Yesterday, I and my local party colleagues had the pleasure of another visit from Scottish Liberal Democrat Leader Willie Rennie MSP to support our Dundee City Council election campaign. Here’s some photos from a great day! Willie with me at Harris Academy, where we discussed the Harris Academy re-building project Willie with my Strathmartine [...]
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Following the launch of the Dundee LibDem local election campaign yesterday afternoon, I had the pleasure of attending the first public meting of Dundee Liberal Youth, taking place at the Dalhousie Building at the University of Dundee. There was an excellent turnout to hear Tim Farron and Willie Rennie speak – here’s a photo and [...]
Dundee Council Elections – a superb LibDem launch!
Posted: March 19, 2012 in Liberal Democrats, Radio Tay, Tim Farron MP, Willie RennieDundee Liberal Democrats had a superb start to our local election campaign today, with a visit from Willie Rennie, Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats, and Tim Farron, Liberal Democrat President. Here’s some of us campaigning with Tim and Willie this afternoon: Willie was on Radio Tay news this afternoon about the Dundee [...]
Willie and me at Dundee College yesterday Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats Willie Rennie MSP was in Dundee yesterday to visit Dundee College with me, touring the new Gardyne Campus and also discussing college funding cuts with Principal Christina Potter, Depute Principal Grant Ritchie and Assistant Principal Leslie Dick. Speaking after the [...]
North East Scotland Liberal Democrat Regional Conference
Posted: November 13, 2011 in Liberal Democrats, Willie RennieLater yesterday – after a drive up to Aberdeen’s rather impressive Cults Academy campus – I had the pleasure of speaking at the North East Scotland Liberal Democrat Regional Conference. It was a well-attended event and party leader Willie Rennie was on top form, speaking about defending Scotland’s colleges from SNP cuts, against police centralisation and [...]
Willie Rennie on the SNP’s college funding cuts …
Posted: November 10, 2011 in Dundee College, Liberal Democrats, University of Abertay, Willie RennieDear Fraser, Today at First Minister’s Questions I asked if the SNP government would use some of the £67 million of extra funding they have received from our government at Westminster to fill the £40 million college funding gap. The SNP took the decision to cut college funding, which could threaten nearly 9000 student places [...]
ASLDC, the Scottish LibDems’ Association for councillors and campaigners, held a “Kickstart” event yesterday in Perth – a really useful event in preparation for next year’s council elections. Ace blogger Caron has already done a resume of the day that’s rather better than anything I could have written (so have a read of it!) [...]
As one of the first Scottish Liberal Democrats to declare for Willie Rennie as our new party leader, I was delighted to learn earlier today that Willie has become Scottish Liberal Democrat leader. Here’s the party’s news release Rennie new leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats 17 May 2011 Willie Rennie has been appointed leader of the Scottish [...]
The Scottish Liberal Democrat Leadership
Posted: May 7, 2011 in Liberal Democrats, Tavish Scott MSP, Willie RennieI am saddened to learn that Tavish Scott has decided to step down as leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats. Tavish has been an excellent leader of the party and the bad, very bad, result on Thursday is not of his making. I’ve texted him this afternoon to pass on my personal thanks to [...]
