Dr Lucy Beattie - Scottish National Party candidate on the General Election: "Rural people are resilient and fiercely independent"

Farmer turned SNP candidate for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross Dr Lucy Beattie said it would be a privilege to represent constituents in a place where she lives and works

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"I want to see young people stay and thrive in their communities." (@liusaidhbeattie)
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"I want to see young people stay and thrive in their communities." (@liusaidhbeattie)

I have 200 breeding ewes at my family farm in the Highlands of Wester Ross. Our farm is home to, mainly, north country cheviots and some highland mules. In years past, I kept cattle but had to cut...

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