The Scotsman Guide to Scottish Politics

Here is an easy-to-use guide to the information you need to follow Scottish politics, both at Holyrood and at Westminster. A series of specially commissioned short essays from a range of eminent Scotsman writers provides the context. The core of the book takes the form of an invaluable directory of political facts and figures -- results from the Scottish Election of 1999, biographies of all MSPs, the Scottish results of the General Election of 2001, biographies of Scottish MPs and Scottish MEPs, and an appendix of further useful information about the Scotland Office, the Scottish Executive, access to the Parliament, Scottish Parliament Committees, Scottish constituencies and their representatives, Scottish political parties, and useful addresses and numbers.This information makes The Scotsman Guide an ideal tool of reference for anyone with an interest in Scottish politics.

Matthew Spicer is a journalist, producer and former editor of television current affairs at BBC Scotland.