Cllr Barry Douglas
@barrydouglas81
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🌹🐝 🌹 Scottish Labour & Co-op Councillor, Kilmarnock East & Hurlford, GMB & RTPI. Board Member Take a Bow. Views my own.
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Tonight I said goodbye to my Dad having been asymptomatic with Covid-19 for 9 days over the past 24hrs symptoms developed and sadly we lost him this evening. This disease is serious please please folk be careful. RIP Dad 💔
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@JaneyGodley
Really important message Janey and I’m sure so many women will relate, the children of those who grew up in such households certainly do. Always speak out and be the voice for the voiceless, you will undoubtedly give many hope and the courage to recognise coercive control!
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Father Martin Chambers was such an incredibly kind soul, he was so well liked by people of all faiths & none. He will be missed across the communities he served in Kilmarnock & more recently in Troon. He was a humble servant of his faith & to our community. May he rest in peace.
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28% of exam results across
@EastAyrshire
have been downgraded from estimates. Our hardworking teachers & education staff know our pupils not the SQA who have used past school performance as a benchmark. Our young people need urgent action from
@scotgov
@sqanews
#ReviewTheResults
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With 2053 first preference votes I am overwhelmed and absolutely delighted to have been returned as an
@EastAyrshire
councillor for Ward 4 , Kilmarnock East & Hurlford
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Happy New Year from Craig and I, I hope 2024 is all you dream it will be.
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Thanks to all our posties today on
#PostalWorkersDay
and everyday. All weathers and throughout the pandemic they work tirelessly. Solidarity with them in their fight with Royal Mail bosses who seem determined to double down against them
@CWUnews
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Kilmarnock IS a great place to live, work and socialise in, with great cultural assets like Dean Castle Country Park we have the jewel in East Ayrshire’s Crown. We need to big the town up more often not talk it down. It’s our town and we need to be its champions!!
Up at the dean park, place is jumping with families doing the Easter egg hunt.
Don't ever tell me Kilmarnock is a crap place to stay.
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The outrage at Boris failing to provide his WhatsApp’s was, rightly, justified.
I do wonder what many Nationalists will have to say on the former First Ministers behaviour? The phrase “two cheeks of the same arse” springs to mind!
🔺 BREAKING: Nicola Sturgeon deleted all her WhatsApp messages during the pandemic, the UK Covid inquiry has heard
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Without a shadow of a doubt my friend & colleague
@AnasSarwar
won the
#BBCLeadersDebate
hands down tonight. To have a Parliament focused on the recovery from covid, working for all our communities, not the old arguments & division it has to be
#BothVotesLabour
on May 6th 🗳🌹
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With a 10% swing SNP to Labour and the highest votes of any candidate I am over the moon to have been returned to serve the people of Kilmarnock East & Hurlford 🌹🗳❤️
Kilmarnock East & Hurlford (East Ayrshire)
1st Preference:
Lab: 38.5% (+12.2)
SNP: 37.2% (-7.9)
Con: 12.1% (-9.5)
GB (Ind): 10.8% (New)
LD: 1.4% (New)
2017 non-returns: 0% (-6.9)
Elected: x2 SNP, GB (Ind), Lab (-1 Con, +1 Ind)
Turnout: 43.6%
#BBSLE22
^RS
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Big shout out to all
@EastAyrshire
employees it has been tough adapting to the changed world we are currently in. Thanks to
@EACChiefExec
for her leadership and to Councillors of all parties (& none) for helping to keep our communities informed. We can and will get through this
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What an amazing result in Bellshill 🌹Labour GAIN from SNP 🥳
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Some personal news...our latest addition to the family, Stella ❤️
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As we get ready to say goodbye to 2022 & welcome 2023 there have been quite a few highlights for me, first of all Craig and I finally getting married after 18years. We walked down the aisle to “At Last” by Etta James…..think it was particularly fitting given the delay from 2020
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Voting SNP is nothing more than a protest vote at the next Election, achieving nothing but grudge & grievance all from the sidelines…..surely it would be better to vote for an MP who can deliver in Government? Vote to send a message or Vote to send a Government?
