TWO VOICES
Lib Dem leader Willie Rennie and SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon go head-to-head for the position of First Minister
Willie Rennie
‘Oh, dad. You’re not, are you?’ T ose were the encouraging words from my unimpressed 12-year-old son when he
heard on the radio this morning that I was standing for First Minister.
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“Stephen Crabb is very keen to engage in dialogue with the Scottish Parliament and is very keen to be available and accessible in Scotland.”
Scottish Secretary David Mundell confi rms Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Stephen Crabb will off er to appear before a Holyrood committee after his predecessor Iain Duncan Smith refused to do so
Nicola Sturgeon
Willie Rennie and I chatted earlier about what we might do if the vote ended up in a tie. We decided that we would settle matters with a race down a giant infl atable slide.
SPOTTED...
New MSPs ANDY WIGHTMAN, ADAM TOMKINS, OLIVER MUNDELL, ANNIE WELLS and MILES BRIGGS having a drink in the Kilderkin pub with the Daily Mail’s ALAN RODEN and Daily Record’s DAVID CLEGG at the end of their fi rst day in parliament…WILLIE RENNIE walking along Calton Road on the way to parlia- ment wearing a pink shirt, bright pink tie and a smile…former Lib Dem chief exec ANDY MYLES standing on Calton Road, Edinburgh, chatting about SNP minority government…ROSEANNA CUNNINGHAM and MICHAEL MATHESON in deep con- versation in Starbucks on the Royal Mile… former MSP RICHARD BAKER sporting a pale blue tie and holding the hand of his small daughter crossing Calton Road to parliament for the swearing in of his wife Claire Baker…former Labour MSP SARAH BOYACK walking through Stockbridge… SNP MSP STEWART STEVENSON walking down the path from St Andrews House on reshuffl e day with two large padded envelopes…
23 May 2016
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