It's been a while

I realise it's been ages since I've taken the time to sit down and blog! Rather than simply admitting to just not getting round to it, I'll say that I've been extremely busy and haven't had the chance. In fact, that's not far from the truth. I was shocked to see that the last time I blogged was back in July, four months later and here I am. Without wanting to bore you to death, I'll quickly summarise the last four months and make a promise to regularly blog from now on (first new years resolution!!)

Sadly back in August, the Scottish Conservative Party lost a fantastic and truly inspirational character. Randle Wilson MBE was the local Association Chairman and a life long Conservative activist. Having only met Randle a handful of times, he really made an impression on me. He will be terribly missed by his family, the party and the wider community that he so selflessly served.

The Scottish Youth Parliament (SYP) has also seen big change in the last few months. Back in August, former Scottish Conservative candidate Hamira Khan was appointed as the new Chief Officer of the organisation. Having known Hamira before her appointment, I knew that she'd be a fantastic asset to the SYP.

Of course being a Member of the Scottish Tories brings its own challenges. Whether it be defending party policy to local people or delivering leaflets across the city, I've done it! Leafleting is a great opportunity to meet with other party members and enthusiasts. We've been in most of the Glasgow Scottish Parliamentary constituencies and will have delivered leaflets in them all before Christmas.

In between all that, I've been working hard organising my trip to Malawi that will now take place in the summer of 2011. We're working hard to secure funding and busy planning the trip with our Malawian counterparts.

At the end of october, the SYP debated in the Scottish Parliament. An issue that I an very interested in, and firmly support is the implementation of a National Citizen's Service. A policy of the Conservative Party, we need to convince the Scottish Government that such a service would be a of great benefit to the young people of Scotland. Unfortunately, the SYP overwhelmingly voted against the idea. Not to worry, I shall continue to campaign for it's implementation and hopefully I'll be able to raise the issue again with SYP.

I'm conscious that I've already rabbled on far to much so to give you an idea of what else I've been doing I'll put them in to a list ; creating my own newsletter for the constituency, attending a Children in Need debate at the BBC, attending a training weekend in Birmingham, attending the SCCYP's consultation event in the City Chambers and hosting Scottish Tory leader Annabel Goldie MSP in the constituency to mention just a few!

So there you have it, a quick update about the work that I've been doing as a Member of the Scottish Conservatives, Member of the Scottish Youth Parliament and a UK Young Ambassador!