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Holyrood election hustings for Scotland’s shooting community
- Felicity Marshall
- March 30, 2021
- 3:32 pm
Organised by BASC, April will see two online Scottish Parliament election hustings take place.
Designed to give shooters from across Scotland the chance to question a cross-party panel of parliamentary candidates, the regional events will cover all matters pertaining to field and country sports.
The first ‘Northern Hustings’ event is for BASC members living in the Highlands and Islands, North East Scotland and mid-Scotland and Fife electoral region. The event takes place on Wednesday 14th April 2021 at 7pm.
The second ‘Central and Southern Hustings’ event takes in members who live in all other electoral regions in Scotland. This event is scheduled for Thursday 15th April 2021 at 7pm.
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Both election hustings are free and will be attended by parliamentary candidates from the SNP, the Scottish Conservatives, Scottish Labour, the Scottish Liberal Democrats and Alliance for Unity.
Sign up here or send us an email to take part.
Want to know more about BASC’s role in politics? Head to our political affairs pages to
find out how we promote shootings interests in Parliament.
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Holyrood election hustings for Scotland’s shooting community
- March 30, 2021
Organised by BASC, April will see two online Scottish Parliament election hustings take place.
Designed to give shooters from across Scotland the chance to question a cross-party panel of parliamentary candidates, the regional events will cover all matters pertaining to field and country sports.
The first ‘Northern Hustings’ event is for BASC members living in the Highlands and Islands, North East Scotland and mid-Scotland and Fife electoral region. The event takes place on Wednesday 14th April 2021 at 7pm.
The second ‘Central and Southern Hustings’ event takes in members who live in all other electoral regions in Scotland. This event is scheduled for Thursday 15th April 2021 at 7pm.
Sign up
Both election hustings are free and will be attended by parliamentary candidates from the SNP, the Scottish Conservatives, Scottish Labour, the Scottish Liberal Democrats and Alliance for Unity.
Sign up here or send us an email to take part.
Want to know more about BASC’s role in politics? Head to our political affairs pages to
find out how we promote shootings interests in Parliament.
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