6 h. ago Lanarkshire MSP says party can bring 'hope and optimism' under her new leadership

Gillian Mackay was elected at the first stage of the Scottish Greens vote with 34 per cent

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2 w. ago Rutherglen MSP highlights support to help families with cost of learning

Clare Haughey spoke as children went back to school.

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2 w. ago Neil Gray, MSP for Airdrie & Shotts, encourages businesses to apply for Scottish Government funding for specialist accessible toilets

More than 25,000 people in Scotland with complex needs and disabilities, and their families, could benefit from the £10 million fund.

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2 w. ago Motherwell & Wishaw MSP Clare Adamson visits CentrePoint Community Hub Garden in Gowkthrapple

She was welcomed by Richard Bolton and Lauren McFayden for a guided tour of the flourishing outdoor space.

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2 w. ago Linlithgow MSP thanks constituents after village summer surgery programme concludes

Surgeries were held in 10 locations over two days

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3 w. ago ‘We are at war – bring it on’: Democrats ready to fight dirty to stop Trump

Republican push for gerrymandered congressional maps triggers down-and-dirty from new generation – will it work?It was a stirring speech that brought Democrats to tears. “When someone is cruel or acts like a bully, you don’t stoop to their level,” Michelle Obama told them in Philadelphia in 2016. “No, our motto is: ‘When they go low, we go high.’”Fast forward to Ken Martin, chair of the Democratic National Committee, speaking in Chicago this week. “This is not the Democratic party of your grandfather, which would bring a pencil to the knife fight,” he insisted. “This is a new Democratic party. We’re bringing a knife to a knife fight, and we are going to fight fire with fire.” Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Kevin Rowland: ‘If I could bring something extinct back to life it would be the Labour party’

The Dexys Midnight Runners singer on being arrested 15 times, a crushing comment from his dad and a lesson from ShakespeareBorn in Wolverhampton, Kevin Rowland, 71, was a hairdresser before forming Dexys Midnight Runners. The band had their first hit in 1980 with Geno. In 1982, Come On Eileen was Britain’s bestselling single; the following year, it went to No 1 in the US. Over five decades, Dexys released six studio albums including The Feminine Divine in 2023. As a solo artist, Rowland released two albums, The Wanderer in 1988 and My Beauty in 1999. Bless Me Father, Rowland’s memoir, has just been published. He lives in London and has a daughter.When were you happiest? On stage – the Old Vic in 1981 and Glastonbury last year. Continue reading...

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