Angus MacDonald
A Rum deal
A gorgeous castle on a Hebridean island with a world class sea view and a decent skelp of land for sale at possibly as little as a £1. Tempted?
AMD
4 Jul 2023
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All the latest news from the Highland Liberal Democrats.
Angus MacDonald
An Open Letter to the Transport Minister
I am a Highland Councillor for Fort William and Ardnamurchan but I write on behalf of all West Highlanders, there are few of any political persuasion who would not support my request below.
AMD
18 Apr 2023
Scottish News
Astonishment as fines handed straight back to catastrophic prison transport firm
Nearly half the money that GEOAmey paid to the Scottish Government in fines over its failure to transport prisoners, was handed straight back as ‘support’ to the company in a renegotiated contract, the Scottish Lib Dems can reveal.
18 Feb 2024
One in five Scots say mental health impacted by long GP and hospital waits
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has today warned that NHS delays are causing a “mental health typhoon” and called for the Scottish Government to improve access to GPs and local health professionals ahead of his party leading a deba
18 Feb 2024
Yousaf refuses independent investigation into unminuted Gold Command meetings
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has today accused Humza Yousaf’s government of “secrecy and silence” after the First Minister blocked a ministerial code investigation into the absence of minutes for Gold Command meetings, which wer
17 Feb 2024
Scot Gov depopulation report undersells scale of the challenge
Responding to the Scottish Government’s Addressing Depopulation Action Plan launched today, Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross MP Jamie Stone said:
16 Feb 2024
Cole-Hamilton calls for sanctions over Navalny death
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton has today marked the death of Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny by calling on the UK government to widen sanctions against those on the “Navalny list” and for the Scottish Government to delive
16 Feb 2024
SNP ‘running out of excuses’ as Sturgeon and co. recorded 0 Whatsapps
Responding to a freedom of information request which shows that Nicola Sturgeon, Humza Yousaf, former Deputy First Minister John Swinney, former Health Secretary Jeane Freeman and former Finance Secretary Kate Forbes, transcribed ‘zero’ Covid WhatsApp mes
15 Feb 2024
UK News
Taxing Land, Not Investment
The Liberal Democrats have today published a comprehensive blueprint for replacing the broken business rates system.
30 Aug 2018