Crowd jeers Prime Minister David Cameron at end of Inverness visit

Prime Minister David Cameron and Scottish Conservative leader Annabel Golding

PRIME Minister David Cameron walked the gauntlet as he left Inverness Town House following a key note speech he delivered on the Scottish Parliament elections campaign trial.

Crowds of people gathered on the streets in the city centre in a bid to catch a glimpse of the Tory party leader earlier this afternoon.

However the PM received a cold reception and a chorus of boos and hisses as he walked from the steps of the building into the back of a silver Jaguar car.

Inside, Mr Cameron had been introduced to a gathering of around 150 invited people, which included Tory party members, business leaders and charity representatives in a short welcome from Inverness election candidate Mary Scanlon, followed by a short speech from Scottish conservative leader Annabel Golding.

During the 15 minute speech the Prime Minister emphasised the "peach paper" that Scottish voters must remember on election day and said the conservatives are the "sensible choice" for Scotland.

He told his audience since his party has been in power people in the Highlands have benefited in many ways including the delivery of high speed broadband to rural areas and the freeze on council tax.

Mr Cameron said this was his second visit to Inverness in a year and he wanted to come to the Highlands again in the face of the Holyrood elections.

He said: "Alex Salmond and Iain Gray seem to think it’s all about them. Well here’s a thought, shouldn’t it be about Scotland?"

Mr Cameron rejected the idea that it was a two horse race in Scotland and said "every vote for the conservative party counted for a sensible future".

The issue of the UK’s debt was also addressed by the PM who wholeheartedly rejected the idea of an independent Scotland adding it would be a "massive economic mistake".

He said: "We are not going to build enterprise by setting barriers at Scotland, why can’t people get that?"