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Scottish Liberal Democrats @scotlibdems.org.uk · 1h

Islanders and coastal communities deserve better than SNP ministers who've shown they can't be trusted with lifeline links.

They deserve a new strategy that guarantees vessels are replaced in time and a real say on how their ferries are run, on top of proper compensation.

Scotsman.

More disruption compensation for ferry cancellations to be demanded - Scottish Liberal Democrats conference.

16 Oct 2025.

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Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP 🔶🇺🇦 @alex.scotlibdems.org.uk · 13h

A fitting send off today to a giant of our politics. Ming, we miss you but will continue on towards the vision you inspired in us.

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Scottish Liberal Democrats @scotlibdems.org.uk · 19h

Small businesses are the engine of our economy and the backbone of our communities.

We need to be doing everything we can to support them.

After years of Conservative economic vandalism the hike in employers national insurance is the last thing they need.

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Scottish Liberal Democrats @scotlibdems.org.uk · 22h

Liberal Democrats are winning again.

The Holyrood election in May is an opportunity for change with fairness at its heart.

Because Scotland deserves better - and with the Scottish Liberal Democrats, you can vote for it.

In constituencies right across the country, the Lib Dems are poised to beat the SNP.

Right across the Highlands we’re going to see big Lib Dem gains and in Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Edinburgh Northern, Argyll and Bute and other parts of the country we’re very close to beating the SNP.

- Alex Cole-Hamilton

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Scottish Liberal Democrats @scotlibdems.org.uk · 1d

Under the SNP we have seen 8 and even 12 hour waits become the norm at A&E, but these waits used to be vanishingly rare.

We need to see action now from the SNP Government to relieve the massive pressure on staff before winter arrives.

The Herald.

12-hour A&E waits reaches highest level in eight months.

Read the full story below.

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Scottish Liberal Democrats @scotlibdems.org.uk · 1d

Over a decade ago the SNP promised action on the A96, but endless broken promises are all anyone in the North East has seen.

If the SNP were truly serious about delivering for Scotland, they would take the chance of being in Aberdeen to give a new date for dualling the A96.

Northern Scot.

Scottish Lib Dem North East candidate Yi Pei Chou-Turvey calls for SNP to set deadline for dualling the A96.

11 Oct 2025.

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Scottish Liberal Democrats @scotlibdems.org.uk · 2d

Vast numbers of Scots are on waiting lists and the SNP Government is seven years behind England when it comes to introducing an NHS app.

No one should trust John Swinney with running the health service.

The SNP have been in power for 18 years and on their watch there are not enough GPs.

In fact they have hired less than 1 in 10 of the GPs they promised in 2017.

John Swinney didn’t fund a fix when he was Finance Secretary for years. No one believes he will do it now as First Minister.

- Alex Cole-Hamilton

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Scottish Liberal Democrats @scotlibdems.org.uk · 3d

Sewage was dumped in protected shellfish waters nearly 4,000 times in the last 2 years.

It's time the Scottish Government started taking the sewage crisis in Scotland more seriously, rather than just handwaving all concerns by pointing to the situation in England.

Daily Record.

Sewage leaks into protected shellfish waters nearly 4000 times in two years.

Read the full story below.

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Scottish Liberal Democrats @scotlibdems.org.uk · 5d

There are many who voted for Ruth Davidson’s Conservatives who are dismayed to see the party lurching to the extremes, reduced to being Reform-lite.

They are looking for a new home and they are finding it with the Scottish Liberal Democrats.

Join our growing team today 👇

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Scottish Liberal Democrats @scotlibdems.org.uk · 6d

The new Edinburgh Northern seat is going to be a straight fight between the Liberal Democrats and the SNP.

By backing the Liberal Democrat candidate Sanne Dijkstra-Downie in May, voters can elect a strong local champion and beat the SNP in Edinburgh Northern.

Edinburgh Evening News.

The new Edinburgh Northern seat takes in a large part of Scottish Lib Dem leader Alex Cole-Hamilton's current Edinburgh Western constituency, represented at Westminster by fellow Lib Dem Christine Jardine, as well as parts of Edinburgh Northern & Leith where the party has a strong vote.

The Lib Dems say the vote breakdown from previous elections suggest a close contest between them and the SNP. Lib Dem candidate, Forth ward councillor Sanne Dijkstra-Downie, will be pitched against the SNP's Euan Hyslop, a fellow councillor.

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Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP 🔶🇺🇦 @alex.scotlibdems.org.uk · 6d

It’s time.

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Scottish Liberal Democrats @scotlibdems.org.uk · 6d

At the next election, there is everything to play for in Edinburgh.

Council by-elections show that support for Labour, the SNP and the Conservatives is collapsing because they have all let you down.

