Mhairi Black: From Chip Shop to Westminster

Interview with the outspoken 21-year-old member of Parliament. Her impassioned maiden speech in the House of Commons has been viewed over 10 million times.
Interviewed by Emma Barnett
Women's Editor, The Daily Telegraph

[@paisleycarol]

I love Mhairi Black such a clever and articulate young woman. Scotland is very lucky to have her.I so hope she stays in politics I know she doesn’t want to stay but we so need her.

[@BenGray]

Brilliant from Mhairi here. Clear and concise, sharp as a tack, the years since show how right she was on Labour.

[@yetanotheraccount4363]

She is a vile liar, obnoxious, rude, basically - a nasty yob.

[@upendasana7857]

Love her,amazing how in touch she is with the realities of many peoples lives at such a young age,she has such a hold on what the issues are.We need to hear so much more from her,she makes me want to live in Scotland.

[@Jimmie16]

She's not a member of the Scottish parliament.

[@shieldaigbencher]

No, she is an SNP MP in the House of Parliament in Westminster. Like a real MP, like Boris Johnson.

[@metrolooker]

Such a humble, intelligent and aspiring young politician. She is a good voice for ordinary people and so in touch with the real world and the social and political issues which concern every day people. Emma is a charming, lovely and skilled interviewer and respectful of others.

[@tjohannam]

Westminster is not only a boys club but also mostly a elite class club even though it's called the house of commons. So much for the common people sitting there, right?

[@liberate72000]

Mhairi Black gives me hope for the future

[@TheXitone]

+Andrew Pollock troll alert TROLL ALERT

[@TheXitone]

ok

[@zoolhert3535]

@@andrewpollock4599 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@zoolhert3535]

Your either 11 years old or a got low self esteem thinking she gives you hope.. hopefully when you mature you stop voting the Left

[@kevsmithard5586]

What Planet you on 🤣.

[@kiburi21]

Not even halfway through this yet but she is honestly just incredible. An absolute diamond of a politician. So happy we have her.

[@kevsmithard5586]

What you been drinking 🤣

[@Amber90125]

Mhairi Black Rocks

[@waklara9973]

I am addicted with her speech because of her genuine opinion ....emmm.....love that women

[@lozfitz]

You can clearly see Mhairi got a bit pee'd with the numerous mentions of Smirnoff Ice

[@alanasmith9447]

How rude is that interviewer, doesn't have the talent to interview the Woman on her merit, just subtle put downs to a little girl type scenario, extremely rude.

[@FeelgoodAdmin]

+Alana Smith I agree.

[@danmcgurty]

"Anti heterosexual male hatred". Listen to yourself.

[@lewisgrace3596]

Shes's a legend.

[@andrewpollock4599]

+Lewis Grace Maybe a legend in her own-and your eyes-but not someone who will ever enjoy real power.The 56 SNP MPs-sorry,55 now-are a complete irrelevance.Basically,55 or 56 opposition MPs-the real power lies at Westminster.Mr Cameron will keep these people at arms length-like you would with an unruly child.Let's see how they do at Holyrood next year!

[@lewisgrace3596]

Andrew Pollock An MP can still have huge local power and influence though, and she could be part of the movement for Scottish Independence which is would clearly give her a lot of power. Regardless, I think she's a legend.

[@tigereye1208]

+Andrew Pollock Complete irrelevance are they? So how is the Tory Fox hunting bill coming on?

[@tigereye1208]

British Renaissance She's 21 years old you clown. She always conducts herself with dignity and is down to earth. Are you referring to some facebook comments she made when she was 15? When David Cameron was 15 he was getting sucked off by a pig.

[@highlandprofile9401]

+Andrew Pollock Andrew.... what bollocks you spout ! looks as if we are about to have an SNP landslide....which party would you rather govern Scotland ?

[@scotian007]

Our future leader of an independent Scotland

[@OghamTheBold]

With a seceded to Scotland - Manchester and many other areas of harried North of England

[@andrewpollock4599]

+James McL Wee ned in a suit! What planet are you on,exactly? Future leader-HA!HA!

[@georgestephen9785]

+James McL You will Never have an independent Jokeland you dipshit as Sturgeon and the SNP leader Salmond knows that Jokeland can never afford independence without North Sea oil and she is a future leader, not a fucking chance

[@VincentRE79]

+James McL God help you then.

[@VincentRE79]

+george stephen Jokeland??

