Jayne Baxter

Taking it slow in retirement

[lan Byrne MP @IanByrneMP]

Today I asked the Government why taxpayers are subsidising poverty pay.

The DWP says 1.2 million people are working full-time but still rely on Universal Credit because their wages are too low.

I asked whether large employers will be required to report how many of their workers need Universal Credit.

Work should pay enough to live on. No one working full time should go hungry.

#RightToFoodCommission #EndPovertyPay

[Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot]

As a former PM once said, being insulting is not the same as being effective.

[Jenny Lindsay @msjlindsay]

Voting to 'condemn' something that is not law, but guidance on that law, and does not change that law, is a waste of everyone's time and council tax. Sort the potholes. And do try not to get sued, Edinburgh CC.

[Salmon Scotland @SalmonScotland]

Here’s @WesterRossSalmo “artisan”salmon, “premium and exceptional taste”.

Suppliers to @Tesco @asda @sainsburys @RoyalFamily

This industry is lying. It’s conning @scotgov AND @GOVUK into believing salmon farming is “food security, sustainable, responsible etc”

It’s all a lie.

[Salmon Scotland @SalmonScotland]

The side of salmon farming that @scotgov doesn’t want you to see.

Imagine how bad it gets when a machine used to chop salmon up in formic acid, has a “CHOPPER OVERLOAD” button?

[Andy Wightman @andywightman]

In a normal country, the Scottish Government would withdraw guidance that had been found to be unlawful by the Courts. Sometimes the Courts will suspend the effect of such a decision if complexities about implementation arise. Salvesen v Riddell on agricultural tenancies is a good example 1/4

[Lucy Hunter Blackburn @LucyHunterB]

An awful, unnecessary situation was created in our prisons by lobbyists, managers and politicians.

Today, with great clarity, Lady Ross says that it should never have happened.

It's a victory for every woman and man who campaigned for change, but above all for women in prison

[Don Staniford @TheGAAIA]

See you in court! #Mowi
I'm pushing back against Norwegian giant Mowi after defamatory comments by a Mowi 'spokeswoman' in the Mail On Sunday Ireland. I do not 'fabricate' video evidence - unlike the $almafia, the camera never lies!

[mandy rhodes @holyroodmandy]

Without going into the debate again on toilets, this is a legislator advocating law breaking.

[Andy Wightman @andywightman]

The £10,000 is “given to you” as an equity stake. Scottish Minsters will own part of your home repayable on sale. The scheme will also push up house prices so you may gain little practical benefit.

[Mark Irvine @Mark1957]

John Swinney 'talks the talk' about being First Minister for all of Scotland.

Yet more than a year after their famous victory at the UK Supreme Court - Swinney is still refusing to meet with For Women Scotland to discuss the importance of single sex spaces for women and girls

[Ewan Gibbs @ewangibbs]

The sad irony is tgat the Scottish trade union movement was central in mobilising for devolution during the late twentieth century in the hope Scotland could have a ‘workers’ parliament’. Instead, working-class interests have been squeezed out by a professional political class.

[Susan Dalgety @DalgetySusan]

Johann is far too modest but she is one of the women who led the fight in the 90s (and since). It’s thanks to her (and others) that the 1999 Parliament was one of most equal in the world at the time. For women to be erased in 2026 for fear of upsetting gender ideologues is unspeakable. And 💔. But as the men found out 30 years ago, #WomenWontWheesht

[Chris McCall @Dennynews]

Unions representing public sector workers will be look on with horror at the appointment of a Cabinet minister with the role of "Public Service Reform".

Job cuts on the way.

[Scottish Labour Women's Declaration @LWDScotland]

It's impossible to work towards equality for women if we can't collect robust data. Removing the data from the public record rather than providing it according to the objective criteria of sex, is shameful. We have a right to expect @ScotParl to do better.

[#NotMyKing @NoKingCharlie]

The bells are ringing
The lights are flashing
The flag is flying
The motorcade is motoring
There is even a shop called Londinium

But Charlie can still not get the attention of his subjects #abolishthemonarchy

[Scottish Labour Women's Declaration @LWDScotland]

@JohannLamont @ForWomenScot @CarolM_CC It's clearly worrying that an MSP is telling us her party sneak in their preferred legislation under the radar. But equally worrying that other parties let them do it. We need the new crop of MSPs and those returning to step up to the plate and scrutinise legislation properly.

[Michael Sharpe @ThinkSharpe]

Scottish Labour and the Parliament are worse off for losing @MonicaLennon7.

Not everyone who is elected can say they made a difference, but Monica changed laws and raised campaigns that others wouldn’t - that matters and she deserves huge respect for that.

[For Women Scotland @ForWomenScot]

Rogue charity Scottish Trans is using public money to say that the @EHRC guidance must break the law.

They don't want to find solutions & third spaces, they want women's spaces.

But this is all hot air. They can't defend this legally. Time to defund & ignore them!

[For Women Scotland @ForWomenScot]

"The inability to introduce something as basic as a bottle deposit scheme was mordantly amusing but less entertaining was government’s belief people could miraculously and literally change sex. Self-ID for rapists was a brave policy, matched only by the government’s insistence male murderers could happily be housed in the female prison estate."
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