Two more MSPs join the Liberal Democrats' leadership contest

Published Date: 07 July 2008 TWO senior Liberal Democrat MSPs, Tavish Scott and Ross Finnie, will today announce they are to stand for the leadership of their party. Mr Scott and Mr Finnie will join Mike Rumbles – the maverick MSP who was defeated in the last leadership contest back in 2005 – in the race to succeed Nicol Stephen, who resigned last week. Mr Scott is the clear favourite to be elected leader and he will concentrate on the economy in his campaign. He will announce his candidacy from Shetland and launch it formally in Edinburgh next week. Sources close to Mr Scott, the former transport minister, said yesterday: "People are hurting out there and Tavish wants to make this a campaign about the impact that the economy is having on people and families." Mr Finnie, the former rural development minister, will declare... [read full story]