AQ: Geoff Aberdein, Anneliese Dodds MP, Hannah Mary Goodlad MSP, Magnus Linklater
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AQ: Geoff Aberdein, Anneliese Dodds MP, Hannah Mary Goodlad MSP, Magnus Linklater

B2Upper-intermediateAugust 28, 202650 min
  • Politics

Alex Forsyth presents political debate from Aberdeenshire

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and welcome to Tully Nestle, a hamlet in rural Aberdeenshire, a part of northeast Scotland

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Hello and welcome to Tully Nestle, a hamlet in rural Aberdeenshire, a part of northeast Scotland characterized by rolling hills and agricultural landscape. We're just under an hour from Aberdeen itself. The nearest village is Afford, home of the Aberdeen Angus cattle breed, a fact that is

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celebrated by a life-size bronze statue of a bull on the edge of the village. We are at Tully Nessel and Forbes Hall which was built in the 1950s on land donated by a local farmer and now serves as a community hub for the parish. Joining me here is Hannah Mary Goodlad, the SMP MSP for the Shetland Islands and Minister for Public Finance in the Scottish Government, a role she took up

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shortly after being elected for the first time in May this year. Before that, Hannah worked in the energy industry, including for Norway's state energy company Equinor, where she held senior roles in renewables and hydrocarbons. Annalees Dodds is the Labour MP for Oxford East, and this week she became a co-chair of the left-of-centre think tank, the Fabian Society.

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