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Succession star Brian Cox says he switched from Labour to put 'Scotland first'

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Succession star Brian Cox has said he had to put Scotland “first” by deciding to switch support from Labour to independence.

The Golden Globe winning actor, who stars as Logan Roy in the hit TV series, said that Scotland had “always been sidelined” as he appeared on The Andrew Marr Show with Labour leader Keir Starmer.

The Dundee-born actor recalled how he had voiced Labour election broadcasts in 1997, the year Tony Blair came to power in the UK.He said: “I was the voice of Labour in 1997, I helped, I did all the ads and I gave myself to it.“But at the end of the day Scotland is prime for me.” Cox said the war in Iraq and the Brexit referendum, when 62 per cent of Scots voted for to stay in the European Union, had been factors in his move

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