I am really pleased that a renewed debate about the possibility of a ‘University of the City of Perth’ is taking place and I encourage…
My Brexit update – April 2019
Over the past few months MPs inboxes have been overflowing with emails about Brexit. Over the course of the next few days, I will be…
HOW I VOTED IN THE INDICATIVE VOTES
Tonight I supported the amendment to support the revocation of article 50 and I opposed all measures that would possibly lead to a no deal…
REVOKE, A ‘PEOPLE’s VOTE’ and SCOTLAND
What a weekend that was in the campaign to see this Tory Brexit end and ensure our place in the European Union remains secure. A…
ABSTENTIONISM AND THE SNP
There has been a bit of traffic on social media recently that I abandon my post at Westminster and ‘return’ to Scotland with the rest…
A PEOPLE’s VOTE AND AN INDEPENDENCE REFERENDUM. ONLY ONE CAN PREVAIL.
In Scotland there are currently two campaigns being conducted to secure two different and distinct constitutional referendums. One seeks to reverse the decision of the…
SETTLED STATUS – WHAT THE TORIES ARE REALLY DOING TO EU NATIONALS
Over Christmas, when very few people were paying attention, the Home Office put out a video and further information on its EU Settlement Scheme. Full…
GENERAL ELECTION ANYBODY…..?
As we prepare for the Christmas recess all the talk is of an early General Election. A vote of no confidence is apparently to be…
MAJORITIES AND A MEANINGFUL VOTE
It was Norman Lamont who said of the equally disastrous John Major Government ‘we give the impression of being in office but not in power’.…
WHY WE SHOULD BE WARY OF THIS PEOPLE’S VOTE
As Brexit approaches its inevitable disastrous endgame the calls for a People’s Vote grows more strident. Reinforced by 700,000 people marching through the streets of…