👇Disingenuous party-politics & I'm very disappointed to see Andrew Baxter sharing it on his FB page.
The 'central belt-based SNP candidate' is a Gaelic-speaking Highlander who splits her time between *Kingussie* & Edinburgh (for work) - as she (& indeed Andrew) would as MSPs.
📢 Kenneth Gibson MSP: “By thinking that policy for Scotland can be dictated from hundreds of miles away in London, Farage is making all the same mistakes that all the other Westminster-based parties have made for decades.”
https://t.co/8tS0m5onPF
📮 This afternoon, Kenneth Gibson MSP will lead a members’ debate on opposing the Post Office closure plan.
🏚️ The Labour government is proposing closing 115 Post Offices - including 9 in Scotland.
👀 Watch live after 5pm: https://t.co/RxPpW28tsu
🥀 Labour’s budget will result in lower wages and higher taxes - all while the UK economy stagnates, says Kenny Gibson MSP.
🏴 Scotland needs independence to build an economy that works for Scotland’s people.
Ten years ago, Better Together deceived people into voting No by promising a massive suite of new powers for the Scottish Parliament.
Most of them weren’t delivered.
Watch Kenny Gibson and @AngusRobertson dismantle the notion of ‘most powerful devolved parliament in the world’.
📢 SNP MSP Kenny Gibson asked First Minister @JohnSwinney about Labours cut to the winter fuel payment while giving the Scotland office cash to spend in devolved areas.
Thank you to Kenneth Gibson MSP for lodging the below motion in @ScotParl, commemorating the 200th birthday of @UofGlasgow alumnus Lord Kelvin, (William Thomson). Great to see cross-party support given the vast contributions Lord Kelvin made to science and engineering.
Kenneth Gibson MSP “ScotWind, hydrogen, carbon capture, wave & tidal technologies and green freeports don’t just represent opportunities to decarbonise, they open massive economic opportunities to secure a generation of well-paid, green jobs.”
Kenneth Gibson also raised our concerns on the impact of TNUoS tariffs on Scottish renewable energy projects.
🔗 https://t.co/MB34Gky6VH
The SNP at Holyrood is hiring a Policy and Research Officer to join our small but mighty team in the Scottish Parliament.
There's never been a more exciting time to work at the coalface of Scottish politics! Closing date Wednesday 21st Feb. https://t.co/Ty2V8AiEjW
Michael Matheson quitting as he doesn't want his £11k data bill to "become a distraction to taking forward the Government's agenda." Phew. Lucky for the FM he's gone now, before it became a distraction.
“Simon Clarke? I literally don't know who he is. I'm not being funny, I physically don't know who Simon Clarke is. He could be the leader of the Special Boat Squadron —"
“Service.”
“— The Special Boat Service or whatever it's fucking called, and this could be a massive coup.”