To all those who keep asking me this question. This is the answer! Tax the rich.

Fantastic episode that shows the importance of proportional representation, tackling poverty, and enabling the rich to contribute more to society 💚 amongst other things.

The Scottish Greens negotiated the Mansion Tax in the Scottish Budget. This will mean 1,163 mansions in Aberdeen City will pay extra towards local services such as health, educations & roads. Riches should not be hoarded by a few people, but used for the common good. 1/2

Donald Trump continues to threaten the invasion of our allies in Greenland. Scotland must be clear that we stand with our friends, by ensuring the US military cannot use Scottish infrastructure and assets to launch operations against them.

We owe it to firefighters to keep them safe. But they suffer a significantly increased risk of ill health as a result of their work. Tomorrow we're leading a debate in the Scottish Parliament calling for the investment our fire service needs.

Guns beget violence and we don't need them on our streets. Totally agree with Tristan on this.

£9m to support communities and workers as a result of Mossmorran closure 🔥 Funding for Strathclyde Passenger Transport to shift bus services to public control 🚌✊ Newburgh Rail Station a step closer to reopening 🚆 Green MSP influence running through Scottish budget 💚

Vote @scottishgreens.org in Bearsden South on Thursday 29th January. 💚 Our candidate Emma Sheppard has ran everything from the community council to the parent council to the gala day. She is a real community champion! It was a pleasure to be out chapping doors with her and @ross-greer.bsky.social

Been thinking a lot about how we are talking about health and society so I wrote down some thoughts about what happens when self-care replaces collective care, and why joy, connection, and shared spaces are as essential to a nation’s wellbeing as any diet zoegrunewald.substack.com/p/when-whats...

Scotland will expand free school breakfast clubs and support former Mossmorran workers. It will be paid for by taxes on private jets, shooting estates, and million pound homes. The Scottish Green proposals were accepted by the Scottish Government and announced in today's budget.

Our @dungreens.bsky.social team were joined by @gillianmacmsp.bsky.social to speak with voters ahead of the Bearsden South by-election later this month 💚 Lots of support for our plans to bring buses back into public ownership & run the services our communities actually need 🚌

Even though there are things I've welcomed in the Scottish Budget, I still feel that 2% extra is basically another cut for councils which are already struggling to keep public services going.

The Scottish Government has agreed to both key @scottishgreens.org tax proposals: ✈️ A new tax on the 12,000 private jet flights taken in Scotland every year 🏰 A 'Mansion Tax' on £1 million+ homes This will raise millions for services like schools and our NHS.

Good to hear that money is now being put in to training Scotland's workers for a Just Transition.

Good to hear the Scottish Budget with provide support for better buses within SPT area.

Just finished reading Prophet Song by Paul Lynch, an excellent, if at times difficult read, which should be compulsory for anyone considering voting Reform. So important to recognise the humanity of people who's life's journey brings them to a small boat.

Today's budget day and the Scottish Greens want to see: - an expansion of free school meals - childcare actually free from three - expansion of free bus travel to under 30s - introduction of a 'mansion tax' - increased taxes on casinos and betting shops. I also want to see funding for SPT's buses.

Gambling companies make huge profits by preying on the most vulnerable. Regulating them is reserved to Westminster, but we can increase their taxes in Scotland. That way they would be forced to pay for the damage they cause to individuals and society. www.heraldscotland.com/news/2575628...

In Edinburgh Central you can vote @scottishgreens.org because you agree with our policies and know that we have a genuine chance of winning the seat (see @ballotbox.scot projection). We won't try to scare you into it with made up stories about Tory horses*

"You can absolutely care about the planet but still need to drive your kids to school if public transport is not an affordable or accessible option." Talking climate & nature with The Times. 👇🏼 www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

Nigel Farage has been out today defending a platform that creates child sex abuse images and harasses women. Remember this the next time he says his anti immigrant rhetoric is motivated by concern for women and children.

You don't get good photos phonebanking, but you do get a massive to do list and lots of new helpers 😊

A weekend reminder as we look ahead to the election in May that there are new boundaries, most massively impacting Glasgow and Edinburgh. I have notional results plus an in-depth preview explaining the changes for every region here: ballotbox.scot/scottish-par...

All children deserve the best start in life, regardless of where they live. We're calling on the Scottish Government to ensure free childcare always starts when a child turns three and not months later.

