Far-right activist exposed as organiser behind charity Scots charity bash
dailyrecord.co.ukA charity promoting diversity in the legal profession has launched an investigation after it emerged a far-right activist was organising a high-profile fundraiser.
Edinburgh University student John White has set up the Lawscot Foundation event which will see leading KC Donald Findlay deliver a presentation on Madeleine Smith - a 19th century Glasgow socialite accused of poisoning her lover.
The Lawscot Foundation was set up by the Law Society of Scotland and the event is sponsored by the Faculty of Advocates and top law firm Morton Fraser MacRoberts.
But it has emerged White is a member of Nigel Farage ’s Reform Party and was heavily criticised in the summer when he travelled to France and met with Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally in France.
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