Leaving Skye to head back to the mainland having been at the Gaelic College where as part of the 50th anniversary celebrations we welcomed the Duke of Edinburgh
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I will be holding a Surgery in Dingwall on Tuesday 28th May. If you have an issue you'd like to discuss with me, please call my office on 01397 866397 to make an appointment.
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On a beautiful day in Mallaig the Mareather unloading its catch of prawns having been at sea since Friday. Unusually due to important constituency business I am in the Highlands although back at Parliament tomorrow night.
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Another of the fabled Brexit dividends, we will all get to spend more time at St Pancras before catching the Eurostar:
New EU checks could spell end of โturn up and goโ Eurostar travel.
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Ian Blackford ๐บ๐ฆ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Retweeted
International students are essential to keeping open opportunities for Scottish students.
The key points in this i/v apply here too.
10 unis (of 19) in Scotland are facing deficit in 23/24.
This risk will be catalysed if the graduate route is reformed or cut.
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Fantastic work by
@TheNewsAgents
and
@lewis_goodall
- concluding, astutely, that Georgia is โground zeroโ for the struggle between Russia and the West; liberal democracy vs illiberalism; misinformation and cultural warsโฆtraits coming to infect all our politics. A cautionary tale
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There needs to be urgent recompense for the WASPI women who were given very little notice that their pension age was to increase.
The horrific truth is that, since the Waspi campaign began, 280,000 affected women have died.
We can't allow any further procrastination. This is an
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@Ianblackford_MP
Thanks Ian, I live on Ardnamurchan and my plan was to retire at 60 and with no notice had to wait 6 more years, I worked for 44 years without a break and paid fill ni payments and was never informed i would not retire at 60 over those 6 years I am thousands of ยฃs out of pocket.
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This is why there should be compensation put in place quickly but it does not take away though the troubles you and others faced from the bombshell on not being told in a timely manner that you faced waiting years for your pension.
This is an important debate but what is critical is that Parliament has to address the ombudsmanโs determination that mitigation needs to be put in place for
#waspi
woman and to do so quickly.
Watch the cross party debate in Parliament later today. Itโll be sometime after 11.30 depending on any urgent business.
#WASPI
women will be attending to represent us all, near or far.
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"It will live with me forever." - Paul Hanlon ๐ฌ
"Thank you to all of the fans." - Lewis Stevenson ๐ฌ
Paul and Lewy spoke to ๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐ ๐ง๐ฉ following tonight's game.