Kirsty Blackman

Kirsty Blackman @KirstySNP

@Scf65Forbes @DevilKandi83 I’m afraid you have read my tweets entirely wrongly. I tweeted saying that NEC should not make a decision that would mean MPs would have to quit before the Holyrood election, because I feel strongly about the negative impact that would have on staff jobs. — PolitiTweet.org

Kirsty Blackman @KirstySNP

@LedgerSomeone @alisonthewliss @offtheballbbc Nooo, she’s a tall me 🤣 — PolitiTweet.org

Kirsty Blackman @KirstySNP

@DebbiMcCall I’m the one who was elected as a councillor in 2007 and has two kids, the eldest of whom is a boy and the youngest a girl. And who breastfed in council meetings. — PolitiTweet.org

Kirsty Blackman @KirstySNP

@Scf65Forbes @DevilKandi83 I’m not on the NEC and didn’t support it. This is simply untrue. — PolitiTweet.org

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I’m the smiling one 😉 — PolitiTweet.org

Kirsty Blackman @KirstySNP

RT @miathinguyen: It's okay not to be okay this year. — PolitiTweet.org

Kirsty Blackman @KirstySNP

@Fionasstalker @joydunlop @JudithRalston @nick_sheridan @AmmieSekhon @robbiejourno @DSiobhann We were there recently. We took our wetsuits though. — PolitiTweet.org

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@pennyb @KirstyStricklan Have two. — PolitiTweet.org

Kirsty Blackman @KirstySNP

@SCOTSANGEL1 No I didn’t. The deputy position doesn’t have any staff. I’m still an MP. I still have my constituency office staff. — PolitiTweet.org

Kirsty Blackman @KirstySNP

@buckielugger21 @UndauntableThot In 2013 I was working for the unparalleled Brian Adam MSP when he died. My job no longer existed after a winding up period. I lost my boss and my job in the space of weeks. I’ve argued for better job security for parliamentary staffers for a long time. — PolitiTweet.org

Kirsty Blackman @KirstySNP

I might disagree with Jo in relation to the GRA, but I absolutely respect that some MPs will see a significant attraction in switching to Holyrood and I will not criticise any MP for deciding to do so. — PolitiTweet.org

Kirsty Blackman @KirstySNP

I am sure that nobody wants to be in a position where they have to leave staff without a job. This is why the requirement for MPs to stand down in advance of the Holyrood election if they wish to stand is one that I believe is very problematic. — PolitiTweet.org

Kirsty Blackman @KirstySNP

If you replied suggesting I am trying to block Joanna Cherry from standing for Holyrood but didn’t read the whole thread, please read it again. My suggestion would make it EASIER for MPs to become MSPs than the suggestion floated in the Times newspaper today. — PolitiTweet.org

Kirsty Blackman @KirstySNP

RT @theSNP: NS: "I am therefore very pleased to confirm today that schools will return from 11th August. Given how long children have be… — PolitiTweet.org

Kirsty Blackman @KirstySNP

RT @theSNP: NS: "Let me also take the opportunity again to thank children and young people for the way you have coped with this disruption… — PolitiTweet.org

Kirsty Blackman @KirstySNP

RT @theSNP: NS: "Counselling services – such as drug and alcohol support groups – will be able to provide essential services, following rel… — PolitiTweet.org

Kirsty Blackman @KirstySNP

@holyroodmandy I don’t intend to stand for Holyrood in 2021. — PolitiTweet.org

Kirsty Blackman @KirstySNP

I hope the NEC consider this when taking any decision about MPs standing for Holyrood selection. /end (I won’t be making further comment) — PolitiTweet.org

Kirsty Blackman @KirstySNP

Asking SNP MPs to do this effectively means that only MPs who are happy to see their staff jobless will be able to stand for Holyrood. This is because their MP staff would no longer have a job either for the interim period or if the MP doesn’t get elected as an MSP. — PolitiTweet.org

Kirsty Blackman @KirstySNP

There are also local organisational issues with running one campaign immediately after another. My big concern about asking an MP to stand down much in advance of a Holyrood election is that this will have knock on implications for their staff. — PolitiTweet.org

Kirsty Blackman @KirstySNP

I don’t normally comment publicly on internal party stuff. If a sitting MP decides to stand as an MSP I do understand that there are significant funding issues because that individual is causing a by-election. — PolitiTweet.org

Kirsty Blackman @KirstySNP

RT @AdoptionUK: It is so important to look beyond the behaviours which are, more often than not, a symptom of something else. https://t.co… — PolitiTweet.org

Kirsty Blackman @KirstySNP

RT @siberiaabdn: Hey @NicolaSturgeon, we just want to say that we've got your back! @siberiaabdn are taking all the measures we can to sto… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JohnSwinney: My courageous wife in her own fine words. https://t.co/KrYNPB0fwd — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @NicolaSturgeon: Very relieved to report yet another day in Scotland with no deaths of people who had tested positive for COVID. The 4 n… — PolitiTweet.org

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@DavidLivey @JC753 I’d take small pockets over the no pockets all my pyjamas have 😭 — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @KevinStewartSNP: My colleagues & I are urging @BTGroup & @WeAreOpenreach to rethink their plans for cutting jobs in Aberdeen & the nort… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @LeanneWood: .@AOC speaks for me. — PolitiTweet.org

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Awesome idea 👏🏼 — PolitiTweet.org

Kirsty Blackman @KirstySNP

RT @tomfrench85: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 SNP Shadow Financial Secretary @StephenFlynnSNP has called for Boris Johnson to use his visit to apologise to Scot… — PolitiTweet.org