So John Swinney's "new" referendum plan is to do the same thing that the SNP have done in every Holyrood election. Both votes SNP, so we have a majority.

Harold Shipman arrested over inappropriate use of prescription drugs.

Honestly, it's baffling to me that people could view Sandie Peggie as anything other than a vile racist bully who should be nowhere near working in health care.

Draw the line. Join the Green Party today ⤵️ join.greenparty.org.uk?utm_source=s...

Congratulations to the newly elected Leader of the Green Party of England & Wales, @zackpolanski.bsky.social

Happy Labor Day, comrades 🫡

🚉It's official! The last ever peak-time ScotRail services have departed the station. Greens, trade unions and commuters worked together to force real change. Now workers will save money every day.

Again, if the key touchstone for this new party is going to be Gaza, I ask "what niche is it filling that isn't already filled by the Greens", and if the answer is "well the Greens aren't transphobic enough" then I ask why you think bigotry is a selling point for the Left in the era of New Fascism

Your Party has got a transphobic MP before they’ve even gotten a name!

The real threat to women has always been predatory men, not trans women, such as allegedly this Labour MSP. Colin Smyth should resign now & Labour should get their house in order & deal with predatory men in their party before it takes a headline to do something.

When Labour in the future say you have to vote for them to stop Reform – remember there are countless reasons that argument is equal parts absurd and offensive. But 26th August 2025 should stand out for their complete capitulation to the right. Absolutely shameful.

From Bristol Patriots' facebook page if anyone wonders how it went for the fash today.

Lucy Connolly is a far-right extremist who called for hotels full of fellow human beings to be burned. She’s disgusting, and anyone who has an ounce of sympathy for her is a danger

Last week, we were out & about talking to the public in Glasgow! At a time when hostility can feel overwhelming, it was deeply heartwarming to hear how much love, compassion & solidarity is out there. The message was resoundingly clear: Refugees are welcome here! 🧡 #partofthebiggerpicture🧩

I’ll go even further, you can block anyone for any reason or no reason. People act like they have a right to your online space, but this is my own tailored space on the internet. I choose what I want to see. I choose if I find the vibe radiating from you acceptable or not.

I think the thing that I find most exhausting about Britain is just that nothing works. At all. Even a little bit. The government has slashed public spending to such an extent that every service I interact with has failed catastrophically all year, and the message from them is that it'll get worse.

How are we still having this conversation at a time of huge inequality? 4 million children living in poverty. Billionaire wealth has doubled. And these people dare to say "Won't someone think of the billionaires?" Tax. The. Rich.

Reform just tell people whatever they think you want to hear. And of course that includes former Tory Ministers turned Reform. We must hold them to account. Every. Single. Time.

Growing up did anyone else have a weird obsession with an unlikely celebrity? I just had a flashback to being a teenager and being obsessed with Bill Turnbull (RIP) from BBC Breakfast.

As a caseworker this sort of thing makes me deeply uncomfortable. Not just because it would increase job insecurity but when a constituent takes the step to reach out to their elected rep it is usually their last resort at trying to find a solution to particularly harrowing situations.

Self ID for me but not for thee www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Bit the bullet and joined GPEW so I can vote for @zackpolanski.bsky.social we need a strong and progressive sister party putting the pressure on in Westminster

It’s actually quite concerning just how much the British public think ripping the heart out of our society, and taking an ICBM to a knife fight, was necessary. Like pointed out here, our government dismantled key aspects of maintaining a functional state all in the name of saving a few quid.

I found something @catsofyore.bsky.social will like, I hope! from a book in our newsroom library …

I do not understand how anyone could read through the exchanges today at the Sandie Peggie tribunal and not come away with a clear picture of who the actual villain of this story is. www.scotsman.com/news/politic...

I'm a Scottish Greens member, so separate to the Green Party of England & Wales, but Zack is exactly the type of political leader the UK needs. Not afraid to clearly call out the snake oil of Reform, & offer solutions to properly improve the lives of all communities who have been left behind ✊️💚

If someone is explicitly discriminatory, there is a 0% chance that they are not also implicitly discriminatory in their work.

The reason I find the Sandie Peggie case so distressing is because it’s *such* a clear example of bigotry. There is no evidence of Dr Upton doing anything to make anyone uncomfortable ever, other than existing as a trans woman in a woman’s changing room. She’s blameless.

thinking about this gym advert that really could’ve used a single Scottish person reading it first

“Gender critical” by ensuring gender presentation and gender roles are policed. Slow hand clap to all involved

Hi John, tell me why voting is more like smoking than say being employed or paying taxes?

I think the difficulty for Britain is that compared to America this is much more of a cultural malaise, driven by a lot of things in our national character.

In 20 years time, this will be looked at with the same disgust that much of society looks at section 28 now. And Starmer will be just another hated figure.

Funny how much "encouraging pupils to question their gender" sounds like Section 28's "promoting homosexuality".

"When history looks back people will wonder how artists could have had a microphone in front of them and not said anything." I spoke today to the News Agents. 👇🏼

People arent going to like this take because this site is so American but the reality of it is that every single way in which a car is "more convenient" is very literally illusory in literally all cases except where public transport actually /physically does not exist./ Yes sorry it's all delusion

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Parliament and Hansard have removed “We are all Palestine Action” from my speech on Wednesday 2 July 2025 — despite me saying it. This is a blatant attempt to censor me and rewrite the record. This is not how a democracy behaves. We will not be silenced.

If this is accurate then the BBC has spent a lot of time making Israel look as good as it possibly can and ‘both-sides’ing a genocide just for the govt to attack them anyway.

To people on this platform saying that those holding "I support Palestine Action" signs deserve to be arrested, because PA has been designated a terrorist group by the government: Remember that lickspittles and system justifiers have enabled every form of oppression, everywhere.

We can’t as a city claim to care about our shocking drug death numbers and then complain about projects like this.

If there's one thing that has become clear its that fascism rips apart the morality of everyone living under it. To the point that even those who deem themselves progressive and just cheer and celebrate the deaths of nebulous enemies.

obvious maybe but still worth noting that the western news media treats someone shouting "death to america" or "death to the idf" much, much more seriously than the actual deaths being caused by america and the idf

‘Harvey would say, we’re on the brink’: why conservatives are coming for a gay rights hero

Instead they're doing nothing for no one.

The use of the Terrorism Act to proscribe Palestine Action is disproportionate and sets a dangerous precedent.

EDL have actually killed an MP but they're not banned

The normalisation of a 4 day working week with no loss of pay will have a transformative impact on the health and wellbeing of workers and on their performance.