It’s all change in Kemi world tonight as the Tories draft in big guns to try to reverse their fortunes. Lord Mark McInnes, former head of the party in Scotland, has been hired as the new CEO of CCHQ. The news was announced in an all staff email to CCHQ this afternoon…
The email praised McInnes as an effective and experienced campaigner – he does have deep experience of the party and elections. It’s understood that Rachel Maclean’s role restructuring CCHQ has come to an end but she remains Director of Strategy. The appointments have been approved by the Party Board…
It’s no small task for CCHQ. But McInnes is a serious operator with campaigning credibility…
Sarah Pochin at Reform Scotland’s manifesto launch event: “I really wanted to come on in a Reform tartan burka, but apparently I wasn’t allowed… One day let’s do one of these events not live-streamed. We’ll do all the naughty stuff…”