Councillor Liz MacDonald was in Portree last night at SNP party hustings with five other women who are in the selection process to become the party's Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch candidate for the Holyrood election in May 2016.
There were several mentions of the six women on twitter this morning and after being contacted by the Gurn Liz confirmed that she had been involved in hustings recently, she told us:
"As Area Leader for Nairn and Badenoch and Strathspey it is a tremendous honour to be nominated by fellow members for the selection process. If I am successful I'd build on Dave Thompson's good work, champion local issues and represent all within the constituency"