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On 4 December 2016, Ruth Davidson met with Pan Xinchun, the consulate in Edinburgh for communist [[China]]. According to Davidson, the CCP's "[[One Belt One Road|One Belt, One Road]]" initiative provided valuable opportunities for cooperation between the genocidal communist regime and Scotland.<ref name="consulate16">[http://edinburgh.china-consulate.gov.cn/eng/xwdt/201612/t20161206_3616000.htm Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party Welcomes Chinese Investment]</ref> It is generally agreed that the initiative in question is [[anti-American]]; aims to create a Eurasia-wide CCP-led bloc to counter the United States.
On 4 December 2016, Ruth Davidson met with Pan Xinchun, the consulate in Edinburgh for communist [[China]]. According to Davidson, the CCP's "[[One Belt One Road|One Belt, One Road]]" initiative provided valuable opportunities for cooperation between the genocidal communist regime and Scotland.<ref name="consulate16">[http://edinburgh.china-consulate.gov.cn/eng/xwdt/201612/t20161206_3616000.htm Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party Welcomes Chinese Investment]</ref> It is generally agreed that the initiative in question is [[anti-American]]; aims to create a Eurasia-wide CCP-led bloc to counter the United States.
On 8 June 2017, Davidson is considered to have helped save the ineffective UK Prime Minister [[Theresa May]]'s government against Jeremy Corbyn's extreme left Labour Party, by securing 13 seats in Scotland, a record performance for the Tory Party in that country.
On 20 July 2021, Ruth Davidson entered the [[House of Lords]], the UK Parliament's upper chamber, as a life peer. Her full title in the Lords is Baroness Davidson of Lundin Links, of Lundin Links in the County of Fife.
On 20 July 2021, Ruth Davidson entered the [[House of Lords]], the UK Parliament's upper chamber, as a life peer. Her full title in the Lords is Baroness Davidson of Lundin Links, of Lundin Links in the County of Fife.
It was reported by the ''Scottish Daily Express'' on 21 July 2022 that Davidson was backing former Chancellor [[Rishi Sunak]] in the Conservative Party leadership election against his main rival, [[Liz Truss]], to whom the endorsement was described as a "blow".<ref>[https://www.scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/news/uk-news/ruth-davidson-backs-rishi-sunak-27539852 Ruth Davidson backs Rishi Sunak to be next Prime Minister in blow to Liz Truss]</ref> Sunak lost the contest that September, with Truss becoming Tory party leader and, owing to that party having a majority in the House of Commons, Prime Minister. Truss resigned as PM after 45 days and Sunak would become Prime Minister than October.
It was reported by the ''Scottish Daily Express'' on 21 July 2022 that Davidson was backing former Chancellor [[Rishi Sunak]] in the Conservative Party leadership election against his main rival, [[Liz Truss]], to whom the endorsement was described as a "blow".<ref>[https://www.scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/news/uk-news/ruth-davidson-backs-rishi-sunak-27539852 Ruth Davidson backs Rishi Sunak to be next Prime Minister in blow to Liz Truss]</ref> Sunak lost the contest that September, with Truss becoming Tory party leader and, owing to that party having a majority in the House of Commons, Prime Minister. Truss resigned as PM after 45 days and Sunak would become Prime Minister than October.
== Political views ==
== Political views ==
Despite being leader of the Scottish Conservatives, Davidson has few conservative principles and is exceedingly [[liberal]], meaning she is generally in line with the political [[establishment]] in Scotland. She has called herself a "[[John Major]] Conservative".<ref name="Probation" /> Described as a "Tory [[progressive]]", Davidson views social liberalism as more important to her than the Conservative Party.<ref name="BB1889" /><ref name="BB17610" /> She opposed [[Brexit]] in the 2016 referendum.
Despite being leader of the Scottish Conservatives, Davidson has few conservative principles and is exceedingly [[liberal]], meaning she is generally in line with the political [[establishment]] in Scotland. She has called herself a "[[John Major]] Conservative".<ref name="Probation" /> Described as a "Tory [[progressive]]", Davidson views social liberalism as more important to her than the Conservative Party.<ref name="BB1889" /><ref name="BB17610" /> She opposed [[Brexit]] in the 2016 referendum.