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John Nicolson
Official portrait, 2023
SNP Spokesperson for Digital, Culture, Media and Sportin theHouse of Commons
In office
7 January 2020 – 5 July 2024
LeaderIan Blackford
Stephen Flynn
Preceded byHannah Bardell
In office
20 May 2015 – 8 June 2017
LeaderAngus Robertson
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byBrendan O'Hara
Member of Parliament
forOchil and South Perthshire
In office
12 December 2019 – 30 May 2024
Preceded byLuke Graham
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
Member of Parliament
forEast Dunbartonshire
In office
7 May 2015 – 3 May 2017
Preceded byJo Swinson
Succeeded byJo Swinson
Personal details
Born
John MacKenzie Nicolson

(1961-06-23)23 June 1961(age 63)
Glasgow,Scotland
Political partyScottish National Party
Domestic partnerJuliano Zini
ResidenceBearsden
Alma materUniversity of Glasgow
Harvard University

John MacKenzie Nicolson[1](born 23 June 1961)[2]is a Scottish journalist, broadcaster andScottish National Party(SNP) politician.

Nicolson served as the SNPMember of Parliament(MP) forOchil and South Perthshirefrom2019 general electionuntil the seat's abolition in 2024. He was previously the MP forEast Dunbartonshire,having been elected at the2015 general election,and defeated at the2017 general election.He contestedAlloa and Grangemouthin the2024 electionbut was defeated.

He was the SNP ShadowSecretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport,a member of the House of CommonsCulture, Media and Sport Committee,Chair on the All Party Parliamentary Group for Democracy & the Constitution and Deputy Chair of theAPPGon Global LGBT+ Rights.[3][4][5][6][7]

Early life and education

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John Nicolson was born inGlasgow,the son of John Donald Nicolson and Marion Nicolson. His ancestry isHebrideanandOrcadianon his father's side. His mother came from Scotstoun in Glasgow. His father died of lung cancer when he was at school and aged 15.[8]

Nicolson won a bursary toHutchesons' Grammar School,and is the first generation of his family to go to university.[9]He graduated from theUniversity of Glasgowwith aMA(Hons.) in English literature and Politics.[9]He was awarded aKennedy Scholarshipfor postgraduate study in the United States, and wasHarkness Fellowin American Government at theKennedy School of Government,Harvard.[10]

As a student, he won the British IslesObserver Mace(now theJohn Smith Memorial Mace), andWorld Universities Debating Championshipin the same year, winning the World Championship with his debate partner Frank McKirgan atPrinceton University.[11]He returned to theGlasgow University Unionin 2012 to debate against other former World Universities' Championship winners on a motion welcoming Scottish independence.[12]

After graduating from Harvard, he worked as a speechwriter on Capitol Hill for SenatorDaniel Patrick Moynihanspecialising in Israel-Palestinian issues, the Irish peace process, and gun control.[13]

Broadcasting career

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BBC

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He moved back to the UK fromWashington, D.C.to work full-time for the BBC when offered a job presenting the network 'DEF 2' youth strand discussion programmeOpen to Question.[14]

After three series Nicolson moved to London as one of the launch reporters for the BBC's flagship Sunday politics programmeOn the Record.He made the documentary 'A Question of Consent' for the BBC'sPublic Eye.[15]The documentary examined the discriminatory laws targeting gay men in the UK, and asked why the Conservative Party continued to support them.

He went on to work as a reporter for a range of high-profile BBC news and current affairs shows includingPanorama,[14]Assignment,andNewsnight.[14]

Nicolson was the BBC presenter on11 September 2001when the Twin Towers in New York were attacked, anchoring and providing live commentary onBBC News 24andBBC One– a broadcast which won the BBC a Foreign Press Association award for best live breaking news coverage. Of the broadcast, Nicolson said, "My time on air seemed dream like, with hours passing in an instant, and yet individual moments seeming to linger endlessly."[16]

ITV

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He has said in later years that he preferred the interview environment at ITV. In stark contrast to the BBC, his ITV Boss es were happy to go over time if the party's press office was unhappy with his probing questions to a politician.[17]

Other media work

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John Nicolson has written for a wide range of newspapers and magazines includingThe Times,The Herald,The New York Times,The Boston Globe,The Sunday Times,The Sunday Telegraph,The Guardian,New Statesman,The Daily Record,and theHarvard International Review.He appeared as himself inThe Trial of Tony BlairforChannel 4.

