SEVERAL SNP MPs wore white roses on their lapels during today’s King's Speech ceremony at Westminster.
The move sparked curiosity among eagle-eyed parliamentary viewers who asked why the group had donned the flowers.
MacDiarmid supported an independent Scotland and was a founding member of the National party of Scotland, a forerunner to the SNP. The poet and journalist, who died in 1978, had a major impact on Scottish culture and politics but remains a controversial figure. According to Professor Alan Riach, MacDiarmid is often misrepresented.We know there are thousands of National readers who want to debate, argue and go back and forth in the comments section of our stories. We’ve got the most informed readers in Scotland, asking each other the big questions about the future of our country.
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