Martyn Knights for Angus North & Mearns

Lib Dems are overtaking the Conservatives. Bar chart of the vote intention on the regional list for May's Holyrood election, showing the Lib Dems on 13% and the Scottish Conservatives on 12%. Data comes from a More In Common poll, with fieldwork from the 24th January to the 3rd February.

💪🏻Won more seats than the Scottish Conservatives at the General Election
🗳️Making gains from the Scottish Conservatives in council by-elections
📈Ahead of the Scottish Conservatives in today's More In Common poll

🔶We're on track to overtake the Scottish Conservatives in May

@markpackuk.bsky.social saw this on a local social media page and for some reason thought of your regular posts 😄

The yellow warnings continue for Angus! Please be safe out there!

"The Polish government think Epstein may have been spying for Vladimir Putin, is the PM concerned that Mandelson may have been leaking state secrets, not just to a paedophile, financier, but also a Russian agent?" asks Ed Davey.

Starmer: "The investigation will go wherever the evidence leads"

It may not merit top news story on the BBC this morning, but to the TEN and a HALF THOUSAND children in Scotland without a proper home, it is news to them. It’s a complete national scandal actually. 👇

👀 Record number of children in temporary housing 📰 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

This is a great event set in the beautiful Angus countryside and I was proud to take part in it last year!

The community support at all the stops and on the route was brilliant!

I will be back again this year, helping raise funds for the very worthwhile charities that are supported by the event.

⚠️ Yellow weather warning issued ⚠️

Snow across northern and eastern parts of Scotland

Tuesday 0000 – Wednesday 1500

Latest info 👉 bit.ly/WxWarning

Stay #WeatherAware⚠️

Great to be out in Stonehaven today. Together with our #1 North East Regional List candidate Yi-Pei Chou Turvey, we had some worthwhile conversations with residents about their issues and concerns.

What a brilliant result for Ben and his team.

Bearsden South Ward
EAST DUNBARTONSHIRE UA;
LD GAIN from IND, elected as CON.
🔶 LD 1744, 38.1%
🎗️ SNP 789, 17.2%
➡️ REF 709, 15.5%
🔴 LAB 650, 14.2%
🟢 GRN 371, 8.1%
🔵 CON 283, 6.2%
🏘️ FAM 35, 0.8%
🔶 LD elected stage 5

It’s a brilliant result for Ben and his team…👏👏

Jim Wallace was an architect of modern Scotland and one of the finest Liberals of his age. He was my friend and our country is the poorer without him.

We have secured some big wins through our negotiations around the budget already.

But it is not yet enough to win our support.

We will squeeze every penny we can out of this budget process.

For business rates, for hospices, and on social care.

#VotePeach #VoteScottishLiberalDemocrats

How dare the Coward in the White House undermine the bravery and sacrifice of our British troops.

Reform and Nigel Farage should be ashamed to associate themselves with him.

Because of years of bad decisions and neglect, the scale of the challenge we face in tackling the housing crisis is simply vast.

We need to go further to build more homes, bring thousands of empty homes back into use and re-establish social rent as a valid, long-term option.

Whisky is a cornerstone of our economy and a source of pride across Scotland.

The industry is facing strong economic headwinds such as tariffs, and the increase in national insurance.

Liberal Democrats are calling for a 5% cut in whisky duty to support this vital industry.

‼️ Flood Warning ‼️

SEPA have also announced a flood warning for Stonehaven as per the map below.

Following on my earlier post from Angus Council, please also see the flood warning map from the SEPA website.

Your Floodline quick dial number for this area is 21204

This is a key test of this flood protection scheme and I sincerely hope that it works and that the defences are not breached.

For those in the impacted areas, please keep safe!

This is a truly disgraceful interpretation of the sacrifices made by NATO troops from all countries that responded to the activation of Article 5. Shocking statement.

Vote Lib - Dem on the peach coloured regional ballot in 2026!

No matter where you are in Scotland, you can elect a Liberal Democrat MSP on the peach-coloured regional ballot next year.

Every vote for the Scottish Liberal Democrats on that ballot will deliver change with fairness at its heart.

⚠️ Yellow weather warning updated ⚠️

Rain across parts of northern Scotland

Wednesday 1800 - Friday 23:59

Latest info 👉http://bit.ly/WxWarning

Stay #WeatherAware ⚠️

Independent. Number of SMEs in Scotland down since 2020, figures from Lib Dems show. 17 Jan 2026.

Since 2020, the number of SMEs in Scotland has fallen by 5,360.

From more help on business rates to a real skills agenda, only the Scottish Liberal Democrats are offering a realistic plan for delivering a high-skilled, high-wage economy.

If Kemi Badenoch says that she and the British public are tired of political psychodrama, the same may not be universally true of her remaining Tory colleagues. Moments after the news broke of Jenrick’s defenestration, I overheard his colleagues in parliament gossiping – about who was going to get his office. One clown may have departed, but the circus goes on. - Alistair Carmichael

There is a genuine appetite for challenge to our current governments – but one based on ideas rather than incessant internal drama.

Many former Conservative voters will be looking at this latest eruption and see it as the last straw.

Other, more moderate parties are available.

⚠️Weather Warning ⚠️

The ground is already saturated from last week’s snow melt which will mean that the impacts are likely to be higher in Angus and Aberdeenshire.

So please take care if you’re out and about, check local updates and look out for neighbours, especially in vulnerable areas.

Trump's tariff threat to the UK and NATO allies marks a dangerous departure as he pursues the illegal annexation of Greenland. He hasn't attacked a NATO ally militarily - yet - but he has done economically. The UK must stand with our allies and face down his bullying tactics.

Today I’ve written to Reform UK’s new Scotland branch manager with a couple of pretty straight forward questions.

Perhaps Lord Offord can answer in writing that which he was unable to do in an interview.

And whilst he’s at it, apologise to ITVs Peter Smith!

It’s a real shame that Nigel Farage is too unwell to do interviews the morning after Donald Trump threatens us with sanctions.

Here he is with “the bravest man he ever met”. He campaigned to make Trump President, and has spent the last year enjoying all the chaos he has caused.