Mhairi Black first hit the headlines following the 2015 General Election when she unseated the incumbent MP and Shadow Foreign Secretary Douglas Alexander in spectacular fashion, becoming Westminster’s youngest MP since the reign of Charles II. Her fame was further enhanced by a truly astonishing maiden speech – “in the office it’s known as ‘that bloody speech’,” she laughs – that saw her trend worldwide (number two in Nigeria) and has been watched on YouTube 12 million times and counting.
But these are not the only reasons the Scottish Nationalist stands out.