Notre Dame Now had the pleasure of welcoming Stuart McMillan MSP (SNP) for the Greenock and Inverclyde constituency, into the studio for an exclusive and in depth interview.

Higher Modern Studies students Mhairi and Jamie took Mr McMillan to task on his favourite moments as a piper, his thoughts on Brexit and the work he does as an MSP for the people in our constituency.

This interview is part of a series of interviews aimed at enabling our pupils to engage with our wider community and promote active and responsible citizens. We are looking forward to bringing you more interviews from our regional MSPS’s Jamie Greene MSP (Conservative) and Neil Bibby MSP (Labour). We have reached out to representatives of all parties of our regional MSP’s and hope to add more interviewees in the coming weeks.

Once again thank you to Mr McMillan for taking time out to participate.

Thank you to our production team Darren Adams and Amy Medinelli and Notre Dame’s Music Department for their collaboratrion.

You can listen to the full interview by clicking the play button, or skip to question that interest you by using our guide below.

Guide:

From 0:47 seconds you can hear Mhairi ask
Stuart what he does as an MSP that 
affects the people of Inverclyde.

From 1:45 Jamie asks what it’s like 
being the Scottish parliament'spiper and 
if Stuart has any highlights.

From 3:00 minutes Mhairi asks what can be 
done to reduce tension in politics in light 
of recent accusations of inappropriate language 
in parliament.

From 5:30 Jamie asks Stuart if he 
thinks Boris Johnson is fit to be the 
Prime Minister and follows this up with 
some tough questioning. Careful listeners 
can also hear our talented musicians playing 
“Ghostbusters” in the background!

From 8:19 Mhairi asks why the SNP campaign 
to remain in the EU but leave the UK and 
what the advantages of EU membership are 
for Scotland.

From 16:20 Mhairi asks Stuart McMillan MSP 
about No Deal Brexit - if the only way 
to stop it is to back a deal, why doesn’t
the SNP back one?

Finally from 19:20 seconds, Mhairi asks 
about the work Stuart McMillan does 
in the constituency.