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Posts by Richard Leonard

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In my 10 years as an MSP, one of the things I'm most proud of is campaigning for justice for former miners and their families

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My last ever speech as an MSP

Let this be my parting hymn

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Is Scottish Water being privatised by stealth?

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Mick McGahey's ashes are buried under the Scottish Parliament

His image should be displayed inside the Scottish Parliament

Permanently

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Screenshot reads: Two thirds of public transport workers in Scotland have experienced violence at work in the last year, the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers says
We need: safe staffing, an end to lone working, a reversal of cuts, and more funding to make public transport safer
Commuters at Waverley station this morning were fully behind the union's Action Against Assaults campaign

Screenshot reads: Two thirds of public transport workers in Scotland have experienced violence at work in the last year, the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers says We need: safe staffing, an end to lone working, a reversal of cuts, and more funding to make public transport safer Commuters at Waverley station this morning were fully behind the union's Action Against Assaults campaign

Two thirds of public transport workers in Scotland have experienced violence at work in the last year, the @rmtunion.bsky.social says

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Ministers must work with @gmbscotland.bsky.social to avoid job losses at Volvo in Holytown

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He may be confident but NHS workers will be forgiven for not being

They will hold him to this promise on 1 April

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It's good that Ferguson Marine shipyard has won new work

But ministers still haven't released all the investment they promised or accounted for ยฃ124m of public money handed over when the yard was in private ownership

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๐Ÿ’ท Restore funding
โœ… Restore staffing
โœ‚๏ธ Reverse the cuts
โŒ End assaults

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We are living through an era where political leaders are less interested in a battle of ideas and more interested in personal smears

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When Tony Benn stood down from parliament he said it was so he could 'devote more time to politics'

I couldn't agree more

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Private companies getting public money should be subject to freedom of information laws

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Why do we treat migrant workers like this?

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These multinationals just suck money out of our local economies when we should be building community wealth

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The @rmtunion.bsky.social certainly knows how to produce great trade unionists

Eddie Dempsey is up there with the best

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No worker should suffer violence at work

It was an honour to host the launch of the @rmtunion.bsky.social's Action Against Assaults campaign today

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Keir Starmer must go

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'Sometimes you don't get to choose who you do business with,' the Scottish Government claims

Of course you do...every time

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2 months ago 1 0 1 0
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The Mandelson crisis is a crisis of Labour's leadership project The scandal of the Peter Mandelson crisis and his relationship with the convicted criminal Jeffrey Epstein is immense.

The full article, with some of Simon's first-hand experience, is here modernleft.substack.com/p/the-mandel...

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A distinctive and informed insight into the Mandelson scandal by @fletchersimon.bsky.social

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These illegal actions of Donald Trump should be condemned by all governments

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On a fact finding visit to the site of the Monklands replacement hospital this morning โ€“ it was great to see the site preparation underway

Now we need the Scottish government to sign off the business case and put up the capital

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The Prime Minister once again scotches the myth that we have an independent nuclear deterrent

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There are fire stations without working toilets while the Scottish Government throws millions of pounds at multinational corporations for an IT system

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Between 1940s-60s there were more than 2,000 state-backed restaurants in the UK

Bringing back affordable public diners like this is a great idea, which I fully support

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We need to rediscover our co-operative roots

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If ever there was an emergency crying out for political leadership, this is it

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Solidarity with @nujofficial.bsky.social members at STV on strike today

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It is only 6 January and the average FTSE 100 boss has already made more money than the average worker in the UK will all year

Tax wealth, pay workers

#FatCatTuesday

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Do the SNP think they can get away with brushing this under the carpet because it's about migrant workers?

Not while I have breath in my body

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