In the lair of the enemy: The National arrives at the House of Commons
THE National can now be read at the heart of the Establishment – the House of Commons library, thanks to one of our new MPs.
Ochil and South Perthshire SNP member Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh took up our case with the librarian and was told it was “no problem”.
A copy of The National is now available to MPs using the library the day after publication.
“I simply asked the librarian what papers were available and The National wasn’t on the list, so I asked if it could be added to it,” said Ahmed-Sheikh.
“It was just a case of asking. If you don’t ask then things don’t happen.
“So now a copy of every edition of The National will be available in the Commons library.”
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Callum Baird, Editor of The National
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