Graham Simpson is a British politician and former journalist who has been a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Central Scotland region since 2016.

Simpson worked as a journalist for 26 years at News Corporation, rising to the position of deputy chief sub-editor of The Scottish Sun.

Margaret Mitchell was re-elected and both Simpson and Harris were elected to the Scottish Parliament for the first time on the Central region list.

[6] The electoral region represented by Simpson covers East Kilbride, Motherwell and Wishaw and Airdrie and Shotts.

The SNP said his comments echoed those of Donald Trump, who was widely condemned after saying police were frightened to enter some parts of London and Paris.