SHOW 125 - Pete Wishart (Election Special #13)

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🗓️ 27 November 2019

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Matt visits Perth to meet with former rock star Pete Wishart, who's been an SNP MP since 2001. The seat is one of the most marginal in the UK and a top target for the Tories. Pete tells us what it's like to fight in a close campaign, the transition from rock star to politician, his changing use of social media and, of course, Scottish independence. Follow Pete on Twitter: @PeteWishart Follow MP4 on Twitter: @MP4rockband Watch Runrig perform 'Loch Lomond' live at Loch Lomond (and spot Pete on keys) here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nZ2zaW0bPg Follow Matt on Twitter: @mattforde To occasionally receive an email you'll probably delete before reading about The Political Party and other such stuff that Matt's up to, sign up to his mailing list here: http://mattforde.com/mailing-list

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the political party daily. This episode features the SMP's Pete Wishart,
0:15.2	who's the SMP candidate for Perth and North Perthshire, being an MP since 2001. You may know him
0:20.8	from MP4, the Parliamentary Rock Band, who have been the House band on Spon and at the Christmas
0:27.1	Party, the political party Christmas specials and they will be accompanying me again this year.
0:32.0	On the 18th of December, I'm not sure there are any tickets left, but do check on the Bloomsbury
0:35.8	website, the guest of course is Cedric Khan. I began by reminding Pete of probably quite an
0:43.0	uncomfortable fact. He's the holder of one of the smallest majorities in Parliament.
0:48.5	Well thank you ever so much for reminding me of all that. That's 21 votes as my majority currently.
1:00.1	I remember when Stephen Gethens called me in the small hours of the 9th of June,
1:04.6	two years ago and was congratulating my massive majority, he said, you're not here to have
1:07.9	older got 21 votes, so that one they got two. So I was actually quite encouraging to find
1:13.0	one of my colleagues who got smaller majority in me now. I mean it must have been so kind.
1:18.7	On the night itself, you must have had a recount. I mean the first time after the first round
1:25.2	accounting I was ahead by 36 votes, I thought goodness sake and then obviously the Tories count
1:30.4	as for a recount as is are right and as they were awarded and of course I went out to 21
1:36.7	and all of a sudden I thought oh god, they only need to find another 11 and I'm doomed and so
1:41.0	they asked for another one which we couldn't resist and it came in 21 again. So two recounts
1:44.8	mean it was one of the most tense nights of my life but seriously I thought I was going to lose
1:49.5	last time. I mean everybody was telling me that the Tories were going to take with C. If there
1:53.6	was a uniform swing I was fourth and lying to go in 2017 and of course it took something like
1:58.8	13 seats from us and I really believed it and every day I was getting told I was going to
2:05.5	lose my seat and you couldn't move for cabinet ministers up here and you know I mean there was
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