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Cllr Paul Oldham
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SNP councillor for Nairn & Cawdor ward on Highland Council.

Info/email/etc: https://www.highland.gov.uk/councillors/132/paul_oldham

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Cllr Paul Oldham @paul.nairn.scot · Jun 1
I'm also on Substack as
paul.nairn.scot

... and Mastodon as
mastodon.scot/@pauloldhamsnp

... and Facebook as
www.facebook.com/PaulOldhamSNP
Paul Oldham’s Newsletter | Substack
Your SNP councillor for Nairn & Cawdor. Click to read Paul Oldham’s Newsletter, a Substack publication.
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Reposted by Cllr Paul Oldham
indyposterboy.scot
Did you know that 75% of Scots want Holyrood control of everything except defence, and 50% of Scots want control of that too?
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Total Control - Indy PosterBoy
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December 6, 2025 at 10:24 PM
paul.nairn.scot
My councillor blog: Year 4, Week 31
Budget consultation, A96/Ardersier Port traffic lights, Another BESS, Road closures ...

open.substack.com/pub/pauloldh...

#HighlandCouncil #Nairnshire #Nairn #A96 #ArdersierPort #BESS
Year 4, Week 31
Budget consultation, A96/Ardersier Port traffic lights, Another BESS, Road closures ...
open.substack.com
December 7, 2025 at 11:35 AM
paul.nairn.scot
Delighted to see Emma as our candidate for Inverness and Nairn next May.

#VoteSNP
emmaroddicksnp.bsky.social Emma Roddick MSP @emmaroddicksnp.bsky.social · 4d
The SNP campaign to retain Inverness & Nairn has well and truly kicked off!

To help out, visit www.emmaroddick.scot/campaign, where you can donate, volunteer, and share your thoughts on local priorities.

The SNP and independence are the best way forward for Inverness & Nairn. 💛🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Emma smiles in a burgundy coat and white shirt. Overset text reads "Support the campaign. Donate, volunteer, share your thoughts. www.emmaroddick.scot/campaign. Emma Roddick, your SNP candidate for Inverness and Nairn."
December 3, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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My councillor blog: Year 4, Week 30
Moray FLOW-Park, Area Committee ...
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#HighlandCouncil #Nairnshire #Nairn #MorayFlowPark
Year 4, Week 30
Moray FLOW-Park, Area Committee ...
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December 1, 2025 at 2:42 PM
paul.nairn.scot
Just had email. Moray FLOW-Park now just "north" site, so off Findhorn and Burghead, and bases only. Plans for anchorages off Nairn now dropped. More later.

#Nairn #morayFlowPark
November 27, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Reposted by Cllr Paul Oldham
indyposterboy.scot
Here's a rather more correct version . .
Corrected LibDem leaflet graph noting that the have fudged these figures by talking about the Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire constituency and that includes a big swathe of the Lib Dem supporting west coast which Holyrood's Inverness & Nairn does not.)
November 26, 2025 at 10:49 AM
paul.nairn.scot
There are lies, damn lies, and Lib Dem election leaflet bar charts and we got this yesterday to remind me of that.
Note the relative heights of Lib Dem and SNP but, far more hilariously, note that both Labour's 13% and the Ref/Con bar of 11.3% are over half the height of the SNP's 33%.
November 26, 2025 at 8:11 AM
paul.nairn.scot
Hardly "Breaking news" 😂
From email from THE NATIONAL "Breaking news "Anas Sarwar says Scottish Labour will not win majority at Holyrood election [Photo of Sarwar] "Anas Sarwar has said Scottish Labour will not win a majority at next year's Holyrood election"
November 22, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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My councillor blog: Year 4, Week 29
FLOW-Park motion, A96 Resurfacing, Moss-side Road and bus stop closures, Nairn High Street closure, Ardersier Port extension ...

open.substack.com/pub/pauloldh...

#HighlandCouncil #Nairn #MorayFlowPark #A96
Year 4, Week 29
FLOW-Park motion, A96 Resurfacing, Moss-side Road and bus stop closures, Nairn High Street closure, Ardersier Port extension ...
open.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:34 AM
paul.nairn.scot
I'm sure those of us living in Highland, where we have just completed introduction of a 20mph speed limit in most urban areas, will note that 30km/hr is about 19mph.
brenttoderian.bsky.social Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 20d
“Helsinki hasn’t registered a single traffic-related fatality in the past year…Citing data that shows the risk of pedestrian fatality is cut in half by reducing a car’s speed from 40 to 30km/hr, city officials imposed the lower limit in most of Helsinki’s residential areas & city center in 2021.”
Helsinki just went a full year without a single traffic death
The capital city is Finnish’ed with car-related fatalities.
www.politico.eu
November 19, 2025 at 7:49 AM
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My councillor blog: Year 4, Week 28
FLOW-Park meeting, A96/Arsersier Port, Road closures, Nairn Academy update, Nairn Dune Resilience public update event ...

open.substack.com/pub/pauloldh...

#HighlandCouncil #Nairnshire #Nairn #MorayFlowPark #NairnAcademy
Year 4, Week 28
FLOW-Park meeting, A96/Arsersier Port, Road closures, Nairn Academy update, Nairn Dune Resilience public update event ...
open.substack.com
November 16, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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The developer has pulled out of tomorrow night's #MorayFlowPark meeting. Now waiting to hear if it's going ahead at all.

offshoresolutionsgroup.com/moray-flow-p...

