Hard not to agree with His Holiness Pope Francis.
In the days leading up to Christmas, we have Christians in Gaza, who have taken shelter in a Church, killed by snipers in the very region Christ was born.
Why is there not universal, global condemnation & calls for a ceasefire? How much more death, how many more children need to be killed before humanity prevails?
Shame on those who continue to support such inhumanity and refuse to even utter the words ceasefire.
Can I wish everyone a Merry Christmas.
This Christmas, I pray for peace, particularly for those in Gaza and for everyone across the world suffering.
My thanks to those who work and volunteer over Christmas.
I hope you all enjoy time with your family & loved ones. Merry Christmas.
A real joy to join 🍊 @dundeeunitedct ⚽️ at Tannadice to help out at their Festive Friends lunch.
Christmas is a special time of the year, but for some it can be more difficult.
To all those in communities across Scotland looking out for others this Christmas, thank you 🙏 Tannadice Park
A real joy to join 🍊 @dundeeunitedct ⚽️ at Tannadice to help out at their Festive Friends lunch.
Christmas is a special time of the year, but for some it can be more difficult.
To all those in communities across Scotland looking out for others this Christmas, thank you 🙏 Tannadice Park
A real joy to join 🍊 @dundeeunitedct ⚽️ at Tannadice to help out at their Festive Friends lunch.
Christmas is a special time of the year, but for some it can be more difficult.
To all those in communities across Scotland looking out for others this Christmas, thank you 🙏 Tannadice Park
A real joy to join 🍊 @dundeeunitedct ⚽️ at Tannadice to help out at their Festive Friends lunch.
Christmas is a special time of the year, but for some it can be more difficult.
To all those in communities across Scotland looking out for others this Christmas, thank you 🙏 Tannadice Park
A real joy to join 🍊 @dundeeunitedct ⚽️ at Tannadice to help out at their Festive Friends lunch.
Christmas is a special time of the year, but for some it can be more difficult.
To all those in communities across Scotland looking out for others this Christmas, thank you 🙏 Tannadice Park
A real joy to join 🍊 @dundeeunitedct ⚽️ at Tannadice to help out at their Festive Friends lunch.
Christmas is a special time of the year, but for some it can be more difficult.
To all those in communities across Scotland looking out for others this Christmas, thank you 🙏 Tannadice Park
A real joy to join 🍊 @dundeeunitedct ⚽️ at Tannadice to help out at their Festive Friends lunch.
Christmas is a special time of the year, but for some it can be more difficult.
To all those in communities across Scotland looking out for others this Christmas, thank you 🙏 Tannadice Park
Here’s what Scotland’s progressive taxation system delivers:
👧 Scottish Child Payment
💛 7 Scotland-only benefits
👶 The Baby Box
📚 Free tuition
💊 Free prescriptions
🧑⚕️ Free personal care
👧 Free childcare
🏠 A Council Tax freeze to protect household budgets
💷 The best paid NHS staff anywhere in the UK
🏥 More funding for Scotland’s NHS
📚 More funding for education
🚨 More funding for police and fire services
Why do Labour in Wales have the backbone to challenge Tory austerity, but Labour in Scotland don’t?
Labour used to back progressive tax in order to invest in public services.
🥀 Now they stand with the Tories, demanding tax cuts for the wealthy at the expense of the NHS.
This week I signed a pledge with @theinvernesscourier committing to delivering the A9 dualling programme in full.
With a Delivery Plan setting out a continuous rolling programme of works to complete the dualling by 2035.
Our commitment to dual the A9, the backbone of Scotland, from Perth to Inverness is unequivocal.
🏴 @scotgov has set out a concrete delivery plan to complete the dualling.
With a continuous rolling programme starting next year, on the Tomatin to Moy section, delivering vital safety and economic benefits.
With 50% complete in 2030, 85% in 2033, and reaching 100% completion in 2035. Scottish Parliament
This week I signed a pledge with @theinvernesscourier committing to delivering the A9 dualling programme in full.
With a Delivery Plan setting out a continuous rolling programme of works to complete the dualling by 2035.
Our commitment to dual the A9, the backbone of Scotland, from Perth to Inverness is unequivocal.
🏴 @scotgov has set out a concrete delivery plan to complete the dualling.
With a continuous rolling programme starting next year, on the Tomatin to Moy section, delivering vital safety and economic benefits.
