Colin Brown
@FBU_Scotland_EC
FBU Scotland Executive Council Member,Trade Unionist, Firefighter
A huge thank you to Richard Leonard for his support and solidarity, not just over the difficult last few days but since I joined our party nearly a decade ago ✊ Scottish Labour and Scottish politics will be a weaker place without Richard in Holyrood. falkirkherald.co.uk/news/opinion/c…
I signed the letter urging the recognition of Palestine. But this is only a part of what the UK should do. End arms sales to Israel, place economic & political sanctions on Netanyahu’s extremist government, end military cooperation & have a public inquiry on the UK’s involvement.
221 MPs, from 9 parties, have sent a joint letter to the Prime Minister & Foreign Secretary urging them to recognise Palestine as a state now
“One day, when it’s safe, when there’s no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it’s too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this.” — Omar El Akkad
A joint statement on Gaza from AFP, AP, BBC News and Reuters
🔥Response times would remain “favourable” to who?? It’s certainly not favourable to the local communities waiting longer for a fire appliance in an emergency situation👇🚒🔥@SaveBalmossie @fbunational @FbuEast @FBUScotNorth @WestScotlandFBU @FBU_Scotland_EC @UnityConsults…
Glasgow could lose a fire station and this is what people had to say about it glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/scottish-…
🔥In 2023 Ross Haggart, Scotland's Chief Fire Officer said budget cuts and the removal of fire appliances and firefighters would risk lives..now in 2025 even more cuts are planned. Why is the Scottish Government standing back as communities and businesses are put at risk?🔥 🔥Ask…
🔥 Closure or downgrading will not assist community safety in the vicinity of Balmossie Fire Station. 📲 People who have concerns should engage with the consultation here: firescotland.gov.uk/service-delive…
🔥 Myself and @LloydAMelville met this week with the SFRS to raise concerns regarding Balmossie Fire Station. 🏘️ We were clear about the implications either option would have for communities in South Angus. 👉 More: graemedey.info/raising-balmos…
@fbunational @FBUScotNorth @FbuEast @WestScotlandFBU @FBU_Scotland_EC @UnityConsults @fire_scot @scotgov @JohnSwinney
🔥 Closure or downgrading will not assist community safety in the vicinity of Balmossie Fire Station. 📲 People who have concerns should engage with the consultation here: firescotland.gov.uk/service-delive…
Huge blaze breaks out at Newton Mearns retirement flats as fire crews race to scene dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-…
On this day in 1972 five London dockers were imprisoned for picketing, and freed after a mass upswell of solidarity from across the labour movement. 250,000 people took part in strike action, and the dockers were released.
dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-new… @fbunational @FbuEast @FBUScotNorth @WestScotlandFBU @FBU_Scotland_EC @UnityConsults @fire_scot @scotgov @JohnSwinney
This is exactly a cuts exercise!😡 @fire_scot @fbunational @FBUScotNorth @FbuEast @WestScotlandFBU @scotgov @JohnSwinney @UnityConsults @FBU_Scotland_EC Independence nothing Less @LS26Scot @VoteSovereignty
🔥The Ministers claim that the @fire_scot proposals are not a cuts agenda is at best disingenuous. The Minister repeatedly told parliament back in 2023 that cutting 10 frontline appliances, and 166 firefighter jobs was temporary. The SFRS repeatedly stated these cuts were…
🔥FBU members save the date 🔥Scotland Demands Better Rally 25 October in Edinburgh, calling for all political parties to listen more to what the public wants ahead of next years Holyrood election👇🔥 @fbunational @FBUScotNorth @FbuEast @WestScotlandFBU @FBU_Scotland_EC…
Scots are 'tired and angry' as politicians called on to listen to public concerns about the future dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics/…
🚒🚑Save Balmossie Campaign is having a public engagement meeting on Thursday 7th August at the Monifieth Activity Centre at 7pm. Everyone welcome.
What is there left to say? An entire population being starved, and that desperation driving them to aid centres where they’re murdered. On top of nearly 2 years of relentless carpet bombing. And the world pretends nothing is happening.
This morning I was canvassing for the @FBUScotland regarding the potential cuts at Lochgelly Fire Station. To constituents, this may result in a reduction of 20 staff, an appliance, a rope unit, resulting in delayed response times and putting lives at risk. Cuts cost lives,…
Starmer’s Labour government refuses to call it a genocide, continues to provide Israel with arms, surveillance and military training, rolls out the red carpet for unindicted Israeli war criminals, and criminalises those who dare to speak out against it. It’s their genocide too.
BREAKING: More than 30 people have been killed after Israeli troops opened fire towards crowds of Palestinians waiting for aid, according to witnesses and hospital officials news.sky.com/story/gaza-mor…
Our Scottish Fire and Rescue Service is being hollowed out because of Scottish Government budget cuts. Less firefighters and less appliances mean people and communities will be less safe. Firefighters at @FBUScotland need adequate government funding in order to do their jobs.
SFRS have launched a consultation with proposals to close fire stations, change fire cover, and remove appliances. Following the removal of 166 firefighter roles in 2023, these additional cuts threaten to leave an already stretched service without adequate staff and resources…
🔥FBU officials and members out in force in Port Glasgow Retail Park and the Oak Mall in Greenock highlighting to the public the potential dangers of the proposed cuts to the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service in Inverclyde🔥🚒@fbunational @FbuEast @FBUScotNorth @WestScotlandFBU…
I can’t think of many parliamentarians that do as much as @RichardBurgon and @Imran_HussainMP do to expose the atrocities Netanyahu’s genocidal government are committing. Proud to stand with them.
With @Imran_HussainMP and over 80 other MPs and Lords from 9 parties, I've written to the Foreign Secretary calling for widespread sanctions on Israel including: ▪️ Sanctions on Israel's economy ▪️ A ban on trade with illegal Israeli settlements ▪️ A full arms embargo