Alex Rowley MSP
@AlexRowleyFife
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Alex Rowley is a Scottish Labour MSP for the Mid Scotland and Fife Region
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Personally, I am pleased that Scotland's First Minister is representing my country at COP27. Every country has a role to play in the climate emergency no matter their size, so not to have gone would have been justified criticism, but the petty divisive politics must stop
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Delighted to meet with my good friend
@jeremycorbyn
tonight and have a good discussion about the positive atmosphere around COP26 and the amazing ambition young people have for change
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I have to say I don’t get why the Labour Scottish Executive are so reluctant to allow our membership to determine our vision and way forward for Scotland. Too many of them still think Better Together standing alongside the Tories is the best way forward.
#outoftouch
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Had a few beers last night to celebrate the arrival of my new grandson Ronan and whilst I cannot get through to see and hold him and mum Danielle, as long as they are both good and they are, then the focus is the future, love, love, love
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Delighted
@scotgov
have accepted my Members’ Bill proposal to introduce a Scottish equivalent of passivhaus standards for all new build housing in Scotland. This will help future proof housing stock, save people money and tackle our climate emergency - a very welcome move!
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There is a choice in Scotland to either use the powers of our Parliament or cut £500m from vital public services
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Disappointing that at a time when we need unity, focus & strength
@IanMurrayMP
and fellow plotters put self interest before needs of country
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I am very chuffed to meet my new grandson who was born in the last hour. Mum and baby both doing great!
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Today I visited Auschwitz: an incredibly sobering experience, but also a stark reminder of why we must continue to oppose hate and all forms of prejudice. We must also acknowledge our communities that strive to make people feel welcome regardless of race or creed.
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In Lochgelly the SNP told the town they would have a new health centre by 2023, they broke that promise and now it won't happen this decade. We need change -
@FifeLabour
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A £10 minimum wage was in
@UKLabour
GE manifesto. Getting
@jeremycorbyn
in to No.10 is the way to get £10 minimum wage. Join Labour today.
RT if you agree: It's time to
#EndAusterity
and implement a real Living Wage of over £10.
Read our plan here:
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This is the most dishonest tweet I have seen on the council industrial action
@DougChapmanSNP
do you not think this is why politics is in the state it is in when highly paid politicians think it is alright to completely mislead the public & insult the workers claim for fair pay
Edinburgh August 2022. It’s taken a matter of a few months for the Labour/Tory administration to literally trash the city. They don’t care.
#YouYesYet
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Really happy to join my daughter Danielle
@DaniRowley
in Westminster to hear her make her maiden speech to parliament
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No place in Scotland for hate that is the message in Perth today. Proud to stand with socialists against fascism
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🥬 My allotment is producing the goods at this time of year and it is all healthy eating! The exercise is good but it also helps with your mental health - so I hope more people will get involved in growing their own 🧑🌾
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The SNP first committed to dual the A9 back in 2007. Today 16 years on & a catalogue of excuses later, the Government expects us to be happy that by 2030 - 23 years after the 2007 commitment - they will have completed less than 50% of the project. See my Q to the CabSec here👇
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Today I joined with many standing up for humanity. I believe the killing of tens of thousands of innocent women & children & the starvation of hundreds of thousands of human beings is a sin against humanity. It is a sin that the world must speak out against and it must stop now.
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Joined
@RMT_Scotland
workers on the picket line this morning. Every worker deserve dignity and respect at work. Yet up and down the country workers are under attack - they are getting a raw deal on pay and the threat to their basic terms and conditions is completely unacceptable.
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I’m pleased
@scotgov
have formally committed to taking forward my Bill to introduce a Scottish equivalent of Passivhaus standards for new-builds in Scotland. We now need to ensure when introduced the verification process is robust so that what is being proposed is delivered 👇
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We must reduce our need to consume energy as the cheapest, and greenest, energy is the energy you don’t use in the first place. The Scottish Government taking onboard my Members’ Bill is a very welcome step in the right direction.
.
@scotgov
have stated they will legislate to give effect to
@alexrowleyfife
's Members Bill proposal for minimum environmental design standards for new-build housing. They will do so within two years.
Learn more about the proposal:
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Campaigning in Dunfermline this morning making clear the energy & cost of living crisis can’t go on. The UK Gov must cut VAT on energy bills, fairly redistribute the VAT windfall & introduce radical reforms to ensure vulnerable fuel poor households are protected
#labourdoorstep
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Regardless of your view on abortion, women accessing medical care should be able to do so without any form of intimidation or judgement. I support
@GillianMacMSP
’s bill for buffer zones to be introduced in Scotland.
