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ARTICLE: Tory Hostile Environment Continuing to Damage the Highlands

Article, EU / Brexit, Tourism / Drew Hendry

Isn’t it great to see our summer tourism season in full swing again? The increased footfall is welcome after such a difficult period. Still, it doesn’t come without its challenges. There remain significant housing and staffing problems across the constituency. I have been catching up with local operators to discuss these difficulties. Before Brexit, our […]

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ARTICLE: A Tale of Two Reports

Article, EU / Brexit / Drew Hendry

Last week saw two publications from the UK Government, both of them were unedifying and deeply unsatisfactory in their own ways. The Sue Gray update, which was supposed to be a complete, unredacted report of the rule-breaking parties at number 10 Downing Street, rightly got a lot of attention in the press. I’ve received hundreds

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ARTICLE: Government In Denial About Brexit

Article, Economy, EU / Brexit / Drew Hendry

Even those most fervent in their support for Brexit will find it hard to justify pigs and piglets being slaughtered and burned on farms rather than going into food production. A horrible image amongst punch ups over petrol shortages, rising fuel and food bills and, of course, the cut to the lifeline of Universal Credit

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ARTICLE: Westminster Brexit Damage Continues

Article, EU / Brexit / Drew Hendry

Panic fuel buying, empty shop shelves, unharvested crops, a collapse in exports and chronic labour shortages are all, in part, or in the case of exports, fully, down to Brexit. Take the disastrous decision to leave the biggest single market globally and end freedom of movement, add in the toxic tory mix of cuts to

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RELEASE: Tories Panned for Splashing £160k on Brexit Bureaucrat

EU / Brexit / Drew Hendry

ONLY INDEPENDENCE CAN PROTECT SCOTLAND FROM LASTING BREXIT DAMAGE The SNP has panned the Tory government for wasting £160,000 of taxpayers’ money on recruiting a so-called ‘Brexit Opportunities Director’. Drew Hendry MP said the public would be astonished that the Tories are throwing away even more taxpayers’ money on Brexit, having already cost the UK

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STRATHY ARTICLE: Brexit Has Potential to Destroy Businesses and Communities

Article, Community, EU / Brexit / Drew Hendry

It was fun while it lasted, wasn’t it – watching Scotland at the finals of football’s European championship? There was unity and hope as we willed on the young Scotland squad to victory – a rollercoaster of emotions played out in homes in every village, town and city across the country. With flags and bunting

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RELEASE: Tories Trade Bill Designed to Dodge Scrutiny

Article, EU / Brexit, In Parliament / Drew Hendry

SNP WARNS NHS ON THE TABLE IN FUTURE TRADE DEALS The SNP has criticised the Tory government for shutting down Parliamentary scrutiny and railroading ahead with its damaging post-Brexit Trade Bill. It comes after the UK government voted down measures which sought to give Parliament a role in future trade talks and to take the

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RELEASE: “Unforgivable” – Exports Drop 68% after Tory Brexit

Article, EU / Brexit / Drew Hendry

MAJORITY OF SCOTS THINK TORY BREXIT “GOING BADLY”. The SNP has said the damage to UK trade from Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal is “completely unforgivable” – as exports from British ports to the EU fell by 68% in the first month. According to reports in today’s Observer, the Road Haulage Association (RHA) has warned Michael

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RELEASE: Gove admits post Brexit chaos “not just teething problems”

Article, EU / Brexit / Drew Hendry

Commenting on Michael Gove’s admission that post Brexit trade issues are not just “teething problems” but “significant issues” that could risk livelihoods, the SNP’s newly appointed International Trade spokesperson, Drew Hendry MP, said: “After a month of the Tory government insisting that the huge issues exporters and hauliers have faced at the border are just

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UK Government needs to replace funding for Highland communities

Economy, EU / Brexit, Independence / Drew Hendry

Scotland’s Finance Secretary, finally, received a response from the UK Government regarding replacement funding, lost due to the UK’s exit from the EU. Tory Minister, Steve Barclay stated that, from now, the UK Government will decide on projects and funding. Confirming that Tories, in London, will bypass the Scottish Government and Scotland’s policy priorities. Since

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