#VoteLabour
🗳️🌹
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A good send-off for one of the best officers I’ve had the pleasure of working with
@patnabob
. I hope you enjoy a long and happy retirement with
@jeanmcculloch
. You definitely did do “no bad for a boy fae Patna who cuts grass”
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My heartfelt thanks to all the staff at Wishaw General Hospital, they are fantastic and under huge pressure. Many of the amazing staff are visibly broken by what they are facing day in day out as Covid continues to tear through our hospitals
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Can we please get on & deal with very real life or death issues facing us such as cost of living crisis, NHS crisis. Everything else, literally everything else, is a smoke screen that suits narrative of two flag waving Governments desperate to scrap for a fight with each other!
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Great work by volunteers from across New Farm Loch including
@communityNFL
,
@Fiona395
& my colleagues
@jammcghee
@kevin4kl
20 bags of litter collected ready for collection by
@EastAyrshire
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Our oldest dog Rory crossed over the rainbow bridge today, our hearts are breaking but after 15 years together he had a great long life. Thanks to
@valleyvets1
for their care and attention and to PCS in Irvine for carrying out the cremation today. 🌈 💔🌈
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Great to get out this evening to support
@Mather_Keir
in his campaign to win Selby & Ainsty for
@SelbyAinstyLab
. Best of luck for tomorrow Keir!
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Scottish Labour plan for mental health workers to be based at every GP practice will be much needed in the wake of the pandemic. Let’s focus on recovery not division!
#BothVotesLabour
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Hearing good things for North Lanarkshire Labour from the count at Wishaw Sports Centre for the
@nlcpeople
by-election could we be about to see another
#LabourGain
from the SNP 🌹
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Can’t believe it’s been a year Dad, I know you will be free of your disabilities now and hope you are looking down on us, with a Whisky, and feeling proud.
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A rare day off spent with my husband, he puts up with a lot being married to me but he is my rock & soulmate….having not been inside the Dean Castle since he was at primary school we took the opportunity to visit today. Suitably impressed….also with his pizza & pint at Santino
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A lovely mass celebrating the life of a fantastic man, great servant of his community and terrific parish priest here in Kilmarnock & most recently in Troon who would undoubtedly have been an outstanding Bishop of Dunkeld. Rest in peace Fr Martin.
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A sad day in the Callaghan-Douglas household as we said goodbye to our eldest dog, Eve. At nearly 16 she had a long life but it still doesn’t seem right that she is gone 😞 Hopefully she will be reunited with her soulmate Rory over the rainbow bridge 🌈
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Can thoroughly recommend the Pizza & Pints deal from the
@BrassandGranite
well done David, Jamie and the staff at the Brass for thinking outside the box.
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This has been a really hard week and I forgot it was Burns Night earlier this week, the Burns poem below made my dad think of my Papa and it makes me think of them both? Two honest men ❤️
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Pleased to have been re-elected as Chair of Governance & Scrutiny Committee for another year at today’s virtual
@EastAyrshire
meeting. Thanks to members for placing their trust in me once again, I won’t let you down.
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Another great effort by the
#KeepingKillieClean
volunteers, a surprising amount of rubbish in the Loanhead and Piersland Park areas of Kilmarnock, sadly most of it could have been recycled. Enjoyed my coffee and cake in
@Dick_Institute
Cafe afterwards.
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Nice to meet a family of hardworking (albeit camera shy) volunteers doing their bit to keep our area tidy. They have been busy the past two Sundays trying to tidy up the mess on the path from Dean Road to Townholm and at Dean Park to Beansburn. Thanks for all you have done 👏😂
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A lovely tribute at
@CelticFC
for Father Martin Chambers.
Lovely tribute at Parkhead for Fr Martin Chambers
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I suspect the General Election will be about what the electorate want it to be about not what the FM wants it to be about.
Tomorrow's front page: Our exclusive in-depth interview with First Minister Humza Yousaf on independence, affordable housing, ferries and much more
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The earliest our tree has ever gone up but after a difficult year we are definitely in need of the festive cheer. 🎄🎅🎁🎉❄️
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The earliest our Christmas Tree has ever been up, but much needed festive cheer required in this house 🥰🎄🥰
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One of my favourite walks and the first time I’ve managed to do it this year. 13miles walked in three and a half hours....quite pleased with that!
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It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas in Killie tonight!
