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SNP politician, journalist and humanitarian for the International Red Cross who became the Scottish parliament’s presiding officer

The Guardian - UK

Former SNP MP and Holyrood presiding officer George Reid dies aged 86

FORMER Holyrood presiding officer and SNP politician George Reid has died at the age of 86, his family have announced ...

The National (Scotland)

Sir George Reid’s lifetime of dedication to serving public

He became Holyrood’s second presiding officer.

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Former Holyrood presiding officer Sir George Reid dies aged 86

The ex-journalist oversaw the move to the new Scottish Parliament building at the foot of Edinburgh’s Royal Mile.

Evening Standard

Author, ambassador, commentator, critic? It's not always easy to earn a crust as a former PM

Few Australians are losing sleep over how Scott Morrison is going to earn a crust after politics. Few outside the federal Coalition, at any rate. His continuing presence on the opposition backbench serves as a distraction from the present and reminder of the past. Unfortunately, that past keeps intruding on…

The Conversation

Hell hath no fury like a former PM – but it wasn't always so

In a television interview with Phillip Adams in 1999, Paul Keating remarked that he retained much influence on the international stage.

The Conversation

The 'forgettables': 5 Australian prime ministers you may not know much about

The idea of a “forgotten prime minister” may seem laughable. For Australian historians, it is the governed rather than the governors who need rescuing “from the enormous condescension of posterity” as the English historian E. P. Thompson famously put it.

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