Mhairi Black: The SNP was 'too reliant' on Nicola Sturgeon | Exit Interviews

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  • “I did always feel a wee bit uncomfortable, we shouldn’t be relying on one face or one person.”
    From Baby of the House, elected aged just 20, to deputy leader of the SNP in Westminster, Mhairi Black answers why she's stepping down as an MP. She addresses the tumultuous year for the SNP and Nicola Sturgeon, and explains why she's "always had issues" with the way the party is run.
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  • @ListenToTimesRadio
    @ListenToTimesRadio  8 місяців тому +2

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  • @Henrik578
    @Henrik578 8 місяців тому +21

    So funny how English commentators talk about Mhairi Black as if she’s from the scheme. Her dad was a teacher & she came from Ralston (small middle class enclave in Renfrewshire). She she went to Glasgow university. She isn’t who you think she is

    • @anonUK
      @anonUK 8 місяців тому +4

      People think of Renfrewshire and think of Paisley. They hear a Glasgow accent and think of Govan or the Gorbals of old. It's similar with the accents of the ex-industrial North of England, such as Mancunian, Liverpool etc.

    • @moeszyslak7304
      @moeszyslak7304 8 місяців тому

      Shes a privileged modern day leftie

    • @alasdairfinlayson
      @alasdairfinlayson 8 місяців тому

      So what are you saying? She only uses this language to strike a chord with the voters?
      That's even worse!

  • @richardmaynard4942
    @richardmaynard4942 8 місяців тому +10

    Listening to Mhairi Black when she was an MP, I always found her to be a breath of fresh air. Amusing, erudite and expert at cutting through the smarmy, condescension, especially of the Tory MPs. We need more of her ilk rather than the public school, self serving mediocrities infesting politics at the present time.

    • @auldflyer
      @auldflyer 8 місяців тому +2

      It is reported elsewhere that her breath was rather rank!

    • @alasdairfinlayson
      @alasdairfinlayson 8 місяців тому +2

      I always cringed with embarrassment every time she spoke. To think that that was representing Scotland and it's people was an absolute disgrace.
      She wasn't the only one either. Blackford was a joke!

    • @richardmaynard4942
      @richardmaynard4942 8 місяців тому +2

      @@auldflyer So much for constructive criticism.

    • @richardmaynard4942
      @richardmaynard4942 8 місяців тому +2

      @@alasdairfinlayson you’re obviously not a fan of the SNP Alasdair😂

    • @alimetodista3459
      @alimetodista3459 6 місяців тому

      But she is part of a party that hates white Scots, so obviously she's the enemy.

  • @alanhat5252
    @alanhat5252 8 місяців тому +3

    7:39 Mhairi, don't be so self-deprecating, that was the best speech we had heard in years! You set the world to rights inside 10 minutes, if Westminster had adopted your tone we would be in a __very__ different place now.

  • @catherine999
    @catherine999 8 місяців тому +3

    I don’t agree with her politics, yes good interview and makes it obvious the snp and sturgeon are in big trouble

  • @MegMerrilees
    @MegMerrilees 8 місяців тому +12

    I don’t recall any discussion of the poor legacy the SNP have left in Scotland.

    • @gordonmackenzie4512
      @gordonmackenzie4512 8 місяців тому +2

      The discussion is about Mhairi retiring from Westminster, not about how things are run in Edinburgh.

    • @julianshepherd2038
      @julianshepherd2038 8 місяців тому +6

      Inward investment is very high suggesting confidence in our economy.
      Homocide rates have come down by a third.
      Our Universities continue to rise in uk and world rankings.
      We have the lowest rates of child poverty in the UK.
      Many less strikes w.g the Junior Doctors settled back in July in Scotland.

    • @julianshepherd2038
      @julianshepherd2038 8 місяців тому +5

      And the SNP government isn't going g anywhere.

    • @bionic4368
      @bionic4368 8 місяців тому +1

      I don't recall it being part of the subject in hand hen. 🙄

    • @rainblaze.
      @rainblaze. 8 місяців тому +3

      Well thats because there issnt any

  • @thomassummerhill6357
    @thomassummerhill6357 8 місяців тому +2

    If you can’t stand the heat…. Did she have a calling to help make a better society or a path to easy money ? Scotland has to chase the SNP out the door . She’s had her chips !

  • @MarkMannion-nb2kv
    @MarkMannion-nb2kv 8 місяців тому +2

    Her.maden.speech
    ..was.very.powerful

  • @julianshepherd2038
    @julianshepherd2038 8 місяців тому +2

    If you want to run a department in the SNP then you need to go to Edinburgh.
    You can't stand to be an MSP while you are an MP according to SNP rules.

