My exchange today with FM John Swinney on domestic fuel oil. There’s no price cap on fuel oil, we’ve seen terrible rises across Stirlingshire and I’m concerned the market isn’t working. I’ve written to the CMA urging much more urgency on their ongoing investigation into the market.

A fantastic day in Stirling of community, heritage, music and fun. The Stirling Walking the Marches was a complete success here’s to next year!

A very helpful and constructive Monday morning meet with the @snp.org Stirling Councillors, proud to be part of a great team working hard for Stirling.

Delighted to present Janna and Sami at Tava Turkish Cafe Restaurant their Alyn’s Local Hero Award. A great new business in Stirling making our City a more interesting place! 👏 If you want to nominate a local organisation making a difference to our community email me: [email protected]

🚂 Brilliant to be on the inaugural Stirling-London train from Lumo, a low cost frequent alternative to air travel. Great news for Stirling, come visit! 👍🏻 #stirling #tourism #visitstirling

Totally made up for the Kinlochard residents celebrating the community buy out of The Field, which is going to be a brilliant asset for the community, great to be there to celebrate with hard working @snp.org Councillor Gene Maxwell 👏

Starting tonight in #Stirling three top tier European cinema provided with thanks to #CreativeStirling and #EU Parliament Liaison Office in UK. Tonight: ‘It was just and Accident’. #luxaudienceawards2026 @stirling4europe.bsky.social @alynsmith.bsky.social festivalofeuropescotland.org/event/creati...

A real honour to start the registration process as Stirling’s MSP. My email is now set up at [email protected] but bear with me as I get admin cranked up. Relishing the prospect of getting stuck in!

Great craic through in Edinburgh with @festivalofeurope.bsky.social thanks for having me! Scotland is a European nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺

@alynsmith.bsky.social if we do not sell the values and benefits of the EU in Britain any deal made is always going to be vulnerable to unpicking.

A happy Europe Day to everyone! Looking forward to taking part in this tomorrow 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 festivalofeuropescotland.org

UK-EU talks today about UK taking part in EU Ukraine loan, and in European Innovation Fund. Find out more about what is happening with the negotiations on closer EU-UK links at this event on 10 May, Edinburgh. Expert speakers. Only 9 places left - book today! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/future-uk-...

Bannockburn House tours are excellent. Weekends over the summer period. Now community owned. Coffee and cakes included! @bannockburnhouse.bsky.social @alynsmith.bsky.social @stirlingdigger.bsky.social

📰 A significant election in Hungary I’m not managing to be neutral in, but there’s a lot going on to be thoughtful about. Me in today’s Sunday @scotnational.bsky.social www.thenational.scot/politics/260...

This fab little route around Stirling rich in history will be led by a local historian May 17th 11:00. Many local cafés for pit stops. One of myriad opportunities as part of the @festivalofeurope.bsky.social Register here: Stirling EuroWalk - Festival of Europe Scotland share.google/S7coPkTCcxOc...

📰 I remember the days when 1.8 trillion euros was a lot of money. The EU budget has the potential for huge added value in all of Scotland's best strengths, and Scotland (and the UK) will be getting none of it. Rejoining is more urgent than you think. www.thenational.scot/politics/259...

📰 In case you missed it, here's yesterday's column from me in the Sunday National on how events in the MidEast, again, underline why we need to get the full community and economic benefit of Scotland's renewables jackpot. www.thenational.scot/business/259...

Energy bills are estimated to soar again by £332 from July. Households cannot afford to take another hit. I am calling on the Prime Minister to urgently convene a four nations emergency summit and freeze the price cap now.

This thread on the different currents in the UK government is very worth your time. @snp.org’s position is clear, we want fully back in EU and independence is the only way. But I’d also like to see the UK back too, so Labour’s debate matters.

🗞️ There's a lot more happening on UK-EU talks than you might think, but it is all guddling around the simple core problem: Out means Out. My column in today's Sunday @scotnational.bsky.social www.thenational.scot/politics/259...

And now confirmed, iceland to hold referendum on restatting EU accession talks. Scotland will be watching closely. www.euractiv.com/news/iceland...

🗞️ ICYMI Big news from Iceland, now looking urgently at EU membership in a way it simply wasn’t a matter of months ago. Significant implications for Scotland and UK, I sketch out in @scotnational.bsky.social: www.thenational.scot/politics/259...

Some exciting news and a lot to look forward to coming from Stirling Council, we're bringing back Hogmanay! A full programme of events to bring folks in, great news for hospitality and hotels 👏

Exactly right. I went to my regular check-up in May, expecting to get a new prescription but instead the optician told me I had an early cataract in my left eye. She immediately referred me to Ninewells, I received an initial appt there within 2 weeks and was put on the list for cataract surgery.

👁️ 👁️ Your taxes funded 2.4million (!) eye health checks last year, vital check ups for millions of Scots, identifying glaucoma, cataracts, high blood pressure and more far earlier than ever we have. They’re a huge success in Scotland, but in Labour run England they’re not free.

