Claire Barclay
@clairebarclay.bsky.social
Proud SNP Councillor for home Cumbernauld East. PCS Trade Unionist. We may not agree on all politics but I’ll follow for Music Art Films Books Common Sense. All views my own.Following not necessarily endorsement
Promoted C Barclay c/o Civic Centre,ML1 1AB
Promoted C Barclay c/o Civic Centre,ML1 1AB
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"It wouldn't be so bad if [they] integrated. They should learn to speak English. But only if it doesn’t require any effort on our part. If you encounter such efforts, get your placards out." My @heraldscotland.bsky.social column on racism, contradictions, a world gone mad & uniting against Reform.
Dani Garavelli: 'The consequences of a Reform government would be catastrophic'
We must unite against Farage and stop running like lemmings into the abyss
www.heraldscotland.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:15 AM
"It wouldn't be so bad if [they] integrated. They should learn to speak English. But only if it doesn’t require any effort on our part. If you encounter such efforts, get your placards out." My @heraldscotland.bsky.social column on racism, contradictions, a world gone mad & uniting against Reform.
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Delighted with another SNP by-election win - over 40% of the vote for Anne Marie Caldwell in Buckhaven, Methil and Wemyss Villages in Fife.
An outstanding, energetic local campaign. Warmest congratulations to Anne Marie and her team.
An outstanding, energetic local campaign. Warmest congratulations to Anne Marie and her team.
November 7, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Delighted with another SNP by-election win - over 40% of the vote for Anne Marie Caldwell in Buckhaven, Methil and Wemyss Villages in Fife.
An outstanding, energetic local campaign. Warmest congratulations to Anne Marie and her team.
An outstanding, energetic local campaign. Warmest congratulations to Anne Marie and her team.
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Looking forward to chairing this with irrepressible duo Claire Mitchell & Zoe Venditozzi, whose company I love, & Steven Veerapen, whom I'm excited to meet. Their books are terrific and I'm sure it will be a lively event. Please come if you can: Sunday (Nov 9), 6pm, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall.
How to Kill a Witch and Witches: Zoe Venditozzi & Claire Mitchell and Steven Veerapen with Dani Garavelli - Glasgow Life
How to Kill a Witch and Witches
www.glasgowlife.org.uk
November 4, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Looking forward to chairing this with irrepressible duo Claire Mitchell & Zoe Venditozzi, whose company I love, & Steven Veerapen, whom I'm excited to meet. Their books are terrific and I'm sure it will be a lively event. Please come if you can: Sunday (Nov 9), 6pm, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall.
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We are very excited to reveal our lineup for #BookWeekScotland 2025!
Find out how you can get involved and who is visiting a library near you here: culturenl.co.uk/bws
Find out how you can get involved and who is visiting a library near you here: culturenl.co.uk/bws
November 1, 2025 at 8:00 PM
We are very excited to reveal our lineup for #BookWeekScotland 2025!
Find out how you can get involved and who is visiting a library near you here: culturenl.co.uk/bws
Find out how you can get involved and who is visiting a library near you here: culturenl.co.uk/bws
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🏴 Plaid Cymru WIN Caerphilly
💚 Plaid Cymru yn ENNILL Caerffili.
Llongyfarchiadau Lindsay Whittle - the new Member of the Senedd for Caerphilly.
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💚 Plaid Cymru yn ENNILL Caerffili.
Llongyfarchiadau Lindsay Whittle - the new Member of the Senedd for Caerphilly.
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October 24, 2025 at 1:17 AM
🏴 Plaid Cymru WIN Caerphilly
💚 Plaid Cymru yn ENNILL Caerffili.
Llongyfarchiadau Lindsay Whittle - the new Member of the Senedd for Caerphilly.
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💚 Plaid Cymru yn ENNILL Caerffili.
Llongyfarchiadau Lindsay Whittle - the new Member of the Senedd for Caerphilly.
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Caerphilly Senedd By-Election Result:
🌼 PLC: 47.4% (+19.0)
➡️ REF: 36.0% (+34.2)
🌹 LAB: 11.0% (-34.9)
🌳 CON: 2.0% (-15.3)
🌍 GRN: 1.5% (New)
🔶 LDM: 1.5% (-1.2)
🐉 GWL: 0.3% (New)
💷 UKIP: 0.2% (New)
Plaid Cymru GAIN from Labour.
