Those who claim to despise the limelight always seem to end up being drawn back into it one way or another. Former SNP MP Mhairi Black is a prime example. The former nationalist politician claimed to feel uncomfortable about the scrutiny she received as a politician – and yet she frequently drew attention to herself in the Commons by, for example, being the first MP to use the ‘c-word’ in a speech. Charming!

Black didn’t stand in the 2024 general election and, instead of retreating to the more normal life she claimed to crave, she went on to try her hand at comedy at Edinburgh’s Fringe Festival. Her journey from politician to performer was chronicled in a Beeb documentary called ‘Mhairi Black: Being Me Again’. After the hurrah from all that had died down, she announced some months later t

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