Brian Taylor (born 9 January 1955) is a former
political editor The political editor of a newspaper or broadcaster is the senior political reporter who covers politics and related matters for the newspaper or station. They may have a large team of political correspondents working under them.
In publishing, beca ...
for
BBC Scotland
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It is one of the four BBC national regions, together with the BBC English Regions, BBC Cymru Wales and BBC Northern Ireland. I ...
and columnist for the Scottish
broadsheet
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newspaper
The Herald. Taylor – who joined the BBC in 1985 – originally co-presented ''Left, Right and Centre'' and was political correspondent prior to his political editor role. He covered politics on television beginning from the
1979 United Kingdom general election
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The Conservative Party, led by Margaret Thatcher, ousted the incumbent Labour government of James Callaghan with ...
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In 2009, he presented ''Holyrood and the Search for Scotland's Soul'', a documentary by ''
BBC Scotland Investigates
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Previously known as ''Frontline Scotland'', th ...
'' to mark the 10th anniversary of the
devolved
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Scottish Parliament
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Early life
Taylor attended the independent
High School of Dundee
The High School of Dundee is an independent, co-educational, day school in Dundee, Scotland, which provides nursery, primary and secondary education to just over one thousand pupils. Its foundation has been dated to 1239, and it is the only priv ...
and graduated from the
University of St Andrews
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in 1977 with an
MA (Hons) degree in
English
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Following his graduation, Taylor was employed as a
journalist
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by the
Aberdeen
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-based ''
Press & Journal'' before a six-year spell as a lobby correspondent at
Westminster
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The area, which extends from the River Thames to Oxford Street, has many visitor attractions and historic landmarks, including the Palace of Westminster, Bu ...
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Career
Taylor joined the
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''. Following this, he was appointed political correspondent and then political editor in 1991.
: ''The Scottish Parliament'' (Polygon, Edinburgh University Press, 1999), an account of the road to devolution and its consequences; and ''Scotland's Parliament: Triumph and Disaster'' (Edinburgh University Press, November 2002), analysing the early years of the new Parliament.
On the 10 September 2020 it was announced that he would retire at the end of October.