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Apr 15, 2021 16 tweets 6 min read Read on X
Just looking through the actual text of @theSNP manifesto now. There are so many highlights.
Focus on improving mental health services - 25% increase in direct Scot Gov investment.
Funding to support families visiting children who receive in patient care. I’ve met many parents who’ve struggled with this when their bairns have been in hospital in Glasgow or elsewhere.
This is massively important. Funding certainty is the biggest worry I hear from third sector orgs, and a five year funding cycle for those at the frontline of saving lives affected by substance misuse is such a positive move.
Brilliant positive health steps for women and girls. Being shoved into a maternity ward with women with babies, when you’re experiencing unexpected complications is so awful and I’m pleased to see this being recognised and a move made to mitigate this.
Also yay for buffer zones around abortion services - local authorities will be supported to put in place bye-laws should then wish to.
Transitions from children’s to adults’ services is a really scary, difficult and often poorly managed time for disabled young people. This pledge recognises the issue and promised national action. This is so badly needed. I’ve engaged with ACC over this a lot.
We will end conversion therapy if Westminster doesn’t, and we will reform the GRA.
Improvements to legal service on anonymity, safe streets project, and domestic violence support for men and boys, in addition to strengthening of systems for services that support women and girls. (Three year funding commitments, YAS!)
Young people must not be a generation suffering from the legacy of the pandemic. We will put this at the forefront of our actions, including the young person’s guarantee.
We are supporting areas heavily reliant on oil and gas, companies, and individuals to diversify, retrain and move on. We will not leave Aberdeen a ghost town.
.@thesnp will remove charges for core curriculum, make school uniforms cheaper, and ensure nobody is barred from school trips because their parents cannot afford to pay.
Oh my goodness, an online programme on Scotland and the UK’s colonial history, AND anti-racist education. #BlackLivesMatter
And, of course, @thesnp will give the people of Scotland the right to choose our own future in an independence referendum. #BothVotesSNP
Can't believe I missed this one! Free bikes! Game changer. My kids love their bikes and it's grim that so many miss out on the childhood experience of learning to ride a bike. It really is something you never forget and sets you up with access to low carbon transport for life.
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Sep 21, 2021
In 1915 my Great Granny’s father was killed when his fishing boat was cut in half by a British war ship. My Great Granny’s mother, was left to raise 5 girls by herself.
She had to make the choice about whether or not to keep my Great Granny, or hand her over to a relative who had more money. Imagine having to choose whether or not to keep a child? This belongs in the last century.
Yet the evil Tory rape clause means people are having to make those same choices today.
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Apr 15, 2021
A few people have contacted me with worries about the GRA section in the SNP manifesto. I read it to mean that a re-elected SNP Scot gov would make changes to the GRA.
However a lot of you have read it as meaning that there will be another consultation. We have had enough consultations. Legislation needs to change to make legal gender recognition easier.
Should the SNP, or anyone else, intend to kick this into the future, or run another consultation, I will be standing right there with the trans community and allies, telling my government that they’re wrong.
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Apr 15, 2021
First Minister @NicolaSturgeon announcing the transformational @theSNP manifesto, pledging large increases in NHS spending and a focus on mental health too.
#BothVotesSNP
We will abolish all NHS dentistry charges! Yaaaass! 🦷 universal healthcare provided free at the point of need. So many of my constituents will benefit from this. (Too many 😢)
A National wage for care staff. So, so important. 25% increase in spend on social care over course of the Parliament. And removing charges for non residential social care!
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Mar 24, 2021
Arghhhh!! Completely gutted by this announcement. Will be seeking more information as a matter of urgency.
I know that the local management have fought hard and that the store was actually doing really well compared to other stores. This is a shoddy decision.
This is a huge employer in the city centre. The impact on George Street and the Bon Accord Centre will likely be devastating.
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Jan 10, 2021
Home schooling reminders for those starting tomorrow.
1. Do not judge yourself against others. Just because they post a happy pic doesn’t mean they’re not also drowning.
2. You have a right to be sad and find things hard even if you have fewer children / a less demanding job / a bigger home than other people.
3. We are in the midst of a global pandemic. People are dying. It is understandable that you and your children will be tired, stressed and worried. Cut everyone some slack, especially yourself.

4. If you’re working speak to your employer and ask for flexibility if you need it.
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Sep 24, 2020
I have no idea how to post about this but I feel like I should.
We are living through a global pandemic. Life has changed in ways nobody predicted and we couldn’t have imagined even at the start of 2020.
Many of us have been ill. Far too many have lost loved ones. We have not been able to seek the comfort of spending time with those we love.
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