Martyn Day: Holyrood 026
Continuing our series of interviews with candidates for the Holyrood 2026 elections, our guest today is Martyn Day who is standing for Falkirk East and Linlithgow constituency for the SNP. Martyn is the former MP for Linlithgow. He has some interesting thoughts about ways in which Holyrood and Westminster can learn from one another.
Key themes:
- 02:00 Campaigning in Falkirk East and Linlithgow
- 03:31 Reflections on 2024 General Election
- 06:10 Where are the young folk?
- 09:38 Grangemouth and the future
- 12:38 SNP manifesto launch
- 14:26 Westminster vs Holyrood
- 22:24 Manifesto highlights
- 28:51 Independence – next steps
- 30:34 Handling the far right
- Catch up on all our election coverage here: Holyrood 2026 Playlist
- Watch this interview on our YouTube channel here.
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