On Saturday I was able to meet with some of the Lochwinnoch Community Development Trust board members at a consultation event. There was a great turnout with lots of positivity and energy for supporting community projects to enhance Lochwinnoch life. The trust is a relatively new organisation with innovative proposals Read more…
While this past week may have seen more chaos at Westminster, here in Renfrewshire South and through at the Scottish Parliament, I’ve been getting on with the job. Last Saturday, I started the day knocking on doors in Lochwinnoch with local SNP representative Cllr Emma Rodden and Cllr Jacqueline Cameron. Read more…
I’ve had another busy couple of weeks working on behalf of constituents here in Renfrewshire South and at the Scottish Parliament. Last week, along with my usual meetings and committee work, I represented the SNP at the annual ICAS Big Tax Debate in Edinburgh, chaired by STV’s Rona Dougal. Along Read more…
I’ve had another busy week as MSP for Renfrewshire South. On Monday, I held my monthly supermarket surgery at Tesco in Linwood before a visit to St Benedict’s High School to meet with Head Teacher Alan Taylor and chat politics with S3 Modern Studies pupils. Later that afternoon I caught Read more…
Over the past seven days I’ve been continuing my work as local MSP both here in the constituency and representing Renfrewshire South in the Scottish Parliament. On Friday I continued my visits to schools, meeting with the Head teachers, pupils and staff at both Our Lady of Peace Primary in Read more…
The past seven days may not have seen much progress with Brexit however in the Scottish Parliament we got on with the day to day business that people expect, passing this year’s Scottish Government Budget on Thursday. As always, I began my week in the constituency, meeting with Active Communities Read more…
As I was unfortunately unable to post to the blog last week, I’ll bring you up to speed on my activities over the past fortnight. Monday 4th February began with my monthly supermarket surgery in Linwood followed by a home visit to a constituent in Johnstone. In the afternoon, I Read more…
The last seven days have certainly been busy. I started the week at Tesco in Barrhead on Monday morning with my latest supermarket surgery. Later on I caught up with some casework and met with my team at my constituency office before heading through to Edinburgh for evening meetings. On Read more…
I’ve had another busy week as MSP for Renfrewshire South. I began the week meeting Lochwinnoch Primary Head Teacher Julie Bell on Monday morning ahead of meetings later that day at Johnstone Health Centre and with GMB in my capacity as convener of the SNP MSP Backbench Trade Union Group Read more…
It’s been another dramatic week in UK politics! However, while the UK Government implodes and Westminster is engulfed in chaos, I and my SNP colleagues have been working hard on behalf of our constituents – both here in Renfrewshire South and through at Holyrood. I started the week with a Read more…