Councillor at
@SouthLanCouncil
-
@theSNP
Local Government Convener -
Promoted by K Loudon, SLC, Almada Street, ML3 0AA - She/her -
Own account and views
Watch 🎥
@AndreaCowanSNP
quoting a Labour colleague who slammed the new UK Labour Chancellor's cuts to Winter Fuel Payments. He was not at Council today, but I couldn't agree with him more. His Labour colleagues had no reply.
Look forward to seeing Council's letter to the PM ✍️
Following a successful SNP motion, the Council will now write to the new Labour UK PM congratulating him and demanding:
💷An end to austerity policies
🧑🧒🧒Scrapping the 2 child cap
♨️Reinstatement of the Winter Fuel Payment
🏴No by-passing of the ScotGov on devolved matters
Delighted to say that I'm the
@theSNP
candidate for the potential by-election in RH&W.
I'm proud to be part of an amazing team of activists, and I'm really looking forward to the campaign ahead with them all 💛
Time for the hard work to begin.
With a Westminster-made cost of living crisis hammering households, people across Rutherglen and Hamilton West deserve an MP who will help them through these tough times.
I promise, as their
@theSNP
MP, I will always put their priorities first.
🗳️ Confirmed: There will be a by-election in Rutherglen and Hamilton West.
Our candidate
@KatyLoudonSNP
has lived in constituency for nearly 14 years. She’s passionate about social justice and is proud to have led work there on providing free school meals and period products.
And there we have it - Labour and Tories vote together to block free school meals for P4 and P5, proposed by
@theSNP
Administration. Are you proud of yourselves,
@scottishlabour
?
"Tackling poverty", my foot
#SLCBudget
Hands up if you've had stuff in your kitchen cupboard for longer than Carlaw's leadership lasted 🙋♀️
With "immediate effect", and strange timing, eh? 🤔
Still my favourite
@theSNP
campaign picture ever. Wee one wouldn't fasten her cardi over her "who saves the world? GIRLS" tshirt on this chilly day, desperate to show it off. Blatant excuse for FM cuddles if you ask me.
"When women lift, girls rise" 💗 Thank you,
@NicolaSturgeon
I see the Gordon Brown on the front page klaxon has sounded - talking about a "moral mission" on child poverty
@theSNP
lifting 100k children out of poverty is a moral *action*
Let's be clear - Labour backing caps on families' benefits is moral bankruptcy.
Abhorrent 🥀
For local services
For protecting our NHS
For real cost of living support
For decisions about Scotland, made in Scotland
#ForScotland
#VoteSNP
#GE24
P.S. Gie's a wave if you spot one 👋
*Today* I got a
@ScotTories
leaflet, setting out a free school meals policy. So what did they do tonight? 🧐 The 5 of them that did vote, voted no.
I'm not surprised, but I'm disgusted. And why didn't their leader vote - because he knows how easy it is to get these screenshots?
An old photo now, but the message hasn't changed. Remembering the love in the square then, it's heartbreaking to see outright racism and thuggery tonight. Absolutely sick at the sight of it. Much love and solidarity to everyone who's hurting 💗
#PeopleMakeGlasgow
#RefugeesWelcome
Anyone looking for a difference between Scottish and UK Labour would have a *very* long search. A "Scottish Labour" MP would be under a Starmer whip.
I'm almost embarrassed for Sarwar after this nonsense statement.
@theSNP
stand unequivocally against this cruel policy.
Anas Sarwar and Keir Starmer have been on a visit in Edinburgh this morning.
The Scot Labour leader has said he'll "press" a UK Labour govt to scrap the 2 child benefit cap ASAP.
Sir Keir said anyone looking for division between Scot & UK Labour would have "very long search."
Quick behind the scenes shot - the sleeves are rolled up!
Great chats out with this team today.
The message is clear - people are struggling under Westminster's cost of living crisis, while Starmer's Labour sit on their hands. Only
@theSNP
stand against cruel Tory policies.
🤩 I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: the best thing about
@theSNP
is the amount of amazing activists we have!
💛 All raring to go in Blantyre this morning. Working hard to get
@KatyLoudonSNP
elected as the SNP MP for Rutherglen and Hamilton West!
