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| Party activists have been out in force as the Holyrood election campaign rolls on over the Easter weekend. | |
| Scottish Labour leader Jack McConnell visited the Falkirk Wheel on Saturday to highlight the economic importance of tourism. | |
| The Scottish National Party (SNP) were putting nursery and childcare issues under the spotlight in Glasgow. | |
| The Conservatives and Liberal Democrats said they would be spending the weekend wooing voters in the constituencies. | The Conservatives and Liberal Democrats said they would be spending the weekend wooing voters in the constituencies. |
| Mr McConnell said Scotland's voters were facing a choice between continuing the progress of the last eight years or voting for disruption under the SNP. | |
| He said: "They can either elect a Labour-led government in Holyrood who want to build up Scotland and build on successes like the Falkirk Wheel, or they can elect the SNP whose main purpose will be to break up Britain." | |
| It's time to give all parents and carers the right to request flexible working Nicola SturgeonSNP deputy leader | It's time to give all parents and carers the right to request flexible working Nicola SturgeonSNP deputy leader |
| The SNP's deputy leader Nicola Sturgeon was joined by Winnie Ewing and other female SNP candidates at Glasgow Science Centre on Saturday morning. | The SNP's deputy leader Nicola Sturgeon was joined by Winnie Ewing and other female SNP candidates at Glasgow Science Centre on Saturday morning. |
| Ms Sturgeon said the party could "make a difference" to women's lives across Scotland. | Ms Sturgeon said the party could "make a difference" to women's lives across Scotland. |
| "In government, the SNP will increase the provision of free nursery education for three and four-year-olds by 50%, and seek to extend access to high quality, affordable childcare," she said. | "In government, the SNP will increase the provision of free nursery education for three and four-year-olds by 50%, and seek to extend access to high quality, affordable childcare," she said. |
| "It's time to give all parents and carers the right to request flexible working, which we would promote in the public sector and set a positive example for the private sector to follow." | |
| Tory leader Annabel Goldie was campaigning in her West Renfrewshire constituency, with the party pushing bread-and-butter issues like tackling crime and providing more affordable housing. | |
| 'Positive campaign' | |
| "The polls are now showing on subject issues that this is what people want the election to be about," she said. | |
| "So we will be relentlessly campaigning on a very positive platform of policies and also making clear our policies are not for sale." | |
| The Lib Dems were also focusing on crime with the promise of more police officers on the beat. | |
| Election campaign director Tavish Scott said: "People are moving away from Labour but they don't want independence. | |
| "The momentum is with the positive campaign of the Liberal Democrats." |