The SNP MSP also assures Courier readers that he buys his own clothes and has never had a free ticket to a Taylor Swift concert.
However, the biggest blunder any government in the UK has made this century could be coming, fears the SNP MSP.
“They are a total menace”, a constituent told me at my surgery last week - seagulls.
Despite reports stating Inverness is out of the running, the SNP MSP doesn’t think that means giving up the fight yet.
Inverness never expected to be Europe’s oil and gas capital - nor should Aberdeen be the renewables capital, says SNP MSP.
The A9 dualling project and Post Office scandal are also topics for our MSP.
SNP leadership, end of the power-sharing agreement with the Greens and wood-burning stoves are among the hot topics for our MSP.
Last week in Holyrood, the Scottish Government bowed to the inevitable. Climate change targets for 2030, always unachievable, have now been scrapped.
Working together across party divides can bring results, says our MSP.
Fair to say the committee members, all of whom asked probing questions, were not overly impressed, says our MSP.
'If my constituents had wanted a doormat, they would have gone to B&Q!' says our MSP.
Last week, during the hullabaloo in Westminster, in Holyrood we debated the NHS and lack of NHS dentistry.
In nearly a quarter of a century in Holyrood I have never called upon anyone to resign as a Minister.
Staff usually drive up and back on the same day or have to stay over in hotels – that does not seem a practical or effective, says our columnist.
The Post Office used a flawed computer system.
My job is to press the government to implement the A9 plan whilst listening carefully to industry about how in practice we ensure it can be delivered.
This week, I expect the Scottish Government to make its much vaunted Ministerial Statement on the A9 dualling project.
In addressing insufficient NHS dental services the challenge spans the entirety of Scotland and is particularly pronounced in the Highlands.
Helping promote an important health message and remembering a towering figure of Scottish politics.
Better than a fixed cash payment is a share in ownership of each farm, says Inverness and Nairn MSP.