#VoteKaty
#ActiveSNP
My open letter to Labour supporters 👇🏻
Keir Starmer is selling off core Labour values in a thinly-veiled attempt to appeal to those on the right - so I am urging you to vote SNP to make him think again ↩️
📣 Don't let Westminster block your vote - check if you have voter ID, and if not, get a postal vote.
⏱️ Deadline to register to vote is 5pm on Tuesday 19th September
⏱️ Deadline to register for a postal vote is 5pm on Wednesday 20th September
7 hours and not a peep from Scottish Labour, after Starmer confirmed he has no intention of scrapping the abhorrent two-child cap and rape clause.
You’d have better luck finding a needle in a haystack than you would finding a difference between them and Tories.
Shame on them 🥀
👇 Had to update our graphic after another u-turn from Keir Starmer. This time, he's u-turning on his pledge to scrap the cruel two-child cap & rape clause.
🏴 The Scottish Gov't and SNP MPs have opposed these cruel Tory policies since the beginning, and we'll continue to do so.
All over the place, and ridiculously out of touch.
This constituency, and Scotland, overwhelmingly voted Remain, and the vast majority want to rejoin. While Starmer and Labour's position becomes more extreme, only
@theSNP
offers a way of escaping the disaster that is Brexit.
EXC: Scottish Labour Westminster by-election candidate not 'against' the UK rejoining the EU.
Michael Shanks said: “I have not changed my principles or the idea that the European project is good for all of us.”
It was such a gorgeous night tonight while we were out and about speaking to people about what's important to them.
Here are tonight's top 5 🖐️reasons why people are voting for
@theSNP
on the 4th July 📮🗳️
#VoteSNP
#ForScotland
#GE24
My nomination papers are in to stand on the Glasgow Region list for
@theSNP
in May.
The polls are very positive, and we’re on track for an independence majority - if we work hard and smart 💪
More to follow, but I'd love to hear from you 👇
katy.loudon
@hotmail
.co.uk
#SP21
"Summer" election = just about dodging the rain in Cambuslang!
Lots of postal vote chat today - remember for the general election you can apply for a postal vote online, deadline is 19th June 📮
You know there's an election on when "what we doing before the game?" means which streets 👟👟😅
Good luck
@ScotlandNT
🤞
and happy rare night off ScotPol activists 🍻🏴
#ActiveSNP
#GERSCO
#EURO24
Imagine getting views to the hills like this after all that rain! Productive wee session in Bankhead to round off the day - I should probably have some "lunch" now 😅
#ActiveSNP
#GE24
✍️ Across the constituency, people are facing rising mortgage payments, and the money in their pockets just isn’t stretching far enough.
I’m calling on the Chancellor to introduce tax relief on mortgage payments as a matter of priority 👇
Check out the thread below for more details of how to get involved with my campaign in Rutherglen and Hamilton West, and join our amazing team of
@theSNP
activists this weekend 👋💛
👨👩👦 The Westminster-made cost of living crisis is hammering households across Scotland.
🥀 Yet Labour are supporting some of the most damaging Tory policies.
🏴 Get involved to help us elect an SNP MP to stand up for Scotland.
Starmer confirms GB Energy isn’t an energy company but an investment arm for private sector & will not:
1) produce energy
2) sell energy
3) own any energy infrastructure
And no explanation as to how it reduces bills.
Scotland’s energy should be in Scotland’s hands.
#VoteSNP
There's a hideous irony to this story, and it's pathetic to wave away criticism as point scoring when so many are in the grip of this cruel, despicable policy. If Scottish Labour candidates are not prepared to stand up to their bosses on this - what is the point of them?
EXC: Scottish Labour candidate in pivotal seat launched food bank drive on the same day Keir Starmer backed two child benefit cap.
Michael Shanks said it was needed to combat rising child poverty.
🛑 End 14 yrs of Westminster austerity
🇪🇺 Rejoin the EU
🤝 Keep the NHS in public hands
👶🏻 Scrap the two-child benefit cap
💰 Full & fair compensation for WASPI women
🏘 Reverse £1.3bn WM cuts to capital budgets
🏴 Decisions made in Scotland, for Scotland
As
#TeamSNP
get our trainers back on and the clipboards back out for a busy day, here's a quick picture of some of us out in Burnside before last night's campaign session 🏃♀️🏃
Thanks to everyone who joined us!
