claims for taxi expenses. In 2006 Monteith announced he would not stand again as an MSP, saying he "would rather return to commerce than be a one-man band swimming against the treacly tide of collectivism in the Scottish Parliament". European Parliament Monteith was elected as an MEP for the Brexit Party in the North East England constituency at the 2019 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom. During the election campaign, it was revealed Monteith's candidature listed a French address as his principal place of residence on his nomination papers, a practice allowed in European Parliament elections. He later revealed that he would be relocating to the United Kingdom. Other work Monteith is a former Chairman of English-Speaking Union Scotland and has had two stints working for the Botswanan government. Monteith is also an acquaintance of indicted American lobbyist Jack Abramoff. Monteith is also in the course of writing a second book and writes regularly for many newspapers including a regular opinion column for the Edinburgh Evening News. He is also well known for being a supporter of Hibernian. His two sons are presently on the books of Edinburgh City. Monteith is currently the editor of ThinkScotland.org and communications director of the lobbyists Global Britain. From December 2015 Brian Monteith was seconded to Leave.EU for the duration of the referendum campaign. He lives in the commune of Trevien in the department of Tarn in southern France. References External links Scotsman archive of Brian Monteith commentaries 1958 births Living people People from Portobello, Edinburgh Alumni of Heriot-Watt University Scottish public relations people Conservative MSPs Independent MSPs Members of the Scottish Parliament 1999–2003 Members of the Scottish Parliament 2003–2007 Members of the Freedom Association People educated at Portobello High School Brexit Party MEPs MEPs for England 2019–2020 Politicians from Edinburgh Writers from Edinburgh