Well here’s some big news 🇮🇸🇪🇺

📰 How states join the EU is changing, perhaps in a really significant way that makes Scotland’s accession a lot faster. Me in Sunday @scotnational.bsky.social www.thenational.scot/politics/258...

What’s the SNP government ever done for you? 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Today’s Sunday @scotnational.bsky.social column on how fast the world is changing, and why EU membership is essential for Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇪🇺

This is significant, worldwide, and underlines that individual states (excepting maybe two or three) lack the heft to deal with these corporations. High time Scotland gets back into the EU. www.scmp.com/news/china/d...

⚽️ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Stirling should get behind Scotland at the football World Cup and allow those pubs who want to to open late so we can all enjoy a safe shared experience. My letter to Council Leader Susan McGill below ⬇️

💊 Last year, there were 2.2 million prescriptions given to Stirling residents free of charge. That’s saved local people around £22 million.

In Scotland, MSPs have a right to bring forward Members’ Bill proposals and if I’m elected in May I’m going to take full use of it. What law would you like to see created? Amended? Scrapped? I’ve plenty ideas myself but want to hear from you. Drop me an email to the address on the clip.

A happy Burns Night to all! Just the two of us at home tonight, a brilliant haggis from our local butcher, tatties and neeps from Ginger Roots on Port Street, obligatory @irnbru.bsky.social and (unpictured!) dram 😋 🥃 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

This speech from Canadian PM Mark Carney is a breath of fresh, if chilly, air. Especially uncomfortable, but true, on the comfortable fiction of the rules based international order. Well worth your time. www.youtube.com/watch?v=btqH...

Kaja Kallas: "Let me be abundantly clear: tariff threats will not pressure Denmark into handing over Greenland. They only risk making both Europe and the United States poorer and undermining our shared prosperity. We have no interest in picking a fight, but we will hold our ground."

🚆 Nobody looks forward to the Monday morning commute, but the SNP government has made it a bit easier and more affordable by scrapping peak fares for good. ScotRail has now been brought into public ownership, meaning it’s firmly on the side of commuters, thanks to SNP intervention.

Today’s poll proves the SNP vision of independence in Europe is appealing to more and more folks. A massive 73%, almost 3 in 4, of folks want back in the EU. We’ve been out in Callander speaking to locals about building up our communities. #Callander #Stirling #Scotland #independence #EU

Productive discussion with Stephen Montgomery from the Scottish Hospitality Group and Gary Atkinson from the Golden Lion Hotel yesterday. Hospitality is a major employer and an important industry to the Stirling area and I intend to be a strong voice for its success if elected in May.

Should be a good #RejoinEU debate in #Glasgow this Friday evening, and perhaps who better to lead the arguments in favour than former #Scotland MEP @alynsmith.bsky.social who, at the sad moment of our leaving, asked our fellow Europeans to #LeaveALightOn for us to help find our way home again? 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇧🇪🇺

I’ve contacted the Ambassador Group, owners of the Craigforth site to try help get the redevelopment of the site moving. It’s going to wrack and ruin as it stands when it could surely be a great development for somebody. #Stirling #business #development #economy

In today's Sunday National some thoughts on what is going on over Greenland, and what it means for the EU and Scotland. www.thenational.scot/politics/257...

⚡️ The UK has some of the highest energy bills in Europe, but we can do things differently with independence. 💡 No longer tied to an outdated energy network that penalises Scottish bill payers, we could have some of the lowest energy bills in Europe - which will reduce the cost of almost everything.

Oh my goodness this is well written and clear eyed from Þorsteinn Pálsson, a former Icelandic Prime Minister, and well worth your time. "Those who look only after their own interests and never those of others cannot, by their very nature, be allies to anyone." www.arctictoday.com/trump-forces...

Some happy memories of Greenland in (yikes!) 2011 representing the EU in the West Nordic Council Interparliamentary Meeting. Self determination and the rule of law is at the heart of @snp.org politics, Greenland's future can only be decided by the people who live there.

📰 Written before the illegal and unwise US intervention in Venezuela, here's my take on the challenges facing the EU Cyprus Presidency in today's Sunday National. www.thenational.scot/politics/257...

Former MPs including @benbradshaw.bsky.social, @carolinelucas.bsky.social and @alynsmith.bsky.social called on the government to investigate interference in our democracy. It marked the first time sitting MPs brought an action against the state. the-citizens.com/action/russi...

📰 Saying 2025 has been a big year in Europe is something of an understatement! Me in Sunday’s @scotnational.bsky.social. www.thenational.scot/politics/257...

Where else would I do last minute Christmas shopping but Made in Stirling? Merry Christmas everyone! 🎄 🎅🏻

🔎 When we say Stop the Scottish Energy Bill Rip-Off, we are saying something bigger than “shave a few pounds off the price cap”. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Here are three key points you need to know: www.believeinscotland.org/scotland_nee...