Everyone should have an affordable place to call home, but in many communities with high rents, a shocking number of landlords are hoarding property. Greens are going to change that ⤵️

Live in the City Centre or Inverleith? Want to join @scottishgreens.org election campaign? Join us at the Quaker Meeting House next week! RSVP at luma.com/15o4mp2i

📈 The gender pay gap in Scotland has increased by a staggering 20% since last year. Employers need to take a look at themselves if they think they’re doing anywhere near enough to close the gap. #STUCWomen25 @rozfoyer.bsky.social / @hannahmargbrown.bsky.social / @heraldscotland.bsky.social

This heartbreaking statement from asylum seekers in Manchester who are staying in hotels is important reading - please read and share and use this when faced with ignorance or misinformation: gmiau.org/greater-manc...

🆓 Did you know you can borrow a electric cargo bike FOR FREE to transport people 👩‍👧‍👦or bulky/heavy things 📦 @banzaiedinburgh.bsky.social has this fab cargo bike library service based in Bruntsfield and you can get started with a quick sign up banzaiedinburgh.org.uk/banzai-cargo...

‼️ Super important consultation klaxon ‼️ Every year I've been in this council we've been forced to make cuts to services and it's not going to get better unless we fix how councils are funded. Please respond to this consultation and help us replace council tax! consult.gov.scot/local-govern...

📣 The @euansguide.com Access Survey is open! 👩‍💻 This survey gathers real experiences from disabled people, their families, friends and carers and helps identify the barriers that still make going out harder than it should be and only takes around 30 minutes to complete. EuansGuide.com/AccessSurvey

Recent polling has Iain Macwhirter terrified about the prospect of a record result for the @scottishgreens.org next year! 📈 Any decision on the future of our party is a decision for our membership. People want hope right now, and it is Greens who will bring hope back to Scotland!

What's Claire up to in (and around) council this week? 🏛️ Policy & Sustainability Committee meeting 🌱 Signing people up to attend our workshop for potential future Green Councillors (see below!) 🪧 Scotland Demands Better march and rally edinburgh.greens.scot/events/whats...

Super excited to be organising this for potential new Green Councillors! If that's you, please register to attend. Or perhaps you know someone who would make a great Green Councillor, and you can share this event with them.

Can you join me and donate to Lorna’s re-election campaign: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/re-elect-l...

Beyonce's cycling thoughts: "I was able to get around Dublin because by the time anybody noticed me, I was gone. People just said 'hello' and gave me peace and I just felt so free - it was one of the best memories of my life." www.independent.ie/regionals/he...

Every day thousands of new members are joining the Green Party. And solidarity to our friends in @scottishgreens.org who are also rapidly growing as a party! Get involved: Greens.scot/join

Edinburgh Uni has a couple of really useful opportunities locally just now: 💰 Community Grants – grants of up to £5,000 for projects in the region local.ed.ac.uk/community-gr... 🆓 Community Access to Rooms - – free room bookings for charities and community groups local.ed.ac.uk/community-ro...

I’ve donated to Q’s campaign! Can you join me and help them get elected? www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/elect-q-ma...

The system isn't broken, it's rigged. It's time for real change.

Informative article in the Herald Online today discussing the need for traffic restrictions in the Cowgate, Edinburgh. As Living Streets Edinburgh Convener notes "Clearly a street with no traffic in it is going to be safer than a street with traffic in it." tinyurl.com/EDICowgate1015

What’s Claire up to in (and around) council this week? Mostly around and not in, because it’s recess this week! 🌻 Green Party conference plus other local Green meetings 👩‍💻 Attending New Town & Broughton Community Council 🏛️ Prep for P&S committee next week 📧 And catching up after my week off

Chip in today to elect Q Manivannan – a radical voice to the Scottish Parliament who is ready to fight for change. Any contribution - big or small - will make a huge difference to our people-powered campaign to deliver a record 3 Green MSPs for Edinburgh! www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/elect-q-ma...

Calling all @scottishgreens.org members going to #sgpconf Join us for an evening of food, fun, quizzing and music at our after-conference social! Tickets available NOW members.greens.scot/civicrm/even...

Glad to see Nigel Farage has finally remembered Nathan Gill, former leader of Reform in Wales - found guilty of taking bribes from Russia. Maybe he'll now remember how much he took from Putin's propaganda broadcaster Russia Today for all his TV appearances when he was a MEP?

