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Show 330. Stephen Flynn

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4.82.1K Ratings

🗓️ 11 March 2024

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

The leader of the SNP in Westminster has been an MP less than 5 years and is barely 35 years old. He's not just risen fast, he's done it despite overcoming physical disability from a young age. 


Passionate and driven, this is a timely chat with a politician at the centre of things in the Commons.


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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to the political party another brand new episode I'm going to stop saying that just take it as read that they're all new from now on

0:19.6

But isn't it good to be back? Today's guest is Stephen Flynn,

0:23.5

the MP for Aberdeen South,

0:25.8

only for the last five years, less than five years,

0:28.4

and already lead with the SMP in the House of Commons.

0:32.0

We talk about a number of things, but a lot of this is about Stephen's

0:39.2

disability and his

0:45.0

mindset once he was able to accept a level of disability

0:47.0

and really his mindset once he was able to feel that he wasn't disabled

0:51.0

and use of crutches and things like that, which obviously are now

0:55.1

newly relevant to me.

0:56.6

So this is, we talk about what's gone in Parliament recently and the

1:03.0

SMP now finds itself

1:05.0

and his performances are prime ministers

1:07.0

as Prime Minister's questions.

1:08.0

But also just the things he's had to overcome

1:12.0

from a young age and how he's dealt with them.

1:15.0

So thank you for all your emails and tweets and messages and everything.

1:22.0

I'm very grateful for the amount of people that have got in touch

1:25.1

of me and wish me well and thank you for that. But without further ado here we go.

1:31.8

It's the leader of the SMP in Westminster Stephen Flynn.

1:35.6

I'd love to be joined by Stephen Flynn. Stephen, your career is already, you've achieved so much already and done so much and you're not even 40 yet I mean how have you ended up

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