#ActiveSNP
Postal votes have been arriving and
@KatyLoudonSNP
and I were delighted to hear how many in
#Blantyre
have already been returned with
@theSNP
X on the ballot paper
Today I joined
@tracemac07
members of
@CambuslangCC
and
#SaveOurLibraries
campaigners in Hamilton.
There's better news for Cambuslang, but still nothing for Halfway or Blantyre.
People power works – the campaigners have made great progress, and I’m beside them all the way ✊
After careful consideration and encouragement from fellow members, I’m delighted to announce I’ve notified the National Secretary, and the Convenor of
@Shettleston_SNP
of my intention to seek selection as the Glasgow Shettleston candidate for May 2021. 1/3
In the words of one of their own - Labour's riddled with "bullying", "intimidation" and "poisonous" behaviour.
Having witnessed this in public meetings, I can only imagine what it's like in private.
A "fresh start" = more of the old dysfunction, division, and toxicity 🥀
🔴EXCL: Scottish Labour by-election campaign rocked by claims of “secrecy, fear and intimidation” in South Lanarkshire Council.
Party councillor Mathew Buchanan warned Anas Sarwar: “There is a problem with Labour in South Lanarkshire.”
🔽🔽
And here's tonight's team gathering before heading over to Cambuslang. Great session, but the jumper on for this one right enough - the nights are fair drawing in, etc.! Thanks
#TeamSNP
💛
Two quick messages;
🗳️Register to vote by 11.59pm on Tuesday 18th
📮Register for a postal vote by 5pm on Wednesday 19th
Visit and - it only takes 5 minutes🤳👩💻
#VoteSNP
#GE24
Great to welcome FM
@HumzaYousaf
to Burnbank today, including a visit to
@whebcreditunion
to hear about how they're supporting local residents through the cost of living crisis.
Bit of press, and then a couple of very positive campaign sessions with our fab
@theSNP
activists 💛
A now deleted tweet from a Labour cabinet member in SLC earlier today 🤨 The 800+ detailed and varied comments and opinions on the SLC Facebook post on the strike are all from "Joes" and "Karens"?!
Shameful, patronising nonsense from
@ScottishLabour
Team
@RutherglenSNP
were lucky to catch the sunshine earlier in Cambuslang before the weather turned 😎
Hot topics today were Brexit, cost of living, and local services and shops.
(Also a 🐶 heavy day, the 🐱 were hiding in the shade!)
#ActiveSNP
Amazing to see all the new
@theSNP
members tweeting tonight. Welcome, y'all 👋💛 Onwards to
#BothVotesSNP
in May, and a brighter future 🏴
(P.S. our nights oot and raffles are amazing, and you'll love them when we're all able to meet in person again 💃😉)
Another abandoned Labour pledge 🥀
WASPI campaigners have rightfully fought long and hard for compensation, and this is an absolute slap in the face.
@theSNP
have supported WASPI women since day 1, and we will stick to our principles.
#VoteSNP
#ForScotland
#ForWASPI
#GE24
Out today in the Woodlands estate in Bothwell this afternoon to get Katy Loudon elected for the Rutherglen constituency.
Katy is an experienced and dedicated local Councillor who will make an excellent MP.
#VoteSNP
#ForScotland
#GE24
Brexit had an extremely personal and upsetting effect on my wonderful extended family. It is insulting in the extreme to say "this is not a question for just now" when people here are living through the consequences.
All over the place, and ridiculously out of touch.
This constituency, and Scotland, overwhelmingly voted Remain, and the vast majority want to rejoin. While Starmer and Labour's position becomes more extreme, only
@theSNP
offers a way of escaping the disaster that is Brexit.
FULL TIME: Cyprus 0-3 Scotland.
Controlled, clinical and confident 🏴
First-half goals from Scott McTominay, Ryan Porteous and John McGinn ensure our 100% record continues, as the referee blows for full time in Cyprus.
#CYPSCO
Beautiful skies over Newton Farm tonight, as we round off another busy day of campaigning.
Thanks to
@RThomsonMP
for joining us, and of course
@rossclarksnp
for his selfie skills 📸
Hot topics tonight included childcare, Brexit/supplier costs, and the cost of living crisis.
