It’s an honour & privilege to have been elected to serve as a Member of the Scottish Parliament for Glasgow Baillieston & Shettleston constituency. The election is now over and my priority is to serve everyone, whether you voted for me or not, or indeed whether you voted at all.
🚨 BREAKING: Labour MP Emma Lewell says she will defy Keir Starmer and vote for him to be referred to the Privileges Committee
"The way today's vote has been handled by the Government smacks once again of being out of touch and disconnected from the public mood"
Last year, the future of British Steel was on the line. Scunthorpe’s steel furnaces were hours away from shutting down.
I couldn’t let thousands of people lose their jobs. So we saved British Steel.
Time and again, people want to write off Britain’s workers. The Tories did it
85 years since the #Clydebank Blitz.
On the nights of 13th and 14th March 1941 German bombers devastated the Burgh. 528 people were killed and around 35,000 were left homeless. Scotland greatest loss of life in the modern era. Do not forget their names.
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Great news for Inverclyde.
“Forbes told parliament that the award of the four contracts would help unlock up to £14.2m of promised funding to modernise the Port Glasgow shipyard.”
🗣️ Back Labour even "if you do it holding your nose".
Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar delivers a speech in Scotland, ahead of the May elections for Holyrood, pitching that the SNP are bad, and Labour are the least worst alternative.
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A #democracy that weakens its intellectual infrastructure weakens its capacity to govern. Different systems make different choices about how education is funded and valued, and the model matters, because it shapes what survives when finances tighten. #HigherEducation#Democracy
UCL will close its Institute of Advanced Studies this summer, stating the interdisciplinary research centre is no longer financially sustainable, reports @jgro_thetimeshighereducation.com/news/ucl-axes-…
If you've seen the Sunday Times today you'll know Labour Together were secretly hiring people to investigate journalists. Sadly you won't know that The National exclusively broke this story six months ago, since our work is not credited at all.
The National revealed that Starmer's allies at Labour Together were hiring investigators to look into journalists and writers back in September, in this great piece by @PulaRJS and @OborneTweets
These are the people running the country. It's bleak.
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… I’d say Technology governance is too important to outsource to X threads @columeastwood and stacked headlines and dramatic quotes are not proof of runaway autonomy.
AI capability is advancing rapidly that’s a fact. Let’s also be mindful that threads are not evidence, resignations and dramatic quotes are not proof of runaway autonomy.
Governance requires data, transparency and regulatory design. Not adrenaline @michaelgove