Labour MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife
Entered the Scottish Parliament on 23 January 2014 — Byelection
Also represented Cowdenbeath
We have had an interesting debate. Other than perhaps from Tory members, there has been broad agreement that Brexit has not been good for Scotland. It has not been good for rural Scotland—indeed, for all of Scotland—and it has not been good for the UK. As Colin Smyth said, Labour is committed to resetting the relationship with the EU, and the question is about how we do that....
What I said is that it is not as straightforward as some people suggest. Keir Starmer has been very clear that a priority of the UK Government is to foster a closer relationship with the European Union. That is a welcome move away from the Tory position of seeing the EU as the enemy of the UK, in its petty culture war that is designed only to cling on to power for those who cannot...
It is not, and that is not what I said. I said that I hope that we now have two Governments that will work much more closely together and put the people of Scotland first, instead of the ideological nightmare that we had from the previous, failed Tory Government. It should therefore not be beyond us to present evidence and a case and to come together to work on it. Unfortunately, the Tories...
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