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NEIL FINDLAY speaks to Niall Christie about his time as an MSP and the plans he has for the future
JUSTICE WON: Scottish Labour MSP Neil Findlay (sixth from the left) with former miners outside the Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh

FOR many within the labour movement, it may be hard to imagine a Scottish Parliament without dyed-in-the-wool socialist Neil Findlay in it.

A stubbornly effective campaigner, who at times has been the lone voice speaking up for causes in Holyrood, a decade as an MSP has left many wondering how this gap will be filled when the new cohort of parliamentarians head to Edinburgh in May.

But 10 years on from his election to the Scottish Parliament, Labour’s Neil Findlay says he still can’t quite believe it.

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