Torcuil Crichton MP for Na h-Eileanan an Iar
@Torcuil
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Scottish Labour MP for Na h-Eileanan an Iar. If you are a Western Isles constituent and want to get in touch e mail torcuil.crichton.mp@parliament.uk
Between 58N and 0.12W
Joined March 2009
RT @politicshome: DNA testing allows for much more targeted screening programmes – let’s use it to end the Viking’s curse.✍️ @Torcuil .http….
politicshome.com
Are you a Viking? With a name like mine the answer ought to be obvious but a study in my constituency posing that question has thrown up an incredible opportunity for the future of healthcare in the...
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RT @AnasSarwar: Families who lost loved ones at the QEUH faced opposition from the health board and from the SNP government. I won’t rest….
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RT @HFalconerMP: Deeply concerned by the Israeli Civil Administration’s plan to revive the E1 settlement programme. If implemented, this w….
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The fight to revive Europe’s shrinking rural areas via @FT.The answers are the same across the continent. homes, jobs and hope (to which we add ferry links). This great read ends positively in South Uist.
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Across the continent, remote villages are fading amid declining births and residents departing for greater opportunity in urban centres
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Hats off to Blind Gazza, very clever, cool interview with Donald Trump. “Thank you Gary, it’s a great honor.”.
Donald Trump: My exclusive wide ranging interview with the President across all BBC platforms in which he criticises Vladimir Putin and says he trusts "almost nobody"
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RT @staylorish: Everything you always wanted to know about zonal pricing. Plus why the SNP is incoherent and unserious on electricity marke….
these-islands.co.uk
Zonal pricing of electricity is not going to happen. At least not any time soon. The UK Government’s decision, part of the Review of Electricity Market Arrangements (REMA) process, which it inherited...
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RT @bbcnaidheachdan: Thathas a' comharrachadh 20 bliadhna bho ionnsaighean 7/7 an Lunnainn anns an do chaill 52 neach am beatha. Bha Torcui….
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A little bit of Gaelic Scotland in President Macron’s pocket. We should invest more in our cultural assets to turn them into economic dynamos.
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RT @PippaCrerar: EXCL: Bosses in UK will be banned from using NDAs to silence employees who have suffered harassment and discrimination in….
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RT @PollyBLabour: 1/ New research has highlighted once again the unique and specific challenges facing coastal communities and the need for….
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They are suffering disproportionately and without help, say researchers, and unless they are given a voice, problems will continue to mount up
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RT @wesstreeting: With Labour, NHS waiting lists are falling and we have an ambitious plan for the NHS’ future. In John Swinney, the SNP h….
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RT @donaldlabour: We now have an MP working in the interests of our islands in Westminster - next year we can make sure we have an MSP rais….
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It’s a year since I was elected as the MP for Na h-Eileanan an Iar. I hope I have repaid the trust people put in me by working hard for the islands. A lot done, a lot still to do along with @donaldlabour .
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RT @AnasSarwar: Today marks one year since Scotland led the way in electing a UK Labour Government. While there’s a lot more still to do,….
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What the young can teach the old (I’m looking at you, Kemi).
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RT @AnneMcGuire97: Debate: Haemochromatosis Screening - 25th Jun 2025. A really interesting short debate initiated @Torcuil on a condit….
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RT @KennyFarq: This is from an SNP press release. Stephen Flynn, SNP leader at Westminster, shamelessly parroting Tory/Reform slogans about….
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RT @JoMoMMS: Excellent coverage of @MGALBA annual report in @heraldscotland by @brianjaffa It explains serious financial challenges o….
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Sign here John… It’s high time for the FM to honour the £4.4 million ferry fiasco cheque for Uist businesses. The compensation was to cover the SNP’s failures but months later no progress. Island businesses are digging into reserves to stay open this season,they need support.
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