With 50% complete in 2030, 85% in 2033, and reaching 100% completion in 2035. Scottish Parliament
This week I signed a pledge with @theinvernesscourier committing to delivering the A9 dualling programme in full.
With a Delivery Plan setting out a continuous rolling programme of works to complete the dualling by 2035.
Our commitment to dual the A9, the backbone of Scotland, from Perth to Inverness is unequivocal.
🏴 @scotgov has set out a concrete delivery plan to complete the dualling.
With a continuous rolling programme starting next year, on the Tomatin to Moy section, delivering vital safety and economic benefits.
With 50% complete in 2030, 85% in 2033, and reaching 100% completion in 2035. Scottish Parliament
This week I signed a pledge with @theinvernesscourier committing to delivering the A9 dualling programme in full.
With a Delivery Plan setting out a continuous rolling programme of works to complete the dualling by 2035.
Our commitment to dual the A9, the backbone of Scotland, from Perth to Inverness is unequivocal.
🏴 @scotgov has set out a concrete delivery plan to complete the dualling.
With a continuous rolling programme starting next year, on the Tomatin to Moy section, delivering vital safety and economic benefits.
With 50% complete in 2030, 85% in 2033, and reaching 100% completion in 2035. Scottish Parliament
Access to healthy and nutritious meals is vital to support children’s learning.
Families should not be punished for struggling during a cost of living crisis caused by Westminster and Brexit.
That’s why @scotgov will provide funding to Councils to help remove school meal debt.
Those who support the wealthiest paying more tax so we can invest in public services:
STUC
The Poverty Alliance
The Child Poverty Action Group
Oxfam
Those who oppose:
Anas Sarwar
Douglas Ross
We expect the Tories to oppose progressive taxation, but Labour? 🥀
What does Starmer stand for?
The closer he gets to No 10, the further he gets from his values.
The SNP will invest in unleashing our green energy potential, not just because it’s the right thing to do by our planet but also because of the huge economic potential for Scotland.
This week @shonarobisonsnp delivered a budget that reflects our values.
That invests in our NHS and public services.
Using every lever at our disposal to protect those in Scotland from the worst of Westminster harm.
A budget that supports a growing, green and fair economy. Scottish Parliament
The real value of Travelling Cabinet is getting right around the country, meeting with local businesses, local community organisations.
Taking the Cabinet to hear directly from people. What is working, but crucially also, what they feel isn’t working.
The real value in Travelling Cabinet is in those unfiltered public discussions. We don’t screen or vet the questions. We hear directly from the public about the issues that matter to them, locally, nationally and even internationally as well.
Really delighted to be in East Lothian earlier this week for the latest Travelling Cabinet.
#ScotBudget is a statement of our values. That we value our NHS and public services. That we will use every lever at our disposal to protect those in Scotland from the worst of Westminster harm. A budget that supports a growing, green and fair economy.
🏠 Fully-funded Council Tax Freeze
🏥 Real terms increase to frontline NHS boards
🤝 Over £1 billion increase for Social Security
🚨 Funding uplifts for blue light services
🎭 £15.8 million increase for Culture
👶🏼 £12/hour for childcare and social care workers
📈 Scottish Child Payment up to £26.70 per child/week
🏡 £358 million for clean heating and energy efficiency
⚡️£66.9 million to kickstart offshore wind supply chain
🛣️ Investing in next phases of A9 dualling programme
🏠 £35 million to help end homelessness
💷 £90 million for Discretionary Housing Payments The Scottish Parliament
Our commitment to dual the A9, the backbone of Scotland, from Perth to Inverness is unequivocal.
🏴 @scotgov has set out a concrete delivery plan to complete the dualling.
With a continuous rolling programme starting next year, on the Tomatin to Moy section, delivering vital safety and economic benefits.
With 50% complete in 2030, 85% in 2033, and reaching 100% completion in 2035.
Tory priorities are not Scotland’s priorities, yet Scotland is expected to pay the price for Westminster control.
Independent European countries that are like Scotland are doing so much better than Brexit Britain – so why not Scotland?
We can do so much better than this.
We’re managing extraordinary pressures as a result of the Westminster cuts.
On Tuesday, the Scottish Government will set out our budget – but we will not be following Tory spending plans.
Instead we will be protecting public services and investing in the people of Scotland.
🏴 The Labour-run Welsh Government condemns Westminster for cutting Wales’ budget.
🏴 The Scottish Government condemns Westminster for cutting Scotland’s budget.
🥀 So why are Labour in Scotland defending Westminster’s austerity agenda?