Editing Brian Souter (section)

==Personal life==

In 1998, Souter described [[Northern England|English Northerners]] (who make up a considerable proportion of his customers) as "the beer-drinking, chip-eating, council house-dwelling, old Labour-voting masses."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/spl/aberdeen/a-wrong-turning-stagecoach-boss-s-comments-are-unwise-1.361671 |title=A wrong turning Stagecoach boss's comments are unwise |work=Herald Scotland |date=5 January 1998 |access-date=5 February 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://observer.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,6903,1066029,00.html |title=Suffering from foot-in-mouth |work=The Observer |date= 19 October 2003|access-date=5 February 2012 |location=London}}</ref>

Souter lives in [[Perth, Scotland|Perth]], Scotland with his wife and four children. He is a member of the [[Church of the Nazarene]], and attends Trinity Church of the Nazarene in Perth.<ref name="BBC21January2000"/>