Rachel Amery in Perth where Douglas Ross will be on the election trail
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00:00Hello, I'm Rachel and I'm the Scotsman's Political Correspondent and I am here in Perth today
00:08where Douglas Ross and one of the Conservative candidates, Luke Graham, have been making
00:12their pitch to Scottish voters here. Now, Perth and Kinrossshire is one of the key seats
00:16that the Conservatives are targeting at this year's election. They believe that they have
00:21the what-takes to topple the SNP's longest-serving MP, Pete Wishart, who is also standing in
00:26this constituency. Now, in his speech, which was just in a hotel behind me there a few
00:30moments ago, Douglas Ross was very keen to highlight how important it is for voters to
00:34actually go to the polls this time round. He's saying if you don't go to the polls,
00:38you risk getting an SNP candidate as the winner in this constituency. Also very keen to attack
00:43the SNP's track record in government and, of course, keen to also talk about the scandal
00:48of Michael Matheson. Of course, there is going to be more debate about Michael Matheson and
00:51whether there should be sanctions against him and whether he should resign as an MSP
00:54later this week in Holyrood. Of course, we'll bring you all the latest on that as it happens.
00:58But as it comes to Perth, this is what we're seeing just now from the party. They are very
01:02keen to win this seat and I'm sure we'll hear lots more from them in the weeks to come before
01:06the July 4th election. Keep an eye on the Scotsman's website for the politics section
01:10for all that comes today and some more.