KEZIA Dugdale has defended her decision to appear on I’m A Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! saying she will donate her MSP’s salary to charity while she is in the jungle.
The MSP for Lothian admits her decision to appear on the show was “controversial”, but insisted it would not clash with her parliamentary duties.
She said: “Raising money for charity is part of the reason I’m doing this. This isn’t a second job, this is three weeks out of my work, because I’ve given my salary away.”
She added: “The minute I get back I am going to go straight from the airport into the parliament and vote.
“There are no major pieces of legislation that I am going to miss in the three weeks that I am here. I will be back in time to vote in the budget and I will face my constituents then."
Ms Dudgale touched down by helicopter close to the rainforest set of the STV reality programme yesterday.
The former Scottish Labour leader is primed to join the contestants, who include Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson’s father Stanley.
Ms Dugdale said she will give her parliamentary salary to the Rock Trust homeless charity while she is away.
Why are you making commenting on The Herald only available to subscribers?
It should have been a safe space for informed debate, somewhere for readers to discuss issues around the biggest stories of the day, but all too often the below the line comments on most websites have become bogged down by off-topic discussions and abuse.
heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment.
We are doing this to improve the experience for our loyal readers and we believe it will reduce the ability of trolls and troublemakers, who occasionally find their way onto our site, to abuse our journalists and readers. We also hope it will help the comments section fulfil its promise as a part of Scotland's conversation with itself.
We are lucky at The Herald. We are read by an informed, educated readership who can add their knowledge and insights to our stories.
That is invaluable.
We are making the subscriber-only change to support our valued readers, who tell us they don't want the site cluttered up with irrelevant comments, untruths and abuse.
In the past, the journalist’s job was to collect and distribute information to the audience. Technology means that readers can shape a discussion. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com
Comments & Moderation
Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers’ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. You can make a complaint by using the ‘report this post’ link . We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments.
Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours.
Read the rules hereLast Updated:
Report this comment Cancel