marcusbarry.bsky.social
Retired Maths teacher. Husband, father and grandfather. Inverclyde CLP Exec member. Parish Pastoral Council. Celtic STH. All views are my own.
👤 Joined on 17 September 2024
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@marcusbarry.bsky.socialThe biggest teaching union in Scotland and the professional body for librarians have already hit out at this proposal. Now the School Library Association joins the chorus. Officials want to get rid of librarians from every single high school in Glasgow.
Show PostLabour has delivered three trade deals in less than a year while previous Tory Governments delivered zero deals in 9 years. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Show PostIf there is to be a change of policy on winter fuel payments, it cannot simply be a reversion to the previous iniquitous position. It was and would remain unjust for rich pensioners to be handed hundreds of pounds of taxpayers' money each year. Raise the threshold. Help those who need it.
Show PostAs an aside, this must rank as one of the biggest campaigning misfires in all of history. A decade of “no platform”, ostracising, abuse etc to gender-critical feminists in the service of self-ID… has resulted in the law becoming *more* aligned with the GC position.
Show PostGenuinely impressive speech from Keir Starmer at #ScotLab25 this morning. Big new commitments on Grangemouth, an absolutely deserved hammering for the SNP, and sobering and critical clarity on foreign policy which remind us how important it is today to have a credible, serious Labour Prime Minister.
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