AN SNP MP is to release a book to mark the upcoming 10th anniversary of the Scottish independence referendum.
MP for Perth and Kinross-Shire, and the SNP’s deputy leader in Westminster, Pete Wishart said his new book – Inside The Indyref – is “coming soon”.
In a post on Twitter/X, Wishart said: “Coming soon to mark the 10th anniversary of the independence referendum.
“Capturing the ups and downs and twists and turns of the most intense political event that Scotland has ever experienced.”
Speaking to The National, Wishart explained that the book would be based on diaries he kept during the lead-up to the referendum.
“I’ve been a keen diarist for years and kept them during the independence referendum,” he said.
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“It was around 120,000 words of content so I’ve made it a bit more readable and it goes through the period from about June 2013 to the referendum.”
Wishart added that he wanted to do something to mark the anniversary and that he was encouraged by his SNP colleagues to write the book.
“It’s readable for people and they’ll be able to follow all the things that happened during that time.”
Wishart was first elected as an MP in 2001 and is the party’s longest-serving MP, winning the newly-created constituency of Perth and Kinross-Shire last month.
Prior to this, he represented Tayside North from 2001 to 2005 and then Perth and North Perthshire from 2005 to 2024.
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