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  • Indygal LEAVES Holyrood - dignified to the end
    Of course I wasn't! As most folk know Parliament dissolved on Tuesday at midnight and us former MSPs had till midnight this Sunday to pack everything and clear out our offices. Obviously those of us standing hope to be returning but there are no guarantees and them's the rules. So tonight I went through to finish up in the office and I knew this would possibly be my last time in parliament. I got everything done and at 8pm one of the parly staff put his head round the door to let me know that Earth Hour was starting at...

  • How it all started ...
    NEW MSP SWORN IN AT HOLYROOD

    SCOTLAND MSP
    12 Feb 2009 - 09:29
    By Scott Macnab, Political Reporter, Press Association Scotland
    (ScotFile:News special)

    Page 1

    Scotland's newest MSP was today formally sworn in at a Holyrood ceremony.

    Anne McLaughlin, 42, took her oath of office in Parliament.

    She said before the ceremony: "As someone who is passionate aboutScotland and passionate about Glasgow it will be an honour to serve asMSP for the people of this city.

    "Having lived in Glasgow for over 20 years I know what a vibrant placethe city can be but...

  • Annie Lennox in parliament today
    Yes I did ask if I could be a backing singer for her. Well, you knew I wouldn't be able to resist. She was doing a photocall with women MSPs and gave us all T shirts so I suggested we could be her backing singers. She said she'd have to audition us so I take that as an invitation. Just waiting to hear when!

    Anyway Annie (she's my pal now you see, first name terms!) is the Special Envoy for the Scotland branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and she was here to show us a film about her...

  • The last Wednesday
    So this is my last Wednesday as an MSP. I'm trying to get maudlin but I'm too busy! I remember Kenneth Gibson advising me to slow down, work less and give myself time to actually enjoy being an MSP. And I remember thinking that was very good advice and I'd take the time to sit in my think pod pondering, I'd stop for lunch in the Member's Restaurant from time to time, I'd not be working late into the night every night. I don't know what is wrong with me but here I am, less than a week to go...

  • Unemployment is a scourge
    The text of a speech I made at SNP Conference yesterday welcoming jobs to Glasgow.

    Conference the cause of Independence brought me into the SNP but it wasn’t independence that first stoked my interest in politics, it was employment or rather unemployment.

    I grew up in Greenock, a town heavily dependent on heavy industries. When I was in first year at High School, Thatcher had just come to power – as if adolescence wasn’t bad enough, mine had to coincide with the reign of Thatcher the milk snatcher.

    But it wasn’t just milk she was snatching from...

  • Glasgow City Council owes these workers
    This is the text of the speech I made yesterday to SNP Conference about the way in which Glasgow City Council employees are being treated over the cancellation of the UKBA contract to house asylum seekers.

    Last October more than 600 asylum seeking families were sent letters out of the blue from the UK Border Agency telling them the contract with Glasgow City Council (GCC) to house and support them had ended and they would be moved “elsewhere in the Scotland region” with 3 to 5 days notice.

    There was much more about that letter and the way...

  • Well done Christie!







    Have I mentioned my niece Christie before? I'm not sure if I have! Well, I suppose I might have mentioned her and her brother Daniel once or twice.





    Anyway I do recall writing about how she more or less had to take responsibility for her own education and how I thought it would pay off.





    Here's an extract from another blog piece.


  • There are some vicious people in the world


    Some of you may have read my post last week about "M" an asylum seeker friend of mine who is at his very lowest ebb right now, despairing as he has to choose between being murdered in his home country or starving to death here. You may also have read my post about this sad hate filled individual who was (anonymously) having a go at me.

    I didn't answer his last abusive message so he's sent another one and I've decided to post it in its entirety. I won't be doing this again but I...

  • Clutching at straws on trams fiasco
    Had evidence session for Public Audit committee today on the fiasco that is the Trams!! The brass neck of the Labour and Tory parties was breathtaking. They voted FOR it. The SNP voted AGAINST it at both council and parliament level. But we lost and it went ahead albeit with a cap on spending of £500 million.

    Today, instead of admitting they were wrong and should never have voted this complex expensive project through, some of them tried to blame the SNP councillors in Edinburgh and others tried to blame the SNP government. Apparently the fact that the 12...

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