Liam McLaughlan

Liam McLaughlan (born 21 March 1996) is a Scottish political activist. He is a member of the Scottish Socialist Party's Executive Committee He attended St. Andrew's RC Secondary. In 2012, he said he lived in rented accommodation with his mother, who earns the national minimum wage. He co-founded the Glasgow North East branch of the Radical Independence Campaign and jointly led the creation of the RIC School Students network in 2013.
In October 2012, McLaughlan was praised in The Sun after complaining on TV about the increasing price of playing football on council-owned grounds. The intervention impressed comedian Kevin Bridges, who went on to play a game with him.
McLaughlan's political work around the referendum was the subject of a short film directed by Igor Slepov for the Scottish Documentary Institute, which was shown at the Edinburgh International Film Festival in 2014. He told Vice that he divided his time between political activism and a part-time job.
McLaughlan stood as the SSP candidate in Glasgow East in the 2015 UK general election. He was one of the youngest candidates in the election, saying the referendum campaign "gave me new confidence in my ability".
Since the election, he has continued to be active in campaigns against austerity and for the repeal of the Offensive Behaviour Act, which he has described as "a disaster since implementation".
At the SSP's annual conference in May 2015, Liam McLaughlan was elected to the party's ruling Executive Committee.

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