Alex Cole-Hamilton
Poll: Labour solidifies lead over SNP but quarter of Scots seats are on a knife edge
![Lib Dem leader ready to join Anas Sarwar's cabinet if Labour wins Holyrood vote](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18204375.jpg)
![Lib Dem leader ready to join Anas Sarwar's cabinet if Labour wins Holyrood vote](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18204375.jpg)
Exclusive
![Scottish Lib Dems launch manifesto with promises on health and education](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18202931.jpg)
![Scottish Lib Dems launch manifesto with promises on health and education](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18202931.jpg)
General Election
![Alex Cole-Hamilton: 'Rejoining EU not on ballot paper at the general election'](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18165132.jpg)
![Alex Cole-Hamilton: 'Rejoining EU not on ballot paper at the general election'](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18165132.jpg)
General Election
![Shadow health secretary Wes Streeting, seen here on the campaign trail with Keir Starmer, has outlined plans to use the private sector to help cut the NHS care backlog](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18153231.jpg)
![Shadow health secretary Wes Streeting, seen here on the campaign trail with Keir Starmer, has outlined plans to use the private sector to help cut the NHS care backlog](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18153231.jpg)
![Scottish Lib Dem leader Alex Cole Hamilton](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13381985.jpg)
![Scottish Lib Dem leader Alex Cole Hamilton](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13381985.jpg)
![Alex Cole-Hamilton: 'I get counselling because of social media abuse'](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18089732.jpg)
![Alex Cole-Hamilton: 'I get counselling because of social media abuse'](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18089732.jpg)
Interview
![Ross Greer says Green support of the SNP depends on the continuation of](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16003451.jpg)
![Ross Greer says Green support of the SNP depends on the continuation of](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16003451.jpg)
![Lib Dems blame SNP and Greens for sudden closure of iconic Scottish music venue](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17956394.jpg)
![Lib Dems blame SNP and Greens for sudden closure of iconic Scottish music venue](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17956394.jpg)
![Sewage pipe pumping sewage into river](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16996453.jpg)
![Sewage pipe pumping sewage into river](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16996453.jpg)
![The Scottish Government has come in for heavy criticism in some quarters over recent policies](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17731591.jpg)
![The Scottish Government has come in for heavy criticism in some quarters over recent policies](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17731591.jpg)
![Concern over NHS mental health absences](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16965956.jpg)
![Concern over NHS mental health absences](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16965956.jpg)
![Number of patients waiting more than half a day in Scotland's A&Es hits record high](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16558000.jpg)
![Number of patients waiting more than half a day in Scotland's A&Es hits record high](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16558000.jpg)
!['We can't have this free buffet' BMA's reform call as NHS building projects paused](/resources/images/128x89/1x/5357239.jpg)
!['We can't have this free buffet' BMA's reform call as NHS building projects paused](/resources/images/180x180/1x/5357239.jpg)
![Glasgow's Queen Elizabeth University Hospital](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17695932.jpg)
![Glasgow's Queen Elizabeth University Hospital](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17695932.jpg)
![Labour calls for Leitch to be sacked following Covid inquiry revelations](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17674887.jpg)
![Labour calls for Leitch to be sacked following Covid inquiry revelations](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17674887.jpg)
![SNP call on Ed Davey to hand back knighthood over Horizon IT scandal](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17629966.jpg)
![SNP call on Ed Davey to hand back knighthood over Horizon IT scandal](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17629966.jpg)
![Scottish LibDems leader Alex Cole-Hamilton](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13090301.jpg)
![Scottish LibDems leader Alex Cole-Hamilton](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13090301.jpg)
2023 in review
![Shona Robison](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17468813.jpg)
![Shona Robison](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17468813.jpg)
![She shut that, and that, and that: Keir Starmer and best bud Anas Sarwar](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17530639.jpg)
![She shut that, and that, and that: Keir Starmer and best bud Anas Sarwar](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17530639.jpg)
![FMQs live: Humza Yousaf faces questions in Holyrood](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17524484.jpg)
![FMQs live: Humza Yousaf faces questions in Holyrood](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17524484.jpg)
![SNP and Tories call on Cole-Hamilton to apologise after Lib Dem seemingly voted from pub](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13466304.jpg)
![SNP and Tories call on Cole-Hamilton to apologise after Lib Dem seemingly voted from pub](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13466304.jpg)
![China's President Xi Jinping.](/resources/images/128x89/1x/4391288.jpg)
![China's President Xi Jinping.](/resources/images/180x180/1x/4391288.jpg)
Exclusive
![First Minister's Questions LIVE: Humza Yousaf faces MSPs at Holyrood](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17475685.jpg)
![First Minister's Questions LIVE: Humza Yousaf faces MSPs at Holyrood](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17475685.jpg)
![The Herald Scottish Politician of the Year Awards 2023 take place this evening](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17371769.jpg)
![The Herald Scottish Politician of the Year Awards 2023 take place this evening](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17371769.jpg)
![Humza Yousaf](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17464079.jpg)
![Humza Yousaf](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17464079.jpg)
![Scottish water has faced criticism](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17407115.jpg)
![Scottish water has faced criticism](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17407115.jpg)
