Springburn Winter Gardens Trust (one of @paulsweeney.bsky.social's best side-projects) have landed a £1.1 million grant to bring the glasshouse back to public use - good luck to them! Here are a few details from a visit in 2021. Even in this state it has a certain beauty.

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A great presentation from Paul Sweeney MSP at yesterday's Glasgow planning meeting. The significance of Mackintosh's world heritage GSA for the city skyline and the inadequacy of current proposals for its site are all discussed.
https://fb.watch/EN0vWIQUHb/

Today the two-child limit is gone. Parents have told us what this will mean for their kids:

- A first-ever birthday party for a 10-year-old
- Better quality food
- Clothes that aren't completely worn out
- Going on the school trip without getting into debt
- A new mattress
- Swimming lessons

St Aloysius Easter Vigil

Happy Easter everyone! ✝️

Lumen Christi! Deo Gratias!

Resurrexit sicut dixit, alleluia. Ora pro nobis Deum, alleluia.

Cranhill Water Tower, Glasgow – Frank A Macdonald and Partners, 1951 Image credit: Peter McDonald

🛸 Beam us up Brutalism: C20 Society has supported the proposed listing of Cranhill Water Tower (1951) in Glasgow by Historic Environment Scotland at Category B, following an application by @paulsweeney.bsky.social

➡️ c20society.org.uk/news/beam-me...

Sweeney raises procurement concerns over Chinese ferry deal

Scottish politician and former shipbuilder @paulsweeney.bsky.social has criticised the decision to select a Chinese shipyard as the preferred bidder for two new Northern Isles freight vessels, arguing it reflects deeper issues in industrial strategy.

Sweeney presses for shipbuilding finance reform Scottish Labour MSP Paul Sweeney has urged ministers to treat the proposed four-vessel award to Ferguson Marine as a starting point for wider reform.

Scottish Labour MSP Paul Sweeney has urged ministers to treat the proposed four-vessel award to Ferguson Marine as a starting point for wider reform.
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Swinney warns of 'difficult decisions' over Union Street building restoration John Swinney was unable to say if a building which was gutted in a fire on Union Street in Glasgow will be faithfully restored as it was built as he…

John Swinney warned of 'difficult decisions' over restoring Union Street building when pressed today in Holyrood by @paulsweeney.bsky.social if the 19th century building gutted by Sunday's fire will be faithfully restored.

@heraldscotland.bsky.social

www.heraldscotland.com/news/2592481...

"VICTORY"
#AmandaKeenan for @glasgowtimes.bsky.social

An important piece of #Glasgow's rich architectural history is to be saved after a five-year fight, led by #ElaineMcDougall and @paulsweeney.bsky.social.

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At Holyrood, Paul Sweeney highlighted the strength of Scotland's shipbuilding, pointing to work on both sides of the country, while Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes confirmed options are being explored to strengthen commercial shipbuilding finance.
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This is a once in a generation chance to get rid of the M8 in Glasgow - let's grab it Why Transport Scotland has framed the idea of removing the Woodside Viaducts so negatively is a mystery. What they should be doing is taking this…

International evidence overwhelmingly undercuts this idea that removing the M8 through Glasgow would cause some sort of doomsday carmageddon. This week's column @heraldscotland.bsky.social

www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/2589... @paulsweeney.bsky.social @replacethem8.bsky.social

Glasgow Garden Festival fountain found in pile of rubbish - All For Gardening Mr Lamb and others with a keen interest in the city's history - including the MSP Paul Sweeney - hope to bring artefacts like the fountain back into use in

Glasgow Garden Festival fountain found in pile of rubbish

www.allforgardening.com/1309077/glasgow-garden-f...

Mr Lamb and others with a keen interest in the city’s history – including the MSP Paul Sweeney – hope to bring artefacts like the fountain …

Paul Sweeney warns Scottish shipbuilding faces work cliff Paul Sweeney MSP has warned that delays to Scottish Government vessel procurement risk leaving publicly owned shipyards without sufficient work, arguing that the absence of a joined-up industrial strategy is undermining shipbuilding capacity in Scotland.

Paul Sweeney MSP has warned that delays to Scottish Government vessel procurement risk leaving publicly owned shipyards without sufficient work, arguing that the absence of a joined-up industrial strategy is undermining shipbuilding capacity in Scotland.
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Pressure grows on Scottish Government to build ships at home The Scottish Government is facing renewed pressure to use national security provisions within UK subsidy law to support domestic shipbuilding, following a new parliamentary question tabled by Paul Sweeney MSP, the UK Defence Journal understands.