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My dad and I at similar ages in our childhood, I first posted this collage 9 years ago on Facebook, today I post it to remember my Dad on the first Father’s Day without him ❤️
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Taken by my good friend Greg Mackenzie, the
@Dick_Institute
looking amazing set against a beautiful night sky
#Kilmarnock
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I know just how much this will mean to a lot of people in Kilmarnock. Delighted the Council could show our solidarity with all those affected
#BLAW2020
This week we have lit up the viaduct in
#Kilmarnock
to show our support for Baby Loss Awareness Week and to help break the silence
#BLAW2020
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Was a privilege to be a volunteer once again for the Halloween Extravaganza at Howard Park. Huge thanks to everyone involved, especially to the
@BrassandGranite
. Without David, Jamie, Kelsey & the rest of the team none of this would be possible!
@CelebrateKillie
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A successful first
@EastAyrshire
Emergency Executive Committee held by video conferencing to maximise social distancing but also ensure the Council’s functions continue to operate with elected member input.
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Great turnout of
#KeepKillieClean
volunteers lifting litter in the Loanhead & Piersland Park areas of Kilmarnock. A stray diversion sign needing picked up by
@AyrshireRoads
in Piersland Park whilst large number of road drains needing cleared as choked with leaves/debris!
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Thoroughly enjoyed my visit to the Scottish Arts & Crafts fair at
@CentrestageMT
Village this afternoon couldn’t visit without having a coffee in the fantastic new Cafe Bar…it looks amazing
@fionacs
even better seeing it for myself!
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It really is good to get out again, lunch and a few drinks at newly opened Bar Restaurant, The Urbanist, on London Road in my ward. Good luck to all hospitality venues opening again today!
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From the party that promised to abolish council tax in 2007; placed massive hikes on properties in 2017 following 10 year freeze & look set to do so again! Local govt funding needs a serious discussion but of course the Nats just want to attack Labour rather than do the day job!
🥀 Council tax doubled in England when Labour were last in power.
🥀 Council tax has increased in every part of Labour-run Wales this year.
🏴 Only the SNP will stand up for fairer funding for Scotland’s local communities.
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Exactly this, it appears I’m not allowed to criticise the former FM of the country I live in, I need to criticise the Welsh FM: I’m a Scot, living in Scotland, elected to a Scottish Local Authority but I dare not criticise the Scottish Government….makes perfect sense 🤯
People keep asking me why I'm not as vocally exasperated by revelations about Covid failings in England and Wales as I am about those in Scotland. It's because I live in Scotland! 🤯
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A lovely morning spent helping
@LoanheadPS_EAC
pupils litter pick in and around the school and
@Dick_Institute
this morning as part of the
#Coronation
#BigHelpOut
to keep our area clean and tidy!
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Good to see the pedestrian crossing myself and Councillor Fiona Campbell fought hard to have installed on Main Rd, Crookedholm, is now operational! Phase 1 of works with Phase 2 including works to widen Grougar Rd and traffic lights at junction too.
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What an amazing aerial photo of
@DCCPIlluminight
and the Dean Castle Country Park looking magical in the night sky! Credit to Stephen at “Ayrshire from the Sky” Facebook page for this fantastic image!
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Withdrawing from Westminster? Tell me how that is “Standing up for Scotland” It is time to send a Government, not a protest from Scotland. Vote Labour
EXCLUSIVE: The depute leader of the SNP has called for the party to consider withdrawing MPs from Westminster
Writing in the Sunday National, Keith Brown said “shambolic events” in the House of Commons had raised questions about the ability of Scotland’s MPs to have their say
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This sleepy wee soul celebrates her 5th birthday today, it’s been eventful....a new toy ignored 🤨 and a few extra treats very much welcomed! Here’s to many, many more years Maisie ❤️
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Thank you to all who voted for me in Kilmarnock East & Hurlford, it is truly a privilege to serve as your councillor, I will do my best
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My 🌈 in the window as supplied by my lovely wee pals Ryan aged 5 and Rosie aged 2 and a half
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So for the next 2 weeks I’m going to try and avoid politics and switch off from the day jobs in beautiful Óbidos with my husband to be, I’m sure it will all be there waiting for me when I get back!
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Happy Killieween to everyone in the Kilmarnock area, for the rest of you, you need to wait until tomorrow. Saw this image a few years ago on social media, I love it, credit to the very talented artist!