![Scottish Lib Dem leader to call for tax on social media giants to be trebled](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17407409.jpg)
![Scottish Lib Dem leader to call for tax on social media giants to be trebled](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17407409.jpg)
![Not Better Together: Lisa Cameron and Grant Costello](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17281705.jpg)
![Not Better Together: Lisa Cameron and Grant Costello](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17281705.jpg)
![Humza Yousaf will be 'last nationalist first minister of Scotland' says Cole-Hamilton](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17259866.jpg)
![Humza Yousaf will be 'last nationalist first minister of Scotland' says Cole-Hamilton](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17259866.jpg)
Updated
![Work carried out at a Raac school](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17193086.jpg)
![Work carried out at a Raac school](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17193086.jpg)
Updated
![FMQs recap: Humza Yousaf faces MSPs as pressure mounts over renewable stats](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17226017.jpg)
![FMQs recap: Humza Yousaf faces MSPs as pressure mounts over renewable stats](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17226017.jpg)
![Humza Yousaf](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17228589.jpg)
![Humza Yousaf](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17228589.jpg)
![Scottish Government engaging with National Crime Agency over China threat](/resources/images/128x89/1x/14318722.jpg)
![Scottish Government engaging with National Crime Agency over China threat](/resources/images/180x180/1x/14318722.jpg)
![Rail fares increased in July](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12228203.jpg)
![Rail fares increased in July](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12228203.jpg)
![The Lib Dems are campaigning this weekend in Fort William](/resources/images/128x89/1x/11793244.jpg)
![The Lib Dems are campaigning this weekend in Fort William](/resources/images/180x180/1x/11793244.jpg)
![The Scottish Government has been urged to table more funding for long Covid](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13279044.jpg)
![The Scottish Government has been urged to table more funding for long Covid](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13279044.jpg)
![Robison hints at cuts as she warns of spending 'deprioritisation' to tackle cash gap](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16686759.jpg)
![Robison hints at cuts as she warns of spending 'deprioritisation' to tackle cash gap](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16686759.jpg)
![GPs warn of 'full blown crisis' with 1 in 10 practices closed to new patients](/resources/images/128x89/1x/9854399.jpg)
![GPs warn of 'full blown crisis' with 1 in 10 practices closed to new patients](/resources/images/180x180/1x/9854399.jpg)
![Michael Matheson](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16810318.jpg)
![Michael Matheson](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16810318.jpg)
![The state of it: Douglas Ross and King Charles III](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16774611.jpg)
![The state of it: Douglas Ross and King Charles III](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16774611.jpg)
![New poll shows SNP 'losing support of people who believe in independence'](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16762241.jpg)
![New poll shows SNP 'losing support of people who believe in independence'](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16762241.jpg)
![Humza Yousaf, Douglas Ross, Anas Sarwrar, Alex Cole-Hamilton](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16761268.jpg)
![Humza Yousaf, Douglas Ross, Anas Sarwrar, Alex Cole-Hamilton](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16761268.jpg)
![National Care Service vote delayed again as ministers search for compromise](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16511014.jpg)
![National Care Service vote delayed again as ministers search for compromise](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16511014.jpg)
Updated
![Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross pictured during the election of the First Minister. Do he and his Labour and Liberal Democrat counterparts need to do better on policy?](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16608095.jpg)
![Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross pictured during the election of the First Minister. Do he and his Labour and Liberal Democrat counterparts need to do better on policy?](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16608095.jpg)
LETTERS
![Humza Yousaf to become Scotland's sixth First Minister after winning Holyrood vote](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16607052.jpg)
![Humza Yousaf to become Scotland's sixth First Minister after winning Holyrood vote](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16607052.jpg)
Updated
![Scottish A&E waiting times slump with less than two-thirds of patients seen on time](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16558000.jpg)
![Scottish A&E waiting times slump with less than two-thirds of patients seen on time](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16558000.jpg)
Updated
![First Minister's flagship National Care Service set to be delayed](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12911683.jpg)
![First Minister's flagship National Care Service set to be delayed](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12911683.jpg)
![Yousaf under pressure as only a third of patients seen on time in Scotland's A&Es](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16201220.jpg)
![Yousaf under pressure as only a third of patients seen on time in Scotland's A&Es](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16201220.jpg)
!['No crimes identified' at Chinese restaurant accused of being secret police base](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16143607.jpg)
!['No crimes identified' at Chinese restaurant accused of being secret police base](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16143607.jpg)
Exclusive
![Nicola Sturgeon](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16465778.jpg)
![Nicola Sturgeon](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16465778.jpg)
![Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13644631.jpg)
![Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13644631.jpg)
![Ukrainian refugee 'went home to see doctor as Scottish wait too long'](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16348602.jpg)
![Ukrainian refugee 'went home to see doctor as Scottish wait too long'](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16348602.jpg)
![Scottish Lib Dem leader Alex Cole-Hamilton](/resources/images/128x89/1x/9068018.jpg)
![Scottish Lib Dem leader Alex Cole-Hamilton](/resources/images/180x180/1x/9068018.jpg)
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