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Christmas has always been a time of year that I enjoy but also often feel conflicted about. For my family and I it’s about time together to take stock, celebrate in each other’s company and give thanks for our health and happiness. However, I’m incredibly conscious many people in West Lothian, and across Scotland, won’t […]
Read moreThe SNP has published its Alternative Queen’s Speech – a 12-point plan to protect the NHS, end austerity, tackle the climate emergency, and ensure Scotland has the right to choose its own future in an independence referendum. An Independence referendum – ensuring Scotland’s right to choose our own future is respected. An NHS Protection Bill – to stop […]
Read moreHannah Bardell MP, founder of the APPG on Deaths Abroad, Consular Services and Assistance, has called on PM Boris Johnson and Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab to do their utmost best to bring Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe home for Christmas. Ms Bardell spoke out as she joined Richard Ratcliffe, his daughter Gabriella and other family members and campaigners […]
Read more“I’m hugely grateful to have been given the opportunity to represent Livingston for the third time. It is an honour and a privilege, and I’d like to thank everyone who put their trust in me and the Scottish National Party. “However you voted, I am your Member of Parliament and my team and I will […]
Read moreI am so grateful and so proud to be re-elected to serve my home constituency of Livingston. 🙏 This has been a seismic result and it’s all down to the amazing work of our brilliant SNP activists. Thank you from the bottom of my heart to everyone who placed their trust in me, and thank […]
Read moreAs you head to the polls this morning, please think about the impact Boris Johnson’s Brexit will have on you and your family. In Livingston, the facts are clear: People in Scotland voted overwhelmingly to stay in the EU but we are being ignored by a UK Government that wants to take Scotland out of […]
Read moreLoneliness is a growing problem for the UK’s pensioners, and for some a television is their only means of connecting with the outside world. Imposing BBC TV License fees forces many to have to choose between loneliness and heating or food. This should not be the case in 2019. This affects nearly 7000 of my […]
Read moreThe appalling manner in which Boris Johnson responded to the image of a sick 4-yr-old being treated on the floor of a hospital due to lack of beds shows not only his lack of compassion, but his complete inability to recognise the impact of Tory cuts on our #NHS. Attempting to turn a question about […]
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