Sunak to visit Scotland as election campaigns launch

Christine Jardine, the Liberal Democrat MP for Edinburgh West, said the Conservatives “ran out of ideas quite a while ago” and said she was looking forward to change.

“Don’t underestimate the importance of the Liberal Democrats in seats where we can be the ones to defeat the Conservatives in large parts of England and in Scotland,” she said.

New Westminster constituency boundary changes mean that Scottish voters will now return 57 MPs, down from 59 at the last election.

The Lib Dems have four MPs in Scotland just now and Ms Jardine believes this will increase, saying candidates have been running excellent campaigns in new areas.

She mentioned Susan Murray standing in Mid Dunbartonshire and Angus Macdonald in Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire – both areas that have previously elected Liberal Democrats.

Ms Jardine added: “What we have to remember is this is about the future of the country and what we offer is change, what we offer are people who will work for you to ensure that the change in Westminster is change for your constituency.”