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Interview: Willie Rennie – The Liberal Democrats are not easily led….

By Caron Lindsay | Published 17th May 2011 - 6:49 pm

Willie Rennie in front of Forth Rail Bridge. Photo: G Littlejohn

This was the scene in the Fife coastal village of North Queensferry today where, in the shadow of the Forth Bridges, Willie Rennie talked to the media after being confirmed as the new leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats. He replaces Tavish Scott, who resigned 10 days ago in the wake of devastating Scottish Parliament election results and was the only candidate when nominations closed at noon today.

The venue was …

Posted in LDV interviews, News, Scotland | Also tagged willie rennie | 7 Comments

Opinion: A Scottish candidate’s view

By Keith Legg | Published 10th May 2011 - 1:54 pm

Days have now passed since the last result for the Scottish Parliament was declared. At least that provided a bit of happy news; my local colleague and former Dunfermline MP Willie Rennie was elected as the last MSP from the Mid Scotland and Fife regional list. But frankly, what went on in the 18 hours prior to that was not much short of a horror show – I never thought that “Losing Deposits” would ring true again.

Normally, after a drubbing like that, attention turns to the campaign itself and where it all went wrong. This time, though, there’s no real …

Posted in Op-eds, Scotland | Also tagged avalanche of abuse, jo grimond, mountain, orkney, shetland | 23 Comments

LDVideo: Tavish Scott in Scottish Lib Dems’ latest election broadcast

By Helen Duffett | Published 27th April 2011 - 6:47 pm

Video also available on YouTube.

This evening, the Scottish Lib Dems’ latest election broadcast was shown on BBC1, BBC2 and STV. In it, Tavish Scott talks about Liberal Democrat successes in government at Westminster, and the Scottish Liberal Democrat plans for Scotland – providing jobs and economic growth, restoring excellence in education, and keeping services local.

In case you missed it, here’s the first Scottish Lib Dems’ election broadcast, from earlier this month, with Tavish Scott and Charles Kennedy:

Video also available on YouTube.

Posted in Lib Dem TV | Also tagged scottish lib dems, scottish parliament | Leave a comment

Michael Moore writes… An ambitious liberal agenda

By Michael Moore MP | Published 22nd April 2011 - 10:27 am

A year ago I thought I travelled a lot on the campaign trail in the general election. With a constituency of about 1,500 square miles it was of course a necessity.

But this year I really know how long that trail can be.

Supporting colleagues across Scotland in the build up to the Parliamentary election on 5th May, I have covered over 1,500 miles in ten days. Many others have done the same, or indeed more, but I doubt many have seen the spectacular contrasts in scenery and political geography that I have enjoyed in that time.

Scottish Liberal Democrats are fighting hard …

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A whistlestop tour of Scottish Conference

By Caron Lindsay | Published 11th March 2011 - 10:27 am

Scottish Liberal Democrats gathered in Perth last weekend for their Spring Conference. I thought that LDV readers might appreciate edited highlights of a lively weekend.

It was a bit strange to turn up to find a huge area around the Perth Concert Hall cordoned off, airport style security and Police everywhere. We’re not used to this sort of thing.

Leader Tavish Scott’s keynote speech hammered home our USP in the forthcoming Scottish election campaign – only the Scottish Liberal Democrats will speak out against a political power grab. SNP, Tories and Labour advocate merging eight police forces to just one. Tavish also …

Posted in News, Scotland | Also tagged alex white, av referendum, danny alexander, malcolm bruce, mike moore, nick clegg | 2 Comments

Scotland gets a better budget thanks to the Liberal Democrats

By Andrew Reeves | Published 10th February 2011 - 8:55 am

I’m so proud to be a Liberal Democrat today

As both a member of staff with over ten years service and a party member even longer, the last eight months or so have often been difficult with the media developing an acid tongue against us many times.

But yesterday in Scotland we had some exciting news.

Yesterday was the day when the Scottish Parliament approved the budget.

It is a better budget because of the Scottish Liberal Democrats, after securing concessions to the budget on college bursaries and places, modern apprenticeships and support for Post Offices across Scotland.

This is a better budget. It’s …

Posted in News, Scotland | Also tagged liam burns | 2 Comments

New Year messages from Welsh and Scottish Lib Dem leaders

By Helen Duffett | Published 1st January 2011 - 8:55 pm

From Kirsty Williams, Leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats:

2010 has been a challenging year for many. There are some positive signs but the economic recovery will be slow and uncertain.

The Liberal Democrats made the right decision to be part of turning things around in government. Of course, in government, some decisions will be controversial, particularly in a time when there is not as much money as we would like. But having a stable majority government to steer us through difficult times is of vital importance.

Coalition government is a new experience for many in England. In Wales, as Scotland, it

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Posted in News | Also tagged kirsty williams, nick clegg | 12 Comments

Nicol Stephen to stand down in May

By Andrew Reeves | Published 25th September 2010 - 1:27 pm

Nicol Stephen MSP has announced he is standing down after nearly three decades in public life, first being elected a councillor, then an MP and latterly an MSP for Aberdeen South.

This isn’t the first time that Nicol has taken the Scottish political world by surprise with an unexpected announcement – just over two years ago he stood down as leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats deciding to put his family first. Nicol and his wife Caris have four children – Macleod, 15, Mirrhyn, 13, Mharni, 9, and Drummond, 6.