He has worked as a radio presenter forBBC Radio Scotland,BBC Radio 4where he presentedThe Westminster Hour,andBBC Radio 5.He is a regular commentator on UK politics for American audiences on theCumulus Media Networksradio programmeThe John Batchelor Show.He presented the daily breakfast 'John Nicolson andJane MooreShow' onLBC 97.3and has, since 2017, been the host ofThe Week with John NicolsononTalkradio.[18]His final Talk Radio show was on Sunday 28 March 2021. He has been one of the SNP's most prominent media spokespeople since being elected to Parliament in 2015 with regular appearances onThe Andrew Marr Show,[19][20]Question Time,[21][22][23]Any Questions?,[24][25]This WeekwithAndrew Neil,[26][27]Westminster Houron Radio 4,[28]Channel 4 NewsandThe Wright Stuffon Channel 5.[29]During his campaign to be re-elected in 2017, Nicolson toldThe Irish Times,"People like that they can see me on the telly, talking about East Dunbartonshire."[30]

In 2020, Nicolson worked 98 and a half hours for News UK – three hours each Sunday – as a journalist. He declared outside earnings of £19,700, amounting to an hourly wage of £200.[31]In 2021 his contract with the outlet was terminated, something he alleged was due to an editorial desire for "uniform views".[32]

Political career

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Early career

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John Nicolson joined theScottish National Partyaged 16,[33]but let his membership lapse whilst working as a BBC and ITV journalist. He rejoined the party in the run up to the Scottish independence referendum. He was a member of the National Collective, the student cultural movement campaigning for Scottish independence during Scotland's Referendum.[34]

Member of Parliament for East Dunbartonshire (2015–17)

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Nicolson in 2015

Nicolson was elected to Parliament as MP forEast Dunbartonshireat the2015 general electionwith 40.3% of the vote and a majority of 2,167.[35][36]

Nicolson was appointed ShadowSNP Spokesperson for Culture, Media and Sportshortly after his election. A strong supporter of public service broadcasting, he led the campaign at Westminster to prevent Channel 4 from being privatised.[37][38]He also campaigned for the establishment of a separate BBC ScottishSix O'Clock News– a proposal which won the unanimous support of members of the Commons Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee on which he sat.[39]The BBC subsequently announced a separate Scottish channel with a 9 o'clock news hour.[40]

Nicolson used his position to cross examine the BBC ChairRona Fairhead,revealing the unorthodox way in which she had been appointed without due process. She withdrew her candidacy for the new BBC Board shortly afterwards. He also proposed that the BBC publish all presenter pay, arguing that it would reveal some hugely inflated salaries, a shortage of BME presenters at the top of the BBC earnings league, and a significantgender pay gap.His proposal was accepted by the DCMS Select Committee, and the Government. When BBC presenter salaries were subsequently published there was public controversy as a significant underpayment of women at the corporation was revealed.[41][42][43]

As a member of the DCMS Select Committee, Nicolson used the platform to talk abouthomophobiain sport, persuading the committee to launch an inquiry.[44]He was also actively involved in the parliamentary inquiries into "fake news",[45]the abuse of ticket sales by touts,[46]complaints against the press,[47]combating doping in sport,[48]and the impact of Brexit on the creative industries, tourism and the digital single market.[49]

An opponent ofBrexit,Nicolson campaigned for Scotland to remain in the Single Market.[50]

A supporter of Palestinian rights and an independent homeland for the Palestinian people, Nicolson visited Israel and the Palestine territories with Medical Aid for Palestinians and the Council for the Advancement of Arab-British Understanding soon after his election.[51][52]

In 2016, Nicolson put forward aPrivate Member's Billfor an 'Alan Turing law' which would retrospectively pardon all gay men who had been convicted of offences no longer on the statute books.[53][54]The Conservative government initially promised to support his proposed legislation, but then reversed its position following Theresa May's election as Conservative leader, causing a number of Tory MPs to condemn their own front bench as untrustworthy. Nicolson's bill wasfilibusteredby Conservative government Justice MinisterSam Gyimah.[55]The SNP Scottish Government subsequently announced that it would pick up and pass a Scottish version of the bill with all party support at Holyrood, theHistorical Sexual Offences (Pardons and Disregards) (Scotland) Act 2018which came into effect in 2019.[56]

In 2016,The Heraldnewspaper dubbed him "bottom of the league for written questions", after reporting that he had submitted fewer than any other newly elected SNP MP.[57]Commenting on the story, the Scottish National Party said this was "traditional for senior frontbenchers who can question ministers in other ways."[57]

