Interviewing Ian Blackford
Podlitical
BBC
4.6 • 157 Ratings
🗓️ 8 June 2023
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Having announced he's standing down at the next election, what's next for Ian Blackford? The SNP MP for Ross, Skye and Lochaber since 2015, Ian Blackford joins the team to discuss his time as an MP and SNP Westminster leader, as well as his current role as the party's independence business ambassador and what the future holds for him. Blackford talks about the Deposit Return Scheme, Margaret Ferrier's suspension, and Stephen Flynn taking over as Westminster leader. He discusses the uncertainty in deciding to stand down, the online treatment of politicians, and why he thinks there is "no point" in independence "just for the sake of it".
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds |
| 0:02.4 | You're listening to BBC Scotland |
| 0:09.7 | Hello, welcome to Podlitical, BBC Scotland's podcast |
| 0:16.3 | That brings you an inside look at the biggest stories coming out of Holyroods and Westminster. It's |
| 0:21.4 | seven minutes past two. On Thursday the 8th of June, I'm Lucy White, a journalist based in Glasgow, |
| 0:27.6 | and sitting with me here in this very same studio in Glasgow is David Wallace Lockhart. |
| 0:33.1 | Hello Lucy, yes, I'm David Wallace Lockhart, political correspondent at BBC Scotland, and very rarely in the same studio as Lucy. |
| 0:40.6 | And I'm just going to let everyone in to a bit of insider knowledge. Everyone will know David from the telly. They'll see him all the time, very smartly dressed. |
| 0:47.9 | He's sitting here in his civilian clothes, shall we say, his casual look, which I've never seen David wear before, but you're getting off |
| 0:55.9 | with it today because you're just doing audio stuff and not |
| 0:58.0 | TV stuff. No one would have known if you hadn't said it. |
| 1:00.1 | Well, now they all do. And we've got another |
| 1:02.2 | interview episode for you on the podcast this week. |
| 1:05.6 | We're chatting to the MP for Ross, Sky and |
| 1:08.0 | Lachaber and the former leader of the S&P |
| 1:09.8 | at Westminster, Ian Blackford. |
| 1:11.8 | Hello. |
| 1:12.6 | Good afternoon, Lucy. |
| 1:13.7 | Good afternoon. |
| 1:14.3 | Thanks very much for joining us. |
| 1:16.2 | It's a pleasure to be with you. |
| 1:17.1 | Can I just say I'm delighted that David is in a wooly jumper because as someone that has a flock of sheep at home and we share the sheep and sell the wool. |
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