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Rennie to brand Conservatives and SNP 'terrible twins' Rennie brands Conservatives and SNP 'terrible twins'
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The Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie has blamed the Conservatives and the SNP for putting "divisive constitutional politics" at the centre of national debate. Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie has blamed the Conservatives and the SNP for putting "divisive constitutional politics" at the centre of national debate.
He will address delegates at the Lib Dem party conference in Brighton later. He was addressing delegates at the Lib Dem party conference in Brighton.
Mr Rennie will claim the nationalists are too focussed on holding a second independence referendum. Mr Rennie claimed the nationalists were too focused on holding a second independence referendum.
He is also expected to say the Conservatives have put the unity of the UK under strain with the EU referendum. He also said the Conservatives had put the unity of the UK under strain with the EU referendum.
Mr Rennie will tell delegates: "With the blow of Brexit and the threat of another Scottish independence referendum it means that divisive constitutional politics remain at the centre of our national debate. Mr Rennie told delegates: "With the blow of Brexit and the threat of another Scottish independence referendum it means that divisive constitutional politics remain at the centre of our national debate.
"It is a dismal scene that has been visited upon us by the Conservatives and the SNP. "It is a dismal scene that has been visited upon us by the Conservatives and the SNP. Stalled investment, uncertain future for EU citizens, divided families, split communities, economic instability, tensions between the nations of the UK.
"Our future will be a divided one if we leave it to the Tories and the Nationalists. The terrible twins of divisive politics. "This is the work of the terrible twins of divisive politics."
"The Tories and the Nationalists have so much in common. They have a shared interest. Mr Rennie said the Liberal Democrats offered a "progressive, optimistic and outward looking" alternative.
"The Tories need Nationalists to scare voters in England. The Nationalists need the Tories to scare voters in Scotland. It's a campaign based on fear, not hope." He pointed to recent election wins by his party in Fife, Edinburgh and the Northern Isles, telling delegates the Lib Dems were "tearing up the script".
He will add: "If we leave progressive politics to the SNP, then that will fail. He added: "If we leave progressive politics to the SNP, then that will fail.
"If we leave the campaign for Scotland's place in the United Kingdom to the Conservatives it will fail too."If we leave the campaign for Scotland's place in the United Kingdom to the Conservatives it will fail too.
"That is why we need the Liberal Democrats. Progressive, optimistic, outward looking." "That is why we need the Liberal Democrats."