🗣 "It's the inequality and corporates that are destroying the country. It's not a disabled person, a trans person or a migrant." 👏👏👏 @zackpolanski.bsky.social in conversation with @jimmythegiant.bsky.social

I feel like you should get confetti and a marching band when you deactivate your Twitter account, not just #Goodbye 🎉👋

It's time we taxed the super rich fairly to fund the services and infrastructure we all need.

🟢 Free bus travel for under 30s 🟢 Expand free school meals 🟢 Childcare free from three These are the kind of changes we need in next week's budget if we're to reduce the cost of living and give young people the best start in life.

Reform are driving hate and division in our communities. We can't allow that to happen. Life has become much harder for many folks across Scotland. But the scapegoating and false promises from a millionaire-backed party will change nothing for the better.

Tackling the climate crisis and saving people money must be the priority!

Scottish Green MSPs have used budget negotiations to deliver free bus travel for young people, scrap peak rail fares, fund nature restoration, expand free school meals and more. Labour have campaigned for nothing and achieved nothing.

BREAKING: MSPs have voted to ban Ash Regan from the Scottish Parliament for two days

It's important to me that childcare is as accessible, affordable, and useful, and that's why I support the @scottishgreens.org current ask for childcare to be free from three. This has already been done successfully in Glasgow.

This is a simple fix that will save young families money, support local services, and start to offer a better deal for parents across the country. greens.scot/news/greens-...

The Scottish Greens are calling for childcare to be free from three, not the term after a child turns three, but straight away. Saving parents money and making childcare provision fairer. We need to make childcare more affordable and this has already been successful in Glasgow.

Childcare is extortionate, and the current government offering is leaving families struggling. Greens are campaigning to deliver free child care to all children from the day they turn three years old to support families.

It's -4c but that didn't stop us getting back out to knock on doors and speak to voters in Bearsden South tonight 🥶 All @scottishgreens.org members are very welcome to come along for some campaigning before polling day. Four weeks to go! 💚🗳️

A pro-independence majority can be secured in May by voting for the Scottish Greens. 💚🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Suzanne Moore in 2020: "As a feminist, I would argue that gender is socially constructed, and it can be reconstructed." And in 2025: "This must be the year Britain finally kills off trans ideology." Transphobia is the engine that pulls the train of fascism.

Sorry about the noise. I wanted to show you the junction where there was an accident yesterday on the A737 through Beith. This is currently a 50mph road with no crossings but loads of accidents. There have been plans to do something about this road for years and years, but nothing has yet happened.

Abolish the House of Lords

The party was behind the introduction of free bus travel for all Scots up to the age of 22 👉 www.heraldscotland.com/news...

Cheap public transport is a win-win for people and planet. It means less congestion, less air pollution, and more money in your pocket. 4 years ago we delivered free bus travel for under 22s, now we have the opportunity to deliver it for another 500,000 people aged up to 30.

My crowdfunder is still going, if anyone wants to help out! Hopefully we can get two Scottish Green MSPs in West Scotland next year! www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/elect-cara...

Really glad that @gillianmacmsp.bsky.social Gillian Mackay's Act introducing buffer zones to enable people to access healthcare without harassment is making a difference already. Proud to be a Scottish Green 💚

I wrote a bit in the Evening News on why I've joined @scottishgreens.org It's only been 2 weeks, but I've already learned a lot from Green councillors and I'm loving being part of a group that is so focused and hard-working.

The point about litigation for these terrible people isn't necessarily to win, although they obv do want that too. It's that their backers have almost limitless cash with which fuck over & drag through the courts those speaking out for trans rights disciplining activists & quashing free speech

Donate to my crowdfunder and help us get two Scottish Greens elected for West Scotland next year. Find the link in bio or here: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/elect-cara... Even £10 helps us with the costs of newsletters, mailings, boosting social media posts and so much more.

In which we discover, to no one's surprise at all, that Labour's "crackdown" is no different to the Tories' "crackdowns" - just state bullying of poor people trying to survive www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

A new report for Parliament shows UK trade with Israel has been increasing amid the genocide. But Israel accounts for just 0.3% of UK trade and is only Britain’s 42nd largest trading partner, meaning imposing sanctions would be easy if there were political will.