Hosting the 2026 Commonwealth Games would be a much-needed springboard for Glasgow
Ten years ago, when Glasgow hosted the Commonwealth Games, the atmosphere throughout the city was electric, with nearly 700,000 sporting...
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- Aug 2
NHS dentistry is rotting away under the SNP
Four years after the National Health Service began in 1948, its founding Minister of Health Nye Bevan MP wrote, ‘No society can...
- Jun 14
Glasgow needs MPs that will be influencing the Government
Seven years ago this week, I was first elected to Parliament. Having the opportunity to serve this magnificent city in both of our...
- Feb 29
It's Time for Change in Glasgow
The atrocious budget approved by the SNP and the Greens in the City Chambers last week inflicts devastating cuts to the city and the...
- Oct 26, 2023
Paul Sweeney: 'Removing link workers will only deepen inequalities'
UNCERTAINTY and cuts to community health services in Glasgow threaten the most vulnerable. Glasgow’s community link workers are a...
- Sep 29, 2023
Paul Sweeney: Only Labour can provide change that is necessary
NEXT Thursday, voters across the constituency of Rutherglen and Hamilton West will have an opportunity to send a clear message to both of...
- Sep 15, 2023
Paul Sweeney: How many lives could we have saved six years ago?
SIX years ago, Scotland’s then Lord Advocate, James Wolffe KC, refused to back plans for the establishment of an overdose prevention...
- Sep 1, 2023
Where is the urgency to help prevent drug-related deaths?
EVERY eight hours in Scotland one of our fellow citizens dies from entirely preventable drug-related death. Last year, the figure was...
- Aug 18, 2023
Paul Sweeney: We can’t ignore the key assets we already have
HARE-BRAINED schemes are 10 a penny in Scottish politics. Last month, Green Minister Patrick Harvie floated the idea of compelling every...
- Aug 4, 2023
Paul Sweeney: 'How can anyone justify cuts ending in job losses?’
It is a big week for Glasgow as the UCI World Cycling Championships get underway. Along with the sell-out Banksy: Cut and Run exhibition...
- Jul 21, 2023
Paul Sweeney: Glasgow could have a world-class public transport system
Public transport in Glasgow is a joke. Need to use the Subway on a Sunday? Better travel before 6pm. Need to use the trains? Better have...
- Jul 7, 2023
Labour’s greatest achievement will survive as long as we fight for it
ONE of the most memorable experiences of my time in Parliament was five years ago, when I visited the parliamentary archives to view the...
- Jun 23, 2023
Paul Sweeney: Ditch the cuts to river rescue cover in our city
IT is often said that “Glasgow made the Clyde, and the Clyde made Glasgow”. In the early 13th century, our city rose from its waters to...
- Jun 9, 2023
Paul Sweeney: Child poverty rates should shame us all
Child poverty; the starkest indicator of a failed public policy landscape and political indifference. It should be a scandal of the past...
- May 26, 2023
Paul Sweeney: The Rich List: An illustration of Britain's inequalities
The publication of the Sunday Times Rich List; the annual event where the wealthiest people in the country get the opportunity to flaunt...
- May 12, 2023
Community housing associations under imminent threat of extinction
GLASWEGIANS have a long and proud history of building housing associations and co-operatives that are controlled and run by the local...
- Apr 28, 2023
The greatest political soap opera in the history of our Parliament
EARLIER this month I returned to my old work for the steel cutting ceremony of HMS Birmingham at BAE Systems in Govan. The ceremony...
- Mar 31, 2023
Morton Rolls crisis shows we wait for calamity before we act
GLASGOW is famous for many things. As the Second City of the Empire, heavy industry is synonymous with our heritage; as a UNESCO...
- Mar 17, 2023
Paul Sweeney: Give Glasgow a St Patrick's Day Parade
TODAY we celebrate St Patrick’s Day, which for cities across the world has evolved into a global celebration of the Irish diaspora. The...
- Mar 3, 2023
Tackling the drug deaths crisis should be the first priority
THE incoming First Minister faces an overflowing in-tray of problems. Almost a decade ago, Nicola Sturgeon asked us to judge her on her...
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