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Kieron Higgins

@HigginsKieron

Formerly: @ScottishLabour candidate for Coatbridge and Chryston, adviser at @UKGovScotland, and Head of communications @CitAdviceScot. Views my own.

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Joined February 2012
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An honour to run for my hometown as Labour’s candidate. It wasn’t to be but thank you to everyone who helped campaign and everyone who supported Labour yesterday. Thanks too to Fulton for his gracious comments at the count. Now this newly jagged puppy needs his first walk!
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Aaron Rupar
@atruparNov 4
Talarico: "2,000 years ago, when the people at the top hurt his neighbors, that barefoot Rabbi didn't stay in his room and pray. He walked into the seat of power and he flipped over the tables of injustice ... we know what this moment requires of us. Texas, it's time to start flipping tables."
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Melanie Ward MP (@melanie_ward) profile picture
Melanie Ward MP@melanie_wardOct 13
➡️ The state pension will continue to rise for Scottish pensioners in each and every year ➡️ Significant extra funds will go to Scottish Government ➡️ With 10k Scots waiting for social care assessments; here is a chance to improve the Scottish system @patmcfaddenmp today👇
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Not sure about the new season of The Apprentice.
Tom Harwood (@tomhfh) profile pictureTom Harwood
@tomhfhOct 6
Compare and contrast. Tories emphasising the team.
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It’s not a fact. Quite literally the opposite is true. But I’m sure Paul genuinely believes this and that’s what the SNP is counting on. It’s such a cynical way to do politics that will ultimately get that movement nowhere.
Paul Campbell (@PaulCampbe45668) profile picturePaul Campbell@PaulCampbe45668Oct 3
Replying to @fhirinn @HigginsKieron
Money will be taken away from pensioners. That's a fact. Pensions are reserved so why should the Scottish Gov't step in again to mitigate UK policy
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I’m no independence fan,but if I was comments like this via the Scottish Government would make my heart sink. An intellectually exhausted movement going nowhere and taking its supporters for fools. They will always choose to manufacture grievance rather than build consensus.
Chris Musson (@ChrisMusson) profile pictureChris Musson@ChrisMussonOct 2
Replying to @ChrisMusson
Here's the Scottish Government response to Labour writing to them and saying John Swinney's claims - including his claim that people will lose their pensions - are inaccurate. The response avoids specifics but doubles down. Post-truth politics, paid for by taxpayers.
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The Scotsman
@TheScotsmanSep 21
Michael Marra vows to put education at the heart of Scottish politics trib.al/teGqtPn
Michael Marra vows to put education at the heart of Scottish politics

Michael Marra vows to put education at the heart of Scottish politics

The new Scottish Labour leader says Holyrood must break its ‘consensus of silence’ on education.

scotsman.com
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Michael Marra is an outstanding choice to be leader of @ScottishLabour. I look forward to working closely with him as he takes Labour forward in Scotland. nitter.cf/michaeljmarra/status/2…
Michael Marra MSP (@michaeljmarra) profile pictureMichael Marra MSP
@michaeljmarraSep 19
It’s the honour of my life to be elected @ScottishLabour leader. Together we will rebuild our party by reconnecting with the country and rediscovering our moral purpose. Join us scottishlabour.org.uk/join
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Two first class co-chairs in @tracygilbert72 and @pauline4glasgow in a campaign ran by the best of the best in @BrianFrancisRoy. Proud to play a small role in helping @michaeljmarra become Scottish Labour leader.
Tracy Gilbert MP (@tracygilbert72) profile pictureTracy Gilbert MP
@tracygilbert72Sep 19
What a day! This is how the morning started before we knew the result. It’s been an honour being part of the team. Congratulations @michaeljmarra 🌹❤️
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Andy Burnham (@andyburnham) profile picture
Andy Burnham
@andyburnhamSep 19
Congratulations @michaeljmarra! Lots to do and I know you’ll give it everything you’ve got. Looking forward to working closely together to bring back hope in Scotland.
Michael Marra MSP (@michaeljmarra) profile pictureMichael Marra MSP
@michaeljmarraSep 19
It’s the honour of my life to be elected @ScottishLabour leader. Together we will rebuild our party by reconnecting with the country and rediscovering our moral purpose. Join us scottishlabour.org.uk/join
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Scottish Labour (@ScottishLabour) profile picture
Scottish Labour
@ScottishLabourSep 19
We’re for a country where we look out for one another. If you are too, join us. scottishlabour.org.uk/join
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Mark Griffin@MarkGriff1nSep 12
Cathie Craigie was the type of politician we should all aspire to be. A proud miner’s daughter who lived her values and fought ferociously for her community. She also looked after me when I was wee, encouraged and mentored me as I got older,
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Frank McNally MP@FJMcNallySep 12
Cathie was a remarkable person - a great mentor and wonderful friend. She has been an invaluable member of my team since the GE and we will all miss her dearly, as will all in our @scottishlabour family. Our love goes to her family who were her world and whom she cherished.
BBC Scotland News (@BBCScotlandNews) profile pictureBBC Scotland News
@BBCScotlandNewsSep 12
Tributes to former Labour MSP Cathie Craigie who died after short illness bbc.in/4raZXCK
Tributes to former Labour MSP Cathie Craigie who died after short illness

