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Cal Johnston-Dempsey @cal.scot · 18/09/2026

In your non-priority inbox, whatever that is.

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Cal Johnston-Dempsey @cal.scot · 18/09/2026

From the South Lan SNP account, I don't have my own on my phone anymore as I don't use Twitter either. Will email.

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Cal Johnston-Dempsey @cal.scot · 18/09/2026

Messaged you the stage by stage breakdown via Twitter, know you're not on there anymore but can't DM on BlueSky.

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Cal Johnston-Dempsey @cal.scot · 14/08/2026

CONSTITUENT SURGERY Pop in to speak with Steven Bonnar MSP and me about any issues you may have. No appointment needed. 📅 TODAY! 📍 Bothwell Community Hub (the library building) ⏱️ 11:00am - noon

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Cal Johnston-Dempsey @cal.scot · 10/08/2026

🗓️ Another consultation event is running on 26th August from 6:30pm to 8.30pm at Uddingston Grammar School. I highly recommend you attend if you have any interest in this site. 🙋‍♂️ Let me know if you have any other questions

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Cal Johnston-Dempsey @cal.scot · 10/08/2026

❓ Many of these enquiries had recurring questions, so I thought it would be good to create this Frequently Asked Questions post to answer these points. 👥 To get answers to these questions, I attended the Shinty Club's consultation event in Bothwell Community Hub on 29th July.

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Cal Johnston-Dempsey @cal.scot · 10/08/2026

🏑 Over the past few months, I have received a number of enquiries by email and on social media regarding the possible future Community Asset Transfer of Porterswell playing fields to Uddingston Shinty Club.

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FAQ: Uddingston Shinty / Porterwell Playing Fields

Over the past few months, I have received a number of enquiries by email and on social media regarding the possible future Community Asset Transfer of Porterswell playing fields to Uddingston Shint…

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South Lanarkshire SNP @snpsouthlan.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

You SNP councillors are out at South Lanarkshire Pride. Drop by the Hamilton Yes Hub to chat to us or catch us on the March!

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Cal Johnston-Dempsey @cal.scot · 19/07/2026

I don't get the drama around The Odyssey / IMAX. I still miss 4:3 TVs.

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Cal Johnston-Dempsey @cal.scot · 09/05/2026

Keir Starmer is awfy desperate today. He's pulling Gordon Brown out of retirement yet again 😂

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Cal Johnston-Dempsey @cal.scot · 21/04/2026

The only SNP majority that we've ever had was the result of a high constituency and high regional vote.

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Cal Johnston-Dempsey @cal.scot · 21/04/2026

Don't know why BlueSky has decided to make this video look like it was shot on one of these wind up cameras 😂

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Cal Johnston-Dempsey @cal.scot · 21/04/2026

Dedicated. Experienced. Local. Vote for Steven Bonnar in Uddingston and Bellshill on May 7th. #SNP #bothVotesSNP #ScotPol #Scotland #ScottishIndependence #independence

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Cal Johnston-Dempsey @cal.scot · 30/03/2026

🏦 With many banks closing (including here in the ward), Post Offices let you access cash. ✉️ You can withdraw/deposit cash & cheques for most UK bank accounts at Uddingston & Bothwell Post Offices Monday to Saturday. 📋 You can also handle some DVLA/Passport Office forms — and can even post a letter

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Cal Johnston-Dempsey @cal.scot · 27/03/2026

Smashing night in Bellshill at Steven Bonnar's candidate adoption night! Stevie's a true local guy and was the first person to welcome me into the constituency when I returned to Lanarkshire. He's represented the area on NLC and in Westminster. Let's add Holyrood to that list on May 7th! #voteSNP

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Cal Johnston-Dempsey @cal.scot · 19/03/2026

🌍 Only 9 of the world's 200 or so countries allow greyhound racing. I'm pleased as of this week Scotland and Wales have removed ourselves from that list (and Aotearoa / New Zealand are in the process of doing the same)

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Cal Johnston-Dempsey @cal.scot · 19/03/2026

🦴 The speed of a greyhound is an impressive sight but they're such delicate creatures with thin skin and easily breakable bones.

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Cal Johnston-Dempsey @cal.scot · 19/03/2026

🐾 That face when your athletic career is over before it's even begun. 🛑 My 40mph couch potato and I are very happy that Mark Ruskell's Bill has passed and Scotland will join the vast majority of nations around the world who have banned greyhound racing.

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South Lanarkshire SNP @snpsouthlan.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

💼 It's budget day in South Lanarkshire! 🔗 Watch live at 10am as your SNP Group co-present a budget that all of South Lanarkshire can be proud of.

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South Lanarkshire Council (Special)

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Cal Johnston-Dempsey @cal.scot · 24/02/2026

I am proud to have been involved in this process from the beginning. Full details will be available publicly tomorrow but I know this is a budget that will deliver for my constituents and people across South Lan.

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Cal Johnston-Dempsey @cal.scot · 24/02/2026

Further proof that the UK government is technologically illiterate.

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Cal Johnston-Dempsey @cal.scot · 06/12/2025

Get yourself down to Bothwell Community Hub today for the Christmas Market. Great gift shopping, mulled wine, and the all-important raffle!

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Cal Johnston-Dempsey @cal.scot · 05/12/2025

(Google history: clothing related to Ghana)

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Cal Johnston-Dempsey @cal.scot · 12/10/2025

Sid spoke of his experience, his continuing worries despite a ceasefire, and proposed a motion on behalf of Scottish Asians for Independence, which passed by acclaim, calling for a change to procurement rules to prevent the purchase of goods or services linked to illegal settlements.

