Tories need to promote and elect more Muslims, Ruth Davidson says in swipe at Boris’s burka row

Tories must elect and promote more Muslims to make the party more representative, Ruth Davidson will say tonight.

The Scots Tory boss will argue that her party needs to look more like Scotland, in a swipe at Boris Johnson after his row over the burka.

The ex-Foreign Secretary sparked a furious party row after he compared women wearing burkas to bank robbers and letter boxes.

But tonight Ms Davidson, who is seven months pregnant with her first child, will say she will make sure more candidates from diverse backgrounds stand for office.