Some people may get in to the building without the proper passes and things, but I think that's the price you pay for being an open place for people to come.

This effectively ended her chances of being elected as an SNP MSP and Margo MacDonald decided to stand as an independent. Her daughter Petra is married to one half of The Proclaimers Craig Reid and they have four children (Rosanne Lena Peter and John). She began to establish herself as a forceful presenter of various radio and television programmes including the short-lived Colour Supplement for Radio 4 in the mid-1980s.

She is now an Independent Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Lothian region.