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Cal Johnston-Dempsey @cal.scot · 12/10/2025

The Ambassador was followed by Sid Khan, a Scot who was recently held in an Israeli jail following his attempt as part of an international flotilla to deliver aid to Gaza. #SNP25

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Cal Johnston-Dempsey @cal.scot · 12/10/2025

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 He thanked us for the solidarity that our party and wider Scottish society has shown to the plight of Palestinian people and the cause of Palestinian statehood. 🤝 It is important that we remain a committed voice for peace, democracy and self-determination in the Israel-Palestine region.

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Cal Johnston-Dempsey @cal.scot · 12/10/2025

🇵🇸 The UK finally recognised the State of Palestine just three weeks ago. At SNP Conference, we were privileged and honoured today to hear from the new Ambassador of Palestine to the UK, Dr Husam Zomlot. #SNP25

The crowd giving standing applause to the new Palestinian ambassador as he walks on stage at the SNP conference.

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Cal Johnston-Dempsey @cal.scot · 11/10/2025

Personally, I'm proud that on a number of occasions I have stood up to Labour as they take decisions in SLC that make working conditions worse for our thousands of employees that deliver vital services across South Lanarkshire.

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Cal Johnston-Dempsey @cal.scot · 11/10/2025

Despite Westminster controlling employment legislation, it's the SNP that has took up the mantle as the party of working people. It is the SNP who are delivering what workers are asking for in the Scottish Parliament and in the councils we control.

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Cal Johnston-Dempsey @cal.scot · 11/10/2025

It was great to hear from Roz Foyer, STUC General Secretary at SNP Conference this afternoon. This is the first ever address by the Scottish Trades Union Congress to our party.

Roz Foyer speaking on stage at SNP Conference

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Cal Johnston-Dempsey @cal.scot · 10/10/2025

Quick matcha latte from Skinny Coffee on the platform at Uddingston train station then off to Aberdeen for my party's national conference. #supportlocal

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South Lanarkshire SNP @snpsouthlan.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

🚌 The guidance used to assess ‘safe’ walking routes to school is over 20yrs old and not fit for purpose — it doesn't even require a pavement. ❌ Labour have used that document to remove school transport from over 8,000 kids. 🟡 Today we brought a motion requesting a local review. 🥀 They blocked it.

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Cal Johnston-Dempsey @cal.scot · 19/09/2025

And why is my "neutral expression" so angry 😂

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Cal Johnston-Dempsey @cal.scot · 19/09/2025

Renewing a driving license online: £14 Renewing a DL by post because the online system doesn't work: £17 fee + £10 photo booth prints + £2.13 postal order fee + £1.70 stamp Why is the UK Government so technologically illiterate and why does it make a £14 application £31?

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South Lanarkshire SNP @snpsouthlan.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

We have submitted an urgent business request to discuss Labour’s cuts to school transport at the Executive Committee meeting this morning. We demand that Councillors have a chance to scrutinise the final details of the cuts before they are introduced - this may be the last opportunity.

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Cal Johnston-Dempsey @cal.scot · 23/06/2025

There's a certain cruelness in life that finding your glasses would be a lot easier if you were wearing your glasses.

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Cal Johnston-Dempsey @cal.scot · 30/05/2025

I really appreciate the effort that went into the alt text.

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South Lanarkshire Council @southlanarkshire.gov.uk · 30/05/2025

Have your say on local alcohol licensing! Our Local Licensing Forums shape policies that impact your community. Members include license holders, police, health workers, young people and residents.

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Ballot Box Scotland @ballotbox.scot · 27/05/2025

Extremely disappointed to see Labour effectively fabricating figures and quoting me as a source. When my (simple, full election, not a by-election prediction) model had Labour narrowly ahead of the SNP, I was not yet showing Reform figures. I have never published anything with these exact figures.

A Scottish Labour advert stating that "Reform Can't Win Here" and quoting fabricated Ballot Box Scotland figures with Labour on 36%, the SNP on 35% and Reform on 15%. I have never published such figures.

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Cal Johnston-Dempsey @cal.scot · 30/05/2025

Today's life management – getting Control Centre organised on my phone. Frequent controls on page 1, then a page each for downstairs/upstairs smart tech. Only annoyance is that there's no IF statements in Apple Shortcuts so my work phone line on/off can't be one button. #tech #Apple #PhilipsHue

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Cal Johnston-Dempsey @cal.scot · 10/05/2025

Sweltering day to rally for a republic on Calton Hill, Edinburgh. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿's tradition of popular sovereignty is much older than the Windsor rule of these islands. A modern, democratic nation deserves an elected head of state that represents and is answerable to us all. @ourrepublic.scot #RepublicDay

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Cal Johnston-Dempsey @cal.scot · 24/04/2025

Standing room only for Bothwell Futures AGM this evening.

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Cal Johnston-Dempsey @cal.scot · 02/04/2025

Matching lighting on my desk, keyboard and controller are really tingling my brain right now.

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Cal Johnston-Dempsey @cal.scot · 27/03/2025

It was devastating to hear this morning that Christina McKelvie MSP had passed away. She was an absolute gem. Even when I was just some wee guy in the party, she always made every interaction feel like a real conversation, not the usual political patter. My thoughts are with Keith, Jack and Lewis.

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Cal Johnston-Dempsey @cal.scot · 08/03/2025

Steering is a working class Tory who was smart enough to realise he'd have more success with a red tie than a blue one.

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Duncan Hothersall @dhothersall.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

We are once again talking about "welfare" instead of social security. "Welfare" individualises state support, when what the UK built in the post-war years was a social security system which served our common endeavour. "Welfare" is the language of tabloids; it should not be the language of Labour.

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