Political Involvement
The paper supports and has a close relationship with the Scottish Labour Party. The newspaper donated £10,000 to the Labour Party in 2007.
The Daily Record opposes Scottish independence. On the day of the 2007 Scottish Parliament election, it ran a front page editorial attacking the Scottish National Party.
The Daily Record, along with Brian Souter, spearheaded the "Keep the Clause" campaign which aimed to prevent the Scottish Parliament from repealing Section 28. This law prevented local authorities from promoting "the acceptability of homosexuality as a pretended family relationship" in state schools. Section 28 was eventually repealed in Scotland in 2000 by 99 votes to 17 in the Scottish Parliament, and was repealed in England and Wales in 2003.
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