Richard Leonard
@richardleonardmsp.bsky.social
🌹 Labour MSP for Central Scotland
✊ Trade unionist
🙌 The cause of labour is the hope of the world
✊ Trade unionist
🙌 The cause of labour is the hope of the world
Pinned
'The main thing is to give people hope'
Great words from the great Tony Benn, on the centenary of his birth ✊
How we miss him
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Great words from the great Tony Benn, on the centenary of his birth ✊
How we miss him
fb.watch/yK9AFF3Q7h/
I discussed with the police the @rmtunion.bsky.social's serious concerns about the increase in assaults on our railway
This is at the same time as the British Transport Police's funding has been cut
We need more investment in this vital public service
This is at the same time as the British Transport Police's funding has been cut
We need more investment in this vital public service
November 28, 2025 at 3:44 PM
I discussed with the police the @rmtunion.bsky.social's serious concerns about the increase in assaults on our railway
This is at the same time as the British Transport Police's funding has been cut
We need more investment in this vital public service
This is at the same time as the British Transport Police's funding has been cut
We need more investment in this vital public service
The two-child cap and rape clause were heinous Tory policies
It should not have taken more than a year and the suspension of seven Labour MPs before the government scrapped it
It should not have taken more than a year and the suspension of seven Labour MPs before the government scrapped it
November 26, 2025 at 3:12 PM
The two-child cap and rape clause were heinous Tory policies
It should not have taken more than a year and the suspension of seven Labour MPs before the government scrapped it
It should not have taken more than a year and the suspension of seven Labour MPs before the government scrapped it
This promises to be an excellent event
Matthew is a campaigner and thinker on the green economy, and works to bring trade unionists and climate activists together
Matthew is a campaigner and thinker on the green economy, and works to bring trade unionists and climate activists together
Prospects for a Green Economy – The Smith
www.smithmuseum.scot
November 24, 2025 at 9:36 AM
This promises to be an excellent event
Matthew is a campaigner and thinker on the green economy, and works to bring trade unionists and climate activists together
Matthew is a campaigner and thinker on the green economy, and works to bring trade unionists and climate activists together
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This morning I joined students, lecturers, trade unionists and @richardleonardmsp.bsky.social at Alloa Campus and spoke about how important it is that our college in Clackmannanshire is saved and receives the funding it deserves.
The Scottish Government must fund further education properly.
The Scottish Government must fund further education properly.
November 22, 2025 at 1:53 PM
This morning I joined students, lecturers, trade unionists and @richardleonardmsp.bsky.social at Alloa Campus and spoke about how important it is that our college in Clackmannanshire is saved and receives the funding it deserves.
The Scottish Government must fund further education properly.
The Scottish Government must fund further education properly.
Staff, students, unions and the local community all speaking with one voice
Save Alloa Campus
Save Alloa Campus
November 22, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Staff, students, unions and the local community all speaking with one voice
Save Alloa Campus
Save Alloa Campus
Robert from the NHS Credit Union is right
CMutual must have known that cancelling this plan would push families into debt, distress and fear, but they did it anyway
Callous
CMutual must have known that cancelling this plan would push families into debt, distress and fear, but they did it anyway
Callous
Funeral fund victims take case to Holyrood
DOZENS of people who had paid into insurance plans for years to cover their funeral only to have them withdrawn without compensation rallied at Holyrood today.The plans, underwritten by Maiden Life, w...
morningstaronline.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Robert from the NHS Credit Union is right
CMutual must have known that cancelling this plan would push families into debt, distress and fear, but they did it anyway
Callous
CMutual must have known that cancelling this plan would push families into debt, distress and fear, but they did it anyway
Callous
Thousands of families have had their funeral savings taken from them
Meanwhile greedy directors have looted £3 million in dividends
@paulsweeney.bsky.social and I will hold the Minister to account on his commitment
fb.watch/DtJYmRZqmH/
Meanwhile greedy directors have looted £3 million in dividends
@paulsweeney.bsky.social and I will hold the Minister to account on his commitment
fb.watch/DtJYmRZqmH/
November 19, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Thousands of families have had their funeral savings taken from them
Meanwhile greedy directors have looted £3 million in dividends
@paulsweeney.bsky.social and I will hold the Minister to account on his commitment
fb.watch/DtJYmRZqmH/
Meanwhile greedy directors have looted £3 million in dividends
@paulsweeney.bsky.social and I will hold the Minister to account on his commitment
fb.watch/DtJYmRZqmH/
After speaking to families affected by the CMutual funeral policy scandal outside Parliament, I joined them inside as they questioned the Minister about what the Government is going to do to help them
November 19, 2025 at 4:35 PM
After speaking to families affected by the CMutual funeral policy scandal outside Parliament, I joined them inside as they questioned the Minister about what the Government is going to do to help them
It's hard to think of a more callous act than to take away people's funeral savings in this way
Every MSP should be shouting about this until we get justice for all the families who are affected
Every MSP should be shouting about this until we get justice for all the families who are affected
Dying grandad to lose out on funeral expenses after 'callous' insurance decision
EXCLUSIVE: 81 year old George Davies is one of many Scots pensioners affected by a decision by Maiden Life Försäkrings.
www.dailyrecord.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 9:57 AM
It's hard to think of a more callous act than to take away people's funeral savings in this way
Every MSP should be shouting about this until we get justice for all the families who are affected
Every MSP should be shouting about this until we get justice for all the families who are affected
Workers at Grangemouth need a just transition to green, sustainable jobs, not for the site to be turned into a giant weapons manufacturer
Oops: MoD blunder reveals secret details of bomb project
A botched freedom of information response has revealed sites in the frame for the UK’s expanding weapons programme.