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My members bill would mean all new housing in Scotland was built to the gold standard in energy efficiency - with energy bills soaring and a climate crisis it is astonishing that SNP and Green Ministers have rejected this recommendation from the Climate Assembly
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As a member of
@scottishlabour
I have now voted in the leadership election and I voted for
@MonicaLennon7
who I believe has a passion for the change that we need in our country. The majority in Scotland are opposed to the status quo and want change. Monica will engage with this
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Pleased to chat with
@AndyBurnhamGM
when he visited Fife today. Nations & regions can benefit far more from working together, sharing ideas & building a better future. Taking responsibility, promoting solidarity, & collectivism is always better than division, blame & grudge
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🏡 I am honoured to formally lodge my Members’ Bill in the
@ScotParl
today which seeks to introduce a Scottish equivalent of Passivhaus standards for all new build housing in Scotland. Watch my video below and find out more on how you can help by going to:
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Having a nice evening celebrating my daughter Danielle’s 30th in Dalkeith miners
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I have voted and was delighted to be joined by my youngest grandson Ronan and his mum
@DaniRowley
Please use your vote
#BothVotesLabour
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Colleges across Scotland are cutting courses & making staff redundant at a time when we must give people skills to get good jobs. This is unacceptable &
@scotgov
must get a grip on the situation, stop the cuts and invest in people, skills, & our colleges. See my question below 👇
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I am pleased to have nominated
@MonicaLennon7
to stand for the
@scottishlabour
leader. It is important that we have a civil debate on the key issues, a fair contest and crucially in our democratic party the members decide
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We need a Labour Government that will bring an end to poverty wages. Join
@jeremycorbyn
@UKLabour
& join the fight for change
Britain, it’s time for a pay rise.
Agree?
Share our plan to raise the Minimum Wage to £10 an hour ↓
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In Glasgow today with many calling for an end to the killing & starvation of Palestinians. People are horrified at the killing of tens of thousands of innocent women & children & now the starvation of the whole population. This must stop, world leaders must listen & act now.
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Recovery must be the priority, a national recovery plan for health, for education, for jobs & economy and for our environment. Put people first - Put Scotland first
#BothVotesScottishLabour
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Before covid there were over 21,000 people in Scotland with ME. The numbers have now increased as the symptoms are similar to long-covid. Greater understanding is needed amongst health professionals, more investment in serveices, as well as investment in research
#millionsmissing
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Under the SNP & Tories two-thirds of Scottish train stations are not fully accessible. A modern rail network is essential to a fairer, greener and more prosperous Scotland. It is time for change.
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Underwent further eye surgery at Dunfermline QM hospital yesterday, this time my right eye and I hope to be home later today. I want to pay tribute & thanks to all staff who work at QMH for their amazing dedication, commitment, care and kindness. We can all be proud of our NHS.
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The SNP are not just letting down college lecturers - they are letting down Scotland. If we are going to drive Scotland’s economy then colleges need to be at the heart of this. The Minister must do his job and get this issue sorted. Lecturers deserve better.
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Tories Brexit shambles puts jobs at risk, divides regions, nations and communities
@scottishlabour
will put the interests of Scotland first
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I have asked the
@scotgov
to urgently review the taxi driver support scheme. I do not doubt their sincerity in wanting to provide support & help to taxi drivers but it would seem they have failed to get it right as
@UniteScotland
have made clear - these workers need support now
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Good to join with Gordon Brown &
@unisontheunion
General Secretary
@cmcanea
@clairebakermsp
at opening of
@UNISONFife
office on Kirkcaldy High Street. It was right to clap for NHS workers on a Thursday night but now
@scotgov
@HumzaYousaf
must bring forward a fair pay settlement
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Joined college staff in Dunfermline fighting for fair pay & an end to job losses & cuts. Our ambition must be a highly educated & skilled workforce with good jobs. This can’t be delivered by an SNP government that continues to cut Further Education. Solidarity with college staff!
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The barbaric slaughter of children must stop. Tens of thousands of woman and children being killed, the world must speak out and demand this crime against humanity stops now
If the Israeli military invades Rafah, where more than one million Palestinians are now sheltering, an already dire situation will further deteriorate
We are raising the alarm ahead of what would be an unmitigated health and humanitarian crisis
Read: (1/4)
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Joined with my daughter & other teachers from Inverkeithing High calling on
@scotgov
@COSLA
@S_A_Somerville
to resolve the dispute.
@EISUnion
@NASUWT
want
#fairpayforteachers
@snp
ministers need to get their heads out the sand, get a fair offer on the table & support teachers
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SNP politicians repeatedly told the people of Lochgelly and Kincardine election after election that they were getting much needed new Health Centres but these were false promises. We need change
All new NHS building projects in Scotland put on hold
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Thanks for voting & supporting me. I look forward to working with all to rebuild a strong Labour movement in Scotland
http://t.co/KAZ3ji7DHC
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A beautiful morning in Cambuslang campaigning for
@mgshanks
@ScottishLabour
- feedback, people very aware of just how incompetent in government the SNP are almost as bad as the Tories. It is time for change
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Good to be in Tannochside speaking at Keir Hardie Memorial Dinner alongside
@jeremycorbyn
#ForTheMany
join Labour
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Great
@jeremycorbyn
's mandate to lead the Labour Party has been reconfirmed by membership. Now we must take the fight to the Tories and SNP.
