"I am a mother of two daughters. I am a lone parent and a youth worker.

In the mid nineties I became involved in the campaign against the M77, a motorway through Glasgow.

Previous to that I had never so much as complained about anything and I was really very shy, but I felt moved and angered at the idea of this road being driven through the community I grew up in and where many of my family still lived.

It was whilst working on this protest that I discovered the route of the M74 Northern Extension. It turned out that this monster would be driven through the community I now live in and again I knew nothing about it.

I have learned as much as is humanly possible about this road in order to oppose it. We lobby, have public meetings and take direct action. I have been arrested in my pursuit to get this issue onto the headlines and can't in all honesty stop.

During all this I have become very political and about six years ago became a founding member of the Scottish Socialist Party. I will be standing in the forthcoming elections for the Scottish Parliament.

We already have an MSP in the parliament, Tommy Sheridan, I am second on the Glasgow list and there is a scary chance that I will get in.

I will carry the M74 issue through the campaign and indeed into the parliament if I reach it."

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