Mhairi Black interviewer learns what being ‘at it’ means
Williams asked for clarification over a phrase the SNP MP made repeated reference to: “at it”.
Black’s friend and assistant, Declan, stepped in to explain: “If you’re at it, you’re deliberately doing it, and fully aware, but you’re pretending not to be aware. You get a lot of this in Glasgow”.
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Hide AdBefore any Glasgow residents feel the need to defend themselves, in the interview Black uses the phrase to describe her feelings towards the Conservative Party, among other political players.
Black became an MP earlier this year while still working towards her undergraduate degree at the University of Glasgow. She was just 20 years old at the time, and is the youngest MP in the House of Commons since 1880.