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Also in Scotland, former SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon says she'll be on the campaign trail - but refuses to answer a question about whether she'll be seen alongside Scottish First Minister John Swinney. Hannah Miller
It comes a month after Sturgeon's husband Peter Murrell was charged by police with embezzling funds from the SNP. Political correspondent, reporting from Wales
Sturgeon, Scotland's former and longest-serving FM, tells reporters she'll support candidates where necessary "from time to time" ahead of the vote. The Liberal Democrats have a track record of being, well, more liberal than some other parties when it comes to their stance on cannabis.
Pressed on whether she'll campaign alongside Swinney, she says of her former deputy: "John will have his own programme and I will campaign in ways that I think are helpful to candidates." But when it came to Rishi Sunak’s plan to gradually ban smoking, Lib Dem leader Ed Davey voted in favour.
Sturgeon was arrested in June last year when she voluntarily arranged with Police Scotland to be questioned as part of the investigation into the funding and finances of the SNP. She was released without charge. There’s a "big difference" between cannabis and cigarettes, he told me today - when I asked if he was still in favour of legalising weed given that he’s clearly less keen on tobacco.
Asked three times, he didn’t directly answer whether he’s still in favour of a regulated cannabis market, saying that the party is "going to take the best medical advice".
Is that a yes? We’ll have to wait for the manifesto, as the parties try to stick to the script on the policy announcements they’ve scheduled for each day.
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