WILLIE Rennie announced yesterday he is to stand down as Scottish LibDem leader after a decade in the role.
His party currently has just four MSPs – down from five before the Holyrood election in May – as it struggled to win significant public support at the polls.
Some may say his political achievements have been rather slight...
But one thing the departing party boss won plaudits for – especially among the press corps – was his photo call stunts, especially on the election campaign trail.
Riding a broomstick, scaling a climbing wall, practising karate, water skiing, visiting sheep and pig farms. No feat was too much for the LibDem boss.
Photographers were always on hand to capture a quirky moment and we've dug out of our archives ten of the most memorable pictures.
1. On a broomstick
Willie Rennie rides a broomstick in Ashton Lane, Glasgow while on the general election campaign trail in November 2019. Photo Colin Mearns
2. Training in karate
Willie Rennie gets karate lessons from 6th Dan Robert Steggles in Edinburgh, April 2021. Pic Gordon Terris/ Herald & Times/National.
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Playing shinty, Photo Gordon Terris.
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Willie Rennie at Alien Rock in Leith in May 2019 to promote their party's manifesto in the Euro elections. Pic Gordon Terris
5. Water ski-ing
Rennie water skies during a European Election campaign event at Water Ski & Wakeboard Scotland on May 21, 2019 in Dunfermline, Scotland. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images).
6. Go Karting
7. In a giant deck chair
8. Dogs taking Willie for a walk
9. With a sheep
10. In front of some pigs showing their affection for one another
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