Last orders at the bar?
As we try to adapt to our latest layer of restrictions, I find myself questioning the basis for them as well as the wisdom behind them.
If there is evidence that hospitality settings are spreading the virus, why is it not being publicly shared? If the SNP is so confident these measures will work, rather than simply driving people into each other’s homes to socialise, why won’t they open it up to debate at Holyrood? Instead, we have been presented with a series of decrees and the rollercoaster of 2020 hits another low.
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Spaces for People - still waiting for action?
When the Spaces for People fund was announced with much fanfare in April of this year, I felt it was a small silver lining to the horrendous events that were unfolding across the world. Here at last was a real opportunity for us to make sustainable changes in how our shared space is used. The Scotland-wide fund, administered by Sustrans, was supposed to enable communities to walk, cycle or wheel more safely, which in turn would protect public health, support physical distancing and even help to prevent a second wave of the disease.
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Caron Lindsay calls for the protection of important local services
These past few months have been tough for all of us. Being stuck at home for weeks on end is difficult enough on its own. But for those key workers and volunteers who have been caring for others, or making sure that we are all fed, there has been an added anxiety. I am so grateful to nurses and other health service workers, delivery drivers, supermarket workers, public transport drivers and others who have had no choice but to keep going to work.
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West Lothian Liberal Democrats select Caron Lindsay for Livingston South by-election
West Lothian Liberal Democrats are pleased to announce that Caron Lindsay is our candidate to fight the upcoming Livingston South By-Election.
Caron Lindsay has lived in Livingston for 20 years. She is the Scottish Liberal Democrats Spokesperson on housing and social security.
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Thank you!
Thank you to everyone who signed our Petition. We are delighted with the response, and delighted that West Lothian Council have responded with a prompt reopening of the recycling centres around West Lothian.
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