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Proud to stand in solidarity with my colleague
@ElenaWhitham
who has been brave enough to speak publicly of her experience. Never an easy topic to discuss but I hope it gives others encouragement to speak out
#NoMeansNo
A council leader has told how she was raped on a night out as she spoke out against a computer game which features 'players' attacking women.
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Great turnout and 22 bags of litter lifted, from car parts, socks, cans and bottles and so much that could have been recycled down in
#Townholm
and at the Dean Estate. Some flytipping on Harriet Road adjacent to the entrance to
@Bonnyton1912
.
@kelly210569
@EACEnvCrime
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Fantastic to see, over 20% swing to Labour, a resounding victory against the SNP and the Tories lose their deposit 🍾
Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election result:
LAB: 58.6% (+24.1)
SNP: 27.6% (-16.6)
CON: 3.9% (-11.1)
LDM: 2.9% (-2.2)
GRN: 2.0% (+2.0)
REF: 1.3% (+1.3)
Labour GAIN from the SNP.
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I’m struggling to comprehend that a year today we went into lockdown & (despite a summer reprieve) we are still in lockdown today. I’ve enjoyed the slightly slower pace of life & more walking in our countryside, but thinking of my dad & the 126,000 the virus has taken
#OneYearOn
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If you want me back as one of your local Councillors then the best way is to vote Barry Douglas 1️⃣ in Beansburn ,Crookedholm, Hurlford, Loanhead, New Farm Loch, Piersland Park & Wellpark 🌹🗳1️⃣🌹
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Thinking of the Kincaidston and wider Ayr community tonight following what appears to have been an explosion at a house. Thoughts and prayers with all affected and for the emergency services personnel on the scene.
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Great day at Blair Park for Killie Legends game, lots raised for
@ayrshirecancer
I’m sure. Good to see
@AlanBrownSNP
make his debut on the pitch....although he’s definitely a better politician than a footballer🤣 Thanks to everyone at
@HurlfordUtd
for hosting!
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We air our differences debating in council & parliamentary chambers, we express our democratic rights at the ballot box, via our right to protest & by exercising our right to withdraw our labour by striking. More unites us that divides us. Democracy must prevail. RIP David Amess
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Carrie shouldn’t have to lift the litter others leave behind but I’m so glad she does. A credit to our community.
25 plastic bottles of juice and water picked up tonight in Kay Park 😞 At least any Sunday visitors won’t see the mess 🌎
@pawsonplastic
@KSBScotland
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Quite the result for
@eklabour
and the fantastic newly elected Cllr Kirsty Williams. To think 19% of vote last May was an ex-SNP cllr elected as an Independent and the SNP topped the poll here to fall to third today….a remarkable turnaround!
Not me realising the 18 votes for UKIP from 2022 were in the by-election column on spreadsheet and threw %s off slightly 🥲
Lab: 1386 (40.5%, +14)
Con: 904 (26.4%, +6.5)
SNP: 778 (22.7%, -8.2)
Grn: 131 (3.8%, new)
Ind: 99 (2.9%, new)
LD: 83 (2.4%, +0.3)
SFP: 42 (1.2%, -0.4)
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Fantastic idea and one with broad support across our council from speaking to Councillors of all parties and none, this is something we should consider following
@EastAyrshire
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Proud to have cast my vote for
@AnasSarwar
for Scottish Labour Leader. The candidate who can lead Scottish Labour back to power
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Out a wee 10mile walk today and loved the sky above
#Crookedholm
&
#Hurlford
& my friend
@LorraineTx
offered to take a photo....beautiful sky & a wee butterfly decided to photo bomb🦋❤️
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@Mary_Galbraith
@Gedk
Well said Ged. Mary, how could anyone voting SNP not realise they are for independence, it is their raison d'être, you know it, I know it and Scotland knows it. We lost and we must accept democracy, we cannot stand in the way.
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Another day another visit by the
@EALabourParty
crew to help deliver a
#freshstart
for Rutherglen & Hamilton West. As postal votes drop it was great to hear from life-long voters of other parties making the switch to Labour & backing
@mgshanks
as their local champion!
