Tommy Sheppard
The Reformer
Changing the system from inside it, principle turned into change.
Tommy Sheppard is a Scottish National Party MP who has been actively involved in politics for decades. This interview reveals his commitment to reforming political structures and his belief in the necessity of independence for Scotland to achieve meaningful change.
“Yeah, and Mark Thomas, and well, Ben Elton and people like that. So, ironically, the people who went on become the mainstream of BBC Light Entertainment a decade later.”
“Well, sorry, that's one thing. There are others, of course. I mean, I think it has changed a lot of people's minds, but the net change isn't significant. So we still have 44 to 46% saying, yes, the Scottish independence. But within that, there are signs that some people who voted no last time would vote yes this time because of Brexit.”
“We're going to do this. When we think we've got the best chance of winning it, I mean, that's the truth of the matter. So it doesn't need to be next week, next month, or even next year. So we will take the time to consider. But things are beginning to sell.”
“Alternatives to the giveaway. Yeah, so that attracted me. The idea that you could, the entertainment could be a means of communicating ideas, but also, of course, that you could watch a performance at all of the skills and obligations of the theatre, as far as the stage was concerned, but in a pub where you can have a drink and a chat in…”
Political Thinking with Nick Robinson — The Tommy Sheppard One
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