Updates from SNP Branches, Councillors and MSPs in Galloway and West Dumfries Constituency in the south west of Scotland, from the Rhins of Galloway in the west to the River Nith in the east. The SNP branches in the area are comprised of Castle Douglas & Glenkens, Dalbeattie, Newton Stewart & Wigtownshire, Stranraer, and West Dumfries.
SNP GOVERNMENT DELIVERING FOR SCOTLAND WHILE WESTMINSTER FAILS ON BROADBAND COMMITMENT According to the latest coverage statistics from Thinkbroadband, 85.8% properties in Dumfries & Galloway are now connected to superfast broadband – a 68.8% rise
Continue readingSNP is calling on the UK Government to maintain the £20 increase to Universal Credit – instead of axing it in April 2021 – and extend it to legacy benefits. Ahead of the UK government’s
Continue readingFREE, ANONYMOUS APP WILL HELP STOP THE SPREAD OF COVID-19 AND SAVE LIVES The app can be downloaded onto phones and will let users know if they have come into close contact with someone who
Continue readingSouth Scotland MSP Emma Harper last week requested an update from the Cabinet Secretary for Transport, Michael Matheson, on the Spaces for People programme, a £39 million initiative to identify and provide members of the
Continue readingEmma Harper, South Scotland MSP, said; “The new operating plan from South Scotland Enterprise (SOSE) is extremely welcome – as a consequence of the coronavirus there’s never been a greater need for the support this
Continue readingSouth Scotland SNP MSP Emma Harper has condemned what she has described an “increasingly homophobic UK cabinet” following a number of recent events where UK Cabinet Ministers have either been openly anti-LGBT, condoned people who
Continue readingTwo South Scotland MSPs have condemned the new Tory leader in Scotland for getting his priorities wrong on road improvements. Emma Harper MSP and Joan McAlpine MSP said Douglas Ross MP’s demands that billions of
Continue readingSouth Scotland MSP Emma Harper has welcomed a new £60million Youth Guarantee announced in the Programme for Government, which guarantees everyone across Dumfries and Galloway, aged 16-24, a job, a place in education or a
Continue readingSouth Scotland MSP Emma Harper who, since 2017 has championed the Women Against State Pension Inequality – WASPI – Campaign across Dumfries and Galloway, holding surgeries, information events and lobbying the UK Government, has again
Continue readingSouth Scotland MSP Emma Harper has welcomed First Minister Nicola Sturgeon’s ambitious Programme for Government aimed at ensuring a strong economic recovery from the Coronavirus pandemic. Under the commitments, all young people in Scotland aged
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Dear friends and fellow nationalists,
This is the most critical election in our country’s history. Our parliament is under threat, our democracy undermined, and economy damaged. We need independence and fast, this is the time for change we cannot allow a Boris Johnson Veto.
Political Experience.
I have taken major roles in all elections since joining the SNP in 2009.
• Candidate In 2012 Council Elections in Gilmerton Ward
• Candidate in the Westminster Elections in 2015
• Candidate in the Holyrood Elections in 2016, presently second in line on the Lothian list.
• Organiser SNP Edinburgh Eastern Branch
• Organiser SNP Gilmerton Branch
• Currently Membership Secretary Gilmerton Branch
• Director at ELREC (Edinburgh and Lothians Regional Equality Council)
• President of SAFI Edinburgh (Scots Asians For Independence)
Independence
I was very actively involved in the independence referendum in 2014. I organised events to raise funds for the YES campaign. Some of these events were attended by Nicola Sturgeon & Alex Salmond. I put in a lot of hard work during the referendum, Leafleting, canvassing, chapping doors, organising YES stalls and much more. I hope to achieve this level of hard work again if elected and use this energy to fight for an independence referendum.
During the independence campaign, seeing the huge numbers of people coming together from diverse backgrounds was really heart-warming and I was encouraged to see how everyone helped each other, which is the future I envision if elected.
This election must be a mandate for independence, and I commit to ensuring that it’s the Scottish people who will decide our future and not Westminster, the gloves must come off, our destiny must be in our hands.
Vote Irshad Ahmed Number 1
🏴 A new poll has support for Scotland’s independence at 56%.
🔍 It’s the 11th poll in a row to show a sustained majority support for Yes.
🗳 Next year’s election will be the most important in Scottish history. Every single vote will count. https://twitter.com/jlpartnerspolls/status/1322073857684082688
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