to distance herself from it. I smell shite....https://t.co/Iala0ItyV7

— JimmyMac🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (@ferryhill9) June 4, 2018

7. 

Not even a wee bit surprised at this
Still at least this exposes two lies
The vow
And Ruth Davidson's influence in London

— Lez 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (@Scotlandscreams) June 4, 2018

8. 

Translation: Scots Tories now realise most Scots now know that the Vow was a lie, so Ruth is pretending she was furious about it at the time.  It's amazing isn't it how many UK Tory policies she says she was against, after it is too late to do anything about them. #RuthTheMooth https://t.co/TQUkWZpdVA

— MajorBloodnok (@MajorMcBloodnok) June 4, 2018

9. 

This is very damaging for the image Ruth Davidson is currently trying to project to Scottish voters.

Furious Davidson ‘urged UK leaders to drop the Vow’https://t.co/90YRVaaGu5

— Kenny Farquharson (@KennyFarq) June 4, 2018

10. 

She has to 'project an image' because she dare not let the real Ruth Davidson be seen by Scots - an expedient, career-focused ambitious politician, ready to spin at the first political gust of wind and face yet another way - i.e. an archetypal right-wing Tory https://t.co/MmzTJUoFOp

— Peter Curran (@moridura) June 4, 2018

11. 

Furious Ruth Davidson ‘urged UK leaders to drop the Vow’ | I wish they had listened to her.  https://t.co/K4JA9Y7rOy

— Autonomy Scotland (@AutonomScotland) June 4, 2018

12. 

#indyref2
Listen to what people say then watch what they do.
Especially Ruth Davidson. Actions speak much louder than words.
She talks a good game but she never sees it through.
Watch her. #ScotRef

— All Of Us First #FBSI (@_WeAreScotland_) June 4, 2018

13. Several tweets mentioned Davidson's permanent f***ing furiousness about everything:

Eve News headline says "Ruth Davidson furious about The Vow" .... of course she is. Ruth Davidson is always furious. About everything. It is her default position.

— bill lothian (@Sportybilly) June 4, 2018

14.

According to a new biography of the Scottish Conservative leader, Ms Davidson was “f***ing furious” when the plan for the Vow was drawn up by party leaders in London but her objections were not heeded. - Ruth Davidson angry. Imagine that eh! https://t.co/5gJGV0qUBp

— Kev R 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (@kwr66) June 4, 2018

Davidson is mostly f***ing furious at the SNP of course. At last week's First Minister's Questions Davidson used her first question to talk about independence, telling the First Minister she's sick of hearing about independence.

READ MORE: Nicola Sturgeon schools Ruth Davidson on how she's been getting on with the 'day job'

She also has said she was "angry" and "hurt" when she saw the Windrush scandal unfolding, despite the fact it was a result of her own party's "hostile environment" policy.

We await the day that she's so f***ing furious about something that she does something about it ...