  • @alst4817
    @alst4817 3 місяці тому

    I like Mhairi, she seems like she’s got a good heart. But she also seems like she hasn’t grown much in the last ten years…you can’t tell much in a wee interview, I know, but she seems beholden to her ‘identity’ and where she comes from…like not growing up is somehow a mark of authenticity. That’s what I thought when I was 20 as well, but not when I was 30

  • @fToo
    @fToo 4 місяці тому

    the final difference between Mhairi and most MPs ... they have their next steps all planned out ... with their mates in business / charities ... whilst Mhairi is waiting!

  • @miras2222
    @miras2222 8 місяців тому +8

    Mhari Black is a Legend. A breath of fresh air and unique genuineness in Westminster.

  • @shooriematrosnick5505
    @shooriematrosnick5505 8 місяців тому +6

    Dear goodness, we are plumbing new depths in quality

    • @Ayeright.
      @Ayeright. 8 місяців тому

      Are you referring to Mhairi Black or Westminster in general?

  • @evolassunglasses4673
    @evolassunglasses4673 8 місяців тому +11

    Incredible decline in the standard of people as MPs in my lifetime. Black is a prime example of this decline.
    Change will only ever come from a very strong person driven by conviction.

    • @gordonmackenzie4512
      @gordonmackenzie4512 8 місяців тому

      MPs are chosen by constituency party members. Yes in the 1970s the vast majority of candidates would have been middle aged white men.

    • @julianshepherd2038
      @julianshepherd2038 8 місяців тому

      I'll stick democracy and so will Britain.

    • @andybrown4284
      @andybrown4284 8 місяців тому +3

      Example of the decline? That would be the majority of tory and labour MP's infesting westminster

    • @George-dx2sd
      @George-dx2sd 8 місяців тому +3

      I'd say she was a vast improvement on Cameron , DRoss, Truss, Boris, Cleverly, Farage , Diane Abbot, Starmer, et al ..............

    • @richardmaynard4942
      @richardmaynard4942 8 місяців тому +1

      @@andybrown4284 Spot on👍

  • @danicagrahek-ogden4444
    @danicagrahek-ogden4444 8 місяців тому +5

    It's sad that people really suited for politics are giving it up while all those unsuitable are clinging on.

    • @MargaretWood-z6l
      @MargaretWood-z6l 8 місяців тому

      Are you for real. Just another SNP disaster

  • @Albanach-je1nk
    @Albanach-je1nk 8 місяців тому +1

    How come this Saccanach isn't winging anout Mhari's accent??

  • @etheltough8924
    @etheltough8924 8 місяців тому +7

    SNP HAS DONE SFA FOR SCOTLAND IN THE LAST 15 YEARS THEY HAVE DESTROYED IT🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

    • @gordonmackenzie4512
      @gordonmackenzie4512 8 місяців тому +1

      I think Labour’s Lord George Foulkes summed it up well in a Tv interview. He stated that every public service in Scotland is far better than its counterpart in England. The interviewer queried, isn’t that a good thing ? Foulkes reply, but the SNP have done it on purpose.

    • @julianshepherd2038
      @julianshepherd2038 8 місяців тому +3

      Inward investment is very high suggesting confidence in our economy.
      Homocide rates have come down by a third.
      Our Universities continue to rise in uk and world rankings.
      We have the lowest rates of child poverty in the UK.
      Many less strikes w.g the Junior Doctors settled back in July in Scotland.

  • @Stacey69310
    @Stacey69310 7 місяців тому

    What is Mhari’s biggest achievements in politics. ! Nothing , she acheived nothing but enriching herself with Taxpayers money through the expense system, good riddens .

  • @pete7110
    @pete7110 8 місяців тому +1

    Appreciate her insights, best wishes to her

  • @Bar-Hillel
    @Bar-Hillel 8 місяців тому +1

    Matt, her name is pronounced Varie, not Mairi.

    • @tonycripps2346
      @tonycripps2346 8 місяців тому +1

      If you are speaking about her it’s a different pronunciation than if you are speaking to her
      So both is right Depending on the context

    • @carolinenorman6141
      @carolinenorman6141 5 місяців тому

      Aww the Great Hillel

  • @SeanDailly
    @SeanDailly 6 місяців тому

    Robbing Reliant.more like.😏

  • @happyjag604
    @happyjag604 8 місяців тому +1

    This headline in no way represents the essence of her interview. Another example of msm manipulation.

  • @leso.k.k8770
    @leso.k.k8770 8 місяців тому +2

    Black, why not leave with immediate effect !

  • @peteradams408
    @peteradams408 8 місяців тому +8

    Her and sturgeon should be jailed.

    • @GuntD-rz1xb
      @GuntD-rz1xb 8 місяців тому +2

      Why’s that, Petey?

    • @sandraharris3605
      @sandraharris3605 8 місяців тому

      Aye along with murrell, beatie and the other half of the Shipman sisters 😂😂😂

    • @edwardmaclean-bs7vl
      @edwardmaclean-bs7vl 8 місяців тому +3

      What a sad person you are peter

    • @ciaranmarsh255
      @ciaranmarsh255 4 місяці тому +1

      They’re not criminals, Peter.

