Interview: Murdo Fraser MSP
Podlitical
BBC
4.6 • 157 Ratings
🗓️ 25 September 2024
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Scottish Conservatives' leadership candidate Murdo Fraser sits down with Podlitical. The MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife sets out his vision for the Scottish Conservatives if he wins the leadership contest, including why the party needs to be "brave" to succeed in the 2026 Holyrood election, why he believes the messaging on independence has "lost its currency" with voters, as well as why he thinks former leader Ruth Davidson's comments on the contest were "not helpful", and how he felt excluded from decisions under the leadership of Douglas Ross.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds |
| 0:02.4 | You're listening to BBC Scotland |
| 0:10.0 | Hello, you're listening to Podlitical BBC Scotland's podcast |
| 0:15.6 | that brings you the biggest stories coming out of Hollywood and Westminster. |
| 0:19.1 | It's just after 2 o'clock on Tuesday the 24th of September. |
| 0:22.6 | I'm Philson, a journalist based at the Scottish Parliament. |
| 0:25.6 | And as you may have noticed, the Scottish Conservatives are holding a leadership contest at the moment. |
| 0:30.6 | It comes to close at the end of this week. |
| 0:32.6 | To understand the vision the candidates have for the Scottish Tories and Scotland. |
| 0:42.4 | We've invited all three of them to sit down with us and discuss their platforms. |
| 0:44.8 | And joining me today is Murdo Fraser. Hello. |
| 0:46.6 | Hello, Phil. Thanks for having me on. |
| 0:51.3 | You know, I've got an awful lot I kind of want to go into in terms of the campaign and your particular pitch. |
| 0:56.8 | But I guess we should maybe start with a little bit of background because I suppose most people who follow Scottish politics, |
| 0:58.1 | I'm sure, will have heard of you. |
| 1:01.1 | You've been in MSP since 2001, haven't you? |
| 1:03.3 | Yes, it wasn't there at the very start of Parliament that came in two years later. |
| 1:05.1 | The first person ever to be elevated to Parliament |
| 1:07.9 | following the resignation of a list member, |
| 1:10.8 | something that's happened many times since, |
| 1:12.4 | but I was the first person that ever happened to. |
| 1:15.1 | So I've been in the Parliament since 2001, |
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