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Stephen Flynn said that Nancy Duthie, who designed the SNP's famous black and yellow rosette, had passed on “in the warm company of her family, friends and carers”.
Duthie, who much to the delight of many social media users was speaking in Doric, told the SNP Westminster leader: “The rosette started fan Gordon asked ma ti mak a few rosettes in different colours, an tak them to the constituency meeting.Duthie needed assistance breathing as she had chronic obstructive pulmonary disease . She explained that black represented “the past” and that gold meant “the future”.
She used to organise day trips and picnics for the branch, and even went down to the harbour on election days to make sure the fishermen had their proxy vote in before they set off to work.We know there are thousands of National readers who want to debate, argue and go back and forth in the comments section of our stories. We’ve got the most informed readers in Scotland, asking each other the big questions about the future of our country.
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