[@kevinthorburn3135]

You give me hope

[@eliakimjosephsophia4542]

Mhairi is definitely an inspiration for the youth to use their voice in an effective way.

[@alexanderkennedy3307]

Are you kidding her grammar is terrible even in parliament she shows a lack of grammar, she can only it seems express herself in expletives a total embarrassment, she and her looney Leftist ideas of change a rapscallion Reprobate who is a narcissistic bafoon.

[@countrymusicbydode9280]

@@alexanderkennedy3307 😆👍

[@josephbyrne7864]

Ppl should learn to make their own bed before they decide to change the world! She is naive and ideologically narcissistic, a dangerous combo!

[@Shmingleshmangle]

@@alexanderkennedy3307 It's not about what words you use, or how you structure them, it's about what you stand for, and the passion behind the words. Rees-Mogg can sound like a poet when he speaks, but does that ultimately mean he's a better politician than Mhairi Black? You can't judge it off that alone. If you think all politicians should sound exactly the same, use the same words, speak absolute perfect English (especially when referring to someone who likely speaks Scots in their day to day life, not RP English) then that is undoubtedly classist. I don't judge English people for having posh accents, so you shouldn't judge Scottish people (or anyone else) for having a regional dialect, and not absolutely perfect grammar. There's more pressing issues than a slight error in someone's wording, especially if they are still able to get the point across.

[@aminabirdi2269]

@@alexanderkennedy3307 she speaks in the dialect of where she’s from. That doesn’t make her arguments any less valid.

[@billsmith44]

‼️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Caption wrong! She’s a Westminster MP..........🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿‼️ SAOR ALBA 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@bigrab6217]

A true inspiration, very articulate and down to earth too.

[@secondchance6603]

"Very articulate" Clearly you have no idea what articulate means...

[@yetanotheraccount4363]

Hahahahahaha!

[@matagoss7479]

This interviewer is obviously bias to the Tories......You're awesome Mhairi Black...The interviewer needs some manners...

[@alanjesse5660]

I know I'm kinda randomly asking but does anybody know of a good place to stream newly released movies online?

[@cristianjoaquin6822]

@Alan Jesse flixportal =)

[@alanjesse5660]

@Cristian Joaquin thank you, I went there and it seems like a nice service :D I really appreciate it !

[@cristianjoaquin6822]

@Alan Jesse Glad I could help :D

[@martinvalentine9228]

Shes a member of the UK parliament not the Scottish parliament

[@phutchinson90]

oh yeah the uk which they dont want to be part of thats right? Scotland had devolution built holyrood at about 200 million over budget as I remember then move down to Westminster. ..banging on about how they want out the UK. oh well another crack in the mythical glass ceiling.

[@pencil123ify]

again part of being in the association or so called association means being in Westminster to add voice for a country whole or no whole

[@martinvalentine9228]

Paul Hutchinson Devolution was just a Labour attempt to prevent the inevitable Independence of Scotland. Devolution also cost Scotland a couple of oil fields and a few thousand square miles of the North sea.

[@sandramacleod45]

meanwhile £7Billion being used for WM makeover

[@chenlung1]

The comment refers to the name card describing her as a member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) when she’s in the UK one (MP).

[@alimitchell5346]

An example of an intelligent, articulated and sincere individual...Id vote for her any day 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Let's get this done 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@sinnyozzy]

She's fucking brilliant!

[@azaramoon4027]

Universal basic income, would bring more fairness.

[@josephbyrne7864]

Universal basic income will rob ppl of basic human rights, since we were sent out of the garden (the animal kingdom) our condition has been set to accept responsibility for our actions and to bare our own burden! It's not money ppl need, its purpose! If you don't understand this then you do not understand the human condition!

[@ccassar9319]

She is so funny in the Tracey Ullman show....

[@Ksu_]

the realest

[@xtraspecialmango]

Outspoken?

[@MrArchie800]

On one hand I just love Mhairi Black as an MP, but on the other hand I despair that she seems to be viewed as the exception or inspiration in so many people's eyes!! Why should we not expect the same level of decency, honestly and normality from other MPs? No offence to Mhairi but I suspect it is more about others being so comparatively bad rather than Mhairi being so good (as I'm sure she'd attest to)!!!

[@flannel2699]

More like this please, ta

[@connormcewen4601]

Love that Woman

[@secondchance6603]

What a poor taste in women you have.

