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Ruth Davidson, Boris Johnson, Michael Gove and Douglas Ross feature heavily in The National s new billboard campaign NATIONAL readers have voted for a billboard of Boris Johnson calling Scots a verminous race as their favourite from our new campaign. The digital billboards have begun appearing across locations in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Aberdeen, highlighting key messages that the Tories would rather you forget. More than half (51%) of readers voted for the billboard which highlights a poem published by the Prime Minister during his time as editor of The Spectator magazine calling the “Scotch” a verminous race and for Hadrian s wall to be rebuilt to pen them in a ghetto on the other side .
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Professor Jill Belch, who set up Masks for Scotland. Pic: Kirsty Anderson THE DRIVING force behind a lifesaving campaign to get PPE to health workers during the pandemic has become the 58th Glasgow Times Scotswoman of the Year. In a virtual ceremony held in association with St Enoch Centre and streamed from the Glasgow shopping mall on social media last night, Professor Jill Belch was awarded the title in honour of her inspirational effort to support NHS staff on the frontline fighting coronavirus. Writer and campaigner Amanda Amaeshi was crowned Young SWOTY 2020 after winning the public vote. Amanda Amaeshi, 2020 Young SWOTY
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Amanda Amaeshi, a Scot of Nigerian descent, has won the Glasgow Times Young Scotswoman of the Year (Young SWOTY) 2020.
Callum Baird, the newspaper editor, announced this on Thursday, 29 April, in a virtual ceremony held in association with St Enoch Centre and streamed from the Glasgow shopping mall on social media.
“I am delighted to announce that our young Scotswoman of the year is Amanda Amaeshi,” he said.
Callum described Amaeshi as an inspiration, adding that the newspaper is glad to have her as its 2020 SWOTY.
“Amanda is an inspiration. She has taken on business bosses over gender bias, she is an award-winning writer and has a track record already of speaking out on racism and injustice wherever she finds it. We’re delighted she is our 2020 Young SWOTY,” he said.