Haemochromatosis is a long word for too much iron in the blood. It’s a genetic condition affecting many Scottish islanders and descendants of the Irish diaspora. I’m having an adjournment debate in theCommons about 7pm tonight calling for widespread gene screening. Tune in.

Sign here John… It’s high time for the FM to honour the £4.4 million ferry fiasco cheque for Uist businesses. The compensation was to cover the SNP’s failures but months later no progress. Island businesses are digging into reserves to stay open this season,they need support.

This is from an SNP press release. Stephen Flynn, SNP leader at Westminster, shamelessly parroting Tory/Reform slogans about Starmer, happily co-opting a term from toxic culture war debates about race and justice. We see you, Stephen.

Excellent coverage of ⁦MG ALBA⁩ annual report in ⁦The Herald⁩ by ⁦Brian Ferguson⁩ It explains serious financial challenges of trying to maintain quality of #Gaelic TV so it has a chance of competing with global digital channels. More Gov investment needed.

Debate: Haemochromatosis Screening - 25th Jun 2025. A really interesting short debate initiated ⁦⁦Torcuil Crichton MP for Na h-Eileanan an Iar⁩ on a condition often called “the Celtic curse” parallelparliament.co.uk/debate/2025-06…

What the young can teach the old (I’m looking at you, Kemi).

Today marks one year since Scotland led the way in electing a UK Labour Government. While there’s a lot more still to do, huge progress has been made 👇🏼

It’s a year since I was elected as the MP for Na h-Eileanan an Iar. I hope I have repaid the trust people put in me by working hard for the islands. A lot done, a lot still to do along with Donald MacKinnon .

We now have an MP working in the interests of our islands in Westminster - next year we can make sure we have an MSP raising our voice in the Scottish Parliament too.

With Labour, NHS waiting lists are falling and we have an ambitious plan for the NHS’ future. In John Swinney, the SNP have an analogue politician in a digital age, and Scotland’s patients are missing out. Scotland needs a new direction with Anas Sarwar. thetimes.com/article/83e455…

1/ New research has highlighted once again the unique and specific challenges facing coastal communities and the need for a targeted response - this time on a crisis in mental health among young people. 🧵 theguardian.com/environment/20…

Thathas a' comharrachadh 20 bliadhna bho ionnsaighean 7/7 an Lunnainn anns an do chaill 52 neach am beatha. Bha Torcuil Crichton na fhear-naidheachd sa bhaile aig an àm. Tha e ag ràdh nach do rinn an sgrios uabhasach a bh' ann a' chùis air muinntir Lunnainn.

EXCL: Bosses in UK will be banned from using NDAs to silence employees who have suffered harassment and discrimination in the workplace as part of government’s overhaul of workers’ rights.

Our session on the cost of energy has started. Watch live here: parliamentlive.tv/event/index/51…

A little bit of Gaelic Scotland in President Macron’s pocket. We should invest more in our cultural assets to turn them into economic dynamos.

Everything you always wanted to know about zonal pricing. Plus why the SNP is incoherent and unserious on electricity market reforms. these-islands.co.uk/publications/i…

Hats off to Blind Gazza, very clever, cool interview with Donald Trump. “Thank you Gary, it’s a great honor.”

The fight to revive Europe’s shrinking rural areas via Financial Times The answers are the same across the continent.. homes, jobs and hope (to which we add ferry links). This great read ends positively in South Uist. on.ft.com/44XYjK3

Deeply concerned by the Israeli Civil Administration’s plan to revive the E1 settlement programme. If implemented, this would critically undermine a future Palestinian state and the path to a two-state solution - crushing the hopes of millions who wish for peace.

Families who lost loved ones at the QEUH faced opposition from the health board and from the SNP government. I won’t rest until the families get the answers and the justice they deserve.