Patrick Mark "Pat" Kane (born 10 March 1964) is a Scottish musician, journalist, political activist and one half of the pop duo Hue and Cry with his younger brother Greg.
[1][2] Kane is a writer on political and cultural topics, and was an activist for Scottish self-government in the 1980s and 1990s.
[1] In 1990, he was elected Rector of the University of Glasgow for three years (defeating veteran Labour MP Tony Benn).
[3] During the 1990s, he began working as an arts journalist,[1] presenting several live discussion shows for Channel 4 and BBC2, and came third with BBC Radio Scotland series, Kane Over America for a Sony Award, in a category won by Allan Little.
Kane was formerly married to Joan McAlpine, an SNP Member of the Scottish Parliament for the South of Scotland region.