
A YEAR on from the Holyrood election, two MSPs have spoken to the Sunday National about what it’s like becoming a parliamentarian during a period of unprecedented turmoil.
Elena Whitham – the SNP representative in Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley – and Gillian Mackay – the first-ever Green MSP in Central Scotland – entered Parliament for the first time as the country contended with Covid, Europe was plunged into war and Westminster was embroiled in scandal.