Great to be out campaigning today in Killearn for the upcoming Forth and Endrick Ward by-election. Our brilliant candidate Katie Harrison will make a fantastic councillor. 🇬🇧💙
Excellent to see Joy Morrissey MP appointed Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities. A fantastic advocate for women in our Party and beyond, Joy brings huge energy, experience and commitment.
Congratulations, Joy! 💙#cwo#conservatives
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library was the best contribution to child literacy ever made by a celebrity. Our paths crossed once, in the 90s, backstage at a talk show, and I was completely tongue-tied and starstruck. RIP Dolly. You were a complete, irreplaceable one-off.
@MrMcEnaney It is highly dependent on what delegated powers officers have which varies massively across the 32 local authorities. Some have so many, councillors have very little power others have a lot less meaning most things are ran past cllrs for votes.
@Kusznir_M@Fiona_Higgins_@Dr11Ums Many many times over all across the country. Any line of questioning that appears to raise discrepancies between what members may know to be true and what they are being told is threatened with a standards complaint. This case was of vital importance!
There needs to be an earnest review of the Councillor’s Code of Conduct & wider standards framework which seeks to address this balance. Officers and councillors, respectively, must be free to perform their roles without fear of professional detriment.
Stop selling this fallacy of “free university” it’s only available to a limited number of pupils a year it is not universal. Every year Scotland’s brightest and best are looked over for higher paying students outside of Scotland. It is a national scandal.
If you work hard to live in a nice area so your child can go to one of the best schools in Scotland & in turn your child works exceptionally hard & gets AAAAB at higher & AAB at Advanced they will be rewarded with no place at uni in Scotland because the free places are capped! 🧵
Where is the incentive to work hard for a better life or future for your family? The SNP will tax it away or hold your children back from further education. The grant for Scottish students has barely increased since I went 15 years ago.