"I suppose in a way I was a ned and that's why I found it so derogatory," she says. "We would not call a prostitute a hooker in Parliament, or a drug user a junkie. My daughters have come in really upset after being called a ned." Depending on who you ask, the word means either a ne'er-do-well or a non-educated delinquent.
Kane grew up on a south Glasgow estate, dropped out of secondary school in the second year, became a habitual truant and didn't sit any school exams. She took an access course and got a place at Glasgow University to study politics, social policy and geography. But the pressures of bringing up two teenagers became too great and she dropped out after the first year.
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