Saved this picture from my billboard spotting the other day 🏴
To misquote a bit of punditry I've just heard on the radio, it's a shame the actual football's interrupting the party 😉
Stranger things have happened though - good luck
@ScotlandNT
🤞🤞
#SCOSWI
#EURO2024
And here's my last pic of the campaign trail today. Oor
@AlexGill_
knows that if he meets a friendly cat, I want to know all the details 🐈
(And of course you know Alex, all of your other skills are much appreciated too 😉)
I'm going to owe
@AndreaCowanSNP
a new pair of trainers at this rate! 👟👟
Thank you everyone 💛
Fabulous teams out today, and lots of
@theSNP
support in Drumsagard.
👀👇 in Hillhouse for a great wee night at the Hallowe'en event fundraiser. Naw,
@ChristinaSNP
I'm not stopping for a picture, cos checking this is serious business 😆
I've been looking after an "airplant", sprinkling water on it, etc. I made him a wee terrarium today, which took me *ages*. I know it's very rough, but I'm still just learning. Lifted him out his pot to put him in it... guys, he's made out of plastic 😭😂
Interest here, cos I'm standing for the Glasgow list 🙋♀️ I'm not BAME, not disabled, and I'm 100% supportive of the equality mechanisms. Our Parliament needs to look like our country 🏴 Still standing, still campaigning hard for our Party, and still fighting for independence 💛
Fully supportive of equality mechanisms adopted by
@theSNP
NEC, where there is under-representation we need to show leadership
As such, I've informed the Party that I will not put myself forward for Glasgow List - am keen other BAME members have a chance to top the Glasgow List
Update: I have written to
@LabourRichard
this afternoon. There's no place for Nazi slurs in public life.
@scottishlabour
must take immediate action against the Councillor concerned.
Thank you to everyone who's messaged - it's very much appreciated 💛
Phone's going away now for an early start, and then we're over to
@BlantyreSNP
- see you soon 👋
A
#scotnight
special
🔷 Live studio debate - featuring three candidates from the main parties fighting in the Hamilton and Rutherglen West by-election;
@mgshanks
,
@KatyLoudonSNP
&
@CllrTKerr
🔷 Plus we hear pitches from the other candidates aiming to be the area's MP
10:40
🤨
Some facts;
- SLC to invest £18m in care facilities; some current ones are aging
- New model of care will provide more than 3x the current number of beds
- 5 yr rollout will fully consult those involved
- Whipping up fear in vulnerable folk for political capital is despicable
I’m supporting the campaign by
@labour_southlan
to keep McWhirters House in Larkhall + Kirkton House in Blantyre open.
These care homes are under threat from SNP-run in South Lanarkshire Council.
Vulnerable older people must not be forced to pay the price of SNP austerity.
So when is this Lib Dem 'election in the future' when the EU will become important to them again?
#VoteSNP
at *this* election, for a Party committed to offering a route back to the EU
#STVDebate
#GE24
Cllr Clark has just been denied an item of urgent business on this matter. Neither he nor I were allowed to speak to challenge this, nor were we allowed any questions.
I would have asked if promised engagement had taken place - and am now left presuming that is therefore a no 🤷♀️
🏳️🌈 We have received an update that the motion will finally be presented to committee in November
❌ However, SNP Councillors were prevented from speaking and asking questions
🥀 Labour avoiding scrutiny again
Please sign and share 👇
Another devastating example of Westminster's inhumane and hostile immigration system.
@theSNP
stand against and do not accept these barbaric policies.
Hat tip to
@AlynSmith
for supporting Muhammad while he doesn't have a Rutherglen MP - more below too 👇
🚨 BREAKING: Muhammad, a postgrad student at the University of Stirling, has been detained by the Home Office despite having a valid student visa.
🔒 He’s now been held at Dungavel detention centre for 7 weeks.
📣 Share this and join us in calling for his urgent release!
The fabulous, former-Tory, Councillor
@ashleyannotate
speaking passionately about her journey from no to yes, and how Scottish independence will allow us to build on core values of freedom, inclusion and fairness.
