Iain McMillan doesn't expect lottery win to impact credibility as Renfrewshire Labour leader

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A veteran politician, who won the lottery in 2013, quipped he doesn't "live in a castle on a hill" as he spoke about his credibility as leader of the Labour group in Renfrewshire.Councillor Iain McMillan, who was voted in at the group's AGM earlier this month, is focused on holding the SNP council administration to account – insisting they need to be aware of the grave situation facing people amid soaring food and energy costs.The elected member for Johnstone South and Elderslie, who was a councillor from 1995 until 2017, has returned to local politics after five years away from the local authority.He said: "The reality is we've got raging inflation.

Wages are not keeping up with inflation, prices are going through the roof, electricity is going through the roof, gas is going through the roof."It's a real, real problem.

I was only a wee boy when inflation hit in the 70s, but it can be absolutely devastating for people, particularly those on a fixed income or a lower income."For me that's the priorities for the administration and we will be holding them to account, making sure they face up to the realities of life."He hit the headlines nine years ago when he bought a winning lottery ticket from Morrisons supermarket in Johnstone and bagged £2,058,662.Asked whether he was concerned about constituents or indeed political colleagues having an opinion on the matter, Councillor McMillan wasn't fazed by the prospect.He said: "When I was asked to consider standing again, that was at the back of my mind – how credible will I be because of the lottery win?"I chapped an awful lot of doors, went out with thousands of leaflets, was out and about for six or seven weeks and do you know how many people mentioned the lottery win?