Fife MSP Alex Rowley has questioned the Scottish Government on what they are doing to address the poor rail services within Fife on the Fife circle route highlighting the practice of trains skipping stations to make up time and the lack of adequate carriages in peak times as unacceptable. Speaking in Parliament Mr Rowley […]
Cancer Research UK have been in touch with all MSPs to provide the following briefing ahead of World Cancer Day. A motion has been raised in the Scottish Parliament and a debate will be taking place. The debate will take place on Thursday 1st February following First Minister’s Questions. World Cancer Day - February […]
Do not let it be said in years to come that the Scottish Parliament was brilliant at policy and strategy but a complete failure when it came to delivering. The SNP have become so arrogant in power they do not think anyone has the right to question them. If we are going to tackle the […]
Haggis. Neeps. Tatties. Scottish cuisine at its finest. And synonymous with this time of year as we approach Burns Night. Across Scotland, and indeed across the world, there will be Burns Suppers taking place in a whole variety of settings. From grand banquets with pipers and poetry to a humble haggis supper from the chip […]
The highly respected Scottish anti-poverty network, ‘the Poverty Alliance’ has issued a brief to Scottish parliamentarians before this weeks budget and their main proposal for the budget is to increase child benefit by £5 a week. If we are to tackle poverty then we need actions that focus on doing so otherwise all the political […]
“Blacklisting is still going on in Scotland and we need a full public inquiry to get to the bottom of this destructive practice that wrecks lives and victimises workers for seeking to do the right thing”. That was the message from Neil Findlay MSP this week as union members came to the Scottish Parliament […]
Many have been saddened, if not shocked, by the latest round of branch closures announced by the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS). I have been a member of that bank since my teens, mainly because it was the only bank based in the village where I live, and I have always stayed with it because […]
This week at FMQs I questioned the First Minister on the release of a new Audit Scotland report on the state of Scotland’s health service. This report raises massive concerns for the state of our NHS. It shows the failings in budgets and the financial management of health and social care, the shortages of […]
I was pleased to join with campaigners from Scotland Against Fracking, the Broad Alliance, WWF Scotland and Friends of the Earth Scotland outside the Scottish Parliament today calling for support from the Parliament to end fracking in Scotland. I supported the Government motion which due to a Labour amendment effectively bans fracking from taking […]
I recently joined with a number of fellow MSP’s and campaigners outside the Scottish Parliament to support Battersea Dogs & Cats Home’s campaign calling for five year sentences for animal cruelty offences in Scotland. There is no place for animal cruelty in Scotland. This is why I have regularly stood up against it. I have […]