🟡 SNP Councillor for Bothwell and Uddingston | Now on 🦋 as @ https://xitter.gq/t.co/ww4qe2V0Ki丨♂ He/Him | 🏴🇪🇺🏳️🌈
Lanarkshire, Scotland
Joined May 2009
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Cal Johnston-Dempsey retweeted
NEW: Labour and Tory councillors have voted against funding for community groups in Hamilton and Larkhall on the eve of a crucial by-election in the constituency thenational.scot/news/252155…
Cal Johnston-Dempsey retweeted
Disappointing to see Labour+Tories team up again to deny Hamilton community groups funding they need+deserve.
£0000s sitting unused specifically for this purpose.
We call on Labour+coalition partners to end their austerity agenda and invest in the people & places of South Lan.
ALT "Labour and Tories Unite to Deny Funding for Community Groups" over a picture of a thumb pointing down. Below: "SNP - Working for South Lanarkshire".
Cal Johnston-Dempsey retweeted
BREAKING: 59% of people would back Scottish independence if it means removing the monarchy and becoming a republic, a new Norstat poll has found.
Cal Johnston-Dempsey retweeted
Much of South Lanarkshire is now covered by an Amber warning for snow and ice. That means a higher chance of disruption so please be careful and avoid travel if possible.
Cal Johnston-Dempsey retweeted
Tomorrow, we will be proposing 6 motions to council:
❌ ACTION ON VAPES SALES TO CHILDREN
♻️ NEW WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
🌍 BAN ARMS SALES TO ISRAEL
💜 WASPI CAMPAIGN
⚽️ HAMILTON ACCIES 150th ANNIVERSARY
👥 16 DAYS AGAINST GBV
Watch live at 10am👇
youtube.com/live/OqG_1pslyjU…
Cal Johnston-Dempsey retweeted
Word of the day is ‘recrudescence’ (17th century): the return of something terrible after a time of reprieve.
Cal Johnston-Dempsey retweeted
Labour voted against giving GB Energy the remit to reduce energy bills by £300.
Just fyi.
Great British Energy, a publicly owned energy company, will cut energy bills by up to £300.
Family finances will be my priority.
independent.co.uk/business/r…
Cal Johnston-Dempsey retweeted
I’m not going to retweet Honest Bob Jenrick’s latest desperate grift.
Suffice to say that stoking conspiracy theories about live criminal cases is potentially a contempt of court.
And any politician who saw the summer’s violence and behaves like this is unfit for office.
Cal Johnston-Dempsey retweeted
I’m old enough to remember when Labour promised to abolish the House of Lords (last year).
Cal Johnston-Dempsey retweeted
Well actually, it's only Austerity if it comes from the Austérité region of France, otherwise it's just sparkling mass cuts.
Cal Johnston-Dempsey retweeted
You don't know what multilingual means then & have no grasp of culture & heritage.
For use outside Scotland, look to maritime Canada. There's also a level of mutual intelligibility with Irish. You anti-Scots folks are always arguing mutual intelligibility means the 1 language.
Cal Johnston-Dempsey retweeted
Should I as a very poor Gaelic user not be entitled to signs when I travel to Eilean Siar or parts of Earra-Ghaidheal and Gàidhealtachd?
Seems rough. But if you say so, Gàidhlig only.
Cal Johnston-Dempsey retweeted
This appears to be very problematic…
Shut this down @UKLabour or be prepared for a very short and bumpy time in office.
Jonathan Reynolds and two senior staff went to Glastonbury as guests of YouTube. Until then, Labour was promising to increase the digital service tax from 2% to 10%. Literally the day after the festival, it emerged that Reynolds had ditched the policy. novaramedia.com/2024/09/23/r…
Cal Johnston-Dempsey retweeted
Yet last year the Commissioner deemed it reasonable to launch an investigation into my use of 28 pence worth of stationery.
The process lasted four months. It concluded with no action, of course.
🚨 NEW: Keir Starmer will not be investigated by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards for his late declaration of clothes gifted to his wife, Victoria, by Labour donor Lord Alli
[@HarriLine]
Cal Johnston-Dempsey retweeted
To all the Labour MPs in Scotland who put party before pensioners yesterday and voted to scrap the Winter Fuel Payment last night.
I've read the letter you are sending to your constituents - let me help you with a few things you missed... (1/4)
Cal Johnston-Dempsey retweeted
Yes, the benefit is being devolved but your UK Govt has cut the @scotgov budget by £160m in year because of your decision to scrap universality.
You devolved the power but not the budget. (2/4)
Cal Johnston-Dempsey retweeted
While a step in the right direction, halting 35/350 arms licenses does not go far enough. There should be a complete arms embargo to a country being investigated by the ICJ for Genocide, and whose PM prosecutors at the ICC are seeking an arrest warrant for. End UK complicity now!
