Ku sii qor faqradan - Milne waxay dareen xoog leh u qabtay Scotland shantii sano ee carruurnimadeeda ay ku qaadatay halkaas, iyo aasaaskii baarlamaanka Scottish-ka kadib aftidii dib-u-wareejinta ee 1997-kii
wuxuu fursad u siiyay in ay dib ugu soo laabato 1999kii. Waxay si kooban ugu jirtay shaqaalaha "Sunday Herald" ee Glasgow, ka hor inta aysan ku biirin "The Scotsman" ee Edinburgh. Sida laga soo xigtay qoraal uu qoray Iain Martin, oo muddo ahaa tifaftiraheeda "The Scotsman", Milne ma aysan helin siyaasadda awood-siinta sida xiisaha leh ee ay filaysay, waxayna xiiseyneysaa dhaqdhaqaaqa mudaaharaadka cagaaran, waxayna ka warbixisay horumarka Westminster.