Scottish Labour Member of the Scottish Parliament for Edinburgh Southern. Email [email protected] for case work and questions.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Joined April 2010
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Daniel Johnson MSP retweeted
Thank you to Sumitomo Electric UK Power Cables for the invitation to the opening of the new factory in Nigg.
Huge opportunity to bring hundreds of skilled jobs in renewables to Scotland.
Daniel Johnson MSP retweeted
SNP conference struggling to attract the crowds... cameras will doubtless focus on the audience later during John Swinney's speech, but there are only 15 rows of seats and there's a huge void at back of the main hall
Daniel Johnson MSP retweeted
Andy Burnham shows why he's the most popular leader in Scotland with a positive speech that will unsettle SNP
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Daniel Johnson MSP retweeted
The SNP centralise so they can control. They starve councils of money so they can control.
They block regional partnerships so they can control.
Let’s stop this nonsense and unleash the potential of our Scottish regions by empowering them.
We do that by working together.
"My message to John is simple, I want to push economic power out into the regions of Scotland, do you?"
Andy Burnham challenges Scotland's First Minister John Swinney to "push power" out from Westminster and Holyrood "into the hands of local people"
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Daniel Johnson MSP retweeted
Visiting Manchester, or even Liverpool, you see what could be possible for Glasgow with proper regional devolution and control.
I genuinely hope the Scottish Government will take up this offer, as our city desperately needs it.
"My message to John is simple, I want to push economic power out into the regions of Scotland, do you?"
Andy Burnham challenges Scotland's First Minister John Swinney to "push power" out from Westminster and Holyrood "into the hands of local people"
bbc.in/4yl7lNX
Daniel Johnson MSP retweeted
Surprising comments from the First Minister who clearly doesn't know how much his own government has welcomed investment in community energy, floating offshore wind, supply chains and jobs in Scotland.
Where's the publicly owned energy company the SNP pledged in... 2017?
John Swinney says GB Energy has done 'literally, absolutely nothing'
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Daniel Johnson MSP retweeted
"My message to John is simple, I want to push economic power out into the regions of Scotland, do you?"
Andy Burnham challenges Scotland's First Minister John Swinney to "push power" out from Westminster and Holyrood "into the hands of local people"
bbc.in/4yl7lNX
Daniel Johnson MSP retweeted
When @mmgeissler asked John Swinney yesterday about Jack Middleton blaming the SNP government for slow consenting of renewables projects, Swinney found it impossible to believe that Middleton would have said such a thing. Well he did, and here it is.
What a nuisance that people aren’t ready for the plan so it can’t be published.
It’s a bit like my plans for cold fusion, world peace and a cure for the common cold.
I want to release them but people just aren’t ready yet.
Dave Doogan has a secret defence plan for an independent Scotland holyrood.com/news/view,dave-…
Daniel Johnson MSP retweeted
Frequent reference this morning to “currency, pensions, mortgages” at SNP conference. Some bemoan the lack of answers. Others say answers exist, but are not accessible enough. But nobody talks about the real issue: that the answers are all somewhere between unpalatable and toxic.
Daniel Johnson MSP retweeted
🗣️ 'The SNP have avoided the most basic question that helps explain why they lost in 2014'
Secretary of State for Scotland @D_G_Alexander MP and @KamaliMelbourne discuss a Scottish referendum ⬇️
The SNP have been using Holyrood’s powers to recreate a ‘Whitehall’ in Edinburgh.
This is a mistake.
We need to push power down to regions, cities, towns and communities.
Does Andy Burnham want to see a system of regional mayors in Scotland?
@annaefoster asks Scotland Secretary Douglas Alexander ahead of a speech by the prime minister in Lanarkshire today about getting more young people back into work.
Daniel Johnson MSP retweeted
I’ve been working with @LukePollard since March to secure two Defence Technical Colleges for Scotland.
Now we know we’ve been successful in that goal.
The commitment the Scottish Government has now given - to accept our offer and match fund the colleges - is welcome news.
Two Defence Technical Excellence Colleges are coming to Scotland after the Scottish Government today confirmed it will match fund the UK Government's £10 million commitment made seven months ago.
Scottish Secretary @D_G_Alexander said:
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Daniel Johnson MSP retweeted
The SNP Scottish Government continues to short change local councils and local services. Edinburgh is hit particularly hard.
@DJforEdS
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Daniel Johnson MSP retweeted
The @scottishlabour Government introduced free personal care in Scotland in 2002.
Now, the UK Government has confirmed that investment in social care in England will mean extra funding for Scotland.
With thousands of Scots waiting for social care assessments, @theSNP must act.
I think John Swinney is losing the plot.
"Is there panic on the streets of London? John Swinney certainly seems to think so."
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