The Scottish Government is facing renewed pressure to use national security provisions within UK subsidy law to support domestic shipbuilding, following a new parliamentary question tabled by Paul Sweeney MSP, the UK Defence Journal understands.
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/pressure-gro...

Then we were off to a cafe in Springburn so @paulsweeney.bsky.social could get his chips and gravy!

Then it was up to Scotland to knock on doors for the brilliant @paulsweeney.bsky.social in Springburn. Lots of residents were pleased to hear they’ll be in the driving seat for the Pride in Place funding, which Paul and @maureenburke.bsky.social have brought to the area.

Brilliant to have the great work of Oakwood Primary in Easterhouse acknowledged in the chamber @maureenburke.bsky.social 👏

Our child-led event @childrenparliament.bsky.social was designed to make sure children’s voices on poverty are heard ahead of the 2026 election 🎤

tinyurl.com/y8cubzd6 📖

Amazing to kick off the new year at the Springburn parkrun! 🏃🏻‍♂️💨

Wishing a Guid New Year to one and all, from and Springburn-born legend Tom Weir and me 🎆

They are a fine brass band! Happy Christmas 😊🎄

My office is now closed and will reopen on 5 January. Thanks to my team of staff who work so hard for Glasgow.

My Christmas card design this year features Paddle Steamer Waverley along with a very special passenger bringing a precious cargo of gifts into Glasgow Harbour! 🎅

Merry Christmas! 🎄

GLASGOW 24 - EDINBURGH 12 🏉✌🏽

If you have a small business you're often at the mercy of events. @spotdesignmarket.bsky.social had their ceiling fall down this week so they have a pop-up at Shawlands Arcade. I popped by to pick up one of @nebopeklo.bsky.social's amazing prints and to show them solidarity on #smallbusinesssaturday

Thousands of families have had their funeral savings taken from them

Meanwhile greedy directors have looted £3 million in dividends

@paulsweeney.bsky.social and I will hold the Minister to account on his commitment

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💯 “The electoral system is at breaking point now, because we're in this multi-party system, because of political fragmentation.”

🎙️ @alexsobel.co.uk, chair of the @appgfairelections.bsky.social on @lbc.co.uk #CrossQuestion

Great to speak at the @coopparty.party.coop conference with @paulsweeney.bsky.social and Victoria Desmond about mental health and why we must reject politics that pits people against each other.

A fair society means standing together, not stepping on others to get ahead!

Kirsty McNeill MP and Eddie Barnes with the John Smith Centre 'Making Change Happen' masterclass series cohort. The group is standing at the front of a seminar room with three rows of benches and chairs in front of them.

MSPs Annie Wells and Paul Sweeney and Eddie Barnes with John Paul Academy students. The group is standing in two rows in front of a large blue curtain.

Alastair Campbell and Rory Stewart sat on stage at the SEC during a live recording of 'The Rest is Politics' podcast. The large screen behind them is showing a photo of Alastair Campbell and Eddie Barnes sitting on high stools at the front of a lecture theatre with two John Smith Centre pull-up banners behind them.

Dr Elli Loose, Sean McNamara and Lucie Beattie sat on chairs in front of a seated audience facing them. Professor Christopher Carman is standing beside them; all four are holding handheld microphones. There is an RSE pull-up banner and a projector screen showing text reading "Disordered truth in a democracy" behind them.

Over the last week, the Centre has been out in communities across Scotland: from Ullapool to the UofG campus, from schools to the SEC’s The Rest is Politics live show on Saturday night 💫

Thanks to @kirstymcneill.bsky.social, @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social, Annie Wells & @paulsweeney.bsky.social!

I support the motion.

A photo of MSPs Annie Wells and Paul Sweeney and Eddie Barnes with John Paul Academy students. The group is standing in two rows in front of a large blue curtain.

🏫 We had a great morning having #PoliticalConversations with S5 and S6 students at John Paul Academy in Glasgow!

A big thank you to MSPs Annie Wells and @paulsweeney.bsky.social for speaking and taking questions 🙌

@uofgsocsci.bsky.social @uofgsps.bsky.social

Lower migration is bad news for the UK economy - UK in a changing Europe Lauren Gilbert argues that migrants to the UK are net fiscal contributors, adding much more to the economy than they take out, and that the recent collapse in immigration will harm the UK's economic p...

"There is simply no sign of a fiscal catastrophe from the 'Boriswave'. Recent migrants are very likely to be employed, paying tax and seem to be contributing to British society..it will help, rather than hurt, Britain’s fiscal position."

Analysis by @lgilbert.co

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