Lloyd John Quinan was born on 29 April 1957 and is a Scottish broadcaster and pro-independence politician.
14 Facts About Lloyd Quinan
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Lloyd Quinan was a Scottish National Party Member of the Scottish Parliament for the West of Scotland region from 1999 to 2003.
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Lloyd Quinan was assistant director of the Scottish Theatre Company and founder of the independent company, United Artists.
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Lloyd Quinan directed new plays by Peter Arnott and George Gunn as well as the first Scottish production of Howard Barker's Pity In History.
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Lloyd Quinan was an elected member of the Scottish committee of the Equity Union for 12 years.
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Lloyd Quinan was an elected official of the National Union of Journalists and was involved in the work to rule dispute at the station.
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Lloyd Quinan served as Convener of the Cross Party Group on Autism in the Scottish Parliament, Vice-Convener of the Cross Party Group on Contemporary Music and was a member of the Cross Party Groups on Palestine and Cuba.
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An active anti-nuclear campaigner, Lloyd Quinan was twice arrested for breach of the peace during blockades of the Faslane Nuclear Submarine base during his time as an MSP.
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Lloyd Quinan went on to challenge his conviction in the High Court of Justiciary introducing a point of law which resulted in one of his convictions being set aside, this was seen as a minor victory for the anti-nuclear movement in Scotland.
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In 2002, while a vice-convener of the Scottish Parliament's cross-party group on Palestine, Lloyd Quinan visited the Middle East on a week-long tour, linking with the Red Crescent and International Solidarity Movement.
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Lloyd Quinan travelled to the West Bank as part of a group, but Israelis soldiers denied them entrance to Yasser Arafat's compound in Ramallah.
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Lloyd Quinan was unsuccessful in his bid, and went on to unsuccessfully contest the seat of Motherwell and Wishaw at the 2003 election.
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In December 2003 Lloyd Quinan left the SNP for the Scottish Socialist Party, explaining that he felt the SNP no longer represented his political beliefs.
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Lloyd Quinan was a 'Yes' supporter who was active during the 2014 Scottish independence referendum campaign.