Ayr by-election 2000

' Edward said the Conservative party under his leadership had used the "Perth Declaration" to put forward proposals for devolution throughout the United Kingdom, which would have been implemented had it not lost power in 1974. "I believe it would have been successful," he said.' Benedict Brogan in the Herald, 9 th March 2000.

Labour move Mo into Ayr campaign fight

From the Ayrshire Post

She will be the latest in a long line of political heavyweights who have hit the campaign trail and who this week included Liberal Democrat Leader Charles Kennedy and Scottish Education Minister Sam Galbraith.
At a press conference on Tuesday, flanked by Stuart Ritchie, the Liberal Democrat candidate, Mr Kennedy used the opportunity to demand that Chancellor Gordon Brown abandon the Government's plans for a 1p reduction in income tax from April.
He claimed: "The UK GovernÐment was elected to sort out the problems in our public services - not to cut taxes." And he added: "The Chancellor has a huge treasure chest and he should start to spend it now, not on tax cuts but on hospital and schools this year...not next year."

March 8 th 2000