We rescued Ferguson Marine to save jobs, and we are determined to see it succeed.
Today we have set out proposals to award four new vessel contracts to Ferguson Marine – to secure a pipeline of work, protect jobs and strengthen the future of shipbuilding on the Clyde.
Keir Starmer heads to India today & no word on Jagtar Singh Johal, a UK citizen detained for nearly 8 years without a fair trial.
The #PM must raise Jagtar’s case at the highest level. We can’t let Jaggi be forgotten. #FreeJaggiNow
Great to be in a very #sunny & warm #Dublin with the chance to catch up with old friends including the indomitable Senator Mark Daly Cathaoirleach of
Seanad Éireann
How the rest of the world is seeing the #tariff issue… “Oh #Canada” 🇨🇦 leading the way
www.wallawallademocrats.com/other-voices...
Will the existence of international bodies limit Trumps impact on other markets in the longterm but expose the USA quickly and deeply?
While aspects of early 20th cent USA trade policy are now playing out, we should be mindful that while history repeats itself it doesn’t repeat exactly… what could happen next? Could #EU & #China find an economic realignment seeking to bypass in the long-term a stagnant US?
Our own Professor Gerry McCartney's work on the impacts of austerity on population health ⚕️ features in this recent article: www.heraldscotland.com/news/2503736...
Check underpinning reserach 👇
1️⃣ www.bmj.com/content/388/...
2️⃣ www.bmj.com/content/388/...
A committed Trade Unionist, and passionate defender of those she represented and of Scotland.
Yet most of all an extraordinary partner, mother & friend who was loved by many.
On the 14th March 1941 the citizens of #Clydebank faced the 2nd night of bombing. Officially 528 died in the raids, it is thought that over 1,200 died over the following weeks.
Commit their names & their sacrifice to your memory.
#ClydebankBlitz
hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2016-0…
84 years ago tonight Luftwaffe bombers struck #Clydebank for the 1st time, with the greatest loss of civilian life in Scotlands history .
We commemorate those who died & pay tribute to the survivors who came together to defeat National Socialism.
#ClydebankBlitz
@aaronwherry.bsky.social hits the nail on the head… it’s back to pre-WWI for the USA. Isolationist and no allies, with trade tariffs as its means of international engagement.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Tune in at 7:00pm for this evening's #Scotlandat7 with Ben Francis and @dochertyhughes.bsky.social discussing the latest Scottish and international news, including #Gaza, #Ukraine, Scotland's renewable future and Trump's tariff trade wars.
www.broadcastingscotland.scot/scotland-at-...
While a move in the right direction, now more than ever for the Foreign Secretary should be clear as they were before, that Jagtar Singh Johal is being detained arbitrarily.
#JagtarSinghJohal #FreeJaggi
Hello All, Just put out this piece about the false hopes people are placing in the idea of a "transactional" foreign policy. Basing your security not on strong alliances but on bilateral deal-making and power wielding is normally a failure. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
They all knew it was coming and just thought it would all go away… The question now is how useful is Article 47.2 of the Lisbon Treaty the Mutual Defence clause in defending Europe and will Ukraine still seek EU membership as a bulwark against Putin ….
I met Peter Thiel in his office in Paypal back in 1999 when HBOS was in talks to buy them - I was just after being a candidate in the 1st Scottish parlie elections...
He outlined his crazy-in-the-coconut ideas for Paypal as a currency seperate from states and not under their control...
As the sun sets on the year yet more Knights & Dames appear like spectres to haunt our dreams & aspirations … citizenship alone is the greatest honour, all the rest is patronage.
A #Scottish #Titan
Spot on from @johnbrennan.bsky.social on @rteone.rte.ie this morning … sadly we lack the leadership in Westminster to stop it … I wonder why 💸💸💸
@bylinetimes.bsky.social the right is on the march & colleagues are walking into their trap
@thesnp.bsky.social must reaffirm our principles oppose the Right.
To paraphrase Kiril Lakota 😉
“We should manufacture the authentic Social Democratic revolution.”
#Workforall
#Breadforall
#Dignityforall
Always a good read from @phillipspobrien.bsky.social #ukraine
Perfectly Imperfect—a newsletter turned Web site where users can post their own unedited recommendations and read those of others—in some ways “attempts to resist the wanton commodification of online personality,” Kyle Chayka writes.
Hahaha strongly support this proposal!
A very interesting article on the Windsor Framework … while slightly over egging the powers of most Private Members Bills its pretty spot on… #NorthenIreland
… more from @petergeoghegan.bsky.social on the dark money 💵 which permeates the creaking edifice of #UK #democracy …👇
Resources are the front line …
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