This Week in Westminster: Scotland’s interests ignored as Tories and Labour plot a Brexit stitch-up
This week in Westminster, we stood up for Scotland’s place in the European Union, called out the Tories for welfare cuts, and argued against the abhorrent renewal of Trident.
This is a weekly digest of the key events and highlights from your SNP MPs as they stand up for Scotland.
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7 reasons why we need a second EU referendum
Scotland has so much to lose from a Brexit it never voted for. A second EU referendum is the best way out of the ever-deepening chaos.
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Tories should hang their heads in shame on fourth anniversary of benefits freeze
Today marks the beginning of the fourth year of the benefit freeze and its disastrous impact. The Tories’ targeting of austerity at the most disadvantaged is a moral outrage.
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Brexit chaos shows that time is fast approaching for Scotland to forge its own future
Scotland will not be held hostage by a Tory Government more interested in putting its fractured party interests above all else. Scotland deserves better and must be given the choice to decide its future.
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Holyrood is a far cry from the decayed Dickensian theme park that is Westminster
ON this relaxing Sunday morning, spare a thought for the 35 brave souls who make up the SNP group at Westminster and who will shortly be preparing to return there for another week.
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Nicola Sturgeon’s open letter to EU citizens living in Scotland
Scotland is your home, you are welcome here, and you are valued. You play a crucial role in Scotland’s economy and public services. You are a vital part of Scotland not just for the skills and talent you bring to our country but also the diversity and richness you bring to our culture and communities.
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Scotland can do better than Johnson, Raab or Jacob Rees-Mogg
This week’s goings-on at Westminster exposed these Tory Brexiteers as a triumvirate of political charlatans – and showed that Scotland’s future is undoubtedly better with independence.
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Tourism is one of Scotland’s key industries – but Tory visa plans could be catastrophic
Recent statistics have shown that record numbers are visiting Scotland’s historic sights. However, a significant proportion of people working in the industry are EU citizens – over 11% – so leaving the EU is a huge threat to the strength of the sector’s workforce.
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Scotland’s future must not be dictated by Tory and DUP Brexiteers
The DUP and the Tory Brexit extremists have been given more influence over Scotland’s future than the Scottish Parliament and the Scottish people.
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The people of Scotland deserve the chance to choose a better future than Tory Brexit chaos
This past week was one of the most extraordinary in UK political history. And it was one which showed, beyond all doubt, that Scotland’s needs are being totally ignored by Westminster.
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The decline of the British state has been years in the making
Where I meet diplomats and journalists from other countries they nearly always end up remarking that their admiration for British governance – for debate and dialogue – has been completely destroyed by what they have witnessed in the last two and a half years.
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In a busy week dominated by deepening Brexit chaos, Theresa May’s deal faced another crushing defeat, Parliament voted to extend Article 50, and the Tories and Labour continued acting against Scotland’s interests.
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6 things you need to know about the latest Brexit developments
After another chaotic week where Theresa May faced a second crushing defeat on her Brexit deal, here’s six things you need to know about the latest Brexit developments.
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Scotland must decide its own future and not accept this botched Tory Brexit
Scotland does not have to hit the Tory Brexit iceberg and go down with Theresa May’s sinking ship.
Scotland’s right to choose its own future is undeniable – it’s time for the Tories to stop running scared and accept it.
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Jeremy Hunt is the perfect symbol of Westminster arrogance
A few weeks ago, I met a former senior Labour minister on the train from London to Glasgow. Despite our differences, we agreed that the current UK Government is the weakest in our lifetimes.
by This Week in Westminster: Brexit clock ticks, the meltdown continues
This week in Westminster, the UK Government continued in its Brexit delusions, caused anxiety among EU citizens, and was exposed on its incompetence. This is your brief roundup of the week’s key events and highlights from your SNP MPs, as they stand up for Scotland.
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Tory ‘hostile environment’ is shattering lives
Behind every hostile environment statistic, there’s a harrowing human impact.
This is a story of a serving Scottish soldier whose daughter was denied a visa to live with him, because of a heartless Tory approach to visas.
by Toxic Tory immigration policy drags Scotland down and leaves us poorer
Tories have a toxic anti-immigration obsession, which ignores Scotland’s interests and will leave all of us poorer. And while Labour too often falls in line with the Tories and UKIP, we’re proud to have a radically different and welcoming approach to immigration.
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6 takeaways from the continuing Tory Brexit chaos
All of Scotland’s Tory MPs vote against an SNP amendment that would have protected Scotland’s communities from the calamitous consequences of a no-deal.
by Westminster is broken beyond repair
Scotland hasn’t voted for a Tory government for 64 years, but is increasingly damaged by reckless and incompetent decisions at Westminster.
Independence can be our escape route from this meltdown.
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This Week in Westminster: Tories’ zombie government inches country closer to no-deal Brexit
Another week of dither and delay from Theresa May’s government as the Brexit shambles continues at Westminster. This is your brief roundup of the key events and highlights from your SNP MPs, as they stand up for Scotland and hold the Tories to account.
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Universal Credit carousel of cuts is driving people to food banks
After years of failure from the UK Government on Universal Credit, Amber Rudd finally acknowledged that it is driving more people to food banks.
And yet, the Tories still won’t do anything about it.
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Nicola Sturgeon: Theresa May must rule out a disastrous no-deal Brexit
With now less than 1,000 hours until the date that Brexit is supposed to happen, the UK is dangerously close to the national economic crisis that crashing out of the EU without a deal would undoubtedly cause.
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While Labour and Tories squabble, we’re getting on with the day job
Westminster parties are competing over who is the most divided, and their utter incompetence drives the UK closer to the Brexit cliff edge.
Meanwhile, we are getting on with the day job of being the real opposition to the UK Government and delivering progress in Scotland.
by Westminster parties are incapable of serving Scotland’s interests – and always will be
The UK is on the brink of the Brexit disaster, but shamefully, both Labour and Tories are too busy being at war with themselves.
This shambles makes it ever clearer that Westminster is incapable of serving Scotland’s interests – and always will be.
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There’s little evidence the UK Government is functioning like a normal government
The reckless, incompetent and self-absorbed Tories that are leading the UK into a complete cluster-bourach are not acting in the national interest.
The UK Government’s approach is all about preserving the Tory Party, and Scotland deserves better.
by This Week in Westminster: more deadlock as Government faces another Brexit defeat
Another busy week in Westminster has passed, with the Brexit shambles in the spotlight again.
This is your brief roundup of the key events and highlights from your SNP MPs, as they stand up for Scotland and hold the Tories to account.
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Brexit farce gets more farcical: 5 takeaways from latest UK Government defeat
Tonight, the UK Government suffered yet another humiliating defeat, while Labour MPs shamefully abstained on the SNP proposals to delay the Brexit cliff edge.
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