Iain Macwhirter
Scottish political journalist (born 1952) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Iain Macwhirter (born 24 September 1952)[1][2] is a Scottish political journalist. He is a political commentator for several newspapers, an author and documentary film and radio presenter and a former Rector of Edinburgh University. He has worked at both the UK Parliament and Scottish Parliament, presenting the BBC2 programmes Westminster Live, Scrutiny and, from 1999, the BBC TV programme Holyrood Live from the Scottish Parliament.
Iain MacWhirter | |
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Lord Rector of the University of Edinburgh | |
In office 13 February 2009 ā 10 January 2012 | |
Preceded by | Mark Ballard |
Succeeded by | Peter McColl |
Majority | 2,640 |
Personal details | |
Born | (1952-09-24) 24 September 1952 (age 71) |
Residence | Edinburgh |
Education | George Heriot's School |
Alma mater | University of Edinburgh |
Occupation | Journalist |
In 2013, he published Road to Referendum, which accompanied a three-part television series of the same name on STV and ITV.[3] Following the Scottish independence referendum, he published Disunited Kingdom: How Westminster Won A Referendum But Lost Scotland,[4] a retrospective on his experiences as a journalist documenting the campaign. In 2015, his book Tsunami, about the SNP's victory in the 2015 general election, was published by Freight Books.[5]