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(an expanded constituency since the last general election, when he got beat by the SNP for the second time).

I've seen no signs of an upsurge in his support locally. The Lib Dems in Holyrood are no longer officially classed as a party group there as they fell below the threshold, holding just four seats.

They also hold four Westminster seats in Scotland, in Orkney & Shetland (long a traditional Lib Dem heartland for some reason), Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross (likewise), Edinburgh West, and North East Fife. I wouldn't class the last two as safe, but the Lib Dems apparently do and are optimistically looking to gain seats, on what polling basis is unclear.

Meanwhile, they got off to a shaky start with their Scottish campaign launch:

Link to tweet

The Lib Dems are not alone in their lack of clarity in focus on devolved versus reserved matters, and both the Tories and Labour regularly fudge these issues in their campaigns, both when it suits them to do so, and often out of sheer ignorance.

They'll be missing their old party leader Willie Rennie, who at least could be relied upon to enliven campaigns with antics like wrestling rams: