Lib Dems respond to latest crackpot independence plan

Responding to reports that the SNP will attempt to open negotiations on Scottish independence with the next UK Government if it wins a majority of Scottish seats at the next general election, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton said:

"It seems like Humza Yousaf and Stephen Flynn have lost the plot.

"They had a gold standard referendum and lost it but now they want to invent a crackpot alternative that allows them to lose a bunch of seats but still break up the UK with a fraction of the vote. It certainly doesn't say much for their confidence in their electoral strategy.

"Rather than promising to burn absurd amounts of taxpayer money on silly stunts, the nationalists should be focused on cutting soaring waiting lists and tackling the cost-of-living crisis.

"Rather than pandering to extremists in their own party, they should remember that there is an entire country outside the walls of SNP conference looking on with total bemusement."