  • @JMK948
    @JMK948 8 місяців тому

    23:05 Did you say '...marching at the border with Claymore?' That is one of the Republican party's worst nightmares.

    • @cycleSCUBA
      @cycleSCUBA 8 місяців тому

      Yes, it did. It's a typical Braveheart obsessed SNP Orc, remember!

  • @georgerodrigues4638
    @georgerodrigues4638 3 місяці тому

    Shocked to see Mahri is a bass player. Who knew!

  • @Albanach-je1nk
    @Albanach-je1nk 8 місяців тому

    Orange or green you must one or the other

  • @gemma6166
    @gemma6166 7 місяців тому

    Joan ferguson from cell block h

  • @zoolhert3535
    @zoolhert3535 8 місяців тому

    Cartoon Politics

  • @babboon5764
    @babboon5764 8 місяців тому +1

    WHY did the hook mention *' Thefuture of the SNP'* ?
    Surely after the innanities & perfidities of so many of its 'luminaries' ...
    *it doesn't have one*

    • @babboon5764
      @babboon5764 8 місяців тому

      The soul searching and angst about whether to change track & let or not let sex offender suddenly slipping a frock on into women only jails ... 'Farce' bearly scratches the surface.

  • @Whysofake
    @Whysofake 8 місяців тому +4

    What future 😂 go woke go broke

  • @peterlamont8167
    @peterlamont8167 8 місяців тому

    I hope she goes into polotics here in Scotland and gets our cause going somewhere. We need someone who is willing to get on with the job.

  • @RayRayReddington
    @RayRayReddington 8 місяців тому

    When did Mr Bean start interviewing politicians?

  • @ianwhitelaw3066
    @ianwhitelaw3066 8 місяців тому +1

    Nedette.

  • @Robert-xy4xi
    @Robert-xy4xi 8 місяців тому +3

    Mhairi knows that she stands a very good chance of losing her seat to Labour come the general election! Also Mhairi is anti EU. Which is at odds with the SNP.

    • @beachcomber1able
      @beachcomber1able 8 місяців тому +4

      She's pro EU. Like all sensible people.

    • @macmac9284
      @macmac9284 8 місяців тому

      @@beachcomber1able you're wrong on both points...do your homework.

    • @beachcomber1able
      @beachcomber1able 8 місяців тому

      @@macmac9284 In the light of how brexit turned out she's changed her tune, just like millions of others across the realm.

    • @macmac9284
      @macmac9284 8 місяців тому +1

      @@beachcomber1able aye right. Wrong again.

    • @beachcomber1able
      @beachcomber1able 8 місяців тому

      @@macmac9284 How do you know she hasn't changed her mind, you'd have to be a gammon zealot not to.

  • @larrygerry985
    @larrygerry985 8 місяців тому +6

    She set the independence movement back a decade or more. Moreover, the SNP obsession with social left policies have destroyed their brand

    • @julianshepherd2038
      @julianshepherd2038 8 місяців тому +5

      The Scottish Parliament is mostly left parties. So is Scotland and has been for decades.

    • @danicagrahek-ogden4444
      @danicagrahek-ogden4444 8 місяців тому +3

      ​@julianshepherd2038 and thanks god for that!

    • @Albanach-je1nk
      @Albanach-je1nk 8 місяців тому +1

      I take you live in Siberia and have received mobile phone

    • @MaxSteel13.17KIA
      @MaxSteel13.17KIA 7 місяців тому

      @@danicagrahek-ogden4444 aye thank god for mad liberals who don't know what a woman is! Aye spot on you tool!

    • @ciaranmarsh255
      @ciaranmarsh255 4 місяці тому

      That’s not true

  • @sandraharris3605
    @sandraharris3605 8 місяців тому

    😂😂😂😂 🤡🤡

  • @MaxSteel13.17KIA
    @MaxSteel13.17KIA 8 місяців тому +2

    The SNP are finished! They have no future!!!

  • @cromletable
    @cromletable 8 місяців тому +10

    Nobody in their right mind would miss Sturgeon

    • @julianshepherd2038
      @julianshepherd2038 8 місяців тому +4

      She hasn't gone.
      Still and MSP units 2026
      Book coming out in 2025
      After 902 days of police Inquiries she has not been charged with any offence. No one has.

    • @sandraharris3605
      @sandraharris3605 8 місяців тому +2

      Aye like a hole in the head 😂😂😂

    • @rainblaze.
      @rainblaze. 8 місяців тому +2

      @@julianshepherd2038
      And cretinous maximus WAS charged while not only being in office but being prime minister. As was the current PM while being chancellor. Still no tents in the no. 10 garden though. Funny that ....
      see how these things work yet ?

  • @matthewalexander8752
    @matthewalexander8752 5 місяців тому

    Well said Willie!!

  • @davidnettleton7084
    @davidnettleton7084 7 місяців тому

    Good politician.