trade unionists 50 years plus
Scotland
Joined October 2009
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rab wilson retweeted
@JohnSwinney if you can U-turn on North Sea oil and gas, why not nuclear?
Domestic energy security, skilled jobs and economic reality matter, you're right. Dounreay could deliver all three.
The SNP must stop mindlessly opposing every UK Government plan. It's nonsensical.
rab wilson retweeted
Scheming Sturgeon – a disgraced & dodgy lesbian traitor, whose party was a criminal operation the entire time she was in power running Scotland into the ground – is given a paid platform to hector and lecture other politicians by the British Bashing Corporation.
Defund it today!
rab wilson retweeted
I welcomed the Budget’s cost-of-living measures, but raised a crucial question about whether funding for Scottish housing and heating bills is reaching the people who need it most.
I’ve called on the Treasury Select Committee to examine this.
rab wilson retweeted
I’ve written to the Chancellor ahead of tomorrow's Budget, calling for the Government to recognise priorities for people living in the Far North.
Their decisions must reflect their commitment to our communities everywhere, even those in the farthest corners of the UK.
rab wilson retweeted
The SNP is betraying Scottish factories with Chinese made schoolbags to be given to every P1 pupil. The fact they’re using Chinese firms who pay workers £1 per hour is an extra kick in the teeth for Scottish companies. If the Government is not going to use our own workers who is?
rab wilson retweeted
The An Injury to All Glasgow book launch is this Thursday!
I’m having a Glasgow book launch for my new book, An Injury to All: The Unmaking of the British Working Class, on Thursday 29 October.
All welcome! Sign up 🔽
eventbrite.co.uk/e/an-injury…
rab wilson retweeted
@WeAreOpenreach have job sheets and times of who and when worked on those poles yet they have sent no one to inspect the damage, or the potential for worsening the damage, which has now occurred as they were warned was possible given the weather.
Under no circumstances should you allow @WeAreOpenreach or their contractors on your property to access poles on other properties…..they and their contractors came onto my property on several occasions to access poles which were not on my property but on neighbouring gardens, and despite having been informed that the wires from one pole were pulling my soffits away from my house, they have failed to act to remedy the situation.
rab wilson retweeted
The shambles of modern Britain. @WeAreOpenreach @bt_uk plus independent contractors all got access to my property to work on polls in neighbours gardens weeks ago. After the works the wire attached to my soffits has obviously been over tightened and now has finally pulled them off. I’ve been passed from pillar to post for weeks.
rab wilson retweeted
Under no circumstances should you allow @WeAreOpenreach or their contractors on your property to access poles on other properties…..they and their contractors came onto my property on several occasions to access poles which were not on my property but on neighbouring gardens, and despite having been informed that the wires from one pole were pulling my soffits away from my house, they have failed to act to remedy the situation.
@WeAreOpenreach you passed this to your legal department weeks ago after being informed that work you had done on poles in my neighbours gardens, which were not on my property, but which you and your contractors had accessed from my property, had caused damage to my soffits. Here’s the result of today’s high winds after your failure to send anyone to examine the damage. Could you contact me asap before these high winds take my soffits off the house completely.
rab wilson retweeted
@WeAreOpenreach you passed this to your legal department weeks ago after being informed that work you had done on poles in my neighbours gardens, which were not on my property, but which you and your contractors had accessed from my property, had caused damage to my soffits. Here’s the result of today’s high winds after your failure to send anyone to examine the damage. Could you contact me asap before these high winds take my soffits off the house completely.
rab wilson retweeted
We must not forget that Dounreay helped keep the lights on in the glens.
We have the site, the skills and the community to host a small modular reactor. The Scottish Government must move beyond outdated policies and unlock Highland energy opportunities.
johnogroat-journal.co.uk/new…
rab wilson retweeted
The Conservatives have unveiled a proposed £700m childcare giveaway for high earners ahead of their annual conference. Amazing how there is always enough cash for the better off!
theguardian.com/politics/202…
rab wilson retweeted
If you need a single illustration of the difference between a Labour Government & the SNP it is Healey’s £6billion announcement investing in UK shipyards [inc scotland] & the SNP buying ferries in Poland and Turkey [+buses in China]
Which party would be stronger for Scotland??
rab wilson retweeted
Owen Jones.
Covering up for twenty years for his friends.
Nigel Farage is a political conman.
He claims to represent the man in the street - but he's the champion of the filthy rich.
New column: theguardian.com/commentisfre…
rab wilson retweeted
Hmm, it’s starting to look like Scotland’s got ‘bendy’ laws …
‘A Long Hard Think’ - by Wings Over Scotland. wingsoverscotland.com/a-long…
rab wilson retweeted
The SNP has just won 5 elections in a row.
The view that the SNP has "destroyed Scotland" is a fringe, screeching, hysterical view.
The fact that view is also that of the mainstream Scottish media demonstrates how hysterical, fringe, and increasingly irrelevant it has become.
The SNP have destroyed Scotland since 2014 and John Swinney doesn't really want another independence referendum.
Andrew Nicoll writes in today's @ScottishSun thescottishsun.co.uk/news/16…
rab wilson retweeted
Glasgow mum reveals reality of working on a zero-hours contract. "How am I supposed to buy groceries or pay the rent when my income can drop by 70% without warning? I am constantly stressed, and my children feel that anxiety." heraldscotland.com/news/2650…
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A9 dualling scandal and the disgrace for the Highlands. Promised 20 years ago yet only 11 miles done on this dangerous road. £300m spent on consultants. heraldscotland.com/politics/…
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Before Action ift.tt/nTcdtsA Our solicitors have today sent the letter below to Police Scotland. (Click pics to enlarge.) It’s worth remembering what this is about. – Peter Murrell was recently sentenced to over five years in prison for misappropriating approximately £…
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The current social care system is letting workers and people down. Instead of investing in people, successive governments have allowed private equity firms and shareholders to strip millions out of a service.
Join Unite's Campaign and Stand up for Social Care; unitetheunion.org/why-join/m…
