Scottish Liberal Democrats leader Alex Cole-Hamilton declared voters are “swinging behind” his party before next week’s Holyrood election.
To mark what he hopes is the Lib Dems’ growing popularity, the party leader hurtled through the air on the Highland Swing – a giant bridge swing in Killiecrankie, Highland Perthshire.
It came with just six days to go until polling day in Scotland – with the Scottish Liberal Democrats targeting a number of seats in the Highlands.
Mr Cole-Hamilton said: “We have found voters rediscovering their Liberal Democrat roots and many more swinging behind us who have never voted for our party before on both the constituency ballot and the peach regional ballot.”
Seats across Scotland, and especially in the Highlands are swinging away from the SNP and to the Lib Dems.
But no matter where you live, you can elect a Liberal Democrat MSP on the peach-coloured regional ballot. pic.twitter.com/cOhaUIXDSN
— Alex Cole-Hamilton🔶🇺🇦 (@agcolehamilton) May 1, 2026
The Scottish Liberal Democrats leader is hoping his party can oust the Scottish Government’s drugs and alcohol policy minister Maree Todd in Caithness, Sutherland and Ross.
Liberal Democrats are also targeting Inverness and Nairn – where the nationalist vote could be split between the SNP’s candidate and former SNP MSP Fergus Ewing – who is running this time round as an Independent.
The Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch and Argyll and Bute constituencies are also in Lib Dem sights for May 7.
Speaking to voters in these areas Mr Cole-Hamilton said: “If you live in Caithness, Sutherland and Ross, Inverness and Nairn, Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch or Argyll & Bute you have a choice between a hardworking Liberal Democrat MSP or another nationalist who will always put their party before the interests of their constituents.”
He added: “Over the past year I have knocked on doors from Dunoon to Dounreay, talking to people about what they care about.
“I have heard horror stories about mothers giving birth by the side of the A9, about businesses whose shelves lie empty because their ferries are cancelled and by pensioners freezing in the shadow of wind farms unable to heat their homes. This is the very real impact of years of SNP neglect.”
Such issues have “directly informed” the Scottish Liberal Democrats manifesto, he said, with this including pledges on the dualling of the A9 road, improving maternity services in the north of Scotland and “fixing the ferries fiasco for good”.