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Disabled young people in Scotland deserve a fighting chance - that’s why I’m delighted to support my colleague
@GlasgowPam
’s bill to give a statutory right for every young person with a disability to be supported through their transition from childhood to adulthood 👇
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Interesting morning on the doors in Rutherglen where change is definitely coming. People much more focussed on performance of SNP in government and moving their votes as a result.
@mgshanks
@ScottishLabour
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🍛🥣🍔The
@AhmadiyyaScot
Muslim Community are highlighting a Cheap & Easy Cooking campaign to help tackle food poverty sharing cost-saving & easy to cook recipes to cook at home rather than buying costly ready meals. Check out the recipes & videos below 👇
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In Glasgow to join with Trade Unions & workers to say ‘Enough is Enough’. We must have a fair pay deal for all workers, investment in public services & jobs. Say no to austerity, no to fracking & no to handouts for the wealthiest. The attacks on workers & their families must stop
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Today I met members of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) & heard firsthand the massive pressures our NHS staff are working under. They want a fair pay deal & the staffing crisis dealt with. We clapped for them during Covid we must now support with fair pay & adequate staffing
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The SNP government talk a good game about encouraging people to use public transport but actions speak louder than words so why are they continuing to hike up the cost of using rail to the point people cannot afford to leave the car and get on a train
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First time I have been to mass since lockdown the beautiful St. Mary’s Church Inverness and it was good to be back and maintain social distancing
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Very proud to join with
@StirUni
students who are showing solidarity with their staff from
@UCUScotland
on strike due to proposed changes which could see lecturers and teaching staff pensions being axed by up to tens of thousands of pounds a year.
#OccupyLogie
#NoCapitualtion
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Delighted to thank
@scottishlabour
organiser
@rae_sc
as she departs for new adventure in Canada our best wishes 😄
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Delighted to start my holiday week spending the morning with Ronan exploring Musselburgh
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Delighted to get my first Covid vaccine jag
@LochgellyCentre
this afternoon and a very big thank you to all the staff involved here and across the country. If we stick together we will get through this
#NHSBrilliant
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The Queensferry Crossing is an amazing achievement, well done to everyone involved good for Fife good for Scotland
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Pleased to join Cllr Mary Lockhart &
@jeremycorbyn
in Kelty to say thank you to everyone who voted in by-election
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Trade Unionists from across Scotland in Perth make clear there is no place in Scotland for hate, bigotry or racists
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🌹 Joined with party members in Kelty calling on the UK Government to take action on rising cost of energy, food and the cost of living by implementing the
@UKLabour
plan out of the crisis
#labourdoorstep
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Scotland’s greatest asset is its people. If our economy is going to work, people need quality education & skills. The SNP are failing our colleges & need to get their act together if we want to see education delivered to support the economy of the future. See what I had to say 👇
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I have to say with the deranged Tory Brexit, I am glad I grow my own food 😉
#dernagedtorybrexit
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A bit cold on the doors but a warm reception for
@LabourRichard
@scottishlabour
case for change & strong support for
@jeremycorbyn
@UKLabour
#ForTheMany
notthefew
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🧱 When it comes to planning should local communities have the same rights as developers? See what I had to say in Parliament this week here 👇
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The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Edinburgh & Fife Branch have done fantastic work over the pandemic donating to foodbanks and helping frontline workers. The last year has been challenging for all but the support of people helping each other is needed & appreciated -
@AMA_Edinburgh
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Big team campaigning in Dunfermline for
@ScottishLabour
@FifeLabour
@JonAshworth
@cara_hilton
for strong local services
#votelabour
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Pleased to lead a members debate in
@scotparl
acknowledging the essential work of the
@CoalfieldsRegen
Trust. Now more than ever we must focus support into former mining communities across Scotland. It was great to join fellow MSPs & activists who were there to support the debate
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A historical day for our village of Kelty as
@KeltyHeartsFC
play their first league game is the SPFL second division and it is a derby match with
@CowdenbeathFC
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I am afraid that
@NicolaSturgeon
response to young people who feel cheated and let down is not acceptable. Yes they can appeal but surely it is for the
@scotgov
to address the massive flaws in the
@sqanews
methodology. Please reflect more and do what is right for pupils let down
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Another nice morning speaking with voters & getting a lot of support for
@mgshanks
@ScottishLabour
- it is always good to talk and to listen no matter what party people are supporting, courtesy & respect costs nothing
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Yet again in the Scottish Parliament we see the SNP and Tory MSPs teaming up and voting together to stop progressive action from taking place - and this time to wash their hands of applying for an Unexplained Wealth Order in relation to Donald Trump’s property in Scotland!
