ANNA MIKHAILOVA: I m ringside at a Labour cronyism row involving, in the red corner, Chris Evans, the Shadow Defence Minister and chairman of the Boxing All-Party Parliamentary Group
KEIR Starmer’s silence and rictus grin, as he left his London home to run the media gauntlet following last week’s raft of bad election results for Labour in England, said it all. By contrast, Boris Johnson on his victory visit to Hartlepool was in high spirits, joking as he met a 30ft inflatable version of himself and, like fellow national incumbents Nicola Sturgeon in Scotland and Mark Drakeford in Wales, enjoying the electoral afterglow of a vaccine bounce. Declaring what mattered was delivery on the ground, the Prime Minister insisted he had dedicated his government to the “massive project” of “uniting and levelling up” the country.
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The Scottish Liberal Democrats is the joint fourth largest party in the Scottish Parliament, with five MSPs out of 129 seats.
Often called the Lib Dems, they have traditionally tried to occupy the centre ground in Scottish politics.
image captionScottish Liberal Democrats leader Willie Rennie
Who is the leader?
Willie Rennie. He has served as an MSP for North East Fife since 2016 and previously as MSP for Mid Scotland Fife from 2011 to 2016. Mr Rennie was also elected as an MP for Dunfermline and West Fife from 2006 to 2010. When in Parliament he was a member of the House of Commons Defence Select Committee, Shadow Defence Minister and Chairman of the Lib Dems Campaigns and Communications Committee.