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Labour blocked Reid's role on body reviewing Holyrood

Former presiding officer too �nationalist� for position on commission looking into devolution By Paul Hutcheon Scottish Political Editor

The UK Labour party vetoed the appointment of former presiding officer George Reid to the new body reviewing devolution.

Reid, who used to be an SNP MSP, was thought to be too "nationalist" for a position on the Constitutional Commission.