Joani Reid: “I've had a rough few months, and politics can go quiet around you when that happens.”

I am also deeply grateful to everyone who has stood by me when it was politically easier to distance themselves. You know who you are – thank you.

I have never been part of a police investigation, as a suspect or as a witness, and I am pleased that this has now been recognised.

Most of us in East Kilbride want the same simple thing: to get on with our lives and feel safe in our own streets.

He is the first candidate to say he will fight for Rosebank and Jackdaw until the UK Government approves them.