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Alyn Smith MSP 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺

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Scottish European. MSP for Stirling. Minister for Innovation, Technology and Tertiary Education. (Photo the brilliant @thekiltedphoto.bsky.social)

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Alyn Smith MSP 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @alynsmith.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Scotland’s going to be hearing a lot from me about apprenticeships, I think they’re crucial to the future and I’m proud one of my first acts as minister was to approve a 10% uplift, that’s £8.8MILLION of new money, to apprenticeships Scotland wide. We’ve a lot to do but we’re up to it.
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ednews.bsky.social @ednews.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Scotland's new minister stakes out a pro-Erasmus, pro-EU mobility agenda | PIE News
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Scotland’s new minister stakes out a pro‑Erasmus, pro‑EU mobility agenda
Barely 24 hours into the job, Scotland’s new minister for innovation, technology and tertiary education, Alyn Smith, used the EAIE conference in Glasgow to send a clear message to the international education sector that Scotland wants to be deeply plugged into European mobility and collaboration.
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Alyn Smith MSP 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @alynsmith.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I'll be putting out a series of articles on my views coming into my new ministerial role about my priorities for Skills and Education in Scotland- what's working, what needs to change and why we're doing it. Here's the first in today's Scotsman. www.scotsman.com/news/opinion...
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A qualification earned at 21 may be out of date by 35. Scottish education must change
The world of work is changing rapidly and so too must our approach to learning, writes tertiary education minister Alyn Smith
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Alyn Smith MSP 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @alynsmith.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
As students from all over Scotland and all over the world arrive in Stirling, as your MSP it’s great to have you here. Enjoy! #stirling #scotland #stirlinguniversity #forthvalleycollege
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Alyn Smith MSP 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @alynsmith.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I would say this wouldn’t I, but the commitment across all three nations not just to independence from the UK but to EU membership is a significant driver of the need for change.
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Alyn Smith MSP 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @alynsmith.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Delighted to welcome thousands of folks to Stirling coming to Radio 2 in the park, enjoy! 🎵 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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Alyn Smith MSP 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @alynsmith.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Already a fascinating discussion at Royal Society of Edinburgh on understanding the 2026 Holyrood election with a great panel, struck as always what an incredible breadth of expertise Scotland has to call on 👏
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Alyn Smith MSP 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @alynsmith.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Excited to be appointed, subject to Parliament’s approval, as Minister for Innovation, Technology and Tertiary Education in @johnswinney.bsky.social's government. Scotland has world class talent, but if we're not fit for the future then we’re game for fundamental change. news.stv.tv/politics/swi...
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Swinney appoints ‘experienced’ Smith as Scottish Government minister
Alyn Smith is to be the minister for innovation, technology and tertiary education, replacing Ben Macpherson who quit last week
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Alyn Smith MSP 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @alynsmith.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Delighted to work with @bremaininspain.com answering (I hope!) questions from their members ⬇️
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Jasmin Mujanović @jasminmuj.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Serbia’s Justice Minister announces that genocidaire Ratko Mladic will be buried in the country with the highest state honors. It’s good that the Serbian government is doing this, so everyone can finally see the true, monstrous face of the Vucic regime. No illusions. www.klix.ba/vijesti/bih/...
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Sramota koja se nikada neće oprati: Srbija će sahraniti zločinca Mladića uz najviše državne počasti
Ministar pravde Srbije Nenad Vujić rekao je da će presuđeni ratni zločinac Ratko Mladić biti sahranjen u Srbiji uz najviše državni počasti.
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Festival of Europe Scotland @festivalofeurope.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
'Demarco's #Europe' being launched tomorrow. Come along and meet two of Scotland's national treasures - Richard Demarco and Roddy Martine. Book your place here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/scotlandsf... @euromovescotland.bsky.social
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ScotlandsFest: Art Without Borders – Demarco's Europe
Join Richard Demarco & Roddy Martine at ScotlandsFest, Luath Press's literary festival during the Edinburgh Fringe.
