Whakakī i te rerenga e whai ake nei: Kua whakawhanakehia e Milne he aroha nui ki a Scotland i roto i nga tau e rima o tona tamarikitanga i noho ai ki reira, me te whakaturanga o te Paremete Scottish whai muri i te
I hoatu ki a ia te whai wāhitanga ki te hoki mai i te tau 1999 i te pōti whakahōunga i te tau 1997. I noho poto ia ki nga kaimahi o te "Sunday Herald" i Glasgow, i mua i tana urunga ki "The Scotsman" i Edinburgh. E ai ki te tuhinga a Iain Martin, mo tetahi wa ko tana kaiwhakaputa i "The Scotsman", kaore a Milne i kite i nga kaupapa o te whakakorenga he mea whakamiharo pera i tana i whakaaro ai, a ka hiahia ia ki te nekehanga whakahee matomato, me te ripoata mo nga whanaketanga i Westminster.