Joanna Cherry
The Guardian
What holds, and what fails, under pressure, standards and accountability.
Joanna Cherry is a prominent SNP MP known for her legal expertise and advocacy for Scottish independence. This interview reveals her steadfast approach to leadership, focusing on safeguarding rights and navigating complex political issues with integrity.
“I think this is, I mean, Nicolas Sturgeon has said all elections are important, but this is probably the most important general British general election in our lifetime. And I would agree with her on that, because what's at stake for Scotland is who will decide Scotland's future? Boris Johnson or the people who live in”
“Well, we've got quite a bit of experience of minority government in Scotland because Alec, when he initially won the first time the SNP won a Scottish parliamentary election in 2007, we were a minority government for four years. And the administration, which Nicola runs just now, is just a couple of MSPs short of a maj”
“Yeah, but I think it's really important that we have a separation of powers. And I think one of the Scottish judges in the prorogation case made the point that it's not for the judiciary to scrutinize government. That is the job of Parliament. But he said in the situation which faced them then because the government ha”
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