Scot Lib Dems comment on Simpson defection 

Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP said;

“Nigel Farage is proposing sending billions of taxpayers’ money to the Taliban, an oppressive regime that British soldiers fought and died to defeat. This is a back of fag packet solution to a small boats crisis that he helped create through Brexit. Not a penny should go to a group so closely linked to terrorist organisations proscribed by the UK. I am not sure why Graham Simpson is so keen to back Nigel Farage’s Taliban tax.

“This defection shows that the Conservative party is in freefall. I had hoped that the Scottish Liberal Democrats would overtake them at the Scottish election but if this keeps up, we’ll achieve that goal long before then.

“One thing is for sure, the Conservatives will once again double down and try to race Reform UK to the extremes

“If you are the kind of sensible, moderate voter who took a chance on Ruth Davidson’s Conservatives, now is the time to jump ship and back the Scottish Liberal Democrats to deliver change for Scotland with fairness at its heart.”