David at 17:22, 1 July 2007

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Will at 14:36, 1 July 2007

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Kevin Reid, son of former Labour cabinet minister [[John Reid]] was caught up in a lobbying scandal in 1999, surrounding improper access to ministers in the first Scottish Executive. Reid was caught on film boasting about his links to the Scottish Labour hierarchy as a means of winning a business contract for his employer, [[Beattie Media]].

Three or four of [the Scottish Executive’s] special advisers are close personal friends of mine ... I worked for Jack [McConnell] and for Wendy [Alexander] and for Henry [McLeish] and for Donald [Dewar] on a one-to-one basis [in] the Labour Party media monitoring [team] ... I know the Secretary of State very well because he’s my father, so I know him … But I’m not going to promise you access to people because of who I am and who I know. Certainly as you know, in the business of politics, you have a relationship, it makes things easier. (Observer transcript 1999: 6)

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	Kevin Reid, son of former Labour cabinet minister [[John Reid]] was caught up in a lobbying scandal in 1999, surrounding improper access to ministers in the first Scottish Executive. Reid was caught on film boasting about his links to the Scottish Labour hierarchy as a means of winning a business contract for his employer, [[Beattie Media]].		Kevin Reid, son of former Labour cabinet minister [[John Reid]] was caught up in a lobbying scandal in 1999, surrounding improper access to ministers in the first Scottish Executive. Reid was caught on film boasting about his links to the Scottish Labour hierarchy as a means of winning a business contract for his employer, [[Beattie Media]].

−	Three or four of [the Scottish Executive’s] special advisers are close personal friends of mine ... I worked for Jack [McConnell] and for Wendy [Alexander] and for Henry [McLeish] and for Donald [Dewar] on a one-to-one basis [in] the Labour Party media monitoring [team] ... I know the Secretary of State very well because he’s my father, so I know him … But I’m not going to promise you access to people because of who I am and who I know. Certainly as you know, in the business of politics, you have a relationship, it makes things easier. (Observer transcript 1999: 6)	+	Reid was recorded as saying:
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		+	:Three or four of [the Scottish Executive’s] special advisers are close personal friends of mine ... I worked for Jack [McConnell] and for [[Wendy Alexander\|Wendy [Alexander]]] and for [[Henry McLeish\|Henry [McLeish]]] and for [[Donald Dewar\|Donald [Dewar]]] on a one-to-one basis [in] the Labour Party media monitoring [team] ... I know the Secretary of State very well because he’s my father, so I know him … But I’m not going to promise you access to people because of who I am and who I know. Certainly as you know, in the business of politics, you have a relationship, it makes things easier. (Observer transcript 1999: 6)

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David at 17:22, 1 July 2007

Will at 14:36, 1 July 2007