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Hi, you're listening to Podlitical, BBC Scotland's Politics Podcast

That brings you the biggest stories coming out of Hollybroods and Westminster.

We're recording this on Tuesday Tuesday the 23rd of January.

I'm Lucy White.

I'm a journalist based in Glasgow today.

I was going to say I'm flying solo today, but that's not quite right

because this is the latest in one of our interview episodes.

You can listen back, of course, on our feed it to

the rest. We've done people from across the political spectrum. But today it is the turn of the

Scottish Conservative MSP for Eastwood Jackson. Carlo, hello there. Good afternoon. You're

joining me from Edinburgh today. I am, yes. I came through last night to avoid all chaos.

Good idea. That's sensible planning, a stormy weather and more to come, apparently, tonight.

Jackson, I wanted to take you back to the start of your political career.

And even before that, if you don't mind, because people might be interested to know if they don't

know this about you already, is you used to work in car sales. Is that right before you became a

politician? In the retail motor industry, yes. I mean, car sales is a very narrow definition of

that. We fixed them, we repaired them, we sold them and we did cars, vans, trucks, the whole

lot. But there we are. And what kind of skills did

you take from that industry over? I think team working. I always say now with anybody who's been

part of the team that they work with me, not for me. And I do think there's a distinction between

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