Foreign Press Shadow MSPs

JOURNALISTS from around the world will descend on Holyrood to shadow MSPs in the run-up to the Scottish elections.
A total of 24 reporters have been invited to the Scottish Parliament from as far away as Malawi, Burma, the Palestinian Territories, Afghanistan, Nepal, New Zealand, Lithuania, Poland and the US.
They are being brought to the Capital by the British Council as part of its Reporting the Elections project, which is aimed at giving journalists from overseas the chance to observe and report on the key issues for voters and politicians in the UK.
The journalists, who are all aged under 35 and fluent English speakers, are due to arrive on April 24.
They will stay with their respective candidates right through to election night when they will be with them in their constituencies watching the votes get counted.