Interview: Ross Greer MSP

Podlitical

BBC

Government, News

4.6 • 157 Ratings

🗓️ 9 April 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

The Scottish Greens MSP for the West Scotland region talks to Podlitical post-conference. Ross Greer sits down with the podcast to discuss protest in the form of direct action, including why he backs the right for protesters to disrupt First Minister's Questions at Holyrood, and the reaction to the new Scottish hate crime bill which came into force. Greer talks about his career over the last eight years, why he sees a "more urgent need" than ever for green politics, and his involvement with the 2014 independence referendum, including why he feels the Yes campaign never faced a "public reckoning" on why it didn't deliver, and why he "certainly hopes" he won't be a politician for life.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds
0:02.4	You're listening to BBC Scotland
0:09.7	Hi, you're listening to Podlitical BBC Scotland's podcast
0:16.2	that brings you an inside look at the big stories coming out of Hollywood and Westminster.
0:21.3	It's just coming up for 5 past 11 on Tuesday the 9th of April.
0:25.4	I'm David Wallace Lockhart and this is another one of our interview episodes.
0:30.0	Joining us off the back of the Scottish Greens Conference this weekend
0:32.9	is the Green MP for the West of Scotland region.
0:36.1	Ross Greer, Ross, thanks for joining us.
0:38.0	Thanks for having me, David. How are you? I'm good. Thank you. Hope you are too.
0:41.8	Let's jump straight in to something that many people will have know you for, which is that you were,
0:48.1	and still do hold the record of being the youngest MSP ever elected to Hollywood, elected around 21.
0:54.8	But tell us a bit about Ross Gruer before that.
0:57.3	What were you up to before you became an elected politician?
1:00.9	Well, I mean, that's the thing with being elected at 21.
1:02.7	I hadn't been up to a great deal before that other than mostly school.
1:07.3	So the month that I left high school in 2012 was the month that the referendum campaign started.
1:13.8	It was the month that we launched Yes, Scotland.
1:16.0	I was at the launch.
1:17.1	I joined the Green Party years previous to this.
1:19.1	I joined the Greensman.
1:19.8	I was 50.
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