Winifred Ewing

b 10 July 1929

Scottish Nationalist  politician

 

As I took my seat it was said by political pundits that 'a chill ran along the Labour benches looking for a spine to run up'.

After winning the Hamilton by-election 1967

 

The Scottish parliament which adjourned on 25 March 1707 is hereby reconvened.

Speech at the opening of the Scottish Parliament, 12 May 1999

 

I am expert in being a minority. I was alone in the House of Commons for three years and alone in the European Parliament for nineteen years, but we are all minorities now.

Speech at the opening of the Scottish Parliament, 12 May 1999

 

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