{"id":502,"date":"2019-10-21T20:15:19","date_gmt":"2019-10-21T19:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/notredamenow\/?p=502"},"modified":"2020-01-21T12:01:09","modified_gmt":"2020-01-21T12:01:09","slug":"notre-dame-voices-stuart-mcmillan-msp-interview-october-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/notredamenow\/2019\/10\/21\/notre-dame-voices-stuart-mcmillan-msp-interview-october-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Notre Dame Voices… Stuart McMillan MSP Interview October 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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.<\/big><\/p>\n

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.<\/big><\/p>\n\t\t\t

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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.<\/big><\/p>\n

Once again thank you to Mr McMillan for taking time out to participate.<\/big><\/p>\n

Thank you to our production team Darren Adams and Amy Medinelli and Notre Dame’s Music Department for their collaboratrion. <\/big><\/p>\n

You can listen to the full interview by clicking the play button, or skip to question that interest you by using our guide below.<\/big><\/p>\n

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Guide:<\/small><\/strong><\/big><\/pre>\n
From 0:47<\/strong> seconds you can hear Mhairi ask\r\nStuart what he <\/big><\/small>does as an MSP that \r\naffects <\/big><\/small>the people of Inverclyde.<\/pre>\n
From 1:45<\/strong> Jamie asks what it\u2019s like \r\nbeing the Scottish parliament'spiper and \r\nif Stuart has any highlights.<\/big><\/small><\/pre>\n
From 3:00<\/strong> minutes Mhairi asks what can be \r\ndone to reduce tension in politics in light \r\nof recent accusations of inappropriate language \r\nin parliament.<\/big><\/small><\/pre>\n
From 5:30<\/strong> Jamie asks Stuart if he \r\nthinks Boris Johnson is fit to be the \r\nPrime Minister and follows this up with \r\nsome tough questioning. Careful listeners \r\ncan also hear our talented musicians playing \r\n\u201cGhostbusters\u201d in the background!<\/big><\/small><\/pre>\n
From 8:19<\/strong> Mhairi asks why the SNP campaign \r\nto remain in the EU but leave the UK and \r\nwhat the advantages of EU membership are \r\nfor Scotland.<\/big><\/small><\/pre>\n
From 16:20<\/strong> Mhairi asks Stuart McMillan MSP \r\nabout No Deal Brexit - if the only way \r\nto stop it is to back a deal, why doesn\u2019t\r\nthe SNP back one?<\/big><\/small><\/pre>\n
Finally from 19:20<\/strong> seconds, Mhairi asks \r\nabout the work Stuart McMillan does \r\nin the constituency.<\/big><\/small><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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