Hogg was appointed as a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2024 New Year Honours for services to rugby union. In January last year, Hogg was sentenced to a community payback order with one year of supervision after he admitted abusing his ex-partner, Gillian Hogg, over the course of five years. He admitted shouting and swearing, tracking her movements and sending her messages which were alarming and distressing in nature. SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn publicly called for Hogg to be stripped of his MBE in the wake of the court case. Flynn made the call in the Commons, with First Minister John Swinney agreeing that it was “reasonable and understandable”.

Source: BBC March 05, 2026 16:23 UTC