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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Posts by Richard Leonard
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
Two thirds of public transport workers in Scotland have experienced violence at work in the last year, the @rmtunion.bsky.social says
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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๐ท Restore funding
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Restore staffing
โ๏ธ Reverse the cuts
โ 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
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
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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The full article, with some of Simon's first-hand experience, is here modernleft.substack.com/p/the-mandel...
A distinctive and informed insight into the Mandelson scandal by @fletchersimon.bsky.social
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
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
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
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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