Alexander Brown's interview with Owen Thompson at the lobby football match
Owen Thompson Scottish National Party MP for Midlothian has been an MP continually since 12 December 2019. He currently undertakes the role of SNP Chief Whip.
Owen Thompson Scottish National Party MP for Midlothian has been an MP continually since 12 December 2019. He currently undertakes the role of SNP Chief Whip.
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00:00 Hello, my name is Alexander Brown, I'm the Scotsman's Westminster correspondent and I'm
00:08 joined by SNP MP Erwin Thompson during the MP Lobby football game. How is the school,
00:14 how's the game going?
00:15 Well, it's I think it could be called fake news. The Lobby are winning. There's a few
00:22 disputed goals. I think it's 2-3, 3-4-1 maybe.
00:26 It's 4-1 to the Lobby.
00:27 At the moment. There's still time for a comeback.
00:30 We won't say how many I've scored, it's none. Oh, it was almost 5-1. That's the wonders
00:37 of live football. In fact, let's turn slightly and we'll do a talk while we have this corner
00:42 just in case something happens, which is exciting. So, can you tell people what this game is
00:46 about?
00:47 Yeah, so pretty much once a year we try to get the Parliament team who play every so
00:52 often usually raising funds for charity, raising awareness for charities at times in the morning
00:58 before Parliament sits. So once a year we have a game against the Lobby, which is always
01:01 friendly. There are no grudges being settled anywhere on the pitch. But no, I mean it's
01:07 all good and it helps to support what the good causes that the Parliament team play
01:12 for.
01:13 And this is a team of lots of different MPs. Is it a collegiate atmosphere or is there
01:18 a clique? Because I have to say the SNP representation here is, I would say, over-proportionate given
01:23 the lack of Labour MPs today.
01:25 There's two of us. No, I mean, there's always a variety of MPs who play in the games. It's
01:32 not always the same folk because Parliament gets in the way and we actually have jobs
01:36 to do and sometimes you simply just can't make the games. So it's good when we can to
01:40 get a run out every so often. And it's always good when... It's always a friendly atmosphere.
01:44 I think regardless of who's in your team or who you're playing against, it's pretty much
01:48 always a friendly game. And it's a good way to have a bit of fun.
01:52 And with that we're off to have a scrap over a decision. Thank you so much for watching
01:56 Up the Lobby.
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