BBC Scotland is bringing its flagship political debate show to Inverness this month.
The visit came on the back of a sobering report outlining a care home sector ‘teetering on the brink of crisis’.
The challenger for 2026 believes the seat is competitive ‘because my opponent is very much part of the problem’.
Leader Alex Cole-Hamilton says ‘People in the Highlands know we are best placed to beat the SNP’.
Speaking at the spring conference he believes ‘we can win’ Caithness, Sutherland and Ross.
But the stats draw a blank on assaults of teachers or pupils and drugs or weapons.
The company says the ‘key component’ together with others will help deliver £100 million in community benefit for north of Scotland.
He is the member for Fort William and Ardnamurchan and is currently MP Angus MacDonald’s chief of staff.
The analysis reveals an 18% drop in care homes over 10 years while the over-75 population rose by almost 72%.
The 11.12pm Friday and Saturday trains from Inverness, popular with Ross-shire residents on nights out in the city, will resume from May 23.