EMMA Harper is putting health at the front and centre of her campaign to take Tory Finlay Carson’s Galloway seat. The SNP missed out on winning the seat in 2016 by only 1514 votes, but this time round Harper believes focusing on the rural issues in the area will bring voters around. The National spoke to Harper in Castle Douglas about the issues affecting the area and why an independence referendum would be good for residents in the constituency. Harper, a former mental health nurse, said that health and wellbeing were her top priorities for the next parliament as the country recovers from the pandemic.