Susan Murray, who won the Mid Dumbartonshire seat in July, said she “might be in Scotland” if the president-elect was invited to address both Houses of Parliament in London. Ms Murray was asked how she and her fellow MPs would maintain Lib Dem values if Mr Trump was to visit. Mr Trump made a state visit to the UK during his first period in the White House (Victoria Jones/PA)Fellow MP Christine Jardine, who is the party’s Scottish spokeswoman at Westminster, said MPs must be “vary careful” not to damage the relationship between the UK and the US because of any dislike of Mr Trump. The Edinburgh West MP told the conference: “The problem we have now, now he has been elected president of the United States, if there is a state visit we have to be very careful. In his conference speech Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton branded the US president-elect a “self-serving demagogue” and a “threat to our entire world”.

Source: The Star November 16, 2024 19:11 UTC