RUTH Davidson has lost the chance to manage the online presence of her management consultancy firm – after failing to buy up websites in its name.

The Edinburgh Central MSP has drawn criticism by taking on a £50,000-a-year public relations job at international agency Tulchan and setting up her own firm, Kirkholm Broadlands, with partner Jen Wilson on top of her political day job.

Yesterday George McGregor, co-chair of the UK Public Affairs Board, called on Davidson to “stand down” to “avoid any conflicts of interest”.

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Today The National can reveal that Davidson’s out-of-parliament work faces another hurdle after four different website addresses in the name of her company were purchased by a disgruntled voter.

While three are blank, one hosts a cartoon mocking Davidson’s changes of opinion on Boris Johnson, who she publicly criticised before changing tack after he became Tory leader.

When she quit as head of the Scottish Conservatives this summer, she said that decision has not related to Johnson.

The sales of kirkholmbroadlands.co.uk, kirkholmbroadlands.com, kirkholm-broadlands.co.uk and kirkholm-broadlands.com were made through an anonymisation service.

However, this newspaper has spoken with the Scotland-based buyer, who works as a cyber security specialist and said the buy-up was “a chance to make a point”.

The buyer said Davidson’s business moves had “jarred”, stating: “I don’t think I’d have been quite as angry if it wasn’t for the whole public persona thing. Her brand has been built up by virtue of being a public representative. In the last election, the leaflets were all ‘Ruth Davidson for the Ruth Davidson party, vote Ruth Davidson’. Now she’s using that platform to make money.

“The first thing I thought was ‘I wonder if she’d done this right?’ None of the domain names had been registered.

“The first thing I’d tell anyone setting up a business is secure your digital assets before you go live.”

The buyer added: “The fees are basically trivial. It was £50 worth of costs. I thought, ‘I can do that and not cry myself to sleep’.

“I don’t have a master plan, I didn’t set this up with a long term strategy, it was a heat-of-the-moment decision to jump on the opportunity.

“I’m not looking to cause harm, I’m not doing this to make money or to extort anyone. I would sell them to her for the amount I paid, if she contacts me through the domain registry.”

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The National contacted Davidson’s representatives for comment. However, no response was received at the time of going to press.

But commenting on the Tulchan job, the Scottish Conservatives have said her role “involves no lobbying or parliamentary strategic advice and falls well inside Holyrood’s rules”.