AskAlex

22/08/2026

Are women safe to serve in Scottish politics? How about UK politics? There's a growing number of former staffers and volunteers who are wanting to fix the system for others that come after them.

21/08/2026

Wow! After a couple of months away from the socials, I've come back to lots of messages. I also only recently learnt that Messenger has a spam folder...I have found so many messages and voice notes 😍 in there that it's going to take a while to sift through but I will be in touch with all of you.

Much appreciated.

02/05/2026

Welcome to all new followers ❤️ and a huge thank you to the person who has taken it on themselves to post some of my content on a local Facebook group. I appreciate it so much and I assume that's where my most recent followers have found .

It's a coincidence that three years ago today I posted this video on twitter. It was in a series called "Reasons why we need an independent investigation". This is Part 4a) and I ponder the idea of whether people would walk past someone in the street if they saw them being assaulted.

One of the most hurtful, baffling, heartbreaking, worrying and motivating experiences through all of this has been the way in which the majority of people who live in my local neighbourhood - a very heavily dominated Lib Dem area - have treated the campaign and honestly, the way they have treated me too.

I'm aware that for the most part it's social conditioning, but I do wonder how much louder I would be if the people who live in the area locally linked my arm and and demanded action from Alex Cole-Hamilton.

Video takes you to YouTube.

Reasons why we need an independent investigation into Scottish Liberal Democrats: Part 4a

30/04/2026

I didn’t expect much when I walked into the local hustings last week, but I didn’t expect to be publicly dismissed either. My local Scottish Liberal Democrats councillor, Cllr Lewis Younie, stated on record that my allegations were “false.”

Which is a lie.

Younie and I have never spoken before the hustings. He got involved with the Lib Dems after I had left. He wasn't involved in my complaints or the hearing of them in any way. He hasn't seen any of my evidence. I wasn't asking his opinion on my case. He is an elected representative who casually labelled a woman’s very serious complaints as “false allegations”, and this sends a very clear message.

Not to me...I don't listen to Lib Dems. But there was a young woman on the same pew as me who watched this unfold and may think twice about speaking up in the event that she needs to in the future.

This was never about party politics. It was always about accountability, standards in public office and how women are treated when they raise concerns, and the more Scottish Lib Dem elected representatives feel backed into a corner (even though all I'm asking for is some accountability) the more serious this gets.

I’ve written about what happened, what was said and why it matters.

Read it here:

https://emmawalker.substack.com/p/false-allegations-how-cllr-lewis

If you live in Almond ward of Edinburgh or the Edinburgh and Lothians East constituency, this is definitely worth your time.

https://emmawalker.substack.com/p/false-allegations-how-cllr-lewis

At a local hustings on Thursday, I asked about abuse, accountability and what voters deserve to know. This was the response.

29/04/2026

Thy Word Is Truth.

Between Cllr Lewis Younie lying about my complaints at a hustings last week and then being laid up with a lurgy, I haven't had time to report back on my encounter with Alex Cole-Hamilton

On Monday 20th April, I went to South Queensferry hustings. The candidates were in another room when I arrived. Sure enough, when the panelists walked into the Kirk, Alex came out. He saw me, looked panicked, sat down and then looked at me again...and smiled.

I just stared at him and he looked away. He looked back at me almost immediately, and smiled again. I did the same thing, and so did he. And then he tried AGAIN. This time, when I didn't show any sign of budging, he almost looked sheepish. Unbelievable.

I definitely rattled him, and he immediately picked up his phone to text someone (just like Cllr Younie did three nights later when he clocked me). In fact Alex was on his phone all night, when the other candidates weren't (as you can see by these pics).

I'm not traditionally religious and I understand there are so many similarities between the systems I am speaking up about in politics and religion, but I do believe in sacred things. I think there's something distasteful about having a political hustings on an altar below a cross and a stained glass window with the words: "Thy word is truth". Moreso when Alex Cole-Hamilton is one of the candidates.

