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It's 5 years since Mhairi Black became the first person to drop the C-bomb in British parliament. It was a speech on misogyny as a hate crime. She's one of the great speakers on the planet.

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Tony Wilson
Mar 06, 2023
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If somebody asked me who is the best speaker I’ve ‘discovered’ by doing this Speakola project, I’d say Mhairi Black. She’s now the deputy leader of the SNP, so hardly an unknown, and she’s just 28 years of age, having been elected to the seat of Paisley and Renfrewshire South in 2015 at the age of 20 years and 237 days, which made her the youngest MP to…

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