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Good luck to SNP MP Mhairi Black

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claig · 11/05/2015 19:21

She is phenomenal - just 20 years old, SNP MP.

"I'm not the one who should be nervous, the people who are responsible for so much poverty and so much struggle in people's lives, they're the ones who should be nervous becase they're the ones who are going to held accountable for all the damage that they do to people"

Thet are going to shake our usual spinners up. They won't know what hit them. The SNP have some great women MPs - saw some of them on TV over the weekendm a real breath of fresh air - they are going to shake things up and not put up with the bowing and doffing of caps crap.

They don't conform to the traditional profile of our useless lot. This is a bit like the movie "Mr Smith Goes to Washington". I can't remember what happens in that movie though.

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HirplesWithHaggis · 11/05/2015 22:33

Claig, it does my heart good to see you post this! We'll convert you yet... Grin

Absolutely, Mhairi is brilliant. She's been portrayed as a sectarian thug (as a teenager she tweeted about Celtic in a negative way, and wanted to "put the nut" on someone) but she's managed to laugh it off. Fantastic young woman.

She has her final exam at the end of the month - Scottish politics.

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claig · 11/05/2015 22:28

Yes, it will keep the Daily Mail busy Grin

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ssd · 11/05/2015 22:26

the editor of the daily mail must be opening the champers now, imagine the headlines, slagging their appearances, their accents and the fact they hate the tories...will be hilarious stuff Grin

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claig · 11/05/2015 22:23

'this time last week, they were at work / uni / SAHP'

It is brilliant - 56 of them, 56 ordinary people, who represent millions more ordinary people, have hit town and they are going to rock the Establishment and the Casbah

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AllPizzasGreatAndSmall · 11/05/2015 22:21

Basic salary of £67,000 is pretty good going at 20 years old!

ssd · 11/05/2015 22:15

the press will try to chew her up and spit her out

shes young and working class, with the wrong image and the wrong accent

I hope shes strong enough to take it, cos if she is she'll be brilliant.

AgentProvocateur · 11/05/2015 22:13

Good luck to them all. Imagine - this time last week, they were at work / uni / SAHP, and suddenly they have to sort out accommodation in London, office staff etc. Exciting times ahead.

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claig · 11/05/2015 22:11

Boris Johnson is the best the Tories have. She'll mop the floor with him.

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claig · 11/05/2015 22:09

Yes, I think she will. She is an inspiration already. Imagine when she gets her teeth into Cameron and the crew. She is real and has real courage. She shows that hope is not dead and that ordinary people can sit on those green benches and fight for the rights of ordinary people.

I have been very impressed by three of the SNP candidates I have seen on TV - all three women. Brilliant stuff.

This will reinvigorate politics in England too and show what we are missing with our lot.

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weeburrower1 · 11/05/2015 22:06

I hope Mhairi inspires more young, working class females into politics.

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