Tributes to former Labour MSP Cathie Craigie who died after short illness

The Scottish Labour MSP represented Cumbernauld and Kilsyth between 1999 and 2011.

bbc.co.uk
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Frank McNally MP@FJMcNallyAug 4
This week it was confirmed that SNP ministers knew before the election that the Monklands rebuild would not be going ahead, but chose to hide it from voters. People in Lanarkshire deserve better.
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Dr Zubir Ahmed MP (@zubirahmed) profile picture
Dr Zubir Ahmed MP
@zubirahmedAug 2
I first worked in Monklands hospital as a junior surgeon in 2008 when staff and patients were originally promised a new hospital. They've endured 18 years of gaslighting. There must now be a reckoning.
Hannah Rodger (@HRwritesnews) profile pictureHannah Rodger@HRwritesnewsAug 1
Exclusive: SNP's 'cover-up and lies' over £2billion Monklands hospital MoS investigation reveals government ministers told months before election to abandon the project. dailymail.com/news/article-1…
SNP's 'cover-up and lies' over £2billion Monklands hospital

SNP's 'cover-up and lies' over £2billion Monklands hospital

SNP ministers have been accused of cover-up and lies over Scotland's scrapped £2.1billion Monklands replacement project.

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Andy Burnham
@andyburnhamJul 28
Can AI build a train?
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Innes McGarry@InnesMcgarryJul 20
A new dawn has broken, has it not?
Scottish Express (@ScotExpress) profile pictureScottish Express@ScotExpressJul 20
Andy Burnham's love of Celtic as he admits 'struggling' with Liverpool 'love-in' - scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/n… scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/n…
Andy Burnham's love of Celtic as he admits 'struggling' with Liverpool 'love-in'

Andy Burnham's love of Celtic as he admits 'struggling' with Liverpool 'love-in'

The incoming prime minister might be a blue in the city of Liverpool, but it is the green and white hoops he backs on Old Firm day

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The Monklands hospital redesign is not a reset. It is a scandal with a lot of money involved. ‘The scandal of millions spent on Monklands hospital before a brick is laid' heraldscotland.com/news/2624…
'The scandal of millions spent on Monklands hospital before a brick is laid'

'The scandal of millions spent on Monklands hospital before a brick is laid'

Ministers call it a reset, but millions have already been spent on Monklands hospital plans now facing redesign. So how much public money has been wasted?

heraldscotland.com
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Disappointing but not surprising news. If I remember right @johncferguson and @DanVevers were told this wasn’t true when they reported on it during the election. The current Monklands is 50 years old and there are issues with the building. Staff and patients deserve better.
Chris McCall (@Dennynews) profile pictureChris McCall@DennynewsJun 25
The wait goes on for a replacement Monklands hospital in Lanarkshire. The NHS business case was rejected by the SNP Government today, half an hour before the summer recess. Now patients have to take the Health Secretary's word on an "ambition" to start construction in 2028.
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Kieron Higgins@HigginsKieronMay 2
People deserve answers from the SNP about the replacement Monklands hospital.
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Patrick Maguire@patrickkmaguireJun 19
Times Saturday essay: this is what he believes thetimes.com/article/5d9cf04…
How the Catholic church shaped Andy Burnham

How the Catholic church shaped Andy Burnham

Catholicism defined the home, the school and the streets where the new MP grew up. It moulded the view that this former altar boy would take into Downing Street

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