Ruaraidh Gilmour

4 days ago | holyrood.com | Ruaraidh Gilmour

MSPs will vote on plans to legalise assisted dying this evening.   The member’s bill tabled by Liberal Democrat MSP Liam McArthur would allow terminally ill adults to seek medical help to end their life.   It is the third time assisted dying legislation has been put before members at Holyrood, with plans never having made it past the first legislative hurdle.

1 week ago | holyrood.com | Ruaraidh Gilmour

What was the first record that you ever bought? I’m really embarrassed to admit this, but it was Whigfield’s Saturday Night. It had a dance routine that went along with it. I remember I got it in Woolworths on Dumbarton Road in Partick. It was very exciting. I wish it were something cooler, but sadly not. What record will always get you on the dance floor? There are quite a few, I have to say. It’s quite easy to get me up on the dance floor.

1 week ago | holyrood.com | Ruaraidh Gilmour

Both Russell Findlay and Anas Sarwar have criticised John Swinney’s programme for government, arguing that it will not end the crisis facing the NHS.   The Labour and Conservative leaders questioned how 100,000 more GP appointments can be carried out in the next 12 months, as well as arguing it will only amount to one extra appointment per GP every fortnight. Sarwar said the plan “will hardly end the 8am rush for a GP appointment”.

1 week ago | holyrood.com | Ruaraidh Gilmour

What is the controversy over greyhound racing? According to the latest data from the Greyhound Board of Great Britain, the sport’s regulator, 109 greyhounds died trackside in the UK in 2023. A further 4,238 injuries were recorded. The general living conditions many greyhounds experience are also a cause for concern. Often, they are raised in racing kennels, which generally consist of multiple dogs locked in cages for many hours.

1 week ago | holyrood.com | Ruaraidh Gilmour

Alister Jack has said Nicola Sturgeon and John Swinney should make a public apology to the women who challenged the Scottish Government’s gender reforms in court.   The former Scottish Secretary said the feminist group For Women Scotland were “vilified” and “demonised” by the former and current first ministers. Jack said they were owed an apology in the wake of the UK Supreme Court ruling that under the Equality Act 2010, the terms ‘woman’, ‘man’, and ‘sex’ refer exclusively to biological sex.