[@Jimmie16]

A Tory supporting interviewer not surprisingly tried to attack everything she said. As for where will the money come from it should come from the people who are stashing Billions of pounds in offshore accounts without paying taxes first.

[@michaelboylan5308]

From chip shop to Westminster,,,I cant believe that,Would anyone write about D H Lawrence,,,from coalmine to Bloomsbury,Ehe interviewer is patronising,,,is it because class loyalty is stronger in England than feminist solidarity,

[@Don-lw4cb]

Maori is brilliant, particularly love it when she shows up the Tories for what they are .

[@MrJampot64]

She looks great for not wearing makeup. good for her

[@kristonrenshaw1267]

hope

[@ericedwards3055]

Seems to be predecessor to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez :)

[@secondchance6603]

Yeah, dumb and dumber...

[@marlenejones1433]

Patronising interviewer but Mhairi rose above LEGEND .

[@rudraom9]

Talk to freely Jesus is back

[@007kennedy3]

Hidden hand

[@natgriffin7818]

They being sponsored by Smirnoff Ice or something?

[@auldflyer]

Mhari who! silly little wee girlie in a man's off the peg suit from Primark........

[@fredbraid322]

The 3rd sector is a matriarch !

[@iamaweasel]

& then there's Trumpty-Dumpty......

[@gfy8729]

If i was interviewing a cabbage that's the sort of questions i would ask.

[@grahamfleming8139]

Would you trust this lassie tae sell chips, aye.

[@charleslouden6600]

She might just have saved herself by leaving the corrupt snp

[@ArjayMartin]

some good and bad points.

[@gordonfleming458]

Be manky chips oooooh nooooo

[@amalaa9752]

Qatar made gun trade exhibiting here

[@Eddie6032]

I had great hope for this lass until she voted with "Thatcher lover" Frank Field to scrap the triple lock on the pittance known as the state pension. She obviously doesn't give a shite about the elderly.

[@amalaa9752]

Saudi made gun trade and exhibiting here

[@hztwcvbwiitessqeddvvuztwvb2394]

I can't understand her...

[@ccassar9319]

Is it a lezza ???

[@Cristobels-Green-Boots]

C Cassar --- we will ignore that trite remark: put your finger where the sun don't shine 😾

[@secondchance6603]

Yes, she's a man hating foul mouthed piece of shit.

[@5888max]

Bloody Nat's

[@phutchinson90]

oh yeah 21 yrs old in westminister on the back of a failed independence vote. Guilt tripped into it wow love watching the snp trying to get out uk but stay in eu. I wanted Scotland to get it last time,but no no no maybe after we sorted this brexit out, England can vote for your independence for achange lol

[@phutchinson90]

+Lloyd Gittens England would vote about 90% to keep the union..

[@allanmcewan8152]

fanny

[@chrisobrien5283]

Love watching Brits who want to get out of Europe but think Scotland have no right to leave the UK.

[@12daleks]

Yep never had a proper job straight in parliament at twenty. I have had poverty to.

[@patrickhouston2610]

Big heae empty vessel.

[@bestofthebest3821]

u can tell the resemblance to David cameron...an out side daughter???

[@user-kh6jx1jj4v]

Now that she's no longer working in a chip shop she can finally afford some elocution lessons. SAOR ALBA 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@hollieneeson3883]

That’s not very fair

[@user-kh6jx1jj4v]

@@hollieneeson3883 Don't you think her delivery could be improved? A politician's public speaking ability is very important.

[@hollieneeson3883]

@@user-kh6jx1jj4v it is but so is being representative of your area and there are also much nicer, less degrading ways of putting that point across

[@user-kh6jx1jj4v]

@@hollieneeson3883 I suppose my comment could be interpreted as a bit blunt but it was definitely not intended as an insult. I'm from Fraserburgh myself and I'm all for taking pride in one's local speech and dialect. However, she will have a much greater impact at Westminster if she gets some voice training.

[@johnfitzpatrick4007]

@@user-kh6jx1jj4v Rubbish.Rather listen to her than Rees Mogg who talks as if he’s got a red hot poker up his backside.

[@YARROWS9]

She wasn't so smart when her own SNP Government shut down the Children's ward in her constituency, after promising they wouldn't.

[@jrtunderground]

Back to the chip shop hen, you are on the nippy sauce ya howler

[@richardshepherd5552]

Stay in your cave sad troll

[@keyboarddancers7751]

How ironic that Mhairi Black appears on this channel but she doesn't speak for women's rights any more.