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Author biography
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All submissions should be sent to our Editorial team: editor@commentcentral.co.uk
John Davies is a partner at Farrer & Co and specialises in relationship breakdowns, wealth protection, and international family disputes.
John Higginson is Editor-in-Chief of Comment Central, Chief Executive of Higginson Strategy and a former national newspaper political editor.
John Robert Lamont is a Scottish Conservative Party politician and solicitor who has represented Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk as a Member of Parliament since 2017. Before entering Westminster, he served in the Scottish Parliament from 2007 to 2017, initially representing Roxburgh and Berwickshire and later Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire following boundary changes. Born on 15 April 1976, Lamont has held several significant government and opposition positions during his parliamentary career.
Between October 2022 and July 2024, Lamont served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland, contributing to the governance of Scottish affairs at Westminster. Following this, he briefly held the role of Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland from July to November 2024 before taking up his current position as Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Commons in July 2025. Throughout his career, Lamont has focused on issues affecting Scotland and parliamentary procedure. He writes commentary for Comment Central.
John Margerison is an international entrepreneur focused on building trust-first, human-in-the-loop AI systems for enterprise.
He is the CEO and founder of XFactorAi, the AI communications platform pioneering AI systems for enterprises and government environments. XFactorAi’s proprietary technology powers WorkPilot, which enables large enterprises to embed AI into their communications to streamline workflows, ensure compliance, and drive results.
Alongside XFactorAi, John maintains an investment portfolio through his family office.
John writes a regular newsletter about building trust-first AI for enterprises.
John Fingland Mason (born 15 May 1957) is a Scottish independent politician and accountant who represented Glasgow Shettleston as a Member of the Scottish Parliament from 2011 to 2026. Prior to this, he served as Member of Parliament for Glasgow East between 2008 and 2010, and as a Glasgow City Councillor from 1998 to 2008. Originally a member of the Scottish National Party, Mason was expelled from the party in 2024 after having the whip withdrawn for arguing that Israeli actions during the Gaza war did not constitute genocide.
Throughout his political career, Mason has been involved in charity work and is known for his views on social policy as a practising Christian, including his opposition to abortion for social reasons. He has attracted considerable controversy for comments and beliefs that critics have characterised as transphobic and homophobic, for describing the Irish Republican Army as freedom fighters, and for keeping his SNP office open to the public during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown. Mason writes commentary for Comment Central.
