Fergus Ewing for Inverness & Nairn

Great day campaigning for @VoteEwing in Nairn. Scotland needs more folk like Fergus Ewing in Parliament and judging by conversations today, the people of Nairn agree!

Great stuff Christina. @VoteEwing . Fergus Ewing is a legend and Holyrood desperately needs him back. We need politicians of integrity and intellect who love Scotland and fight to make it better. Just wish I could vote for him. Good luck Fergus. 🥃🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

I wish I had a constituency candidate of the calibre of Fergus Ewing to vote for. We might not agree about everything but we agree about independence not just for our country but independence of thought. He is an outstanding local representative and parliamentarian. @VoteEwing

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Campaigning today for Fergus Ewing, independent candidate for Inverness and Nairn. Our Scottish Parliament needs principled, hard-working representatives who stand up for their communities and our country. This is why Fergus has my support. @VoteEwing

I’m glad John Swinney seems to have split from Nicola Sturgeon in wanting to shut the North Sea Now he must take the extra step of fighting for Scottish jobs in the North Sea. But I hae my doots.

pt2. The Treasury takes in an extra 20Million extra every day from the sky high fuel duty and VAT. Starmer must act now and the Scottish Government should be demanding the UK Government acts.

pt 1. Spain, Poland, Hungary, Portugal, France, Germany have all taken steps to control or cut soaring petrol prices caused by Iran conflict. Some have slashed VAT. When - if never - is Prime Minister Starmer going to act?

I do not suggest the AG  had delayed this at the behest of the Scottish Government, but it is very very convenient for Scot Gov.  If there is no collective noun for quangos in Scotland, let me suggest one :   “A convenience of quangos” 3/3

This  report wont  be concluded  till after the election.  Had it been started last October, as I  had asked in a detailed letter to the Auditor General of 26th October,  then it would of course have been in the public domain before the May election.  2/3

Today’s “Scotsman” report  the Auditor General will conduct an investigation into the sell of off Scotlands Offshore wind rights for £25 Million per Gigawatt (Scotwind).  In England they achieve £1000 Million per Gigawatt , 40 times more in their sale. 1/3

Otherwise the Government will lose tens of millions in rates because businesses will be forced to close. 2/2

. @FionaCampbell74 today reports that in a survey of self catering businesses nearly one in five will close with the impact of eye watering rates rises.  The answer, as Scot Gov have been advised, is to postpone the revaluation for these properties and those in hospitality. 1/2

This afternoon @VoteEwing will raise my case in the Scottish Parliament and ask what @scotgov plan to do to ensure Scots law becomes fully compatible with ECHR (human rights) legislation in light of Lord Lake's landmark ruling.

I sincerely hope they will have the courage to vote with their conscience and with the communities we are here to serve, rather than follow party lines. 3/3

I've listened carefully, and I will be voting against these plans this evening. It is disappointing that some Highland MSPs have so far refused to make their position known. 2/3

There is a crucial vote tonight on the proposed Moray Firth Flow Parks. I have been inundated with correspondence from constituents living in Nairn and the wider Higblands. The message is clear: people have serious, legitimate concerns.  1/1

I urged the Scottish Government to work to increase the use of drones for this purpose and thus reduce the time it takes to identify and fix faults on lines and restore power more quickly to rural homes.

SSE have had hundreds of engineers working to restore power. Fair play to them and thanks for their efforts. They now use drones to work out where the faults lie on lines, thus saving much time.

Independent MSP Fergus Ewing (@VoteEwing) calls for public money to be clawed back from arts venues that limit free speech after Summerhall said it was an "oversight" to allow Kate Forbes to appear during the Fringe.