Joani Reid: “Most of us in East Kilbride want the same simple thing: to get on with our lives and feel safe in our own streets.”

With my membership of the Parliamentary Labour Party restored, I am excited to play a full part in supporting our new Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, his government, and in renewing Scottish Labour.

I've had a rough few months, and politics can go quiet around you when that happens.

the scenes in East Kilbride last night were disgraceful

It frightens local people and it shames our town.