Changes w/ 2021.
🌼 PLC: 47.4% (+19.0)
➡️ REF: 36.0% (+34.2)
🌹 LAB: 11.0% (-34.9)
🌳 CON: 2.0% (-15.3)
🌍 GRN: 1.5% (New)
🔶 LDM: 1.5% (-1.2)
🐉 GWL: 0.3% (New)
💷 UKIP: 0.2% (New)
Plaid Cymru GAIN from Labour.
Changes w/ 2021.
October 24, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Caerphilly Senedd By-Election Result:
🌼 PLC: 47.4% (+19.0)
➡️ REF: 36.0% (+34.2)
🌹 LAB: 11.0% (-34.9)
🌳 CON: 2.0% (-15.3)
🌍 GRN: 1.5% (New)
🔶 LDM: 1.5% (-1.2)
🐉 GWL: 0.3% (New)
💷 UKIP: 0.2% (New)
Plaid Cymru GAIN from Labour.
Changes w/ 2021.
🌼 PLC: 47.4% (+19.0)
➡️ REF: 36.0% (+34.2)
🌹 LAB: 11.0% (-34.9)
🌳 CON: 2.0% (-15.3)
🌍 GRN: 1.5% (New)
🔶 LDM: 1.5% (-1.2)
🐉 GWL: 0.3% (New)
💷 UKIP: 0.2% (New)
Plaid Cymru GAIN from Labour.
Changes w/ 2021.
Permanently left the dark side. Didn’t use it but now and again checked it out. No longer . App deleted.
September 15, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Permanently left the dark side. Didn’t use it but now and again checked it out. No longer . App deleted.
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So sad to hear of the death of Sandy Gall a journalistic legend who first inspired me to go to Afghanistan. My condolences to
Sandy’s family. All the more proud to have had him ask to use a few of my photographs in his last and wonderful book.
Sandy’s family. All the more proud to have had him ask to use a few of my photographs in his last and wonderful book.
July 1, 2025 at 12:46 AM
So sad to hear of the death of Sandy Gall a journalistic legend who first inspired me to go to Afghanistan. My condolences to
Sandy’s family. All the more proud to have had him ask to use a few of my photographs in his last and wonderful book.
Sandy’s family. All the more proud to have had him ask to use a few of my photographs in his last and wonderful book.
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Following the death of Christina McKelvie MSP, Members of the Scottish Parliament will pay their respects by debating a Motion of Condolence at 2pm tomorrow, Wednesday 2 April.
Read the Motion parliament.scot/chamber-and-...
The motion can be watched live on SPTV www.scottishparliament.tv and on X
Read the Motion parliament.scot/chamber-and-...
The motion can be watched live on SPTV www.scottishparliament.tv and on X
April 1, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Following the death of Christina McKelvie MSP, Members of the Scottish Parliament will pay their respects by debating a Motion of Condolence at 2pm tomorrow, Wednesday 2 April.
Read the Motion parliament.scot/chamber-and-...
The motion can be watched live on SPTV www.scottishparliament.tv and on X
Read the Motion parliament.scot/chamber-and-...
The motion can be watched live on SPTV www.scottishparliament.tv and on X
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A while ago a lovely German man appeared at our church. He came a few times to look around during our Saturday opening hours, before asking if the piano abandoned in the corner worked.
I told him it was horrendously out of tune, and the cathedral piano tuner had deemed it not worth sorting out.
I told him it was horrendously out of tune, and the cathedral piano tuner had deemed it not worth sorting out.
March 31, 2025 at 10:25 AM
A while ago a lovely German man appeared at our church. He came a few times to look around during our Saturday opening hours, before asking if the piano abandoned in the corner worked.
I told him it was horrendously out of tune, and the cathedral piano tuner had deemed it not worth sorting out.
I told him it was horrendously out of tune, and the cathedral piano tuner had deemed it not worth sorting out.
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Read more about our new project to counter the effects of online hate in schools.
