SNP MHAIRI BLACK MAIDEN SPEECH ROCKED HOUSE OF COMMONS

SNP Mhairi Black, 20, became MP for the constituency of Renfrewshire South in the last General Election in May 2015.

She gave her Maiden Speech only now because she is still studying at the University of Glasgow, reading politics, and wanted that to be finished first. She also gave herself time to listen to other speeches from various parties.

Ms Black raised many good points in her speech which was fully reported in the Guardian.

She pointed out that she is the only 20 year old who receives housing benefit from the Chancellor George Osborne since he axed housing benefit for under 21 in his last budget. Ms Black criticised the Conservative Party very heavily for cancelling the housing benefit. She found it ridiculous that she alone, in the UK, will be entitled to because being a MP and has to have a second home in London

The remark caused laughter across the House of Common.

She made a point that she does not rub salt into the wounds of Labour for having lost the seats in Scotland to the SNP and with it the General Election but she would asked Labour and other parties for joining them for a good opposition.

Mhairi Black said: “I would reach out a genuine hand of friendship that I can only hope will be taken. Let us come together. Let us be the opposition. Ultimately people are in need of a voice, people need help. Let’s give them it.”

Black added further: “Yes, we will have political differences, yes in Parliaments we maybe opposite parties, but within the chamber we are not.  No matter how much I may wish it, the SNP is not the sole opposition to this government – but nor is the Labour party. It is together with all the parties on these benches that we must form an opposition, and in order to be effective we must do so by opposing not abstaining.”

Ms Black received a great applause and apparently it is not in the rules to applause a speaker.  The MPs were reprimanded but the speech was so tremendous with a real fresh outlook therefore the MPs could not stop themselves to show their enthusiasm.

She also did not spare on words to explain why Labour lost so heavily to SNP.  She told them that people were angry and felt that Labour lost touch with the people in Scotland.

Mhairi Black has the entire right attitude and put it into words which reach people.

Her constituency was run by LibDem Douglas Alexander and is one of the poorest. 

Will she be able to turn it around? After all in the House of Common exists a political war and most of the MPs are only interested to rise and bring others down. They are not interested in people to get a better life and it comes through many times in her speech.

Especially now with Tory’s budget of £12billion Welfare cuts being forced through.

Personally I wish her al the luck and success. Ms Black has certainly the right attitude which was need for a long time.

The Labour Party were praising her speech greatly today. which is a very good sign.