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Scottish and UK politics needs more characters, eccentricity and excitement...
I would love to address a crowd as big as this one day – this was First Minister Nicola Sturgeon at the SNP’s Tour at the SSE Hydro in Glasgow last year (picture from the SNP’s Flickr page) I recall...
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Glasgow had an incredible Commonwealth Games. Now bring on the Olympics!
This was George Square earlier this summer. But last year, it was buzzing during Glasgow 2014.Glasgow 2014 was more than a sporting occasion. It was a time of happiness for many people. It brought...
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Why pharmacy made me turn to the SNP
On Thursday evening, I took part in a canvassing session for Julie Ford who is the Scottish National Party candidate for a by election that is due to take place in Glenrothes West and Kinglassie next...
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Volunteers wanted for a new programme on 1st anniversary of Scottish...
It has been nearly one year since Scotland voted on the issue of independence. And it hasn’t been boring in the slightest! In the aftermath of the vote, I produced a programme called “The Campaign...
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Jeremy Corbyn’s election as Labour leader is irrelevant to Scotland
Welcome to Scotland. Welcome to a different political landscape. What would have been dubbed as an extraordinary surprise six months ago became the most predictable and unsurprising occurrence at...
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At the end of the day, ALL of us Scots are immigrants of our nation
At the end of the day, ethnic minority Scots like myself have nothing to prove to anybody. I mean, just look at the picture! At the end of the day, Scotland would never exist the dynamic and outgoing...
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NHS Scotland must be fully immune to the potential consequences of TTIP
Posting my written correspondence to David Cameron and Francis Maude over TTIPI have written to both Prime Minister David Cameron and the Minister of State for Trade and Investment Francis Maude to...
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What an accident with Greek Style Yoghurt taught me about ❤️ and kindness in...
Something so simple yet so extraordinary happened to me last night at a supermarket in Kinross-shire. Here is the status update from Facebok that I shared: “When I state that I am NOT a boring man...
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It’s time for a moratorium on homeopathy within NHS Scotland
If elected as an MSP to Holyrood next year, I will make it a personal pledge to ultimately see the abolition of homeopathy prescribing within NHS Scotland. With an annual budget from the block grant...
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The World According To Anas Hassan – Episode 1
https://officialanashassan.files.wordpress.com/2015/10/the-world-according-to-anas-hassan-episode-1.mp3 The first ever edition of my new podcast series has arrived. In this first episode I take a look...
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The abomination that is online dating and why we need to learn to love...
Image courtesy of Stuart Miles of FreeDigitalPhotos.net Every human being cherishes love. It’s natural. It is a fundamental element of life and even the human race wouldn’t survive without it. But...
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“Nice guys/ladies finish last” represents inhumanity at it’s worst and why we...
Image courtesy of fotographic1980 at FreeDigitalPhotos.net What do we entirely mean when it comes to the word “nice”? To quote Oxford Dictionaries online, it is defined as “giving pleasure or...
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Want to star in a new video cheering on #BothVotesSNP?
2016 will present an incredible opportunity for the Scottish National Party for the forthcoming elections to the Scottish Parliament. And, despite how good the polls have looked, nothing should ever...
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Junior Doctors 1-0 Jeremy Hunt
Image courtesy of number1411 at FreeDigitalPhotos.net I am heartened to see the excellent coverage all over social media of the solidarity of the junior doctors right across England so far today. It is...
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SPEECH: Why potential cuts to community pharmacy in England could impact on...
After days of writing this speech, failed attempt after failed attempt to produce a worthwhile speech and lots of frustration, I am delighted to reveal my own assessment, on camera, of how proposed...
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Why minimum alcohol pricing eliminates the need for fining binge drinkers on...
Image courtesy of zirconicusso at FreeDigitalPhotos.net Towards the end of last year, I ran a poll online asking potential participants whether they agreed with the idea of fining patients who use the...
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Let’s extend and invest in Scotland’s Minor Ailment Service, abolish...
Image courtesy of voraorn at FreeDigitalPhotos.net Scotland’s Minor Ailment Service (MAS) has been a well regarded success in the field of pharmacy over the best part of the last decade. It has opened...
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My health talk at SNP Rosyth and North Queensferry Branch
https://officialanashassan.files.wordpress.com/2016/03/snp-rosyth-and-n-queensferry-health-talk.mp3 I would love to become the first ever pharmacist to be elected to the Scottish Parliament for the...
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My thoughts about what could have been Independence Day for Scotland
Here is a status update I posted on my Facebook page last night regarding this particular day: “If Scotland had voted Yes around eighteen months ago, then nearly an hour ago we would have faced a new...
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Looking ahead to the future with a third term of SNP Government
Campaigning for David Torrance in Kirkcaldy Whilst I was initially bittersweet at the SNP missing out on an overall majority and seeing some exceptional candidates miss out on becoming MSP’s, I am now...
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