Former Scottish Conservative MSP Jamie Greene has defected to the Scottish Liberal Democrats.
The former frontbencher quit the Scottish Conservatives with immediate effect on Thursday.
In a letter to leader Russell Findlay, the West of Scotland MSP said the party had become “Trump-esque in both style and substance” to win over right-wing voters.
At the Scottish Liberal Democrats’ annual conference in Inverness, leader Alex Cole-Hamilton confirmed Greene had joined the party.
Cole-Hamilton decribed him as an “effective communicator” and said Greene had “such symmetry with our outlook and our values as a party”.
He has been the West of Scotland MSP since 2016.
