Tim Jackson OBE

President

President and Former Chairman 

Association Chairman from October 2014 to July 2021. Tim is married and lives in Gullane.  After serving in the Army in Germany, Northern Ireland and the Middle East, he joined United Biscuits followed by the Scotch Whisky Association where he was its' Director of International Affairs.

In 1982 he was awarded the OBE for services to exports.  He was a Queen's Baton Bearer for Commonwealth Games in 2014.

News

Independence is a state we can’t afford - Tim Jackson, The Scotsman

Association Chairman Tim Jackson has written to The Scotsman warning that the Covid-19 crisis proves that independence remains an SNP pipe-dream which Scotland simply cannot afford. The Scotsman: Friday, 1st May 2020: One of the effects of the Covid-19 crisis has been to push the price of o

East Lothian MP 'foolhardy' to call for a General Election

In a letter published in the East Lothian Courier, Association Chairman, Tim Jackson, highlights Labour languishing in the latest opinion polls whilst East Lothian MP Martin Whitfield calls for a General Election.

Meeting with the Prime Minister at No. 10

East Lothian Conservative & Unionist Association Chairman, Tim Jackson and Organising Secretary, Sarah Russell recently met with the Prime Minister at Number 10 Downing Street.

The SNP should start concentrating on the day job

In a letter to the East Lothian Courier, Association Chairman Tim Jackson says it's time that George Kerevan MP and his SNP colleagues started concentrating on the day job.

SNP Boundary Change claims untrue

Writing in today's East Lothian Courier, Association Chairman, Tim Jackson, refutes the SNP's boundary change claims.