Just some facts:
It is difficult to overstate the scale of the destruction of the Lib Dems in Scotland – which is of huge historical significance. 2 illustrations will suffice.
1) Glasgow is a region with 9 constituencies. The Lib Dems polled a total of 5,312 votes, 2.5%. That was less than Respect and less than half the Green Party vote.
2) In the UK Parliament the Lib Dems represent the entire Highlands and Islands region bar Na h-Eileanan an Iar (the Western Isles) and Moray. On Thursday’s regional list vote for the Scottish Parliament they got their best result of any Scottish region……12.1%.
The leader, Tavish Scott, has resigned and here’s the quote from Charlie:
“I am extremely sorry to learn of Tavish’s decision to step down. He was handed mission impossible in the Scottish elections, given the current coalition unpopularity. That was always likely to be the case, as some of us warned at the time one year ago………..Tavish is one of our country’s most talented politicians and his response today is characteristically honourable. It deserves to be met by a response at a UK Liberal Democrat level which is similarly honest.”
Indeed.
Welsh Nationalist. Rugby Fan. Know a bit about History and Railways…
