Andy Wightman
Andy Wightman | |
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| Member o the Scots Pairlament for Lowden | |
| Assumed office 5 Mey 2016 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Dundee |
| Naitionality | Scots |
| Poleetical pairty | Independent |
| Residence | Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Alma mater | Varsity o Aiberdeen |
| Thrift | MSP, Writer, poleetical activist |
| Wabsteid | andywightman |
Andrew Dearg Wightman is an independent Memmer o the Scots Pairlament (MSP) fur the Lothian region. He wis electit as a memmer o the Scots Greens. He is a writer an resaircher best kent fur his wark on laund awnership in Scotland. He is the author o Who Owns Scotland? (1996) an The Poor Had No Lawyers (2015).
Backgroond
[eedit | eedit soorce]Wightman wis born in Dundee. He graduatit frae the University o Aiberdeen in 1985 wi a degree in forestry.[1][2] He wis co-foonder o Reforesting Scotland, a group dedicatit tae substantial[wrang wird or uiss o Scots] reforestation.
He stairtit his thrift as a scientist wirkin on renewable energy at the Univerity o Aiberdeen an then as a Projecks Officer wi Central Scotland Countryside Trust. He becam a sel-employed writer an resaircher in 1993.[citation needit] Ower the neist 20 year, he gied inpit tae a wide wheen o debates on laund uissage, the Croun estate, common guid laund, local democracy an fiscal reform. He haes wrate a nummer o reports on thir topics an haes serrt as a Specialist Advisor tae the UK Pairlament's Scottish Affairs Committee Inquiry 2014-2015.[citation needit]
He kythed in the documentaries You've Been Trumped (2011)[citation needit] an You've Been Trumped Too (2016),[3] that dealt wi Donald Trump's controversial[wrang wird or uiss o Scots] gowf coorse development at Balmedie, Aiberdeenshire, whaur he advised Michael Forbes on his laund dispute wi Trump.
He wis coordinator o the Land Action Scotland campaign, that haed the aim o supportin locals bi leukin tae democratise companies that ar rin bi a group o fowk that arnae bidin in the laund involved.[4][5]
In Februar 2015, Wightman wis annoonced as a memmer o the Commission of Local Tax Reform. This cross-pairty group wis set up bi the Scots govrenment, gien the task o examinin alternatives tae the Cooncil Tax. The final report Just Change: A New Approach to Local Taxation wis furthset on 14 December 2015.
Political thrift
[eedit | eedit soorce]Wightman jynt the Scots Greens in 2009.[6] In Mairch 2015, the Scots Greens ballotit thair memmers tae pit forrit candidates fur the 2016 election, an Wightman wis pit seicont on thair Lothian leet.[7] He wis eleckit as an MSP on 5 Mey 2016.[8] On 23 Mey 2016 he wis annoonced as the Scots Greens' spokesbody on Communities (including Housing), Land Reform an Local Government.[9]
On 18 December 2020, Wightman declart his demission frae the Scots Greens efter a vote on an amendment tae the Forensic Services Bill, allegin that whiles the Pairty had “a strong commitment to equalities and trans rights”, it shawed "intolerance" bi daein sae.[10][11]
Furthset warks
[eedit | eedit soorce]- Who Owns Scotland (Canongate, 1996)[12][13]
- Scotland: land and power. An agenda for land reform (Luath, 1999)
- The Poor Had No Lawyers (Birlinn Books, Third Edition, 2015)[14]
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ Wightman, Andy (Februar 2012). "Forest Ownership in Scotland: A Scoping Study" (PDF). Forest Policy Group. p. 4. Retrieved 2 Mey 2015.
- ↑ "Author biography: Andy Wightman". Birlinn. Retrieved 21 Juin 2020.
- ↑ "Trump issues legal threat over new film". www.scotsman.com (in Inglis). 27 October 2016. Retrieved 30 Januar 2021.
- ↑ "Community bids for Applecross and Mount Stuart trusts". BBC News. BBC. 28 September 2012.
- ↑ "Charles Kennedy criticises Applecross Trust decision". BBC News. BBC. 14 November 2012.
- ↑ Sanderson, Daniel (5 Mey 2016). "Andy Wightman may be a new face for the Scottish Greens but he is no stranger to Holyrood". The Herald. glasgow. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
- ↑ "Scottish Greens regional list candidates". Holyrood. 11 Januar 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
- ↑ "Land reform expert Andy Wightman elected as Green MSP". Edinburgh Evening News. 6 Mey 2016. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
- ↑ "Scottish Greens announce portfolios of new Holyrood group". The Herald. Glasgow. 23 Mey 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
- ↑ "Resignation from the Scottish Green Party". 18 December 2020. Archived frae the original on 27 Januar 2021. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
- ↑ Libby Brooks; Severin Carrell (18 December 2020). "Scottish Greens MSP resigns claiming 'intolerance' over women and trans rights". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
- ↑ Who owns Scotland. Edinburgh : Canongate, 1996. WorldCat. OCLC 35137079.
- ↑ Arlidge, John (25 Februar 1996). "Who owns Scotland?". The Independent. Retrieved 22 Februar 2015.
- ↑ The poor had no lawyers: who owns Scotland and (how they got it). Edinburgh : Birlinn, 2015. WorldCat. OCLC 923175798.
