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Kate Watson (right), candidate for Glasgow East, with Scottish Labour leader Richard Leonard (second left) with Pauline McNeill, Labour housing spokesperson (left), and Jim Strang during a visit to the Parkhead Housing Association site in Glasgow
A PROMINENT Scottish Labour parliamentary candidate and opponent of Jeremy Corbyn has been called on to explain her links to a “military propaganda unit” in the British Army.
Kate Watson, who was selected to fight the Glasgow East constituency in June 2018, is believed to be a member of the 77th Brigade, an army force that specialises in what it calls “special influence methods.”
As an organisation, the Brigade’s role is to develop analysis and detailed intelligence about domestic and international political situations.
As the government quietly upgrades the role of Britain’s special forces, their growing global footprint and near-total exemption from democratic oversight should alarm us all, says ROGER McKENZIE
In part one of a two-part feature, CONOR BOLLINS asks whether we should be concerned about the Prime Minister’s military recruitment plans
