Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei irava - Ko Hannan, he kaitautoko mo te Pakeha, ko ia tetahi o nga mema 69 o te mahi mahi ki te pakaru i te whiu e toru-raina me te pooti mo te urunga o Ingarangi ki te European Economic Community i te Oketopa 1971. Heoi, i whakahe ia ki te whakakorenga o Scottish, a i uru ia ki te kaupapa 'Ko Scotland he Pakeha' i mua o te pooti pooti i te 1979 mo te Mana Motuhake
He aha? I nga wa katoa i runga i te parirau matau o te Rōpū Mahi, i te tau 1981 ka noho ia hei mema taketake o te Rōpū Social Democratic Party (SDP), a, i te Hui-tanguru o taua tau, ko ia tetahi o nga kaitohu 100 ki te panui i roto i te "The Guardian" e tautoko ana i te Whakapuakanga Limehouse.