🧵
With the news that Wilko has gone into administration, this morning I've written to them, the GMB, ScotGov, and local representatives to ask that they come together to ensure existing jobs in Hamilton are secured, and that employees are offered support. 1/2
ScotGov analysis has said scrapping the two-child limit would be “the most cost-effective UK welfare reform to reverse”. CPAG have said it has caused families “widespread suffering and hardship” for 6 years.
“Change” with Labour means no change at all 🥀
"Recently [Jonathan Ashworth] called the two child benefit cap heinous & suggested Lab will scrap it. Can you confirm if that is Labs policy?"
Starmer: "That isn't our policy"
So Labours Shadow Secretary of State thinks the policy is heinous but Labour are going to keep it.
Absolutely gutted to see these pictures of the bandstand in Overtoun Park, Rutherglen overnight. I'm in touch with local Councillors and authorities this morning. Over a hundred years old, it's been in the park for many years after a few trips to garden festivals in the 80s. 1/
Couldn't help but steal this pic from
@SnpJosh
's Facebook. Happy faces all round in South Lanarkshire's
@theSNP
group, as new Councillor
@grantyferguson
joins our group 😀
South Lanarkshire Labour, Not only did they team up with the Tories to deny over 6000 universal free meals to our P4/P5s but they went against Labour’s own manifesto pledge. In this letter to Richard Leonard and Jeremy Corbyn I ask for clarity
#LunchSnatchers
Well, that was a lot of fun - huge thank you to
@HnH_TheTrust
and
@OfficialCamGlen
for welcoming a few extra dancers today! 💃🕺
Always lovely to pop in and see you and your tremendous work 😊
Luckily,
@KatyLoudonSNP
fortunes as a candidate don't rely on my dance moves...now if it was bhangra we might be on to something!
Thanks to
@HnH_TheTrust
&
@OfficialCamGlen
for hosting us this morning for a brilliant start to our by-election campaign.
👇 ScotGov have confirmed to me that it will do everything in its power to help those facing redundancy due Wilko closures.
PACE support will be offered to the stores in Scotland - which can include individual guidance, coaching, and training.
It's nowhere near perfect, but I'm pretty chuffed with this lockdown mosaic project. First thing I've tried that wasn't a kit. Needs sealed, put on a stand, and then hopefully the birds will enjoy it 🐦🐦
Stephen is bang on the money – it comes as no surprise that the Johnson report confirms he repeatedly lied to parliament, and lied to the public. He should be stripped of all and any exPM benefits, and the public should not be liable for his legal costs.
"The legal costs, which the public have paid for, need to be recouped"
The SNP's leader in Westminster, Stephen Flynn, says Boris Johnson "repeatedly lied" and has "disgraced the office that he holds"
Follow latest
A Labour chair on a hot mic expressing his displeasure after an
@SNPSouthLan
amendment to allocate full funding to community groups went through 😳
Well done to
@rossclarksnp
for bringing the amendment 👏
I’m glad our proposal was approved by committee but we do need a better system where we don’t have a substantial amount of the money left at the end of the year unallocated and unused.
The Labour chair wasn’t too happy they didn’t win the vote 👇
“F***ing 5 there’s 4 here”
Really honoured to second this resolution at conference today, between powerful contributions from
@StaceyDevine86
and Hazel.
Altogether a fantastic, very positive few days with our
@theSNP
family 💛
#SNP23
I went to the Glasgow hustings this weekend, and
@HumzaYousaf
spoke passionately, with detailed policy knowledge, about how we build an equitable, inclusive, progressive, independent Scotland - what it's all about for me. He's getting my vote tomorrow 🗳
#HumzaForScotland
"If they come after your rights, they come after my rights. As your First Minister, I will not just defend, I will be the first one on the front line, ensuring that nobody comes after your rights, either under devolution, or in an independent Scotland."
#HumzaForScotland
📽 This week I announced I was standing for selection in Glasgow Shettleston. Thanks so much for all the messages. Here's a bit more about me; my experience, skills, and commitment to independence as the way to build a fairer Scotland for all. My contact details are at the end 😊
@Sayers33
@AmandaKerr2019
Tealight holders, ashtrays, mini planters, for dips, for peanuts, make candles in them, *something* in the garden - bird feeders?... all ideas that I've never actually quite got round to 🤭