Colin Brown
@FBU_Scotland_EC
Followers
664
Following
5K
Media
59
Statuses
3K
FBU Scotland Executive Council Member,Trade Unionist, Firefighter
Joined February 2022
๐ฅGreat to get a chat with Stephen Flynn, leader of the SNP at Westminster, today at SNP conference. #SNP25 ๐ฅ๐๐
1
3
4
๐ฅThanks to Alasdair Allan, MSP for Na h-Eileanan an Iar, for stopping by for a chat at the stall. Interesting conversations at the fringe on Climate after as well. #SNP25 ๐ฅ๐๐
0
2
4
๐ฅAlways a pleasure to chat to Audrey Nicoll, chair of the Criminal Justice Committee. #SNP25 ๐ฅ๐๐
0
2
4
๐ฅValuable engagement today on the stall at SNP conference with MSPs and councillors from across Scotland - thanks to MSP Clare Adamson #SNP25 ๐ฅ๐๐
0
3
4
๐ฅNicola Sturgeon even stopped by at the FBU stall today at SNP conference. #SNP25 ๐ฅ๐๐
2
4
6
๐ฅValuable engagement today on the stall at SNP conference with MSPs and councillors from across Scotland - thanks to Bill Kidd, Jackie Dunbar and many more #SNP25 ๐ฅ๐๐
0
4
5
๐ฅValuable engagement today on the stall at SNP conference with MSPs and councillors from across Scotland - thanks to Councillor and long term supporter of the FBU, Lynne Short #SNP25 ๐ฅ๐๐
1
4
7
๐ฅValuable engagement today on the stall at SNP conference with MSPs and councillors from across Scotland - thanks to Pauline Clark and Clare Adamson #SNP25 ๐ฅ๐๐
0
2
5
๐ฅThanks to @JohnSwinney for the chance to briefly discuss the pressing issues facing FBU members in Scotland. This must lead to further discussions and investment in making the SFRS the service we all want to see. #SNP25 ๐ฅ๐๐
0
3
5
Thanks to First Minister John Swinney MSP for stopping by the @FBUScotland stall at @theSNP conference today. Good to have the opportunity to briefly discuss funding, role expansion and the need for vision to deliver a truly world leading Scottish Fire and Rescue Sercice
1
1
9
It's a little after 4pm on day 2 of SNP Conference, pleased to welcome much greater engagement today. Thanks to Alisdair Allan, Jackie Dunbar, Emma Harper, Jamie Hepburn, Bill Kidd, Ben Macpherson, Audrey Nicoll, Nicola Sturgeon & Clare Adamson for stopping by the FBU stall.
1
1
6
๐ฅGood to chat to local councillors, Danny Aston from Craigentinny - Duddingston, and David Barrett from Cowdenbeath. Both continue to support the local campaigns to save Marionville closure and the removal of Lochellyโs second appliance ๐ฅ๐๐
1
3
8
๐ฅFBU fringe event at SNP conference - A Worker Led Vision for the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service. Disappointing not to see more (any) MSPs, their absence recognised by those who were there. We will continue to make the case for investment to provide a truly modern, world
0
8
18
๐ฅGus Sproul and Colin Brown discuss SNP conference and the FBU fringe event ๐ฅ๐๐
0
5
11
It's just after 4pm on day 1 of SNP conference. Here I am at the FBU stall posing with all the MSP's that have stopped by to speak with us today. The same group from our lunchtime fringe. Anyone would think the party of government doesn't want to hear from Scotlands Firefighters.
68
125
511
๐ฅAll set for SNP conference. Make sure your local representatives come and talk to us at the stall ๐ฅ๐๐
0
7
8
If you walk and talk like a racist...you're probably a racist.
2K
1K
4K
Councillor Eva Bolander @theSNP has voted to reject the planning application for our homeless shelter and soup kitchen the only one of its kind in Scotland. On the second day of Poverty Week, when people across Glasgow are struggling to eat and find a safe place to sleep,
83
326
572
๐ฅ Thanks to Richard Leonard MSP for making an excellent speech on Wednesdayโs debate in Scottish Parliament in support of the FBU's campaign against cuts to the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service - he is right these cuts are political choices and the Scottish Government cannot
1
9
17
๐ฅOn Wednesday, the Scottish Parliament debated a motion moved by Katy Clark MSP seeking to protect the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service from further cuts to firefighter numbers, fire cover and to preserve safe crewing levels. A wrecking amendment was brought by Siobhian Brown,
0
15
28