www.theferret.scot
November 18, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Workers at Grangemouth need a just transition to green, sustainable jobs, not for the site to be turned into a giant weapons manufacturer
We have a Labour government trying to build an economy on the arms trade and the nuclear menace
An inhumane, uneconomic militarisation that will drive us towards more wars
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An inhumane, uneconomic militarisation that will drive us towards more wars
fb.watch/DrY7nretIN/
November 18, 2025 at 9:05 AM
We have a Labour government trying to build an economy on the arms trade and the nuclear menace
An inhumane, uneconomic militarisation that will drive us towards more wars
fb.watch/DrY7nretIN/
An inhumane, uneconomic militarisation that will drive us towards more wars
fb.watch/DrY7nretIN/
This scandalous decision to scrap funeral plans that people have paid into for years must be reversed
Join the protest outside parliament on Wednesday
Join the protest outside parliament on Wednesday
November 17, 2025 at 11:27 AM
This scandalous decision to scrap funeral plans that people have paid into for years must be reversed
Join the protest outside parliament on Wednesday
Join the protest outside parliament on Wednesday
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Absolutely no guarantees from the Scottish Government that they won’t support a P&O Ferries model!
Our thanks to @richardleonardmsp.bsky.social for asking about seafarer jobs and new direct roll-on, roll-off ferry services for passengers and freight between Scotland and Europe.
Our thanks to @richardleonardmsp.bsky.social for asking about seafarer jobs and new direct roll-on, roll-off ferry services for passengers and freight between Scotland and Europe.
November 13, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Absolutely no guarantees from the Scottish Government that they won’t support a P&O Ferries model!
Our thanks to @richardleonardmsp.bsky.social for asking about seafarer jobs and new direct roll-on, roll-off ferry services for passengers and freight between Scotland and Europe.
Our thanks to @richardleonardmsp.bsky.social for asking about seafarer jobs and new direct roll-on, roll-off ferry services for passengers and freight between Scotland and Europe.
The return of an international ferry from Rosyth is a good idea but we must not see a repeat of P&O sacking 800 seafarers by video message
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fb.watch/DlL0-KK79Z/
November 13, 2025 at 4:08 PM
The return of an international ferry from Rosyth is a good idea but we must not see a repeat of P&O sacking 800 seafarers by video message
fb.watch/DlL0-KK79Z/
fb.watch/DlL0-KK79Z/
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Good to speak to the Queen’s Nursing Institute Scotland today – a training and professional development organisation which specialises in community nursing, midwifery and tackling health inequalities
November 11, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Good to speak to the Queen’s Nursing Institute Scotland today – a training and professional development organisation which specialises in community nursing, midwifery and tackling health inequalities
Further education colleges need investment not cuts
Delighted to host a delegation of trade unionists who are fighting to save the Alloa campus of Forth Valley College
Delighted to host a delegation of trade unionists who are fighting to save the Alloa campus of Forth Valley College
November 11, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Further education colleges need investment not cuts
Delighted to host a delegation of trade unionists who are fighting to save the Alloa campus of Forth Valley College
Delighted to host a delegation of trade unionists who are fighting to save the Alloa campus of Forth Valley College
We have not come very far in 900 years
Opinion: 'Land should be a natural gift shared by the whole community' - Richard Leonard MSP
How things change but how they stay the same. Almost four decades ago, while working for the late Euro MP Alex Falconer, I wrote a pamphlet about land ownership.
www.falkirkherald.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 1:24 PM
We have not come very far in 900 years
I will leave Parliament as I entered it: with landlord monopoly and class inequality remaining as Scotland's hereditary curse
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fb.watch/DhIuhkSXYz/
November 10, 2025 at 2:36 PM
I will leave Parliament as I entered it: with landlord monopoly and class inequality remaining as Scotland's hereditary curse
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I laid a wreath at the war memorial in Airdrie this morning in remembrance of all those lives lost in war
November 9, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I laid a wreath at the war memorial in Airdrie this morning in remembrance of all those lives lost in war
MSPs elected next year must think big and act radical to end the centuries-old injustice of land ownership
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fb.watch/DeZ_BNyUp9/
November 8, 2025 at 12:59 PM
MSPs elected next year must think big and act radical to end the centuries-old injustice of land ownership
fb.watch/DeZ_BNyUp9/
fb.watch/DeZ_BNyUp9/
Nuclear weapons do not make us safe – if we don't destroy them, they will destroy us
Big thanks to @scottishcnd.bsky.social for the opportunity to address their conference on stopping the nuclear nightmare
Big thanks to @scottishcnd.bsky.social for the opportunity to address their conference on stopping the nuclear nightmare
November 1, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Nuclear weapons do not make us safe – if we don't destroy them, they will destroy us
Big thanks to @scottishcnd.bsky.social for the opportunity to address their conference on stopping the nuclear nightmare
Big thanks to @scottishcnd.bsky.social for the opportunity to address their conference on stopping the nuclear nightmare
A packed meeting last night of students, family members and staff of Forth Valley College
We speak with one voice: the Alloa campus must stay open
We speak with one voice: the Alloa campus must stay open
October 31, 2025 at 9:51 AM
A packed meeting last night of students, family members and staff of Forth Valley College
We speak with one voice: the Alloa campus must stay open
We speak with one voice: the Alloa campus must stay open
October 30, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Informative visit to Reach Advocacy in Coatbridge today
We need a human rights based approach to supporting every citizen and that means investing in organisations like Reach, rather than relying on the market
We need a human rights based approach to supporting every citizen and that means investing in organisations like Reach, rather than relying on the market
October 28, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Informative visit to Reach Advocacy in Coatbridge today
We need a human rights based approach to supporting every citizen and that means investing in organisations like Reach, rather than relying on the market
We need a human rights based approach to supporting every citizen and that means investing in organisations like Reach, rather than relying on the market