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Was delighted to join
@KeltyHeartsFC
Chairman Ian Thomson as his head was shaved raising over £1,500 for Maggies Kirkcaldy. Ian wanted to say thank you for all the support his partner Lorna has had from
@MaggiesCentres
. You can still donate.
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Campaigning in Sauchie with
@IanLaveryMP
@scottishlabour
members & Margaret Brooks
@ClacksCLP
council candidate
#ForTheMany
not the few end failed Tory austerity & SNP council cuts
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Out campaigning in Rutherglen this morning for
@mgshanks
@ScottishLabour
with
@clairebakermsp
@jayniebax
@FifeLabour
- cost of living and SNP incompetence coming up again and again on the doors. I think change is coming
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It is deeply disappointing that
@CollegesScot
have failed to find a solution to the current dispute leaving staff & students high & dry. Industrial relations are at rock bottom. The SNP government have cut further education to the bone and must intervene to resolve this dispute
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Good to join
@MattKerrLabour
campaigning for Labour in Clackmannanshire this evening. I voted for Matt because I want real change, a rejection of the unionist and nationalist neoliberal more of the same. We must be more ambitious for Scotland & set out an agenda for real change
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The inhumane treatment of workers from
@POferries
is nothing short of shameful. Firing 800 workers despite boasting of record profits and paying millions to shareholders is shocking behaviour. Companies cannot be allowed to get away with this - or who knows who's next?
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Disappointing the SNP teamed up with the Tories in the
@ScotParl
today to vote against my proposal to be more ambitious in tackling fuel poverty. In doing so they’ve condemned another generation with their lack of ambition and motivation to tackle the scourge of fuel poverty.
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Down on the allotment whether it is picking strawberries, digging delicious new potatoes or weeding, it is good for your mental health, physical health and helps with the cost of food!
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📚“A library outranks any other one thing a community can do to benefit its people. It is a never failing spring in the desert”-Andrew Carnegie. This
#LibrariesWeek
it’s important to remember how vital libraries are, visit your local & find out what makes them so indispensable 📖
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If even one young person was being cheated out their qualifications it would be totally unacceptable but it is thousands.
@NicolaSturgeon
must act now to reverse the SQA exam results shambles and go back to the original estimates given by teachers
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No matter how they try to cover it up, the SNP are making massive cuts to public services. Let's stop the SNP cuts
#stopthecuts
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Under
@kezdugdale
@scottishlabour
is stronger and more united than it was when she took the job, we have a platform on which to build
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Talking with voters this morning and the support for change with
@ScottishLabour
@melanie_ward
is very strong. People want to see the investment in jobs and public services that voting for Labour on 4 July will bring for our country
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I met fire service management & firefighters to discuss cuts. In Fife it’s proposed to cut Dunfermline’s 3rd Appliance, Glenrothes’ & Methil’s 2nd Pump & the Height Appliance from Kirkcaldy. This is unacceptable & I urge people to support
@FBUScotland
calls for an end to the cuts
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Good to join with
@FifeLabour
members and catch up with
@ScottishLabour
candidate for Glenrothes & Mid Fife
@RichardBaker_24
making the case for the change Scotland needs & asking people to vote for that change
#VoteScotLab24
#GENOW
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Cutting the numbers of trains and hiking up charges seems a strange way of getting people onto the trains. The cost of travelling by rail has become a real barrier to many so Scotrail and the Scottish Government need to think again
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Fantastic turnout for the
@PassivhausTrust
event in
@ScotParl
tonight. I was pleased to host and talk about the Members Bill I introduced to change the law to make all new build housing in Scotland be built to a Scottish Passivhaus equivalent standard. Great event.
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Good to join
@scottishlabour
campaign team in Loanhead tonight supporting
@DaniRowley
in her campaign
#VoteLabour
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Great to join
@scottishlabour
candidates at launch of
@FifeLabour
manifesto excellent record and vision for Fife
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A lovely morning in Airdrie campaigning for
@ScottishLabour
@AirdrieShottsLP
@shottsman7
Democracy is precious use your vote
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Thank you to the Ahmadiyya Muslim Elders Association for organising a Peace Symposium in Rosyth this afternoon. Their message of fostering understanding respect & cooperation among people of all backgrounds & faiths is essential in building more inclusive & harmonious communities
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Pleased to join
@ScottishTUC
Deputy General Secretary
@DaveSTUC
at the launch of the report “Profiting From Care: Why Scotland Can’t Afford Privatised Social Care” - carers are being treated poorly by employers at work and the case is clear as to why that must change
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