Liberal Democrats Launch Campaign, Dismiss Reform UK

0:00It's March 26th. You're listening to Edinburgh News today, AI-powered local news. I'm Corey with the story. Scottish Liberal Democrats kicked off their Holyrood election campaign and New Haven Harbor in Edinburgh. Party leader Alex Cole Hamilton dismissed Reform UK as overhyped and predicted they would fade into the background as voting day-nears. He was joined by MSPs, Willie Rennie and Jamie Greene, along with other candidates. Even polls placed the Liberal Democrats behind the S&P, Scottish Labor and Reform, but they could pick up seats on regional lists as conservative. Support drops. Cole Hamilton insisted his strategy remains unchanged by the Tory slump. He rejected Prolong STP rule, reforms narrow ideas, and conservative policies as answers to Scotland's challenges. Meanwhile, two Reform candidates have pulled out recently. The Liberal Democrats hold five MSPs now ahead of Reform's single one. Greene, who switched from the conservatives last April, is running an Inverclyde against

1:04reforms Malcolm offered after calling out divisive social, media posts. The party is pushing fixes for the NHS, social care, home insulation, better schools without phones in class, and improved roads and fairies. With polls varying from 8 to 15 possible seats, the race stays wide open for voters to