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Thanks to everyone who came along to help keep New Farm Loch & the Kay Park tidy and clean. Unbelievable amount of rubbish on path & behind
@Scotmid
#KeepingKillieClean
#NewFarmLoch
#KayPark
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A lovely stroll around the Dean and Townholm earlier....picking up some casework as I went....I definitely do represent the best part of East Ayrshire 😍
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Third Father’s Day without my dad, miss him more than I ever thought I would, today I will raise a class to him and still celebrate Fathers Day with my Father-in-Law. Cherish those closest to you every day, you never known the moment they will be gone. 🥃
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Out on the
#labourdoorstep
today in the Loanhead area of my ward, great to be joined by local activists & fellow councillors including Labour’s candidate for MP for Kilmarnock & Loudoun
@ljonesy70
& South Scotland MSP
@CMochan
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It was a privilege to lay the wreath on behalf of East Ayrshire Council at the Hurlford & Crookedholm War Memorial. Despite the restrictions those who laid down their lives for us were remembered.
#lestweforget2020
#RemembranceDay
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Another constituent celebrating being 100 years young at
@LodgeTorrance
Happy Birthday Edith I hope it’s been a great day!
🎂 🎁
The red carpet was out today for our special resident Edith Whitecross who was celebrating her 100th birthday.
@SheeranMaryAnne
@vallen5555
@EAHSCP
A busy morning of pampering and opening cards and gifts
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They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
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Delighted to have a loan of an e-bike, thanks
@Travelhubkk
here’s hoping it isn’t too wet and windy for the duration....wish me luck 🚲 ⚡️ 🚴
Another e-bike away to it's temporary home yesterday!
@NHSaaa
and
@EastAyrshire
staff can borrow an e-bike from us for commuting, leisure & short everyday journeys. If it's not far, could you leave the car and cycle instead? Email info
@activetravelhubkilmarnock
.org
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Thanks to all the volunteers who helped make
#Hurlford
a bit tidier today! Special thanks to the
@coopuk
for providing the refreshments for the volunteers & special thanks to local litter-picking legend
@InvisibleNerd73
for joining us, along with
@gm4zns
@kevin4kl
and others!
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Massive congratulations to fellow
@scottishlabour
and
@ScotCoopParty
member and newly elected Rutherglen Central & North Cllr
@megalennon
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Nearly all the leaves have fallen but this is still one of my favourite views in Killie 🍁 🍃
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Congratulations to my friend
@cathyjamieson
who will be an excellent addition to the Killie Board!
We are pleased to announce
@cathyjamieson
has joined the Kilmarnock FC Board of Directors following the successful
@TrustInKillie
initiative
Read more
➡️
#WeAreKillie
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Fantastic views from the tower of the old Killie Academy, great to see the progress made by
@ashleighscot
on the extension to Loanhead Primary School & ECC
@EacEducation
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I do wonder if any Councillors will quit the SNP over the Scottish Government’s shameful handling of this years devastating cuts to local council budgets 🤔
NEW: An SNP councillor has quit the party over its 'incoherent independence strategy'.
🗣️ 'I have pondered this decision for some time and it has not been an easy process'
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I know narrative is always that those from opposing parties must “hate” each other but for the short time I had the company of other party reps at the polling place today it was good natured, we had a laugh & were civil. As it always should be
@williecoffeysnp
@iclare1
@Killie03
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I do represent the best ward in East Ayrshire however some of the unusual and less well known things within our communities make it even more unique such as this rare King Edward Viii Postbox on Kay Park Terrace. Most were removed or modified after Edward abdicated the throne.
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Great to see my new sign go up at
@Deanthistle
, James & all the volunteers go above & beyond in the work they do to provide free activities for local young people to enjoy whilst their pitches must be amongst the best maintained in the shire! Proud to support them in all they do!
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Thanks to Iain, Garry and Johnnie for accepting my request and coming along to entertain the tenants of Garven Court, they even convinced me to sing my favourite song, Mack the Knife....think I will stick to politics 🤣🎤🎶🤣
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It was a pleasure to be Santa in Crookedholm once again this year, thanks again to Haylie Farquharson for all she does to organise the annual event in the village & to my Elf helper Lily too.
#Crookedholm
#Santa2021
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Merry Christmas everyone, I hope all of constituents in Kilmarnock East & Hurlford have a peaceful & happy time with family & friends. For those who can’t be with their loved ones or are on their own please look in on them, take the time to be there for each other.
🎅🎄
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Thanks
@ColinSmythMSP
for joining myself and volunteers this morning to help keep
#Hurlford
tidy and clean.
#Community
#Clean
#Tidy
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