Show 301 - *Ian Blackford - LIVE*
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The Political Party
4.7 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 9 February 2023
⏱️ 84 minutes
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Summary
The former leader of the SNP in Westminster shares stories from his 5 years in charge of the group, including the inside account of what really happened when he was ejected from the Commons in 2018. And his infamous attack on Boris Johnson in 2022. He also talks about the current state of Scottish politics, including the controversial policy of Self ID. It's got everything!
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the political party. Today's guest is Ian Blackford, the former leader |
| 0:13.8 | of the SMP in Westminster. Someone who's been such a prominent figure in the last five |
| 0:18.4 | years of British politics, and even in MP since 2015. I mean, this is certainly the guest |
| 0:22.8 | that I've had on in the last few years, that the rate at which people go from being elected |
| 0:26.9 | to prominent front bench positions. I care, Starmer's a really good example of that as well. |
| 0:31.4 | It's incredible. So before I come on to Ian in more detail, my next guest at the political |
| 0:36.0 | party is Kirstner. I'm running Monday the 20th of February, tickets for that have sold |
| 0:39.4 | out. My guest after that on Monday the 6th of March is Eddie Isard, someone who, as you |
| 0:45.0 | can imagine, growing up and getting into comedy in the 90s was a huge hero of mine. Dressed |
| 0:49.4 | to kill, I still think is one of the greatest stand up. They get called specials now, but |
| 0:54.4 | then we just call videos of all time. And of course, a prominent Labour campaigner on Monday |
| 0:59.9 | the 20th of March, my guest is Channel 4 News as Christian and Guru Murthy, an absolute |
| 1:05.1 | legend on Monday the 3rd of April, my guest is the former leader of the Scottish Conservatives, |
| 1:09.6 | Ruth Davidson. So there's next four shows, Kirstner, Eddie is a Christian and Guru |
| 1:14.1 | Murthy, Ruth Davidson, what a phenomenal political mix and live mix and just different people |
| 1:19.0 | at different stages of their career and different roles and different parts of politics. |
| 1:23.4 | Such a phenomenal lineup tickets for all those shows are available at 9maxtheaters.com. |
| 1:27.8 | I've put a link in the blur, we can just click on it and buy tickets. The Kirstner |
| 1:31.1 | one, as I say, is sold out already and guest for future shows about to be announced as |
| 1:35.6 | well. So today's guest Ian Blackford, formerly due to the SMP in Westminster, no longer |
| 1:42.0 | of course and we talk about that and just about his career trajectory, but of course all |
| 1:48.4 | the things that are going on at the moment in Scottish politics. So the case for a second |
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