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Alyn Smith MSP 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @alynsmith.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Another significant development in EU enlargement 🇦🇲 🇪🇺
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Alyn Smith MSP 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @alynsmith.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
A brilliant meeting with Helen and Daniel from Town Break Dementia Support , a great organisation supporting a lot of folks across the Forth Valley. Delighted to support them and looking forward to hosting them in Parliament!
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Alyn Smith MSP 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @alynsmith.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
A challenging but very worthwhile visit with the Criminal Justice Committee to Low Moss Prison. There’s a lot of challenges within Criminal Justice but we were all struck by the professionalism and dedication of all staff, thanks to SPS and HMIPS for having us and sharing their experience.
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Alyn Smith MSP 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @alynsmith.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Great chat in beautiful Balmaha hosted at the brilliant The Oak Tree Inn with the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park Destination Group, a range of vital hospitality businesses, major employers and crucial infrastructure in our rural areas.
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Alyn Smith MSP 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @alynsmith.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Great chat with Megan Braithwaite and Catriona Melville from the National Lottery Heritage Fund on how to get more cash into developments in Stirling, some really exciting projects in the pipeline!
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Alyn Smith MSP 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @alynsmith.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
This is a good watch!
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Hannah Graham @drhannahgraham.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Very good contribution by @alynsmith.bsky.social to Scottish Parliament debate on reducing the #prison population. It shows real insight into the need to understand wider context, recognising health and welfare issues, and importance of the third sector in rehabilitation and community justice. 8/🧵
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Alyn Smith MSP 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @alynsmith.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Great to see @yesforeu at Holyrood to mark the 10th anniversary of the EU referendum. A day to remember and focus on the future, the big prize is not yet won 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺
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Alyn Smith MSP 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @alynsmith.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Independence in Europe is the answer to all the problems Brexit has caused. In a thoughtful week I’m less interested in the past and more focussed on the future. We have the answer 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺
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Alyn Smith MSP 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @alynsmith.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Want to see *the world’s* oldest football? It lives right here in Stirling at the The Stirling Smith Art Gallery and is 540 years old! It’s also off to Miami to be part of the Scotland Brazil game at the FIFA FIFA World Cup! #Stirling #Scotland #VisitScotland #fifa #WorldCup
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
This morning scrolling Bluesky, there is nothing at all in my feed about Putin’s barbaric attack on the Ukraine’s holiest site, the UNESCO protected Lavra so I’m posting this here.
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Alyn Smith MSP 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @alynsmith.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
🎬 Scotland's Screen Sector is brilliant and Stirling is at the heart of it. Delighted to organise my first Members' Business Debate in Parliament on such a great growth industry and grateful for cross party support. fb.watch/HKrt6tIHDW/
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Hannah Graham @drhannahgraham.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Convenerships and members of Committees at Holyrood are online. The Criminal Justice Committee: 🎗 @alynsmith.bsky.social (Convener) 🎗 David Linden 🎗 @mariemcnairmsp.bsky.social 🌹 Pauline McNeill 🟢 @maggiechapman.bsky.social ⏹️ Amanda Bland 🔵 Stephen Kerr Looking forward to seeing them get underway.
Profile photo pictures of each of the seven MSPs named in the post. Three are SNP, one Green, one Labour, one Reform UK, and one Conservative.
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Alyn Smith MSP 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @alynsmith.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
My intervention in Parliament today calling for the full extent of the law to be applied to the dreadful illegal mob protests of the small number of individuals we saw in Glasgow last night. We all of us have a duty to our community to calm tensions, not exaggerate and inflame them.
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Alyn Smith MSP 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @alynsmith.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
If anyone ever needed a reminder to quietly delete your X account I think we’re past the point where you have any excuse.
