Our man about the house
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Paisley Daily Express Column - 10 Feb 2010
WALK WITH PARENTS PROVES RISK TO PUPILS At eight o’clock on Monday mornings I’m usually on my way to work. Yet last Monday, at eight o’clock I was on my...
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Paisley Daily Express Column - 3 Feb 2010
FAIR TRADE FORTNIGHT Regular readers will know that I am a strong supporter of Fair Trade and helping to end poverty in the developing world. The aim of Fair Trade...
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Paisley Daily Express Column - 20 Jan 2010
RECYCLING IN RENFREWSHIRE Of course it’s welcome news that Renfrewshire is now recycling more than ever before. Since November 9th, 1,638 tonnes of waste have been recycled. This includes items...
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Paisley Daily Express Column - 13 Jan 2010
HAPPY NEW YEAR! First things first. As its my first column of 2010 let me wish readers of the Paisley Daily Express a Happy New Year! I hope this year...
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Paisley Daily Express Column - 16 Dec 2009
WORKING FOR ACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE IN COPENHAGEN Here in Paisley we know a bit about flooding. In the early nineties we experienced the misery of devastating flooding, and one...
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Paisley Daily Express Column - 9 Dec 2009
ST PAUL’S DOES US PROUD BUT TEACHER CUTS REACH CRISIS POINT Last week I visited St Paul’s Primary in Foxbar on the day the Literacy Commission published its report on...
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Paisley Daily Express Column - 2 Dec 2009
CUTS IN THE CLASSROOM Another week, another story about the cuts in our classrooms. This week I met a local teacher who told me she’s now having to fundraise simply...
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Paisley Daily Express Column - 25 Nov 2009
MAKING SURE RENFREWSHIRE GROUPS CASH IN ON LOTTO CASH Last Thursday a meeting was held in the Wynd Centre to bring together groups and charities from across Renfrewshire and funding...
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Paisley Daily Express Column - 18 Nov 2009
I’LL KEEP SPEAKING UP FOR OUR SCHOOLS Last week Councillor Jim McQuade attacked me in the letters column of the Paisley Daily Express for speaking up against the cuts to...
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Paisley Daily Express Column - 11 Nov 2009
BUS CHIEF TALKS Here in Paisley we are well served by having both the Canal Street and Gilmour Street train stations. Despite the fact that as Scotland ’s largest town,...
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Paisley Daily Express Column - 4 Nov 2009
TACKLING THE CREDIT CARD COWBOYS I recently visited the Paisley Citizens Advice Bureau in George Street. There, I took the chance to sit down with Manager, Stephen Darroch, to discuss...
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Paisley Daily Express Column - 28 Oct 2009
QUESTION TIME AT ST DAVID’S Last week it seemed everyone was talking about the BBC’s decision to have the BNP represented on Question Time. Yet on Friday I was taking...
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Paisley Daily Express Column - 21 Oct 2009
BIN THE “RUBBISH” PROPOSALS On Saturday I was out talking to Paisley residents about Renfrewshire Council’s proposals to introduce fortnightly bin collections. Last week I, like many local residents, received...
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Paisley Daily Express Column - 14th Oct 2009
A PUPIL’S PLEA SHOWS THE TRUE COST OF COUNCIL’S CUTS This week I received a letter from a school pupil at Johnstone High School. The letter told me that on...
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Paisley Daily Express Column - 26th Aug 2009
MEETING LANCE TO THANK HIM FOR HIS PAISLEY PEDAL For many years I’ve worked to promote Paisley and encourage tourists to visit Renfrewshire. So I was absolutely delighted when the seven...
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Paisley Daily Express Column - 19th Aug 2009
SUPPORTING THE NHS JOHN SMITH FOUGHT FOR ALL HIS LIFE It’s been a week when our NHS has both been in the headlines and in my thoughts. This past week...
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