Lesley Riddoch, left, with Joanna Cherry at a demonstration outside Holyrood to mark Brexit last January THE winners of the inaugural Independence Awards of 2020, run by the Scottish Independence Foundation (SIF) and The National, were announced live on The National’s Facebook page last night. The Individual Independence Campaigner of the Year is Lesley Riddoch and the Independence Group Award went to Believe in Scotland (BiS), founded by Gordon MacIntyre-Kemp. Riddoch will receive an award of £1500 which she is giving to the Edinburgh Yes Hub. The cash comes personally from SIF board members rather than from general donations to SIF. Similarly, Believe in Scotland will receive an award of £1000.
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