David Kerr

...a fresh start for the area, which he says has been taken for granted by Labour. Mr Kerr previously contested the Falkirk West by-election in 2002. Ruth Davidson, another former BBC journalist, is standing for the Conservatives. The...

In this article: Labour, Liberal Democrat, and Big Brother

...by-election leaflets as "Dennistoun-born David", who started life at 290 Duke Street. The leaflet quotes him as saying he's "originally from the area". Meanwhile, the SNP website says the former BBC presenter was born in Glasgow in 1973...

In this article: Labour, Glasgow, Michael Martin, Nationalists, Unemployment, and Opus Dei

...night. Most observers and, implicitly, the politicians too, expect Bain to hold the seat against the SNP's David Kerr, a BBC journalist whose claims to be a local have prompted jokes about "the man born in three places". If there is an...

In this article: Labour, Michael Martin, Gordon Brown, Unemployment, Red Road, Scotland, and Tories

This seemed implausible: BBC journalists are far too middle-class. So could the tall, clean-cut, smooth-talking Kerr pull off an equally implausible victory in two weeks? Last summer, in Glasgow East, Salmond had correctly predicted a...

In this article: Alex Salmond, Labour, Nationalists, Glasgow, Michael Martin, and Scotland

...tradition no other main party stood against the Speaker. Mr Salmond was in the Robroyston area of the city as he joined Mr Kerr, a former BBC presenter, on the campaign trail. He said: "Labour are out of ideas and - after 74 years in...

In this article: Alex Salmond, Labour, Glasgow, Jack McConnell, Nationalist, Liberal Democrat, and Michael Martin