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Alyn Smith MSP 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @alynsmith.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
My video message to the 🇮🇸 Icelandic European Movement’s Congress this weekend as Vice a President of the @euromovescotland.bsky.social European Movement 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland as they look towards their referendum on restarting EU talks in August. #scotland #independence #EU
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Alyn Smith MSP 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @alynsmith.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
My exchange today with FM John Swinney on domestic fuel oil. There’s no price cap on fuel oil, we’ve seen terrible rises across Stirlingshire and I’m concerned the market isn’t working. I’ve written to the CMA urging much more urgency on their ongoing investigation into the market.
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Alyn Smith MSP 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @alynsmith.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
A fantastic day in Stirling of community, heritage, music and fun. The Stirling Walking the Marches was a complete success here’s to next year!
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Alyn Smith MSP 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @alynsmith.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
A very helpful and constructive Monday morning meet with the @snp.org Stirling Councillors, proud to be part of a great team working hard for Stirling.
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Alyn Smith MSP 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @alynsmith.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Delighted to present Janna and Sami at Tava Turkish Cafe Restaurant their Alyn’s Local Hero Award. A great new business in Stirling making our City a more interesting place! 👏 If you want to nominate a local organisation making a difference to our community email me: Alyn.Smith.MSP@parliament.scot
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Alyn Smith MSP 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @alynsmith.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
🚂 Brilliant to be on the inaugural Stirling-London train from Lumo, a low cost frequent alternative to air travel. Great news for Stirling, come visit! 👍🏻 #stirling #tourism #visitstirling
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Alyn Smith MSP 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @alynsmith.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Totally made up for the Kinlochard residents celebrating the community buy out of The Field, which is going to be a brilliant asset for the community, great to be there to celebrate with hard working @snp.org Councillor Gene Maxwell 👏
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Festival of Europe Scotland @festivalofeurope.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Starting tonight in #Stirling three top tier European cinema provided with thanks to #CreativeStirling and #EU Parliament Liaison Office in UK. Tonight: ‘It was just and Accident’. #luxaudienceawards2026 @stirling4europe.bsky.social @alynsmith.bsky.social festivalofeuropescotland.org/event/creati...
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Creative Stirling – Lux Audience Award Film Screening – It Was Just An Accident
In Iran, a man bumps into the person he believes to be his former torturer. However, the accusation is fiercely denied, and doubt sets in. What begins as a minor […]
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Alyn Smith MSP 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @alynsmith.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
A real honour to start the registration process as Stirling’s MSP. My email is now set up at alyn.smith.msp@parliament.scot but bear with me as I get admin cranked up. Relishing the prospect of getting stuck in!
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Alyn Smith MSP 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @alynsmith.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Great craic through in Edinburgh with @festivalofeurope.bsky.social thanks for having me! Scotland is a European nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺
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Festival of Europe Scotland @festivalofeurope.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
@alynsmith.bsky.social if we do not sell the values and benefits of the EU in Britain any deal made is always going to be vulnerable to unpicking.
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Alyn Smith MSP 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @alynsmith.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
A happy Europe Day to everyone! Looking forward to taking part in this tomorrow 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 festivalofeuropescotland.org
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Home - Festival of Europe Scotland
Join us to strengthen the ties between Scotland, the UK and Europe. Taking place each year around Europe Day, this festival brings together everyone who believes cooperation and shared values can shap...
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Festival of Europe Scotland @festivalofeurope.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
UK-EU talks today about UK taking part in EU Ukraine loan, and in European Innovation Fund. Find out more about what is happening with the negotiations on closer EU-UK links at this event on 10 May, Edinburgh. Expert speakers. Only 9 places left - book today! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/future-uk-...
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Future UK-EU Relations – the State of Play
Including their implications for Scotland.
