NATIONAL EXTRA
North-east Scotland deserves better than spineless Scottish Tories
THE corruption and sleaze currently engulfing the UK Conservative government has claimed yet another casualty in what is likely to be a lengthy list of Conservatives as the Tory vice-chairman Andrew Bowie MP has resigned his position from a senior role. Is this, as he claims, a selfless step back from the onerous additional duties of paid office - or is it some self preservation reflex to protect his precarious ambitions?