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It’s a running joke in academia that Matt Goodwin is bad at maths. This sort of thing is why: the combined Labour/Green vote could have split in any way possible and Goodwin would have finished 2nd or 3rd. He did not lose because progressives coordinated. He lost *in spite of them not doing so*.

I was at the count in Gorton and Denton last night and we all saw Matt Goodwin eat ballot papers. His girlfriend and team begged him to stop but he kept stuffing it into his mouth and making grunting sounds like the Cookie Monster

It’s worth returning to Monday here, to remind ourselves that the commentariat seemed genuinely astonished and deeply alarmed to discover the public are more upset about facilitating crimes against humanity than they are about the pundits’ forever war upon transgender people in toilets

More door-knocking this weekend! We'll meet in Dalry (10:30am) and Sciennes (1pm) on Saturday 28 February, and Inverleith (11am), Marchmont (1pm), Silverknowes (1pm) and Abbeyhill (2pm) on Sunday 1 March. Join us to help Scottish Greens get elected this May!

The Farage playbook is so Trumpian. When they win or come a close second (not tonight boyo) it's always 'a political earthquake' and when they lose, it's straight to, 'the game was rigged'. Pathetic populists.

Hannah Spencer walking into Westminster, sucking her teeth, tutting, and muttering "tell you what, you've had some cowboys in here."

This is the group's first budget since being joined by Cllr McKenzie. And he brought PROPS (😍)to demonstrate how disappointed he is by his former party's failure to deliver on their manifesto.

Even though things seem like they might all be stitched up already, we're presenting our budget asks - Green Cllrs have learned from previous years that things we fight for might fail at first, but often bear fruit in later years! Cllrs Claire & Alys made the case for more spending on equality ♀️🦽✊🏾🏳️‍🌈🫄

why does Jeremy Corbyn, a man who clearly does not enjoy leading political parties, keep running political parties

I look forward to seeing some of you here tonight. Lots to be said :)

Budget Day in Edinburgh and it seems - as in past years - Labour will be teaming up with the Tories to get their budget passed😒 It's depressing when other parties put their own interests above those of the city, but Green Cllrs will continue to fight for public money to be spent for public good ✊

This is a massive scandal. Labour has invented a made-up tactical vote organisation to trick Gorton and Denton into voting for them. How can this even be legal?

Sending love and best wishes to @greenpartyhan.bsky.social and all the Green campaigners in Gorton & Denton today.

hate this in general but also what is Labour doing to reopen women's shelters? what is Labour doing to make sure conviction rates for rapes start going up again? what is Labour doing to make sure women feel they can trust the police? what is Labour doing to stop sexual harassers?

From dodgy bar charts to degrading drug experts - Labour have been shameful this by-election, & aren't fit to win another election. Best of luck to Hannah Spencer & the Greens tomorrow 🤞 💚

If Reform win due to enough people being misled by this leaflet then there is no debate that the Labour “country of strangers” party prefers the far right to the progressive left

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I love the idea of some hotel receptionist saying “And we’re looking forward to welcoming Lord Mandelson next week as well“ and Hoyle saying “wait what”

The Green Party are ahead among likely voters in Gorton and Denton. But only just. They'll only win if more people sign up to knock on doors on election day - tomorrow. Consider helping to change the course of history! 👇 tinyurl.com/gdpollingday

When you're alone and life is making you lonely you can always go

You when a woman says something and is ignored then a man repeats it and everyone agrees? “Hepeating” apparently. Just seen the same thing with chatbots: someone asked a question and people answered. Next day someone posts that they asked ChatGPT and posted the same answer. 🤷‍♀️🤷

🗞️Bouyed by a great weekend at Scottish Greens Conference and the biggest action day in recent memory here in Edinburgh; Greens are on the rise and you should join us!

