Toni Dawson, Largs shop-owner, interviewed by STV after flood damage just the latests of thes.

• Professor June Andrews (multiple appearances, 2024–2026): A dementia specialist and former nurse (often billed by expertise and OBE) appeared on BBC Radio Scotland’s Good Morning Scotland supporting means-testing of the Winter Fuel Payment (comments later used to challenge an SNP minister) and on Scotcast in an NHS debate. She was a Scottish Labour activist who campaigned for Labour candidates and stood (unsuccessfully) as a Labour candidate in a 2025 West Lothian local by-election. The BBC issued corrections in both cases, acknowledging the political links should have been flagged when discussion touched on political decisions.⁠
• Lord Willie Haughey: On a June 2025 Debate Night “Glasgow Special” (eve of the Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse by-election), he was described as an entrepreneur and Labour donor. He is a Labour peer (and significant past donor). The BBC’s Executive Complaints Unit ruled this a breach of accuracy standards; a correction was issued. The panel also included another Labour MSP.⁠
• Robert Kilgour: Interviewed on BBC Scotland about the Scottish Government’s National Care Service plans. He is a significant Conservative donor (tens of thousands of pounds recorded by the Electoral Commission) and founder/chairman of the pro-Union group Scottish Business UK. The BBC later issued a correction stating it “would have been better” to reference these links given the political context of his comments.⁠
• Professor Richard Kerley (2023): Appeared on BBC Scotland as a local-government expert discussing facility closures by a Labour-run council. He had been a Labour councillor in the 1980s and a 1983 parliamentary candidate. A viewer complaint was dismissed by the BBC’s Executive Complaints Unit on the grounds that the affiliation was ~40 years old and he is primarily known as an expert.⁠
• Sam Taylor (These Islands): Frequently appears in Scottish and UK media as head of a pro-Union think tank criticising SNP energy claims, fiscal figures, and other policies. In 2026 he was photographed campaigning for Scottish Labour (including with Anas Sarwar) and admitted he is a party member who campaigns in a personal capacity. These Islands is not formally party-affiliated, but the personal link was not always prominent in coverage.⁠
• Ayesha Hazarika: A frequent BBC Scotland and other commentator (former special adviser to senior Labour figures, later made a Labour peer). On one Sunday Show appearance she referred to Labour as “they”; another guest publicly noted the discrepancy with her close ties.