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Holly Cairns

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
164 total appearances

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Today with David McCullagh
Social Democrat Leader Holly Cairns

And that would be for people in apartments that could plug it in.

Today with David McCullagh
Social Democrat Leader Holly Cairns

But what we've seen is people who can afford to take these shocks have been able to get solar.

Today with David McCullagh
Social Democrat Leader Holly Cairns

And people who can't, haven't.

Today with David McCullagh
Social Democrat Leader Holly Cairns

And that's where the government is missing the point.

Today with David McCullagh
Social Democrat Leader Holly Cairns

We know that the costs of energy are affecting income earners that are higher than that now because of the shock increases, because of the rising cost of home heating oil and all of those things.

Today with David McCullagh
Social Democrat Leader Holly Cairns

Because so, of course, our policies have to change with the times.

Today with David McCullagh
Social Democrat Leader Holly Cairns

Sorry, we were in favour of a different approach to what the government took, but we voted in favour of those measures because given the situation that we're in, we recognise that we need measures.

Today with David McCullagh
Social Democrat Leader Holly Cairns

People desperately need it now.

Today with David McCullagh
Social Democrat Leader Holly Cairns

And for that reason, we voted in favour of those measures.

Today with David McCullagh
Social Democrat Leader Holly Cairns

I think this situation needs to be continuously monitored and I think it's welcomed.

Today with David McCullagh
Social Democrat Leader Holly Cairns

There has been supports introduced.

Today with David McCullagh
Social Democrat Leader Holly Cairns

I think it's a shame that people were so pinned to their collar that they had to take to that kind of a protest.

Today with David McCullagh
Social Democrat Leader Holly Cairns

And I think it's representative of a growing feeling of people feeling left behind and ignored by this government.

Today with David McCullagh
Social Democrat Leader Holly Cairns

Did you support the protests?

Today with David McCullagh
Social Democrat Leader Holly Cairns

Look, I support protest in general.

Today with David McCullagh
Social Democrat Leader Holly Cairns

Now, to be clear, I'm not in favour of blockading critical infrastructure.

Today with David McCullagh
Social Democrat Leader Holly Cairns

I think that's really important to highlight.

Today with David McCullagh
Social Democrat Leader Holly Cairns

But the right to protest is a really important one.

Today with David McCullagh
Social Democrat Leader Holly Cairns

And what people are feeling is real.

Today with David McCullagh
Social Democrat Leader Holly Cairns

And what isn't talked about actually a lot, David, throughout this, and I know from my own constituency, that