

Torcuil Crichton MP for Na h-Eileanan an Iar
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@Torcuil
Scottish Labour MP for Na h-Eileanan an Iar. If you are a Western Isles constituent and want to get in touch e mail [email protected]



Watch this. We currently pay £1.5 billion a year to switch wind farms off when it's too windy. Rachel Fletcher from Octopus Energy has just told Parliament that could soar to £10 BILLION by 2030. Ed Miliband is writing cheques for wind farm developers before the grid can move their energy to where it’s needed. This is a political choice and it is making electricity expensive. Government needs to wake up to what their plans are doing to our energy prices and make electricity cheap.




What has led to Peter Murrell's prison sentence? The former SNP chief has been sentenced to more than five years in jail for embezzling party funds. More here: bbc.in/4eFaVue


High energy costs and net zero policies are killing off our industry.

You are my MP. I asked to meet with you, but your minions suggested you had more important business. I think you are a terrible representative of women. And a coward.

Why does Scotland have the highest rates of local misinfo on X by a mile?


We could have seen a nationwide programme of home insulation, going door to door, making sure every home can keep in the heat, so no-one would risk getting sick or dying because they can’t afford heating in the winter. Why is this Government running from crisis to crisis?



NEW: John Swinney has appointed his cabinet

🎥The Prime Minister has urged the SNP and Greens on Glasgow City Council to reconsider a decision to reject a call to award the Freedom of the City on the Royal Regiment of Scotland.