#Nairnshire #Nairn
Moray FLOW-Park Public Meeting, 11th November 2025
Under advisement, Offshore Solutions Group has made the difficult decision not to attend the Moray FLOW-Park public meeting, arranged by Tim Eagle MSP, on 11th November. Whilst we are always open to ...
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November 10, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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My councillor blog: Year 4, Week 27
Moray FLOW-Park, Asylum seekers in Inverness, Masterplan Consent Areas, A96/Ardersier Port, Reuse & Repair Fund ...

open.substack.com/pub/pauloldh...

#HighlandCouncil #Nairnshire #Nairn #MorayFlowPark #A96
Year 4, Week 27
Moray FLOW-Park, Asylum seekers in Inverness, Masterplan Consent Areas, A96/Ardersier Port, Reuse & Repair Fund ...
open.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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My councillor blog: Year 4, Week 26
Moray FLOW-Park, Bank of Scotland, Asylum seekers in Inverness, Highland Council ...

open.substack.com/pub/pauloldh...

#HighlandCouncil #MorayFlowPark #Nairnshire #Nairn
Year 4, Week 26
Moray FLOW-Park, Bank of Scotland, Asylum seekers in Inverness, Highland Council ...
open.substack.com
November 1, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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'Highland Council to remove flags flown near asylum seeker barracks' ... and flags were gone by the time I drove past on my way home. Good. I'm proud of the saltire and I don't want to see flying it ruined, like the flag of St George, by racists.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Highland Council to remove flags flown near asylum seeker barracks
A Union flag and Saltire have appeared on a road near Inverness's Cameron Barracks.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 30, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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My councillor blog: Year 4, Week 25
Pre-determination, FLOW-Park public meetings, A96 re-surfacing ...

open.substack.com/pub/pauloldh...

#HighlandCouncil #Nairnshire #Nairn #MorayFlowPark #A96
Year 4, Week 25
Pre-determination, FLOW-Park public meetings, A96 re-surfacing ...
open.substack.com
October 26, 2025 at 11:11 AM
paul.nairn.scot
Caerphilly exposing the cracks in Broken Britain.
bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/10/24/_...
Caerphilly Exposes Reform’s Achilles Heel
Caerphilly is the Welsh Govan and it exposes the cracks in Broken Britain. What passes for the British media have been playing catch-up this week. The Caerphilly byelection win is historic and expo…
bellacaledonia.org.uk
October 25, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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Garve and District Community Council making some excellent points about why breaking up #HighlandCouncil would be a Bad Plan.

www.gdcc.scot/news/should-...
Garve & District Community Council | News | Should The Highl
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October 24, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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My councillor blog: Year 4, Week 24
Moray FLOW-Park, Marine survey off Nairn, Want a grit bin?, Beauly to Peterhead 400kV pylons ...

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#HighlandCouncil #MorayFlowPark #Nairnshire #pylons
Year 4, Week 24
Moray FLOW-Park, Marine survey off Nairn, Want a grit bin?, Beauly to Peterhead 400kV pylons ...
open.substack.com
October 19, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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My councillor blog: Year 4, Week 23
Masterplan Consent Areas, Bank of Scotland, Bowls Club on Showfield, BESS on Granny Barbours Road, Inside the new Academy, Drains work on A96, Community Networking Event ...

open.substack.com/pub/pauloldh...

#HighlandCouncil #Nairnshire #Nairn #BESS #A96
Year 4, Week 23
Masterplan Consent Areas, Bank of Scotland, Bowls Club on Showfield, BESS on Granny Barbours Road, Inside the new Academy, Drains work on A96, Community Networking Event ...
open.substack.com
October 11, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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My councillor blog: Year 4, Week 22
Storm Amy, road closures ...

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#HighlandCouncil #Nairnshire #StormAmy
Year 4, Week 22
Storm Amy, road closures ...
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October 4, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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Blimey, pretty much the whole of #Nairnshire other than #Nairn itself is currently without power due to #StormAmy

Keep track on outages and get advice here
powertrack.ssen.co.uk/powertrack
Map showing all the power cuts around Nairn
October 4, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Reposted by Cllr Paul Oldham
indyposterboy.scot
Isn't it odd* how unionists still insist that the throwaway comment 'once in a generation opportunity' was some king of contract that must be abided by, but BetterTogether's Vow and actual promise of a federal UK within 2 years can be ignored.

* By odd I of course mean predictable and dishonest.
October 3, 2025 at 7:05 AM
paul.nairn.scot
In their response to the 2.75m people who have already signed the petition "Do not introduce Digital ID cards" the government has said:

'For clarity, it will not be a criminal offence to not hold a digital ID and police will not be able to demand to see a digital ID as part of a “stop and search.”'
October 3, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Reposted by Cllr Paul Oldham
pickardje.bsky.social
this is an extraordinary canary in the coal mine
sundersays.bsky.social Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · Sep 26
Nathan Gill, Reform's leader in Wales at the last Welsh parliament election, has pled guilty to 8 bribery charges, taking Russian cash while he was one of Nigel Farage’s MEPs to speak in favour of Putin's Russia in that parliament
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Reform UK’s ex-leader in Wales Nathan Gill pleads guilty to bribery charges
Gill admits to eight counts of bribery relating to pro-Russia statements made in the European parliament and articles
www.theguardian.com
September 26, 2025 at 6:15 PM