The Energy Profits Levy is destroying jobs. If Labour won’t get rid of their tax on Scotland’s energy, then we need to get rid of Starmer from Number 10. Of course with the power of independence we could save jobs, investment & communities ourselves. www.thenational.scot/news/2571811...

The easiest way to get rid of the Lords is independence. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Merry Christmas! My office is now closed until the new year. Email will be monitored during the festive period. I have attached some useful emergency contact numbers. Have a great Christmas.

Good news! Over 837,000 winter heating payments made.

Anas Sarwar asked questions on housing at FMQs today. Never forget that in Labour’s last term in office in Scotland, they only managed to build a grand total of SIX council houses in four years. Labour cannot be trusted to deliver on housing.

83% of folk in the north east oppose STV’s plan to axe STV North News. If you are one of those people then please tell OFCOM your views by clicking on the link below & by completing their consultation. www.ofcom.org.uk/tv-radio-and...

Labour are asleep at the wheel as the waits for driving tests continue to grow.

I met with Scottish Gas to hear about energy support available this winter. We discussed the grants of up to £2,000 available from British Gas Energy Trust to help with energy debt & they are providing £500,000 to support households across Scotland. www.britishgasenergytrust.org.uk/grants-available/

Labour’s Employer’s National Insurance hike & their Energy Profits Levy are taxes on jobs & are no doubt major factors in this rise in unemployment. Broken Brexit Britain lurches from crisis to crisis & folk are suffering under Westminster Labour. It’s time for independence.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

A consultation has just been announced on the future of STV North. The planned cuts to STV North should be worrying for all of us here in Aberdeen and the wider area who value good local news & journalism. Have your say here: www.ofcom.org.uk/tv-radio-and...

Let’s not make the same mistake twice with our vast renewable resources. It’s time for a fresh start with independence. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Broken Brexit Britain. It’s time for a fresh start with independence. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

If Labour give one jot about Aberdeen & the north east then they must scrap the Energy Profits Levy, which is a tax on our jobs.

Happy Hanukkah to all of Aberdeen’s Jewish community & to all celebrating across Scotland & around the globe. My thoughts are with those in Australia, who have been brutally murdered & attacked during their celebrations. It’s time for a world of peace, mercy & harmony.

Labour must listen & abolish the Energy Profits Levy now - to save jobs, save investment & save the future of Aberdeen & the north east.

The SNP remain the most trusted political party when it comes to standing up for Scotland’s interests.

Thanks to the Scottish Ahlul Bayt Society for their annual rose presentation to MSPs to promote building a Scotland where mercy, harmony & peace prevail.

Independence is the fresh start Scotland needs. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Good news! #BothVotesSNP 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Good news! Statistics from NHS Education for Scotland follow figures last week showing the number of GPs in Scotland continues to rise with an increase of 171 over the past year.

Don’t be conned by Farage.

This morning, I met with Bob Sanguinetti, the chief executive of the Port of Aberdeen to discuss the current state of play with the business, which has been affected by the continuation of the Energy Profits Levy by the Westminster Labour Government. The EPL must be abolished!

Thatcher destroyed coal communities & now Starmer seems to be intent on doing the same with the oil & gas industry - wrecking any chance of a just transition. Thatcher & Starmer are one & the same. Westminster doesn’t work for Scotland, it’s time for independence. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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The Tories are getting very wound up about a defection to Reform of someone who the public does not know or care about. The Tory consternation shows that they know that they are spent as a political force in Scotland. The Findlay leadership experiment has been a disaster.

They must do it now!

Starmer, Reeves, Miliband & Sarwar must come to Aberdeen & the north east to look workers in the eye & to hear about the carnage that their windfall tax is causing.

Thanks to Crisis Scotland for coming to parliament today to give me the opportunity to say I’m in to end homelessness in Scotland.

Labour policies are systematically destroying business confidence & are killing industry in Scotland. Scotland has the energy & now we desperately need the powers of independence to secure our future. news.stv.tv/north/main-b...

If Starmer is coming to Scotland then he should visit the north east & look oil & gas workers in the eye as his government’s decision to keep the Energy Profits Levy has condemned them & our corner of the country to a grim future. Labour must listen! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Christmas should be a joyful, restful time - but it also brings added risks. Here’s key information from the Scottish Government on spiking & an update on what Police Scotland are doing to help keep everyone safe over this festive period.

Yesterday, I attended an event in parliament to mark the 10th anniversary of Food Standards Scotland.

Labour now less trusted on the economy than Liz Truss & her Tory crew. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

The SNP has mitigated £1,128,489 in Bedroom Tax across Aberdeen City so far this year. This will help to protect families, support communities and shows a commitment to stand against the unfair Tory & Labour policy.

Labour’s failure to abolish the Energy Profits Levy is an act of industrial vandalism.

A festive financial boost is coming for Scotland’s carers! From Thursday, more than 96,000 carers will receive the £293.50 Carer’s Allowance Supplement. If you haven’t had a letter or payment by 15 Dec, call Social Security Scotland: 0800 182 2222.

My heart goes out to the folk at Harbour Energy, who are to lose their jobs because Labour won’t listen. If they’re in any doubt about the destruction their Windfall Tax is causing then Sarwar & his colleagues should visit Aberdeen to hear first hand. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

World AIDS Day gives us the opportunity to remember those we have lost to HIV, but also to recognise the huge progress being made here in Scotland in trying to eradicate new transmission & ending stigma.

On Friday, I had a meeting with the good folk at DIOKA Therapeutics, who are innovating hypertension treatment. It is quite astounding the amount of immense scientific research work that is going on in our city in partnership with the University of Aberdeen.

A good, wee canvass for Aberdeen Central SNP candidate, Jack Middleton in Broomhill this morning. #VoteSNP #ActiveSNP

Happy St Andrew’s Day!

Thanks to Greene King for inviting Stephen Flynn & I to the newly refurbished Molly Malone’s in Aberdeen. There is no doubt that I bet Stephen in the pint pouring department. 😂

Sarwar & his allies are clearing that he had an influence on the budget, so now he must tell us if he lobbied to get rid of the energy windfall tax or did he just ignore & betray Aberdeen & the north east.

I joined colleagues & campaigners in the Scottish Parliament to mark World AIDS Day 2025.   Together we remembered those we have lost to HIV and pledged our commitment to tackling HIV stigma and to ending new transmissions of HIV in Scotland by 2030.

Labour do not care about Aberdeen or the north east.

I’m glad your SNP Government is providing eligible families with the Best Start Grant when their child starts primary school, along with the Best Start Foods payment card to help with the cost of healthy food throughout the year.

Westminster Governments have siphoned off hundreds of billions of pounds in oil revenues from our corner of Scotland, yet in our hour of need Labour has abandoned Aberdeen & the north east. Starmer, Reeves & Miliband must understand that the fight for fairness isn’t over.

Labour snake oil salesmen.

Not before time…

The Labour Government has once again shafted Aberdeen & the north east.