Listen to this 13 year old who went to her city's council meeting. She had some things she needed to get off her chest

People say "be gay do crimes" but when its Peter Mandelson you're all suddenly opposed are you

NEW: Police confirm Peter Mandelson has been arrested Met spokesperson- “He was arrested at an address in Camden on Monday, 23 February and has been taken to a London police station for interview. This follows search warrants at two addresses in the Wiltshire and Camden areas.”

so you've probably heard about the London measles outbreak. A lot of people are talking about anti-vax misinformation, but that's not actually the problem here. The problem is austerity. 🧵

Great team of @edinburghgreens.bsky.social out in Gorgie Dalry today, knocking on doors and telling people how winnable Edinburgh Central is for @scottishgreens.org candidate @lornaslater.bsky.social.

Ramadan Mubarak from me and the Edinburgh and Lothians East Greens! @edinburghgreens.bsky.social

Me, Q, Kayleigh & Lorna: your gorgeous top four Green MSP candidates for Edinburgh & Lothians East. We're currently polling to elect our biggest ever group of MSPs to Scottish Parliament - we've (green) energy, movement & hope on our side. Join us, and #VoteGreen @edinburghgreens.bsky.social

When people say “race is a social construction” it can often seem abstract. The use of “Judeo-Christian” as a seemingly natural ethno-religious category—despite centuries of anti-Jewish expulsions, pogroms and mass killing—is a good example of a political project constructing identity to gain power.

This is absolute gold

Free bus travel for all and more funding for childcare – all the key manifesto pledges announced at the @scottishgreens.org conference today ⬇️

Join us this Sunday, 22 February, for a day of action! With @lornaslater.bsky.social on track to being elected as Edinburgh Central MSP, we'll be spreading the word in Central, South, and South East Edinburgh. - 11am at the Pavilion Cafe on the Meadows or - 2pm outside the Co-op at 114 Dalry Road.

We hope to see you all there!

This was to be expected from Labour and the Tories, but it was genuinely disappointing that the SNP refused to stand up for Scotland today, in case it upset Donald Trump. His military breached Scots law and abducted two people from our territorial waters just a few weeks ago. We must respond.

"So will it be the same act but with a different label?" Victoria Derbyshire humiliates Zia Yusuf on Reform UK's plan to scrap the Equalities Act, because, as she reads each of the things from the Equalities act he confirms they'll still be protected 🤷‍♂️

The AI bubble RAM crisis is caused for non-existent problems by non-existent money for a non-existent infrastructure to meet non-existent demand to make non-existent business and will utterly destroy real business based on real demand and real infrastructure built with real money for real problems.

It’s already started. Sodha has cheered this hate campaign on from her massive platform in the national press for years: bsky.app/profile/woke...

Sure feels like the 'AOC is a foreign policy lightweight' would be a more interesting argument if every president since George H.W. Bush hadn't also been a foreign policy lightweight when not actively a Dunning-Kruger disaster.

2 million people in the UK are paid the national minimum wage. Reform are a party of the rich, for the rich.

This week the Greens will bring a vote in Parliament to ensure Scotland ends complicity with Trump's extremist regime.

This is extremely ugly www.thejc.com/news/uk/matt...

Welcome to Reform’s front bench Yusuf, Hampton School, £29,916 per year Jenrick, Wolverhampton Grammar, £17,835 per year Farage, Dulwich College, £30,618 per year Tice, Uppingham School, £58,176 per year Braverman, Heathfield School, defunct private school The authentic voice of the working class

They've raised your rent, increased energy prices, and stagnated your wages. The super-rich are exploiting the people of Scotland. The same billionaires are now bankrolling Reform UK. We need to tax the super-rich and return power to our communities. #VoteScottishGreens

Today the astro-community discussed the devastating proposed 30% cuts to our research funding, cuts that will be offsetting (some of the) rising costs at UK facilities that we don't use. Hard not to feel victimised when those same facilities make a fanfare announcement about an expensive facelift. 🔭

By signing this action, you are adding your voice to a growing call for a loch restoration project and asking decision-makers to stop delaying and start delivering ✏️ greens.scot/linlithgowloch