I recall the day really well and my phone was buzzing …

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Jo Swinson new Deputy Leader of Scottish Liberal Democrats

By Helen Duffett | Published 23rd September 2010 - 12:13 pm

Jo Swinson MP has been announced as the new Deputy Leader of the Scottish Lib Dems. Michael Moore MP, now Secretary of State for Scotland, is stepping down after seven years as Deputy Leader.

The Scottish Liberal Democrats website quotes Jo:

After just four months in opposition, Labour has gone back to the cheap tricks and opportunism of the 1980s.

In office, Labour ran up £23,000 of debt for every man,

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Posted in Party policy and internal matters | Also tagged jo swinson, michael moore | Leave a comment

Tavish gives conference a postal guarantee

By Iain Roberts | Published 19th September 2010 - 10:50 am

Tavish Scott, leader of the Lib Dems in Scotland, bravely took the stage on a wet Sunday morning at Liberal Demcrat conference, and gave a cast iron guarantee from Vince Cable on the Royal Mail and Post Office, following from the recent Government announcement that the Lib Dem policy to privatise Royal Mail whilst keeping the Post Offices in public ownership .

The reason behind privatising Royal Mail (the letter-delivering part) is to give it the ability to raise funds from private sources to modernise and improve, to challenge its private competitors.

The commitment from from Vince Cable is:

1. Universal service obligation …

Posted in Conference | Also tagged post office, royal mail, vince cable | 12 Comments

Leading Lib Dems’ approval ratings, as voted by party members

By Stephen Tall | Published 16th February 2010 - 3:23 pm

A week ago, Lib Dem Voice invited the members of our private discussion forum (open to all Lib Dem members) inviting them to take part in a survey, conducted via Liberty Research, asking a number of questions about the party and the current state of British politics. Many thanks to the 200 of you who completed it; we’ve been publishing the results on LDV over the last few days.

LDV asked, How would you rate the performances of the following leading Liberal Democrats? And here’s what you told us (with results from September 2009 – the last …

Posted in LDV Members poll | Also tagged fiona hall, kirsty williams, mike tuffrey, ros scott | 3 Comments

Haggis, Neeps and Liberalism #12

By Caron Lindsay | Published 1st December 2009 - 5:53 pm

Yesterday was St Andrew’s Day, a special day of celebration in Scotland. If Iain Smith, Liberal Democrat MSP for NE Fife which includes the town of St Andrews had his way, it would have been a full public holiday, not just the half day that civil servants can take if they want that the SNP have delivered in Government.

There’s a lot going on in Scottish politics at the moment. Here are just a few snippets:

Posted in Scotland | Also tagged alex salmond, ashay ghai, calman commission, devolution, fiona hyslop, iain smith, mike russell, scottish independence, snp, tax | Leave a comment

Daily View 2×2: 30 November 2009

By Stephen Tall | Published 30th November 2009 - 7:45 am

Welcome to a new week, and the anniversary of the end of the invasion of Iraq … first time round, that is – Operation Desert Storm officially finished in 1995. And happy birthday to David Mamet, Billy Idol, Lorraine Kelly and Gary Lineker and Gael García Bernal. On with the day …

2 Must-Read Blog Posts

What are other Liberal Democrat bloggers saying? Here’s are two posts that have caught the eye from the Liberal Democrat Blogs aggregator:

Richmond Park: Lib Dem Hold (Jonathan Calder)

… some will ask how [Zac Goldsmith's] extraordinary personal wealth can be squared with [his’ talk in

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Posted in Daily View | Also tagged alix mortimer, iran, iraq, jonathan calder, scottish independence, snp, zac goldsmith | 6 Comments

Tavish Scott on devolution, Donald Trump, liberalism and more

By Mark Pack | Published 23rd November 2009 - 8:08 pm

At the weekend, the Scottish Liberal Democrats leader Tavish Scott gave an interview to a group of Lib Dem bloggers meeting at the party HQ in Clifton Terrace for an ‘unconference’.

Devolution and independence referendum

I kicked off with one of the main issues in the news at the moment: should there be a referendum on Scottish independence, and hence should the Liberal Democrats be supporting one?

Tavish was scathing about the idea of a referendum, calling it an SNP trick which the party shouldn’t go along with. His argument was that there is one pro-independence party and there is a vote coming …

Posted in Blogger Interviews, Scotland | Also tagged donald trump, featured, snp | 8 Comments

Edinburgh, brace yourself: the first Lib Dem Bloggers’ Unconference

By Helen Duffett | Published 3rd November 2009 - 5:34 pm

Just under three weeks to go now – but there’s still time to register for the feast of blogging talent and advice that is the Lib Dem Bloggers’ Unconference.

I’m pleased to announce that Tavish Scott, Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats, has agreed to give a Bloggers’ Interview around lunchtime.

Also joining us: Jo Swinson MP, John Barrett MP, Mike Crockart (newly-selected PPC for Edinburgh West), leading Scottish bloggers, Andrew Reeves (prolific blogger and Deputy Director of Campaigns for Scotland) as well as Lib Dem Blogfather Jonathan Calder and members of the Lib Dem Voice team.

Posted in Blogger Interviews, Events | Also tagged andrew reeves, clifton terrace, edinburgh, featured, jo swinson, john barrett, jonathan calder, mike crockart, unconference | 2 Comments

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