In 2016, Nicolson repeatedly criticised on social media STV's Digital Politics and Comment Editor, Stephen Daisley, who had published critical opinion pieces about the SNP.[58][59]He tweeted: "[Daisley] is meant to be a neutral journalist – not an activist."[60]Nicolson and another SNP MP, Pete Wishart, complained about him to STV Boss es and Daisley alleges he was told, "We can't afford to have a member of the Culture, Media and Sport Committee complaining about us."[61]Daisley stopped writing opinion pieces for STV and Nicolson and Wishart were accused of "gagging" him.[58]However, the SNP said: "At no point did they ask for Mr Daisley to stop writing and any suggestion otherwise is completely untrue. Any editorial decisions are entirely a matter for STV."[62]STV denied censoring any of its journalists.[63]

Nicolson failed to be re-elected in 2017, losing to the seat's former MP,Liberal DemocratJo Swinson.[64][65][66]

Member of Parliament for Ochil and South Perthshire (2019–2024)

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SNP House of Commons leaderStephen Flynnand Nicolson at the 2024 National Campaign Council

At the2019 general election,Nicolson stood as the SNP candidate inOchil and South Perthshire.[67]During the 2019 general election campaign, Nicolson was heckled at a hustings in Alloa after telling the audience, "Only the Scottish National Party can beat the Tories here in East Dunbartonshire."[68]Afterwards, Nicolson said "I made a slip of the tongue. We're all human."[69][70][71]Nicolson was elected as MP for Ochil and South Perthshire with 46.5% of the vote and a majority of 4,498.[72][73][74]

As a member of theCMS Committee,[75]Nicolson has taken evidence from witnesses and cross-examined ministers as part of inquiries on a number of issues including public service broadcasting,[76]the economics of music streaming,[77]concussion in sport[78]and the impact ofBrexitand theCOVID-19 pandemicon culture and the arts. Following an exchange between Nicolson andDirector-General of the BBCTim Davieon the DCMS Committee, the BBC revealed it had spent in excess of a million pounds on external lawyers fighting women and BAME staff over equal pay and race discrimination cases.[79][80][81]

During the firstcoronavirus lockdown,Nicolson fundraised to donate tablet devices to hospitals serving constituents ofOchil and South Perthshire,so that patients in COVID-19 ICU wards could stay in contact with friends and family members.[82][83]He said, "Having my own mum in hospital recently brought home to me again how important it is for patients to be able to stay in touch with relatives and friends, especially now that hospital visits aren't possible."[84]

As a result of the coronavirus pandemic, in-person constituency surgeries were not permitted and Nicolson became the first parliamentarian in Britain to launch an automated 'virtual surgery' booking system.[85]

In March 2021, Nicolson called for a debate in parliament on the disposal of unexploded mines and bombs on the seabed left there during the World Wars: "These explosions will kill any sea life nearby. If they do not die instantly, the pressure wave causes traumatic harm, such as lesions, haemorrhages and decompression sickness."[86]

In July 2021, a joint committee was established by the House of Commons and the House of Lords to consider the government's draftOnline Safety Billto which Mr Nicolson was appointed.[87]

In November 2022 Nicolson was rebuked by the Speaker of the House of Commons,Lindsay Hoyle,for partially leaking the contents of a letter.[88]Parliament voted to refer Nicolson to theCommons Select Committee of Privilegesover the alleged leak. The Committee acquitted Mr Nicolson.[89]

In June 2023, Nicolson was cleared of bullying Conservative MPNadine Dorries,who had complained about his conduct in a Parliamentary Committee meeting and several tweets that he had liked onTwitter,including one that referred to Dorries as a "vacuous goon". Dorries' complaint was initially upheld by theParliamentary Commissioner for Standards,before an independent panel cleared Nicolson on appeal, based on, among other factors, Dorries' own record of behaviour on Twitter.[90]

Nicolson was the SNP candidate in the new constituency ofAlloa and Grangemouthin the2024 general election.He was defeated by Labour Party candidateBrian Leishman.[91]

Personal life

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In 1999, when he was a presenter onBBC Breakfast,Nicolson came out as gay in various newspapers. He was the first BBC network television presenter to do so.[92]He told the House of Commons that although the decision was tough, and not welcomed by his Boss es at the BBC who were unsupportive, he is glad that he made it. "I've lost track of the number of people who've told me subsequently that when I came out in the papers they told their parents. Gay kids should have role models. They should know that being gay doesn't stop you doing anything as an adult."[93]

Nicolson lives inBearsdenin north Glasgow with his long-term partner Juliano Zini.[94]Nicolson is alandlord.[31]

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