Anne Moffat (born 30 March 1958) is a Scottish Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for East Lothian from 2001 to 2010.
[1] Born in Dunfermline, Scotland, in 1958, she is of the Moffat family of East Lothian and Fife, but was known by her married name, Anne Picking.
[citation needed] She moved to England in 1983 and joined the East Kent Community Health Care Trust as a staff nurse.
[5] The football governing bodies of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are all opposed to a Great Britain team, fearing it would stop them competing as individual nations in future tournaments.
[7] Green Party activist Michael Collie fought to have the details of the claims published under the Freedom of Information Act.
The UK Parliament refused to disclose the information for a total of two years, going as far as the High Court to prevent its disclosure.
She had also claimed £1,817 in rail fares for 42 trips between Heathrow and Central London – an average of £43 when the highest priced ticket costs £18.
[9] On 23 May 2007, she compared the newly elected Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond to Adolf Hitler, saying that "proportional representation gave Germany Adolf Hitler and in Scotland to a lesser degree we've had the member for Banff and Buchan" during a debate in the House of Commons on the 2007 Scottish Parliament election.
[13] Her critics, who included senior party officials in the constituency, asserted that she had neglected her duties as an MP, as exemplified by having been, at one point, the MP to make the lowest number of speeches in the House of Commons; that she had failed to attend party meetings; and that she had failed to properly represent her constituents.