Lara Bird SNP retweeted
📈 Around 800,000 Scots will have higher gas bills in Scotland as a direct result of the Labour government's budget
💷 And all households in Scotland will see their energy bills rise by more than £1000 higher than the Labour Party promised from January
💷 And all households in Scotland will see their energy bills rise by more than £1000 higher than the Labour Party promised from January
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Lara Bird SNP retweeted
Andy Burnham’s promise to deliver growth in every postcode doesn’t extend to Speyside.
Confirmed: Duty on #ScotchWhisky and other spirits will increase by 4.55% in February 2027 - a massive increase which now takes the total tax increase to 24% over the last four years.
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Lara Bird SNP retweeted
A clip from my Budget speech highlighting the gravest betrayal for the Just Transition in my constituency in the N-E of Scotland despite commitments to the contrary at the despatch box from previous Chancellors on funding for the #CCUS Acorn Project at St Fergus @snp
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Lara Bird SNP retweeted
@theglasgowbell So Joani Reid is married to a Chinese spy, had an affair with a military nuclear sub captain, and also an editor of a significant Scottish newspaper, and nobody thinks that's a big story?
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Lara Bird SNP retweeted
This is Westminster. OBR described the living standards projections as “grim”. We must get off this sinking ship 🏴
OBR: "We expect no growth in real earnings in 2027 and 2028, and a slight fall in real household disposable income per person in the near term."
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👇 Ahead of Labour's budget today here is what @theSNP is calling for:
⛽️ Remove VAT from petrol and diesel
🚗 Extend Fuel Duty Relief on road fuel
⚡️ Cut energy bills by the £300 Labour promised
🧑🍳 Reduce VAT by 10% for hospitality
⛽️ Remove VAT from petrol and diesel
🚗 Extend Fuel Duty Relief on road fuel
⚡️ Cut energy bills by the £300 Labour promised
🧑🍳 Reduce VAT by 10% for hospitality
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Lara Bird SNP retweeted
BREAKING 🇵🇸 Israel bars European MPs and movement leaders from the Occupied West Bank as illegal settler attacks escalate.
The delegation — which included @labourlewis, @larabirdsnp and @Josu_Estarrona — was due to attend @ProgIntl's Second Ramallah Congress.
The delegation — which included @labourlewis, @larabirdsnp and @Josu_Estarrona — was due to attend @ProgIntl's Second Ramallah Congress.
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Today I was denied entry into the West Bank, alongside other parliamentary colleagues from across Europe as part of a @ProgIntl delegation.
We were held for 8 hours, interrogated and ultimately prevented from crossing the border.
I came to stand alongside Palestinians being attacked for harvesting olives on their own land. Instead, we were turned away, with no reason given.
More than ever, Palestinians are being subject to terror and violence by the IDF and illegal settlers. Increased blockades, demolitions and unthinkable violence have become the norm for Palestinians in the West Bank.
It is more important now than ever that we bear witness and show our solidarity.
But we were prevented from doing so.
I will continue to do everything I can to apply pressure on the Netanyahu government, and those responsible for the persecution and genocide of the Palestinian people.
We were held for 8 hours, interrogated and ultimately prevented from crossing the border.
I came to stand alongside Palestinians being attacked for harvesting olives on their own land. Instead, we were turned away, with no reason given.
More than ever, Palestinians are being subject to terror and violence by the IDF and illegal settlers. Increased blockades, demolitions and unthinkable violence have become the norm for Palestinians in the West Bank.
It is more important now than ever that we bear witness and show our solidarity.
But we were prevented from doing so.
I will continue to do everything I can to apply pressure on the Netanyahu government, and those responsible for the persecution and genocide of the Palestinian people.
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Lara Bird SNP retweeted
Today Israeli authorities barred me and other European elected representatives from entering the West Bank to meet Palestinian students and civil society leaders, as part of a @ProgIntl delegation.
We knew that by crossing into the occupied Palestinian territories, we risked being detained, interrogated and turned away by Israeli authorities. And that, alas, is exactly what happened.
For more than eight hours, we were held, interrogated and made to feel as though we had done something wrong simply by attempting to enter.
The simple truth is we had done nothing wrong. We went to show our support for the Palestinian people and highlight the terrible injustice and violence being perpetrated against them. We want to ensure that people back home do not look away from the reality of what is happening.
Ultimately, we went to show solidarity. But we left with an even greater determination to speak out. We will not be silenced, and we will not look away. None of us should.
We knew that by crossing into the occupied Palestinian territories, we risked being detained, interrogated and turned away by Israeli authorities. And that, alas, is exactly what happened.
For more than eight hours, we were held, interrogated and made to feel as though we had done something wrong simply by attempting to enter.
