Keith Brown

What a woman! What a campaign!

Great to meet up with the two new SNP Councillors in Glasgow, Mhairi Hunter and Donna McGill.

Tremendous boost to our team in Glasgow and a sure sign of the SNP gaining ground again.

Who will defend Europe? Caught between an aggressive Russia and a disengaging America, the continent’s western democracies must now rearm — or pay the price

In this new world, if you're not around the table, you're on the menu.

If China, Russia, US are allowed to decide Europe's future, our future won't be ours.

European leaders...lead!

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Water bills in Scotland £113 cheaper than England and Wales despite almost 10 rise Water bills in Scotland have been estimated to be £113 cheaper on average than in England and Wales, despite Scottish Water confirming an almost…

REVEALED: The benefit of keeping Scotland’s water in public hands. 💦

📉 Scotland: £490

📈 England: £603

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scots pay £113 less - because our water is run for the people, not for profit.

🥀 Don’t let Labour get their hands on Scotland’s water!

www.heraldscotland.com/news/2493770...

Labour Government promises to back Ineos owners Old Trafford project and has also been given a £600million loan guarantee by the UK Labour Government for a refinery in Belgium.

I thought Labour promised to save Grangemouth!

Think back about the fuss over Fracking. The Scottish government found a loop hole and stopped it. We were told it was necessary. Necessary for whom? Not the people.

Well done SNP saving our water and country side.

Very welcome news that unemployment in Scotland has fallen to 3.8% and is lower than the rest of the UK.

Scotland’s economy has grown faster than the rest of the UK, but we need to do more to deliver growth and progress - I will be setting out views in a speech tomorrow.

🏥 It’s not fair on nurses and other hospital staff to make them pay to park at their work.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 That’s why, in Scotland, they don’t have to.

🥀 Meanwhile in Labour-run England…

‘All eyes are on Glasgow’: UK’s first legal drug consumption room ready to open The Thistle will be available 365 days a year and provide a supervised space where drugs can be injected safely

Fantastic to see the UK’s first drug consumption room finally open its doors in Glasgow. Congratulations to all those who made this happen. As the experience from more than 200 drug consumption rooms around the world shows, The Thistle will save many lives: www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

The real question for opponents of Scottish independence is what do other NW European nations have that makes them prosperous & successful but which Scotland lacks? Are crumbling public services & the growing chasm between rich & poor under Westminster really the best Scotland can aspire to?

'Get involved': Scottish independence groups rebuild activist networks on BlueSky SCOTTISH independence groups are rebuilding activist networks "group by group" on Bluesky amid a mass social media exodus to the…

Scottish independence groups are rebuilding activist networks "group by group" on Bluesky amid a mass social media exodus to the platform 👀

Unbelievably, even Farage ‘seems’ concerned about the post Brexit tanking of the U.K. economy now. We need to unapologetically make clear to Scotland that our best prospect for economic prosperity is through an independent Scotland’s membership of the EU.

Any person interested in the creative process should read of listen to Al Pacino’s memoir “Sonny Boy”. His audiobook reading is amazing. And the book is so inspiring, honest and entertaining. My review.

Charities warn funding cuts will have ‘dire’ effect on domestic abuse victims Letter tells Keir Starmer third of Rape Crisis centres expect to issue redundancies before April

"a third of Rape Crisis centres are expecting to issue redundancy notices before the end of the financial year with 30% of directors concerned they will have to close down their centre."

A tragedy - and a scandal. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/dec/23/charities-warn-funding-cuts-will-hav…

Superb!

You’re the US Marines band at the White House and Mavis Staples 👑 walks into the room so you start playing "I’ll Take You There" and this happens👇

£1bn funding boost for councils to tackle homelessness Deputy prime minister announces cash injection as 160,000 children face spending Christmas without a regular home.

Very welcome news but, as Shelter points out, "you cannot solve homelessness without homes" and Labour's policy on free movement means we build them with one hand tied behind our back.

Ukrainecast - Ukraine kills Russian general: How will Moscow respond? - BBC Sounds Sources in Kyiv say Ukraine killed Igor Kirillov

#Ukrainecast - how will Moscow respond to Ukraine’s assassination of a Russian general?

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

News (December 18, 2024): A list of top news headlines including Trudeau's replacement plans for Freeland, Trump's trade claims, Ryan Reynolds' Order of Canada recognition, and food production risk assessments.

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Opinion (December 18, 2024): Opinion columns addressing Haiti’s crisis, Canada Post strike, holiday season ER advice, Trudeau's political role, and reflections on being Canadian.

A look at the biggest headlines for today, including Trudeau's Zoom call with Freeland, the latest Order of Canada recipients and Trump's remarks about Canada.

All stories at tgam.ca:

The latest cost of Brexit is about to hit – and voters are watching. Will Labour act? | Polly Toynbee New EU trade regulations will cause further pain for the UK. Starmer’s talk of breaking down barriers must be more than warm words, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

"Youth mobility will be another EU sine qua non, yet even that popular plan has been firmly blocked so far by Labour."

Has Labour lost even Polly Toynbee on Brexit? It seems like it. They certainly deserve to. https://buff.ly/3D40pOi

Britain has never looked more exposed, adrift in the Atlantic in a world pulsing with perils Sir Keir Starmer is confronted with several stark strategic dilemmas and they won’t be resolved by wishful thinking

"It has never looked more exposed to be Brexit Britain adrift somewhere in the middle of the Atlantic as the waves get larger and choppier." https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/dec/08/britain-has-never-looked-more-exposed-adrift-in-the-atlantic-in-a-world-pulsing-with-perils-keir-starmer…

I see Labour with its 156 seat majority has chosen to use its power to amplify far right talking points. Lovely.

The Scottish government's intention to scrap the disgraceful two child benefit cap - a monstrous policy which drives kids and families into poverty - should be worn as a badge of everlasting shame by the Labour government in London. Be a human being, Starmer, and follow suit

Seeing Anas Sarwar on #theSundayShow saying the public sector is too big in Scotland and failing to back SG’s efforts to keep the winter fuel allowance and end the 2 child cap, must be a wake up call for health and logov workers and trade unions, as well as to everyone interested in social justice.