BBC’S Question Time is coming to Scotland tonight as it’s set to be broadcast from Fort William.
A range of guests will appear on the show with topics likely to be discussed including independence and ongoing issues with ferries.
Here’s a rundown of who is on tonight’s show.
When is Question Time on?
Question Time will be live on BBC iPlayer at 8pm, and on BBC One after the 10 o’clock news.
Alex Salmond
Scotland’s former first minister and current leader of the Alba Party will be on tonight’s show.
It follows on from his party’s conference last week where they called for the “immediate establishment” of an independence convention.
In his speech, Salmond (pictured above) said the UK Government was “running scared” of a second independence referendum because none of the arguments made in 2014 still hold up.
Màiri McAllan
McAllan (pictured below) has been the MSP for Clydesdale since 2021 and was recently given her first post in Cabinet when Humza Yousaf unveiled his new team.
She currently works as the Net Zero and Just Transition Secretary. It seems likely that she will be asked about the controversial plans to introduce Highly Protected Marine Areas in Scotland.
Prior to entering politics, she worked as a solicitor and special adviser to Nicola Sturgeon.
Jackie Baillie
The current deputy leader of Scottish Labour (pictured below) has been the MSP for Dumbarton since 1999.
She is the party’s spokesperson for health and social care and has previously served as acting leader in 2017 and 2021.
Her appearance comes after it was reported that Scottish Labour sought advice from around the world on how to become a credible party of government.
Malcolm Offord
Scotland Office minister Offord (pictured below) was made a life peer by Boris Johnson in 2021, having spent 25 years in finance and banking.
He was born in Greenock, graduated in law from the University of Edinburgh and previously failed in an election bid to become an MSP.
He was once asked by SNP MP Pete Wishart if he was “embarrassed” to have failed in a democratic election before subsequently behind handed a peerage in the Lords.
Nina Myskow
Myskow was the first female editor at publisher DC Thomson, where she edited teen magazine Jackie.
She is a former columnist for The Sun and News of the World and regularly appears on The Jeremy Vine Show and Good Morning Britain.
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