Friday 21 August 2009

Surgeries return!

With the start of the new school term this week, my weekly surgeries started again last night at Blackness Primary School. If you click on the headline above, you can see the weekly surgery list.

In addition to my weekly surgeries, this afternoon, Alison McInnes MSP, John Barnett & I held a joint surgery for the West End - at Blackness Library.

Next week, during a visit to Dundee by Vince Cable MP, John Barnett will be adopted by the Liberal Democrats as our Westminster Parliamentary Candidate for Dundee West. John is without doubt the most experienced politician the LibDems have adopted as a parliamentary candidate for the constituency in many years. An able and effective communicator, he will give Labour and the Nationalists a real run for their money in Dundee West at the General Election.

Originally from Angus, John studied law at the University of Dundee and spent 20 years in international business. Recently involved locally in management consultancy and the heritage sector, he is undertaking postgraduate studies in economics. John is married with two children at school. Here's a photo (above right) of John Barnett and Alison McInnes MSP at Blackness Library this afternoon.