Scotland deserves better - and with the Liberal Democrats, you can vote for it.

Edinburgh Evening News.

Lib Dems on track for one of 'best ever results' in Edinburgh at next year's Holyrood elections, says Ed Davey.

Read the full story below.

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Scottish Liberal Democrats @scotlibdems.org.uk · 6d

When companies generate renewable energy, they are expected to give money back to the local community.

But the amount of cash we’re talking about is pitiful because the rules haven’t changed in a decade.

We need to change those rules to cut energy bills for local people.

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Scottish Liberal Democrats @scotlibdems.org.uk · 7d

The SNP haven't delivered when it comes to insulating homes, creating green jobs and making sure everyone benefits from the transition to net zero.

If Scotland is going to meet its net zero targets then we are going to need more than just hot air from the Scottish Government.

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Scottish Liberal Democrats @scotlibdems.org.uk · 7d

The UK asylum system is in crisis and we have called for measures to clear the backlog of cases.

But the Conservatives should have shown some humility for having created that crisis before trying to scapegoat asylum seekers with their motion in parliament this afternoon.

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Scottish Liberal Democrats @scotlibdems.org.uk · 7d

There are many who voted for Ruth Davidson’s Conservatives who are dismayed to see the party lurching to the extremes, reduced to being Reform-lite.

They are looking for a new home and they are finding it with the Scottish Liberal Democrats.

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Scottish Liberal Democrats @scotlibdems.org.uk · 7d

Liberal Democrats are winning again.

The Holyrood election in May is an opportunity for change with fairness at its heart.

Because Scotland deserves better - and with the Scottish Liberal Democrats, you can vote for it.

Inverness Courier.

Sir Ed Davey ‘very bullish’ about Lib Dem prospects for Holyrood 2026 election.

07 Oct 2025.

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Scottish Liberal Democrats @scotlibdems.org.uk · 8d

There are many who voted for Ruth Davidson’s Conservatives who are dismayed to see the party lurching to the extremes, reduced to being Reform-lite.

They are looking for a new home and they are finding it with the Scottish Liberal Democrats.

The Herald.

Ed Davey: Ex-Tory voters will turn to Lib Dems in Scotland.

07 Oct 2025.

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Scottish Liberal Democrats @scotlibdems.org.uk · 8d

Record long waits in the summer must act as an urgent warning to the Scottish Government over the potential crisis looming in the winter.

We need to see action now from the SNP Government to relieve pressure.

Inverness Courier.

A&E departments record worst August performance on record.

Read the full story below.

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Scottish Liberal Democrats @scotlibdems.org.uk · 9d

Starmer, Badenoch and Farage are all competing to pinch ideas from Donald Trump to make Britain more isolated and insular.

Instead, Liberal Democrats will make the case for internationalism, cooperation and working closely with our allies in Europe and across the Commonwealth.

Independent.

Liberal Democrat leader to make case for ‘co-operation’ on visit to Scotland.

07 Oct 2025.

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Scottish Liberal Democrats @scotlibdems.org.uk · 9d

Farmers find it endlessly frustrating to lose valuable gear like GPS units.

We have called for an increasing emphasis on rural crime, ensuring that people have access to local officers no matter where they live.

That would also serve as a deterrent to any GPS thieves.

Daily Record.

Scots farmers 'frustrated' as GPS devices stolen to order for Putin's armies.

06 Oct 2025.

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Scottish Liberal Democrats @scotlibdems.org.uk · 10d

The Scottish Liberal Democrats won more seats than the Scottish Tories at the general election and we will do so again at next year’s election.

People want a party that puts decency, respect and fairness at the heart of everything it does, not grievance and stoking division.

Kemi Badenoch is in a race to the right with Nigel Farage.

She would join Putin in leaving European human rights treaties.

She wants to rip up net zero policies which have delivered record renewable energy.

She wants to deport women and children back to the Taliban.

- Jamie Greene

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Scottish Liberal Democrats @scotlibdems.org.uk · 12d

People right up and down the country are turning their backs on the Scottish Conservatives too.

If you took a chance on a broad-church vision of the Conservatives, but aren’t willing to stay for the economic illiteracy and the language of the far-right, then come with us.

We won more seats than the Scottish Conservatives last year.

And we can overtake them in May too.

For the first time in the history of Holyrood, the Scottish Liberal Democrats will beat the Conservatives.

- Alex Cole-Hamilton

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Scottish Liberal Democrats @scotlibdems.org.uk · 12d

We cannot just sit by and watch the damage wrecked by Brexit go from bad to worse.

The UK must be far more positive, ambitious and urgent in building back ties with our closest trading partners.

A Customs Union deal presents a key opportunity to turbocharge the economy.

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