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2 months ago | 
dailybusinessgroup.co.uk | Terry Murden |Gillian MacKay |Sharon Graham
Redundancy notices have been sent to 400 staff at the Grangemouth refinery as owner Petroineos prepares to convert it to an import terminal. Only 65 of the roughly 500 jobs on the site will be required. Sharon Graham, general secretary of trade union Unite, described the closure is a “national disgrace” and a “needless act of industrial vandalism”.
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Nov 22, 2024 | 
thenational.scot | Gillian MacKay
ALCOHOL and tobacco use are the silent killers that have knocked on the doors of generations of families across Scotland for decades; normalised as pastimes and seen by many as a necessary component for socialising or celebrating with friends. They continue to cruelly claim lives daily through addiction, diseases or premature deaths.
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Aug 13, 2024 | 
heraldscotland.com | Gillian MacKay
Sign up for the Unspun politics newsletter and receive exclusive analysis and opinion straight to your inbox (Image: Derek McArthur) This article appears as part of the Unspun: Scottish Politics newsletter. Grangemouth is the community I grew up in, and I am proud to represent it today. I will always stand with the town and with the workers that make it. My family home was right in the shadow of the refinery.
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Jun 14, 2024 | 
thenational.scot | Gillian MacKay
Scotland fans at Marienplatz central square, Munich. WHEN the Tartan Army roars as one it is something to behold. It is joyous, it is fervent, it is heartfelt. It is the place where pride meets expectation, belief overtakes desperation, and any sense of doubt is replaced by a firm certainty that we can do it. It is a moment in time when we stand, sit and huddle together in suspense and expectation. Holding our breaths and willing for the final result to go our way.
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Jun 13, 2024 | 
bright-green.org | Chris Jarvis |Gillian MacKay |Scottish Greens
Scottish Green Party MSP Gillian Mackay has celebrated the passing into law of her bill to bring in buffer zones around healthcare facilities offering abortions. The bill passed by 118 votes to 1 at its final stage in the Scottish Parliament. The legislation will prohibit protests from taking place within 200 metres of healthcare facilities that perform abortions. Supporters of the measure say it will prevent intimidation of people seeking abortions and healthcare experts.
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Jun 12, 2024 | 
thenational.scot | Gillian MacKay
Protesters stand outside an abortion clinic in Scotland (Image: PA) IT’S not often that the Scottish Parliament manages to overcome party divisions and stand together as one, especially during an election period. But I hope that today’s vote on my safe access zones bill will bring out the best in our chamber. It’s a simple but crucial bill that will end the intimidation and abuse that has happened for far too long outside hospitals and medical settings all across our country.
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Mar 8, 2024 | 
thenational.scot | Gillian MacKay
BEING a woman – particularly a young woman – in politics is not easy. That may sound obvious to many but I think that only epitomises the problem. While we’ve found it easier to talk about the issues we face, we seem to have become numb to them with few, if any, being actively helped by anyone who is not directly experiencing it. We now accept it as part of political life that being a young woman in politics is hard.
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Jan 26, 2024 | 
thenational.scot | Gillian MacKay
File image of Grangemouth oil refinery WITH climate breakdown all around us, it’s all too easy to lose hope. It sometimes feels as if our net-zero targets have become some kind of useful commodity to be traded off for votes rather than the fight of our lives. The naked politicking that was on display in Westminster on Monday night was appalling, with MP after MP talking about the importance of net zero while voting to allow annual fossil fuel licensing.
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Jan 8, 2024 | 
bright-green.org | Chris Jarvis |Gillian MacKay
A Scottish Green Party MSP is calling for a pilot project teaching first aid to children in schools to be extended and made available permanently across the whole of Scotland. Scottish Green Party health spokesperson Gillian Mackay said equipping pupils with life-saving skills at an early age is common sense and could avoid potential tragedy.
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Jan 6, 2024 | 
bright-green.org | Chris Jarvis |Gillian MacKay |Scottish Greens
Tracking injuries and health impacts caused by the climate crisis should be front and centre of future planning for a resilient NHS in Scotland, the Scottish Greens have said. The party’s health spokesperson Gillian Mackay MSP said increasing incidences of wildfires, flooding, heatwaves and sub zero temperatures are among the most obvious areas where risks to people are most acute.
