Patron
John is best known as a commentator in the media on Scottish and British politics, not least on election night when at recent elections he has led the team responsible for the analysis of the TV exit poll. A Professor in Politics at Strathclyde University, the day job involves digging into the details of how people vote and what they think about politics and government. But at the weekend together with his wife, Lisa, he tends an allotment in Glasgow in which they grow a mixture of summer fruit and winter vegetables - and which acts as a year-round safe haven from the hurly-burly of the political scene