“The pupils we worked with were worried about the "normalisation" and "minimisation" of online hate, where harmful content is reduced to jokes or trolling.”
💻 Teachers, access CPD at digitaldiscourse.scot
“The pupils we worked with were worried about the "normalisation" and "minimisation" of online hate, where harmful content is reduced to jokes or trolling.”
💻 Teachers, access CPD at digitaldiscourse.scot
Navigating online spaces - Stride - online magazine for global citizenship in schools
Jordan Daly, Co-Founder and Director of Time for Inclusive Education (TIE), outlines a new education initiative supporting teachers and learners to identify disinformation and counter online extremism...
www.stridemagazine.org.uk
March 14, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Read more about our new project to counter the effects of online hate in schools.
“The pupils we worked with were worried about the "normalisation" and "minimisation" of online hate, where harmful content is reduced to jokes or trolling.”
💻 Teachers, access CPD at digitaldiscourse.scot
“The pupils we worked with were worried about the "normalisation" and "minimisation" of online hate, where harmful content is reduced to jokes or trolling.”
💻 Teachers, access CPD at digitaldiscourse.scot
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Hello. Very specific post, here. I'm looking to contact people who know Lucca well in connection with a project. i don't mean people who have holidayed there & love it. I mean people with deep family connections who still visit & have relatives. Would be so grateful if you could get in touch.
March 28, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Hello. Very specific post, here. I'm looking to contact people who know Lucca well in connection with a project. i don't mean people who have holidayed there & love it. I mean people with deep family connections who still visit & have relatives. Would be so grateful if you could get in touch.
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The SNP has just won two by-elections from Labour in Glasgow. No wonder with their cuts to the disabled and more austerity planned. No wonder Anas Sarwar is in trouble. Watch this and share👇
March 21, 2025 at 2:30 PM
The SNP has just won two by-elections from Labour in Glasgow. No wonder with their cuts to the disabled and more austerity planned. No wonder Anas Sarwar is in trouble. Watch this and share👇
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👏 Two stunning gains for the SNP from Labour in Glasgow Southside Central, and Glasgow North East this morning.
Big congratulations to Cllr Mhairi Hunter and Cllr Donna McGill, and their hard-working SNP teams on the ground!
Big congratulations to Cllr Mhairi Hunter and Cllr Donna McGill, and their hard-working SNP teams on the ground!
March 21, 2025 at 11:15 AM
👏 Two stunning gains for the SNP from Labour in Glasgow Southside Central, and Glasgow North East this morning.
Big congratulations to Cllr Mhairi Hunter and Cllr Donna McGill, and their hard-working SNP teams on the ground!
Big congratulations to Cllr Mhairi Hunter and Cllr Donna McGill, and their hard-working SNP teams on the ground!
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The prime minister’s vital commitment to improved living standards for all would be shattered if disabled people are left behind. Children in a household where someone has a disability already have a higher risk of poverty and further cuts would only make life harder for many of these families...
March 18, 2025 at 1:40 PM
The prime minister’s vital commitment to improved living standards for all would be shattered if disabled people are left behind. Children in a household where someone has a disability already have a higher risk of poverty and further cuts would only make life harder for many of these families...
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How it started vs How it's going
March 13, 2025 at 5:17 PM
How it started vs How it's going
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Honoured to be invited to deliver the Royal Society of Edinburgh’s @RoyalSocEd MacCormick European Lecture - details about venue, times, in person and livestream tickets here rse.org.uk/event/journa...
Journalism in today's wartime Europe
Journalist, photographer, broadcaster and author, David Pratt has spent almost four decades working as a war correspondent and covering foreign affairs. In this talk, he explores the role reporting pl...
rse.org.uk
March 7, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Honoured to be invited to deliver the Royal Society of Edinburgh’s @RoyalSocEd MacCormick European Lecture - details about venue, times, in person and livestream tickets here rse.org.uk/event/journa...
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Ukraine’s independence and territorial integrity must be defended.
If President Trump won’t stand with us on this, a U.K. state visit shouldn’t be on the table.
If President Trump won’t stand with us on this, a U.K. state visit shouldn’t be on the table.
March 2, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Ukraine’s independence and territorial integrity must be defended.
