stephen flynn, welcome to political thinking. thank you.e possibly picked a worse time to become a leader of the snp? 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 grasping opportunities. it's why i'm probably sitting here talking to you just now. so it's an opportunity for for the party to look at itself and see what can and should be done better. i know the first minister, humza yousaf, is obviously in the same headspace as i am in relation to that and i think the membership are as well. we've got to renew notjust the party but to renew our message and make sure that that, you know, that trust that we've built up with the electorate over so many years continues well into the future. as you've watched this unfold, nicola sturgeon herself says even in her worst nightmares, she couldn't have imagined what has unfolded in recent weeks, how is it left you? i mean,

stephen flynn. what we are talking about here _ doing. stephen flynn.ard you can have rights, but only on his terms? tt you can have rights, but only on his terms? , . ., terms? it is also the right of the british public _ terms? it is also the right of the british public to be _ terms? it is also the right of the british public to be able - terms? it is also the right of the british public to be able to i terms? it is also the right of the british public to be able to go i british public to be able to go about their ordinary day—to—day lives without experiencing serious disruption and that's why it's right the police have extra powers and i expect the honourable gentleman disagrees, but we think it's right and people will see every day on tv their lives being disrupted, not able to get to school, get to hospital appointments and indeed to get to work and they should be able to do that and the police should have powers to stop those preventing that from happening. tt have powers to stop those preventing that from happening.— that from happening. it was

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