Brian Monteith
Brian Monteith | |
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Member of the European Parliament for North East England | |
In office 2 July 2019 – 31 January 2020 | |
Preceded by | Jonathan Arnott |
Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
Member of the Scottish Parliament for Mid Scotland and Fife (1 of 7 Regional MSPs) | |
In office 6 May 1999 – 3 May 2007 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Brexit (since 2019) | 8 January 1958
Other political affiliations | Conservative (before 2019) |
Education | Portobello High School |
Alma mater | Heriot-Watt University |
Brian Monteith (born 8 January 1958) is a British politician, public relations consultant and commentator. As a member of the
to 2020.Early life and education
Monteith was born in January 1958 in Edinburgh, Scotland. He was educated at Portobello High School and Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh. He was a member of the Federation of Conservative Students.[1] He also organised a successful campaign to take Heriot-Watt out of the National Union of Students which they subsequently rejoined.
Early career
Following university Monteith initially worked as a researcher for
Monteith moved on to work in the
.Monteith went on to be the leader of the unsuccessful Think Twice "No-No" campaign in the 1997 Scottish devolution referendum which opposed the creation of the Scottish Parliament.
Scottish Parliament
Monteith was elected to the
Between 1999 and 2003 Montieth was the Conservative Party's Education, Arts, Culture & Sport spokesperson.[3] In July 2005 Monteith resigned though as the Finance Spokesperson, stating that he wanted the freedom to discuss policy matters that "cut across other policy portfolios". Later that year the Scottish Conservative Party withdrew the whip from Monteith when it emerged that he had been briefing the media against the then Scottish Conservative leader David McLetchie regarding questions over McLetchie's £11,500 of claims for taxi expenses.[4][5]
In 2006 Monteith announced he would not stand again as an MSP, saying he "would rather return to commerce than be a one-man band swimming against the treacly tide of collectivism in the Scottish Parliament".[6]
European Parliament
Monteith was elected as an MEP for the
Other work
Monteith is a former Chairman of English-Speaking Union Scotland and has had two stints working for the Botswanan government. Monteith is also an acquaintance of indicted American lobbyist Jack Abramoff.[9][10]
Monteith is also in the course of writing a second book and writes regularly for many newspapers including a regular opinion column for the Edinburgh Evening News. He is also well known for being a supporter of Hibernian. His two sons are presently on the books of Edinburgh City.
Monteith is currently the editor of ThinkScotland.org and communications director of the lobbyists Global Britain. From December 2015 Brian Monteith was seconded to
References
- ^ The Federation of Conservative Students, ConservativeHome, 30 July 2006
- ISBN 978-0-7486-1778-4.
- ^ "MSPs who will not be standing for re-election in 2007". www.alba.org.uk. Archived from the original on 30 October 2008.
- ^ "MSP 'takes blame' for disloyalty". BBC News. 5 November 2005. Retrieved 26 April 2010.
- ^ Scotland on Sunday (Edinburgh, Scotland), 6 November 2005
- ^ Ian Swanson (1 November 2006). "Monteith to stand down as MSP". The Scotsman. Archived from the original on 25 March 2007. Retrieved 10 February 2007.
- ^ Brian Monteith (29 April 2019). "Brian Monteith: This is why Scots should vote for the Brexit party". The Scotsman.
- ^ Gerrard Kaonga (3 July 2019). "'Sore losers!' Brexit Party MEP tears into BBC's Emily Maitlis for 'Remainer distractions'". The Daily Express. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
- ^ "culture.discuss.cia-drugs – The Whitewater Fund Raising Model – DeLay Money Machine Goes International – msg#00086 – Recent Discussion". Osdir.com. Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 8 October 2012.
- ^ Smith, R. Jeffrey (24 April 2005). "DeLay Airfare Was Charged To Lobbyist's Credit Card". The Washington Post. Retrieved 26 April 2010.
- ^ Mia Jankowicz (24 May 2019). "Leading Brexit Party candidate lives in France and won't say if he'll move if he wins". The New European. Archived from the original on 24 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
- ^ "Team of advisors". ThinkScotland.org. Archived from the original on 24 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
- ^ Anna Reynolds (1 December 2015). "Leave EU campaign appoints Brian Monteith". PR Week.
External links
- Scottish Parliament profiles of MSPs: Brian Monteith
- Scotsman archive of Brian Monteith commentaries