If President Trump won’t stand with us on this, a U.K. state visit shouldn’t be on the table.
If President Trump won’t stand with us on this, a U.K. state visit shouldn’t be on the table.
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Today's events in Washington are a clear cause for deep concern, for shock, for anger. What we need now are cool heads and clear thinking.
We must stand firm with our European allies in the steadfast defence of Ukraine. That is where Scotland stands. 🏴🇺🇦
We must stand firm with our European allies in the steadfast defence of Ukraine. That is where Scotland stands. 🏴🇺🇦
February 28, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Today's events in Washington are a clear cause for deep concern, for shock, for anger. What we need now are cool heads and clear thinking.
We must stand firm with our European allies in the steadfast defence of Ukraine. That is where Scotland stands. 🏴🇺🇦
We must stand firm with our European allies in the steadfast defence of Ukraine. That is where Scotland stands. 🏴🇺🇦
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The Starmer offer of a state visit now a nightmare.
February 28, 2025 at 6:57 PM
The Starmer offer of a state visit now a nightmare.
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Word of the day is ‘huff-snuff’ (16th century): a hectoring bully or braggart.
February 28, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Word of the day is ‘huff-snuff’ (16th century): a hectoring bully or braggart.
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Saying now so that I can tap the sign;
Trump is not a feminist. He & his friends hate feminism, hate bodily autonomy (specifically abortion rights), hate female emancipation. And those who celebrate his anti-trans positions are enabling the far right and anti-cis women policies all day long.
Trump is not a feminist. He & his friends hate feminism, hate bodily autonomy (specifically abortion rights), hate female emancipation. And those who celebrate his anti-trans positions are enabling the far right and anti-cis women policies all day long.
February 22, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Saying now so that I can tap the sign;
Trump is not a feminist. He & his friends hate feminism, hate bodily autonomy (specifically abortion rights), hate female emancipation. And those who celebrate his anti-trans positions are enabling the far right and anti-cis women policies all day long.
Trump is not a feminist. He & his friends hate feminism, hate bodily autonomy (specifically abortion rights), hate female emancipation. And those who celebrate his anti-trans positions are enabling the far right and anti-cis women policies all day long.
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We have launched the Digital Discourse Initiative with a free online professional learning course for Scottish educators, to equip them with the knowledge & tools to address issues like online disinformation and hate.
💻 Teachers, access the course: tie.scot/professional...
💻 Teachers, access the course: tie.scot/professional...
'Digital Discourse Initiative' Launched to Counter the Effects of Online Hate in Schools - Time for Inclusive Education
Time For Inclusive Education
tie.scot
February 1, 2025 at 2:42 PM
We have launched the Digital Discourse Initiative with a free online professional learning course for Scottish educators, to equip them with the knowledge & tools to address issues like online disinformation and hate.
💻 Teachers, access the course: tie.scot/professional...
💻 Teachers, access the course: tie.scot/professional...
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We've got some great news for our library members in the Cumbernauld area. #CumbernauldLib is expected to reopen on Monday 27 January as normal from 9am.
January 26, 2025 at 3:02 PM
We've got some great news for our library members in the Cumbernauld area. #CumbernauldLib is expected to reopen on Monday 27 January as normal from 9am.
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We need people to come here—to live, work, and thrive.
Migration isn’t just welcome; it’s essential for tax revenue, public services, and business success.
Brexit and Westminster’s anti-growth stance are holding us back.
Scotland deserves better. Let’s choose progress.
Migration isn’t just welcome; it’s essential for tax revenue, public services, and business success.
Brexit and Westminster’s anti-growth stance are holding us back.
Scotland deserves better. Let’s choose progress.
January 22, 2025 at 10:38 AM
We need people to come here—to live, work, and thrive.
Migration isn’t just welcome; it’s essential for tax revenue, public services, and business success.
Brexit and Westminster’s anti-growth stance are holding us back.
Scotland deserves better. Let’s choose progress.
Migration isn’t just welcome; it’s essential for tax revenue, public services, and business success.
Brexit and Westminster’s anti-growth stance are holding us back.
Scotland deserves better. Let’s choose progress.