MSP for Central Scotland 2016-2026. MSP for Central Scotland and Lothians West 2026 Reform UK.
East Kilbride
Joined May 2012
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Well done @ABlandMSP for talking about this. An excellent piece
As a child, Amanda Bland learned the terrible rules of living in a house ruled by fear and violence: do not speak, do not tell, do not bring shame on the family.
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Flynn is on a shoogly peg
🏴 “My impression of Mr Flynn that day was that he was winging it.”
Graham Simpson examines Stephen Flynn’s performance under scrutiny at Holyrood – and Willie Rennie’s questioning of him.
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#ScottishPolitics #TheReformer
I tried to find out when new councils will be set up - they don't know - and what happens if Cosla and the Scottish Government disagree. All I got was waffle.
Good local report of our discussions at @SP_TransportCom today on islands flights - including the very steep fares shet.news/z42ud via @Shetnews
The situation at Syngenta is very serious. It's a time for everyone to pull together to see if anything can be done to alleviate job losses and attract new opportunities for Grangemouth.
Graham Simpson retweeted
Railway crime costs approx £2m per year, the A9 is still a death trap and the Scottish Government doesn’t know how to procure Ferries.
Scotland, it’s time for #Reform
It was great to visit @LerwickPort during a fact-finding visit to Shetland with @Max4Moray where we found out lots about ferries, planes, energy etc. Very useful for my work with the @SP_TransportCom
Flynn says failure of Alexander Dennis furlough scheme ‘deeply disappointing’ news.stv.tv/east-central/fly…
It is currently illegal to make a direct award for two small ferries to Ferguson Marine. Changing that will lead to delays that islanders can't afford to have.
I asked John Swinney about Glasgow Council’s leader’s view that the city should be able to move homeless people elsewhere. His answer was bizarre.
Lovely to chat to my old pal Rev Jason Lingiah at St Andrew’s Church in Bellshill today about a range of local issues. Dating back to 1762, it’s the oldest building in town I believe.
None of the other parties are backing our motion so they must have confidence in the minister. How can that be?
I have been pushing a multi-modal ticketing system across Scotland for years. It's taking far too long. MSYP Matthew Gordon popped in to tell me about our Youth Parliament's backing for the idea.
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I enjoyed watching @albionrovers take on local rivals @OfficialCColts today with Rovers beating 10-man Colts 2-1. I hope the motivated team that runs the club can achieve their dream of making it a truly community facility.
Congratulations to @michaeljmarra on becoming Scottish Labour leader and well done to my friend @JoeJFagan on his campaign. I wish them both well but not too well.
I got Hannah Mary Goodlad to promise to issue guidance on data centres to councils by the end of the year. I'm not sure if it will apply to applications already in the system though. We still need clarity on that.
The @SP_TransportCom quizzed ScotRail on its shambolic new app yesterday. We have been told that as of yesterday ScotRail had received 3,967 complaints. Shocking.
Graham Simpson retweeted
I raised Scotland’s income tax burden facing graduates at today’s meeting of the finance committee.
Too many young people are leaving for places like Australia, and we must offer young Scots a prosperous future here in Scotland.
#ReformUK