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Alyn Smith MSP 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺

@alynsmith.bsky.social
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Scottish European. @snp.org 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 · 13/10/2026
RGU has 83% (!) of courses with a serious “Earn While You Learn” element, great outreach and a thriving partnership with local colleges and schools. They’ve had tough times but have come through it stronger and more focussed on the needs of their students and the economy.
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Alyn Smith MSP 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @alynsmith.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Stirling Womens’ Aid are an incredible bunch doing vital work across Stirling and Stirlingshire. They’ve a fundraiser underway and if you can support them, every pound will be put to good use. donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
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Alyn Smith MSP 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @alynsmith.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Great craic at the Scotland Manufacturing & Supply Chain conference & exhibition today at SEC Glasgow, manufacturing accounts for 178,000 jobs, half our exports and £16.4billion, delighted to say thank you and more please!
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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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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 · 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 · 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 · 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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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 · 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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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 · 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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Alyn Smith MSP 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @alynsmith.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
👁️ 👁️ Your taxes funded 2.4million (!) eye health checks last year, vital check ups for millions of Scots, identifying glaucoma, cataracts, high blood pressure and more far earlier than ever we have. They’re a huge success in Scotland, but in Labour run England they’re not free.
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Alyn Smith MSP 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @alynsmith.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
What’s the SNP government ever done for you? 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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Alyn Smith MSP 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @alynsmith.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
⚽️ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Stirling should get behind Scotland at the football World Cup and allow those pubs who want to to open late so we can all enjoy a safe shared experience. My letter to Council Leader Susan McGill below ⬇️
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Alyn Smith MSP 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @alynsmith.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
💊 Last year, there were 2.2 million prescriptions given to Stirling residents free of charge. That’s saved local people around £22 million.
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Alyn Smith MSP 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @alynsmith.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
In Scotland, MSPs have a right to bring forward Members’ Bill proposals and if I’m elected in May I’m going to take full use of it. What law would you like to see created? Amended? Scrapped? I’ve plenty ideas myself but want to hear from you. Drop me an email to the address on the clip.
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Alyn Smith MSP 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @alynsmith.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
A happy Burns Night to all! Just the two of us at home tonight, a brilliant haggis from our local butcher, tatties and neeps from Ginger Roots on Port Street, obligatory @irnbru.bsky.social and (unpictured!) dram 😋 🥃 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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Alyn Smith MSP 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @alynsmith.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
🚆 Nobody looks forward to the Monday morning commute, but the SNP government has made it a bit easier and more affordable by scrapping peak fares for good. ScotRail has now been brought into public ownership, meaning it’s firmly on the side of commuters, thanks to SNP intervention.
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Alyn Smith MSP 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @alynsmith.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Today’s poll proves the SNP vision of independence in Europe is appealing to more and more folks. A massive 73%, almost 3 in 4, of folks want back in the EU. We’ve been out in Callander speaking to locals about building up our communities. #Callander #Stirling #Scotland #independence #EU
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Alyn Smith MSP 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @alynsmith.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Productive discussion with Stephen Montgomery from the Scottish Hospitality Group and Gary Atkinson from the Golden Lion Hotel yesterday. Hospitality is a major employer and an important industry to the Stirling area and I intend to be a strong voice for its success if elected in May.
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Alyn Smith MSP 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @alynsmith.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
I’ve contacted the Ambassador Group, owners of the Craigforth site to try help get the redevelopment of the site moving. It’s going to wrack and ruin as it stands when it could surely be a great development for somebody. #Stirling #business #development #economy
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Alyn Smith MSP 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @alynsmith.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
⚡️ The UK has some of the highest energy bills in Europe, but we can do things differently with independence. 💡 No longer tied to an outdated energy network that penalises Scottish bill payers, we could have some of the lowest energy bills in Europe - which will reduce the cost of almost everything.
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Alyn Smith MSP 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @alynsmith.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Some happy memories of Greenland in (yikes!) 2011 representing the EU in the West Nordic Council Interparliamentary Meeting. Self determination and the rule of law is at the heart of @snp.org politics, Greenland's future can only be decided by the people who live there.
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Alyn Smith MSP 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @alynsmith.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
Where else would I do last minute Christmas shopping but Made in Stirling? Merry Christmas everyone! 🎄 🎅🏻
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Alyn Smith MSP 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @alynsmith.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Stirling’s, and Scotland’s, empathy doesn’t stop at our borders. Very proud to support a pro Palestine rally in Stirling today. A just peace for all must be based on humanitarianism, the rule of law and accountability.
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Alyn Smith MSP 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @alynsmith.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
Too many folks and businesses are struggling with energy costs, all the more absurd when Scotland has so many resources. The UK has delivered a poor deal on energy, an independent Scotland won’t do it like this. #Scotland #Stirling #costofliving #independence #energy
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Alyn Smith MSP 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @alynsmith.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Just out my Covid and Flu jabs, easy appointment, cheerful and professional team, first class, thanks @nhsforthvalley.bsky.social! Vaccines are safe and work. If you need one, go on get one. More info here: nhsinform.scot/wintervaccines
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Alyn Smith MSP 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @alynsmith.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
This UK budget won’t change the political weather (and won’t do much for the economy neither). Abolishing the 2 child benefit cap is the right thing to do, *which is why Scotland announced doing it last year* Westminster announces it when it is politically convenient.
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Alyn Smith MSP 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @alynsmith.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Pubs, restaurants and hotels aren't just businesses, they're vital for our communities. But the UK charges a whopping 20% VAT on these businesses, way more than most other European countries. I've called in today's UK Budget statement for a cut to boost their bottom lines now.
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Alyn Smith MSP 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @alynsmith.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
It’s Brexit that has made us all poorer, we can all see it. Any UK budget that tries to deal with the symptoms without tackling the cause will fall short, Scotland can do so much better with independence in Europe.
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Alyn Smith MSP 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @alynsmith.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
We finally managed to watch @realgdt.bsky.social’s Frankenstein on @netflix.com last night and it is a brilliant adaptation, loving especially that his laboratory is so obviously based on Stirling’s own Wallace Monument! Great to see @stirlingcouncil.bsky.social on screen!
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Alyn Smith MSP 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @alynsmith.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Great news! @snp.org have taken control of Stirling Council, top priority the housing emergency. Lots to do, I’m delighted for our hard working Councillors and for Stirling 👍🏻
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Alyn Smith MSP 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @alynsmith.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
Josh Fyvie has a great support in Stirling East, and we were joined today by Bruce Crawford, former MSP for Stirling. There’s a chance of real change this coming Thursday!
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Alyn Smith MSP 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @alynsmith.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
I’m concerned about foreign interference in our democracy, and I don’t think the UK government is doing enough to keep us safe. Cross party with @carolinelucas.bsky.social and @benbradshaw.bsky.social we’ve appealed the Russia Report case to the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights.
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Alyn Smith MSP 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @alynsmith.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Human Rights protect all of us. Another reason why Scotland needs independence in Europe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇪🇺
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Alyn Smith MSP 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @alynsmith.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
An inspiring lunch with old friends at @businessforscot.bsky.social in Edinburgh, a hugely important organisation in making the wider pro-business case for independence in Europe, and a lovely bunch of folks to boot! Their energy campaign is going to be transformative 💪
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Alyn Smith MSP 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @alynsmith.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
Stirling Pride! 🥰 I’m delighted for the organisers who have worked so hard to make today happen. Stirling, and Scotland, is diverse, loving and respectful. 🌈 #Stirling #pride #equalityforall #lovewins #scotlandtiktok
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