Summary

  • Scottish Conservative interim leader Jackson Carlaw is interviewed on the Good Morning Scotland programme

  • He backs Boris Johnson's response to the London Bridge terror attack

  • Carlaw believes Corbyn will do a deal with Sturgeon after the election

  • Only the Tories can prevent indyref2 says Scottish Conservative interim leader

  • He argues this election is about drawing a line under the Brexit debate

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  1. Carlaw says he would not use Boris Johnson's past comments

    Boris JohnsonPA

    Boris Johnson was accused on Islamophobia last year after saying Muslim women wearing burkas "look like letter boxes"

    Gary Robertson says there is a third candidate, one who wrote about Muslim women wearing the niqab and used the line it was ridiculous that people would go around looking like letterboxes.

    "That of course is Boris Johnson and he's at the heart of your party's problem with this, isn't he?"

    Mr Carlaw replies he does not accept that.

    He insists he will judge the prime minister on what he says and does as prime minister, and not on what he has said in the past.

    The Good Morning Scotland presenter asks if Mr Carlaw would ever use the terms "tank-top bum boy" or "walkabout piccaninnies" or "watermelon smiles", or would he talk about Muslim women being "bank robbers".

    He replies no to all these questions and further ones.

  2. 'There are questions here about your vetting procedures, aren't there?

    Gary now asks about the suspension of a Conservative party election candidate over alleged anti-Semitic, Islamophobic and homophobic comments he made seven years ago.

    "There are questions here about your vetting procedures, aren't there?"

    Mr Carlaw replies the vetting procedures are quite comprehensive, adding the party has to respond when information that has not been disclosed by the candidate comes to light.

    The Scottish Conservative interim leader insists he has acted "decisively, immediately and without favour".

  3. Suspension of Tory candidate over 'anti-Muslim' comment raised

    Gary Robertson pivots to the vetting process for candidates, citing Flora Scarabello's suspension after she was accused of using "anti-Muslim language".

    He asks if Mr Carlaw has heard the recording of the relevant phone call, but Mr Carlaw says he has not due to not having the copyright.

    The Scottish Conservative interim leader says he has seen the transcript and she said she had a "problem with Muslim people", adding that was the entire remark which was enough for the party to take action.

  4. 'Questions had to be asked'

    The father of victim Jack Merritt has said some of what Boris Johnson has said has been "vile propaganda" and called for the attack not to be used as a political football, says Gary Robertson.

    "I think if I was a father I'd feel much the same way, but Gary I watched the absolute splurge from Labour politicians on twitter in the immediate aftermath of this attack questioning the prime minister and blaming it on him," replies the Scottish Conservative interim leader.

    Questions had to be asked, says Mr Carlaw, and the prime minister has responded.

  5. London Bridge: Vigil to be held for attack victims

    Jack Merritt and Saskia JonesMet Police

    Jack Merritt was a co-ordinator of the Learning Together programme and Saskia Jones was a volunteer on the programme

    The Mayor of London is among those expected to attend a vigil for the victims of the London Bridge attack in the capital later.

    Jack Merritt, 25, and Saskia Jones, 23, will be honoured in a remembrance service at Guildhall Yard in the City.

    They were stabbed to death by convicted terrorist Usman Khan, 28, at a prisoner rehabilitation event on Friday.

    It comes amid an urgent review of the licence conditions of convicted terrorists released from prison.

    Read more.

  7. We begin with the political fallout from the terror attack on London Bridge

    Good Morning Scotland presenter Gary Robertson gets us underway by asking Scottish Conservative interim leader Jackson Carlaw about the recent terror attack in London.

    Mr Robertson says convicted terrorist Usman Khan was released under a Conservative government and says it is a Conservative failure, isn't it?

    Mr Carlaw says there was a window between 2008 and 2012 when Usman Khan was released.

    Surely the buck has to stop with the Conservative prime minister, presses the Mr Robertson.

    If you want to be factually correct his sentence was imposed under the 2008 legislation and you can't go back and retrospectively change that, replies Mr Carlaw.

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  9. You can listen to the GMS interview here........

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    You can listen live to Gary Robertson interviewing Scottish Conservative interim leader Jackson Carlaw here.

    It's first up after the news.

  10. Election special: Leader's questions

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    Scottish Tory interim leader Jackson Carlaw

    Good morning and welcome to the live page coverage of the third of our Call the Leader phone-ins, on Monday 2 December 2019.

    Scottish Tory interim leader Jackson Carlaw is in the hot seat today.

    He will be interviewed on BBC Good Morning Scotland before taking voter questions from 09.00.