Today’s attempted eviction of the Free Hetherington, formerly the Hetherington Research Club, is an unacceptable action on the part of Glasgow University management. The Free Hetherington has been occupied by students since 1st February in protest at education cuts and in support of free tuition. The active involvement of police in the attempted eviction...
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The Green MSPs are fully against the proposed biomass energy plant at Leith Docks and to the other plants proposed by Forth Energy around Scotland. I have received many emails from concerned locals expressing their objections to these proposals and I met with protesters...
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In January I lodged a motion in the Parliament to secure continued funding for the Bookbug Programme, a Scottish Book Trust scheme which distributes books to children and toddlers. 240,000 free packs of books – called Bookbug packs – are gifted to all children...
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Last Wednesday I marched with, and addressed, the 2000 or so students demonstrating at Glasgow University against the proposed cuts to the university. On that same day I lodged...
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The North Kelvin Meadow community gardeners are calling on everyone who wants to preserve this mature greenspace in the heart of the West End to get emailing and letter...
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Last week, I met with Martin Fell, co-owner of Tchai-Ovna teahouse, who is a central figure in the campaign to Save Otago Lane. The campaign is directed against the...
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