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The tree I’ve
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Blossom in the East End of Glasgow
Photograph by
Islay McLeod
I’m running a zero
campaign. Can I do better
than my 33 votes last time?
Hamish Mackay
I read somewhere that one candidate in Edinburgh had changed her
name to ensure she is high up in the ballot paper, which is drawn-up on
an alphabetical basis.
Hamish Mackay has been a journalist for the past 45 years, beginning his career on the John o’ Groats Journal and subsequently joining the Press and Journal in Aberdeen. During a 25-year stint with the morning newspaper, he rose to the position of acting news editor. For the past 15 years he has run his own business in Aberdeen – Mackay Media Consultancy
