Nigel Farage hits Holyrood campaign trail in Edinburgh
It is four weeks until the Scottish election, but with another major vote looming just seven weeks later, Holyrood's leaders will be joined by some lesser seen politicians on the campaign trail.
It is four weeks until the Scottish election, but with another major vote looming just seven weeks later, Holyrood's leaders will be joined by some lesser seen politicians on the campaign trail.
UKIP leader Nigel Farage will be in Edinburgh to launch his party's Holyrood manifesto, before joining former Tory Defence Secretary Liam Fox in Glasgow to build support for a vote to leave the EU on June 23.
Mr Farage will be hoping for a breakthrough at the Holyrood election on May 5 - two years after the election of his first Scottish parliamentarian in the European elections.
David Coburn, who won his seat in the European Parliament with 10% of the vote, is standing for Holyrood on the Highlands and Islands regional list which is also decided by a proportional representation ballot.
SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon will visit Home-Start in Maryhill with local candidate Bob Doris to explain how the SNP will use the new social security powers coming to the Scottish Parliament to invest in Scotland's next generation.
Ms Sturgeon said: This election is an opportunity to back the next generation of young Scots, ensure they have the best start in life and improve the opportunities available to them when they grow up.''
Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale will visit a credit union in Paisley.
Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson will help serve customers Choco-Latte, one of the smallest sweet shops in Edinburgh.
Meanwhile, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie will take part in a flying demonstration with birds of prey at Elite Falconry in Fife.
He will also be taking part in a National Farmers Union hustings, in which he will set out Lib Dem plans to support farmers who have been hit financially as a result of delays caused by a government IT system.
Mr Rennie said: This week we learned that the SNP are adding insult to injury and expecting farmers to pay interest on emergency payments that would not have been necessary were it not for their CAP IT shambles.
They are treating Scotland's rural communities with contempt.
Liberal Democrats have set out plans to ensure that rural areas of Scotland are not left behind on things like superfast broadband. We will also take steps to see what can be done to protect farmers from the financial cost of SNP incompetence.''
Scottish Green co-convener Patrick Harvie and Central Scotland candidate Kirsten Robb will meet young people at youth employment skills project Streetleague in Hamilton ahead of the party's local campaign launch.