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Scottish Independence Podcasts @scottishindypod.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Bannockburn House tours are excellent. Weekends over the summer period. Now community owned. Coffee and cakes included! @bannockburnhouse.bsky.social @alynsmith.bsky.social @stirlingdigger.bsky.social
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Alyn Smith MSP 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @alynsmith.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
📰 A significant election in Hungary I’m not managing to be neutral in, but there’s a lot going on to be thoughtful about. Me in today’s Sunday @scotnational.bsky.social www.thenational.scot/politics/260...
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Alyn Smith: Hungary’s election battlefield is on Facebook
HUNGARY has an election today, and I’m always wary of getting into the politics of other places but … gaun yersel Péter Magyar! The election is…
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Stirling4Europe #FBPE @stirling4europe.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
This fab little route around Stirling rich in history will be led by a local historian May 17th 11:00. Many local cafés for pit stops. One of myriad opportunities as part of the @festivalofeurope.bsky.social Register here: Stirling EuroWalk - Festival of Europe Scotland share.google/S7coPkTCcxOc...
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Stirling EuroWalk
Join a free, family‑friendly 2.3km guided walk with some uphill sections, exploring Stirling’s European connections and led by a historian from the University of Glasgow. Start and end point: The […]
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Alyn Smith MSP 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @alynsmith.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
📰 I remember the days when 1.8 trillion euros was a lot of money. The EU budget has the potential for huge added value in all of Scotland's best strengths, and Scotland (and the UK) will be getting none of it. Rejoining is more urgent than you think. www.thenational.scot/politics/259...
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EU budget wrangling a reminder of how much Scotland has lost – but hope remains
Scotland benefitted massively from EU membership precisely because the EU prioritised underrepresented regions and industries against the central…
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Alyn Smith MSP 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @alynsmith.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
📰 In case you missed it, here's yesterday's column from me in the Sunday National on how events in the MidEast, again, underline why we need to get the full community and economic benefit of Scotland's renewables jackpot. www.thenational.scot/business/259...
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Alyn Smith: Dependency on oil is ludicrous when Scotland won the green energy jackpot
An independent Scotland simply won’t run our energy market like this.
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John Swinney @johnswinney.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Energy bills are estimated to soar again by £332 from July. Households cannot afford to take another hit. I am calling on the Prime Minister to urgently convene a four nations emergency summit and freeze the price cap now.
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Alyn Smith MSP 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @alynsmith.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
This thread on the different currents in the UK government is very worth your time. @snp.org’s position is clear, we want fully back in EU and independence is the only way. But I’d also like to see the UK back too, so Labour’s debate matters.
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Alyn Smith MSP 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @alynsmith.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
🗞️ There's a lot more happening on UK-EU talks than you might think, but it is all guddling around the simple core problem: Out means Out. My column in today's Sunday @scotnational.bsky.social www.thenational.scot/politics/259...
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Keir Starmer has a chance to rejoin the EU single market. Will he take it?
WHEN I think back to the crazy period of the Brexit negotiations 2016-2020 a moment always comes back to me. My old friend, the president of the…
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Alyn Smith MSP 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @alynsmith.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
And now confirmed, iceland to hold referendum on restatting EU accession talks. Scotland will be watching closely. www.euractiv.com/news/iceland...
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Iceland locks in on date for EU referendum | Euractiv
As a member of the European Economic Area, Iceland is already aligned with much of the bloc's legislation
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Alyn Smith MSP 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @alynsmith.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
🗞️ ICYMI Big news from Iceland, now looking urgently at EU membership in a way it simply wasn’t a matter of months ago. Significant implications for Scotland and UK, I sketch out in @scotnational.bsky.social: www.thenational.scot/politics/259...
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Alyn Smith: Even Iceland’s looking to the EU. What’s the UK waiting for?
The news last week that the Icelandic government will bring forward a referendum on restarting EU membership talks was seismic
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Alyn Smith MSP 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @alynsmith.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Some exciting news and a lot to look forward to coming from Stirling Council, we're bringing back Hogmanay! A full programme of events to bring folks in, great news for hospitality and hotels 👏
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