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Stephen Flynn

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  1. “Yeah, yeah, there was. And I guess a lot of my politics has been shaped by my upbringing and my experiences. And, you know, I just wish that we'd got to a place where Aberdeen where I'm proud to call home and have lived for a long time of people of Aberdeen and followed the same route as the people of Dundee. But, you know, next time they will, next time they will.”

    2023-05-18 · Political Thinking with Nick Robinson · The Stephen Flynn One · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source

  2. “Absolutely. And I was pounding the streets like everyone else and the positivity of the campaign. And we really believed that we were part of something that was going to change society for the better.”

    2023-05-18 · Political Thinking with Nick Robinson · The Stephen Flynn One · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source

  3. “No, I don't think that would be the case because I don't think it gets harder than what we had to deal with in 2014 when everything that we'd worked towards for many people for decades, me for a few years in terms of that independence referendum, that was the hardest moment because we had Scotland's future in our hands and we chose not to, well the people of Scotland chose not to follow the path that I thought they would. That was the hardest moment without a shadow of a doubt.”

    2023-05-18 · Political Thinking with Nick Robinson · The Stephen Flynn One · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source

  4. “It could be anything, could be all of those things or none of those things. And that's where we just need to let the police get on to do what they need to do.”

    2023-05-18 · Political Thinking with Nick Robinson · The Stephen Flynn One · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source

  5. “Think what I've seen and what I've probably been frustrated by is a lot of politicians have tried to suggest that things could go one way or the other and there's a lot of commentary in and around that. I'm actually a pretty firm believer in the fact that the police have done what they've done and they should be allowed to get on with what they need to do. I don't think it helps them for me to provide a running commentary or indeed anyone else.”

    2023-05-18 · Political Thinking with Nick Robinson · The Stephen Flynn One · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source

  6. “I don't know. And I think certainly from myself and Humza's perspective, we just try to be as honest as we possibly can on all this. We don't know what has happened. We don't have anything has happened. And we just need to see what the outcome is going to be. But we can't control that. What we can control is the policy agenda. Hamza can control what he's doing in government and we can control what we're doing down here to hold the Tories' feet to the fire and to make our case.”

    2023-05-18 · Political Thinking with Nick Robinson · The Stephen Flynn One · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source

  7. “Maybe all of those things at different moments. We've kind of had to take it on the chin. And, you know, certainly for myself, I've had to answer a lot of questions in relation to things that I don't really know a lot about. The internal workings of the party is not something that I'd ever closely associated myself with or necessarily thought about in great detail. You know, maybe that's my feeling. Maybe I should have done that and others should have done that as well. But, you know, where I guess we need to be and what we need to be focused on is what is what comes next and how we fix this.”

    2023-05-18 · Political Thinking with Nick Robinson · The Stephen Flynn One · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source

  8. “It's been an interesting period, to say the least. I don't think anyone foreseen some of the challenges which we've had to face internally. But, you know, where there's challenge, there's also opportunity. I'm a big believer in gasping opportunities. It's why I'm probably sitting here talking to you just now. So it's an opportunity for the party to look at itself and see what can and should be done better. We've got to renew not just the party, but to renew our message and make sure that that trust that we've built up with the electorate over so many years continues well into the future.”

    2023-05-18 · Political Thinking with Nick Robinson · The Stephen Flynn One · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source