Labour & Co-operative Party Member of the Scottish Parliament for Glasgow.
Glasgow
Joined October 2009
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Every 6 hours in Scotland, someone dies of a preventable drug related death. We have the worst drug death rate in Europe & without action it will only get worse.
That's why I have launched my Bill consultation in @ScotParl to establish Overdose Prevention Centres.
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Paul Sweeney MSP retweeted
This is the story of our NHS, and this is the story we should tell our kids of our Britain. 👇
World-leading cardiac surgeon Asif Hasan was surrounded by the children who received the gift of life thanks to his unerring skills at the emotional climax of another memorable Pride of Britain ceremony. 🥹
Now 70 years old, Mr Hasan has just retired after 35 years of service at the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle upon Tyne, but just after receiving his Lifetime Achievement Award, he had an extra special surprise: a cast of patients who would not be alive without him. ❤️
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Scotland has world-class shipyards, outstanding engineering expertise and the talent to lead the next generation of British industry.
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Britain's growth problem is a grid problem.
We paid almost £2bn last year to switch wind farms off because the grid couldn't carry the power. Households are struggling under weight of rising bills and British industry pays more than double what US firms pay for electricity. Investors make decisions worth billions based on that.
So much gets unlocked once there's a national consensus to throw everything at the grid. Planning. Capital. Just go at it. Winning that argument, while taking the decisions now to speed up the rollout, should be the political priority.
Which is why it's crazy for Wales to even contemplate making it slower and more expensive.
Wales plans to ban steel pylons as government launches consultation bbc.in/4z7nnMx
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This is somewhere between deeply irresponsible and a lie.
HMRC will be able to "seize money" from people who owe tax, aren't disputing it, but just fail to pay. That's people who cause the rest of us to pay more tax.
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I would like to give my informed consent to be putting back on display at Kelvingrove, I dont like it in this cupboard with the mops and buckets
@GlasgowCC
I recently got to see the Glasgow Green Station Stones, currently in storage at WEST Brewery🪨
Previously used as part of an artwork by Douglas Gordon, the stones are now set to be reimagined as part of a new event space.
An exciting opportunity to give these stones a new lease of life while preserving a piece of the city’s heritage!
Paul Sweeney MSP retweeted
I recently got to see the Glasgow Green Station Stones, currently in storage at WEST Brewery🪨
Previously used as part of an artwork by Douglas Gordon, the stones are now set to be reimagined as part of a new event space.
An exciting opportunity to give these stones a new lease of life while preserving a piece of the city’s heritage!
Paul Sweeney MSP retweeted
Great to be working with Glasgow Inst of Architects, Collective Architecture & Maria B to share a fantastic competition & workshop with one of our Glasgow Secondary Schools! 👏
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Glasgow Green Station Stones 👍
#heritageskills #Creativity #DYW #community #Calton #WEST
I recently got to see the Glasgow Green Station Stones, currently in storage at WEST Brewery🪨
Previously used as part of an artwork by Douglas Gordon, the stones are now set to be reimagined as part of a new event space.
An exciting opportunity to give these stones a new lease of life while preserving a piece of the city’s heritage!
Paul Sweeney MSP retweeted
Good news for anyone concerned that electricity was getting a bit too cheap.
Wales plans to ban steel pylons as government launches consultation bbc.in/4z7nnMx
Paul Sweeney MSP retweeted
Glasgow Labour argued the £1m legacy fund should go back through proper community consultation.
Local people and organisations deserve a real say in how money intended for the McVitie’s community is spent.
SNP councillors rejected that proposal.
glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/scot…
Paul Sweeney MSP retweeted
Once again, we’re calling on landmarks across Scotland — from castles to council buildings, schools to statues to #LightUpRed in support of the #ScottishPoppyAppeal.
Help shine a light for our Armed Forces community this remembrance season.
Get involved poppyscotland.org.uk/light-u…
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EXCLUSIVE
Luxury jeweller warns Scotland is losing investment to England over rates 👇
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The new crime survey is out - the "Lawless Britain" picture in full
- Violence at lowest since records began in 1981
- Corroborated by hospital figures for knife wounds
- Robbery: record low
- Overall crime 78% below 1995 peak.
- Shoplifting up
More:-
comment.press/lawless
Paul Sweeney MSP retweeted
BREAKING: Tank barrel production returns to the UK after 20 years
@haynesdeborah, Defence and Security Editor, reports live from the Rheinmetall “gun hall” in Telford, Shropshire.
trib.al/SmbDES2
📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233
Paul Sweeney MSP retweeted
'It's one reason we've stepped back from doing more in Glasgow'
A stark warning from Jonathan MacDonald, who has co-founded some of the most popular restaurants to have launched in Scotland in recent years, including Ox and Finch, Margo, Sebb’s and Ka Pao in Glasgow 👇
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Glasgow was once the second city of the empire.
It built a fifth of the world's ships. It had its own stock exchange and a subway before most of the world had electric light at home.
It was meant to be the London of the north!
Then we spent 50 years shrinking it.
But the bones are all still there: the Victorian centre, the river, the subway, the universities, and a million and a half people within half an hour.
Most cities would kill for that. Glasgow just needs someone to treat it like a capital again instead of a back office.
And it pains me as an Edinburgh lad to say it.
Paul Sweeney MSP retweeted
Read some history! The idea of an oil fund was extensively debated in the 1970s and 80s. It’s all in Hansard. Criticising the decision not to establish one is perfectly legitimate. But pretending the possibility was denied until yesterday is just idiotic.
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📣I raised concerns with Glasgow City Council about the unauthorised alterations to 219 Sauchiehall Street, which appears to have been installed without the necessary listed building or conservation area consent.
I'm pleased that the Council has now opened a planning enforcement investigation into the vape shop frontage.
📣I raised concerns with Glasgow City Council about the unauthorised alterations to 219 Sauchiehall Street, which appears to have been installed without the necessary listed building or conservation area consent.
I'm pleased that the Council has now opened a planning enforcement investigation into the vape shop frontage.