Things that stuck out:

- Alex kept referring to the fact that he was a "youth worker for 19 years before politics." But when I called him out for not helping me explore senior staffers concerns about potential paedophilia in the Liberal Democrats, he removed "children's rights" from his twitter bio. This has always and will always remain very very odd to me.

- Throughout the hustings, I keep an almost constant eye on him but occasionally I get hooked into what one of the candidates are saying and when I remember that I'm in a room with Alex Cole-Hamilton and look back over at him, I catch him looking at me and then he looks up at the ceiling like a naughty child.

- Alex said that he "meets people every single week in my casework surgery", but for some considerable time he hasn't held open surgeries where constituents can drop in. Neither has Christine Jardine MP. Is this because they're worried I'll show, or they'll be asked about ? Are their constituents missing out on access to their public representatives because they're scared of being held accountable?

- He reiterated the same tired line that I've heard so often. "Lib Dems believe in evidence." They rolled that line out at every conference like the cult that they are. They don't believe in my evidence, that's for sure.

When Cllr Lewis Younie lied, three nights later, telling people I harass Alex Cole-Hamilton is this what he meant? Sitting in a pew at the other side of a Kirk looking at a man who knows he's done wrong, while listening to candidates who are asking for my vote?

None of this is easy. It took me 15 minutes to realise that I'm not scared of him and I had as much right to be there as every other constituent. None of this is easy, but it's worth it.

26/04/2026

Cllr Lewis Younie (Almond Ward, Scottish Liberal Democrats) lied publicly at the St Thomas hustings on Glasgow Road on Thursday evening.

When asked about the lack of accountability and integrity in politics leading to the abuse of women staffers (this is a systemic problem across politics) he refused to answer and said - to the entire audience - that I was making "false allegations" about his party.

🗳️ There has been no investigation.
🗳️ He hasn't seen my evidence.
🗳️ He has never met me.
🗳️ He joined Lib Dems after I left.
🗳️ I have written proof.

Why would he lie?

He also told people after the Hustings that I was harassing Alex Cole-Hamilton and his staff.

I'll be writing about the Hustings on my Substack tomorrow and will be writing further about the harassment claim in the coming days. Sign up for free here:

https://emmawalker.substack.com/about

24/04/2026

Welcome to new people joining .

If you want to get a good understanding of why I'm speaking up, this Substack (originally posted in January 2025) is the best place to start.

Please read, share and .

It’s difficult to believe that in April it will be five years since I first spoke out about my experience of working and volunteering with the Liberal Democrats.

24/04/2026

Last night I went along to a local Hustings at St Thomas' Church on Glasgow Road. I asked a general question about accountability and abuse in politics, and touched on my experiences in the question. Cllr Lewis Younie, who is Scottish Liberal Democrats Cllr and candiate and who was standing in for Alex Cole-Hamilton, told the audience that he wouldn't be answering my question because I had made "false allegations". I was told by a couple of people afterwards that at the end of the event he made his own allegations about how I am harassing Alex Cole-Hamilton and his staff. This is not true. This morning I wrote to Cllr Lewis Younie (email below).

I'll write more about hustings experiences in my next Substack.

28/03/2026

I just realised that some of you had been sending Stars to support this page which is so lovely of you, but because I wasn't posting consistently at that point they expired and I couldn't claim them.

Now that I'm building this page (and will continue after the election) I would love to receive your support as I grow the campaign. You can now send stars 🌟on my content. It's a simple way to back a whistleblower and I appreciate all of it.

25/03/2026

Hannah Rodger, Chief Reporter for the Scottish Mail on Sunday and Daily Mail told me in 2023 (when she was Chief Reporter on Sunday Mail) that she had an issue with reporting on attempted suicides in the Scottish Liberal Democrats at the hands of Christine Jardine MP because I’d spoken about it on social media. I’m not so naive as to think my incredible regular supporters amount to widespread knowledge of off line, so this felt very off at the time.

I decided to test the theory today and stood outside Alex Cole Hamilton MSP’s constituency office while he was in Parliament for the last day of this session. Do you think many people knew about me? Nah. Course not.

Thank you to everyone who stopped by today.