SCHOOL years – some people look back on them with fond memories of time spent with childhood friends, others shudder at the thought of having to…
SCHOOL years – some people look back on them with fond memories of time spent with childhood friends, others shudder at the thought of having to step foot in a classroom ever again.
Although I admit it’s strange to become so attached to certain landmarks like my old school, now that I represent the area I was born, brought up and went to school in, I’ve become all the more sentimental about the institution that shaped me into the person and Member of Parliament that I am today. Stood in the House of Commons and wearing it as a badge of honour, I remember at the time thinking what my younger self, the local boy from Cranhill, would make of it all.
I represent the people I attended Bannerman High with, the neighbours that watched me play on the streets of Cranhill. I represent their children, their parents, uncles, aunties and grandparents – and it is something I have never once taken for granted.– or in my case the East End of Glasgow – truly rests on my shoulders. But it is this feeling that makes me work, day in and day out, to ensure they have a voice against Tory Westminster policy that so often harms them.
I want a government that provides a safety net for people, rather than one that pulls the rug from under them when they need support the most.
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