The simple truth is we had done nothing wrong. We went to show our support for the Palestinian people and highlight the terrible injustice and violence being perpetrated against them. We want to ensure that people back home do not look away from the reality of what is happening.
Ultimately, we went to show solidarity. But we left with an even greater determination to speak out. We will not be silenced, and we will not look away. None of us should.
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Lara Bird SNP retweeted
The SNP have hit out at the BBC ahead of a Question Time show which is due to debate Scottish oil and gas without any Scottish representation on the panel
SNP MSP Laura Mitchell said the BBC line-up was the 'perfect representation of the story of Scotland’s energy – zero wn resources'
SNP MSP Laura Mitchell said the BBC line-up was the 'perfect representation of the story of Scotland’s energy – zero wn resources'
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Labour has taken advantage of Scotland’s resources for decades.
In the 1970s, Labour considered using the discovery of North Sea oil to establish a national wealth fund.
Instead, the benefits of oil to Scotland’s economy were downplayed in an attempt to suppress the nationalist Labour failed to establish a national wealth fund, while Thatcher’s privatisation meant oil revenues flowed straight into Westminster’s pocket.
John Healey has now admitted that a wealth fund established then would be worth over £1 trillion today.
We’ve had enough of Labour taking advantage of Scotland’s resources.
Every single penny of revenue from Jackdaw must go into a Future Wealth Fund for Scotland.
It’s Scotland’s energy, beneath Scotland’s waters, and Scotland’s industry expertise that make Jackdaw possible.
I wonder why Westminster is so scared of Scotland becoming independent?
In the 1970s, Labour considered using the discovery of North Sea oil to establish a national wealth fund.
Instead, the benefits of oil to Scotland’s economy were downplayed in an attempt to suppress the nationalist Labour failed to establish a national wealth fund, while Thatcher’s privatisation meant oil revenues flowed straight into Westminster’s pocket.
John Healey has now admitted that a wealth fund established then would be worth over £1 trillion today.
We’ve had enough of Labour taking advantage of Scotland’s resources.
Every single penny of revenue from Jackdaw must go into a Future Wealth Fund for Scotland.
It’s Scotland’s energy, beneath Scotland’s waters, and Scotland’s industry expertise that make Jackdaw possible.
I wonder why Westminster is so scared of Scotland becoming independent?
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Lara Bird SNP retweeted
It was a Labour Chancellor, Denis Healey, who was in office when Westminster kept the McCrone Report secret from Scotland.
Published in 1974, it warned North Sea oil could make an independent Scotland extraordinarily wealthy. It remained secret until 2005.
Published in 1974, it warned North Sea oil could make an independent Scotland extraordinarily wealthy. It remained secret until 2005.
‘We'd have a British sovereign wealth fund now that will be worth probably a trillion pounds’
Chancellor @JohnHealey_MP suggests what Britain could have gained if it had set up an energy wealth fund like Norway’s back in the 1980s
#Peston
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I will always do everything I can for the younger generations who come after me.
There are over 1M young people who didn’t get to vote in 2014.
They now deserve the chance to have their say on Scotland’s future.
There are over 1M young people who didn’t get to vote in 2014.
They now deserve the chance to have their say on Scotland’s future.
'The thing I always come back to ... is the young people and younger generations coming after me'
Lara Bird talks about voting for independence in 2014, aged 16, and how young people shape her work now as an SNP MP
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📈 Every household bill has gone up under Labour.
Andy Burnham has a responsibility to help people in Scotland with the cost of living.
🗣️ We are calling on Labour to cut VAT on fuel and to reduce energy bills by the £300 that they promised, and have so far failed to deliver.
Andy Burnham has a responsibility to help people in Scotland with the cost of living.
🗣️ We are calling on Labour to cut VAT on fuel and to reduce energy bills by the £300 that they promised, and have so far failed to deliver.
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Lara Bird SNP retweeted
"I'm sorry that Aberdeen is more important than the MPs that are elected."
Yes, yes it is.
Yes, yes it is.
🚨 WATCH: The Speaker attacks the Energy Secretary for announcing the Jackdaw approval to the media before Parliament
"The Secretary of State doesn't care about members on this side, that side, wherever! We're elected to hear statements here, NOT the media!"
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📻 Speaking to Nicky Campbell on BBC Radio 5 Live today, I welcomed the approval of Jackdaw, highlighting the importance of protecting Scottish jobs and industry while building our renewable energy future.
🥀 It’s taken Labour over 50 years to back the SNP’s call for an oil ay.
🔍 Will they now commit to investing Scotland’s oil revenues in our renewables and jobs here at home?
🥀 It’s taken Labour over 50 years to back the SNP’s call for an oil ay.
🔍 Will they now commit to investing Scotland’s oil revenues in our renewables and jobs here at home?
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