What was Claire up to last week in (and around) council? 🏨 I jointly proposed a motion at full council condemning protests outside hotels where asylum seekers are living - see below for our cross party statement and my speech to the chamber

What's Claire up to in (and around) council this week? 🎭 Post-festivals resident engagement session at The Pleasance 🤝 Residents drop-in surgery 👩‍💻 Prep for council committees later this month And then from this Friday I'm taking a week of leave - see you back here from Monday 13th October

There's always lots of construction going on in the city centre ward 🏗️ so this new code of conduct for responsible construction is very very welcome. I'm only sorry that it's not mandatory - something for me to work towards! planningedinburgh.com/2025/10/01/n...

When any pupil goes to school, they should be able to do so safely, have appropriate toilets and changing rooms they can use, and be listened to and have their identity respected.

I was a teacher for 20 years, in primary, secondary & FE. I am now an education academic. I can confidently say that doing this to trans children is totally immoral & will harm them greatly. Painting a target on these kids’ backs will cause bullying and will result in trans kids school-refusing.

Ok. They’ve pissed me off. I’m back to tell you 3 things about ID cards: 1. Migrants ALREADY HAVE biometric ID cards & govts have been trying to digitise them for years w repeated fuckups & failures causing complete chaos - they don’t work, you do not want that system for you.

Still using the same membership system today as we were five days ago too 💻 Today’s a great day to join the Greens!

Just in case you were planning to (get it?? sorry!) please note you won't be able to view or comment on planning applications between 1pm Wed 24th and Fri 26th September planningedinburgh.com/2025/09/23/p...

Not that we are perfect, but we do have gender balanced leadership 👫, you can confidently sign up with a direct debit 💳, and every single member gets to attend and vote at conference 🗳️ Join now! greens.scot/join

The BBC should now do the same. Israel must not be allowed to use Eurovision to whitewash genocide.

Green Councillor Claire Miller has called out local politicians who spread inflammatory misinformation to grab headlines. edinburgh.greens.scot/blog/immigra...

What's Claire up to in (and around) council this week? 🔍 Governance, Risk and Best Value committee meeting 🎓 Induction as a new member of Edinburgh Partnership board 🎭 Visiting Fringe Society 🌻 As ever, lots of lovely Edinburgh Greens meetings

We're hosting multiple drop-in sessions across the city over the next few weeks, for residents to engage with our consultation on expanding the tram network. The next one is today (15 September) at Granton Station from 4pm to 7pm.

Realise it’s The North but surely this incident of political violence should be top news today, as opposed to a shooting in the US? This is the reality of polarising politics in a country where 2 MPs have been murdered in the last decade. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The EHRC has now submitted their draft Code of Practice to the UK Government and we are calling for full scrutiny & meaningful debate on the Code, to ensure trans people have access to public services, spaces and life. Email your MP - Template here: www.scottishtrans.org/codeofpracti...

I was so excited about this - we really do have too many bin lorries lumbering about our tiny city centre streets and wynds, causing all sorts of problems, so I can’t understand why other councillors wouldn’t want to look at our options to manage this better.

The EHRC has now submitted their draft Code of Practice to the UK Government & it could have a devastating impact on trans lives in the UK. We need you to write to your MP, supporting our call for full scrutiny & meaningful debate on the Code. Template here: www.scottishtrans.org/codeofpracti...

Two really mental things: - That the British press seems largely uninterested in this story - That we've always known about Peter Mandelson's friendship with Epstein and everyone, including Keir Starmer, is just like 🤷‍♀️ www.thenational.scot/news/2545307...

If you want to come to the Edinburgh Demands Better meeting, here's all the details: bsky.app/profile/pove...

And the papers for the Edinburgh Partnership meeting are online here: democracy.edinburgh.gov.uk/ieListDocume... Really important paper being discussed today: 5.2 Third Sector Review: Engagement Feedback and recommendations

What's Claire up to in (and around) council this week? ℹ️ Improvement Service board meeting 🤝 Attending my first Edinburgh Partnership board meeting ✊ Going along to the Edinburgh Demands Better meeting 🌡️ Climate strategy briefing 🧮 Council accounts briefing

3️⃣School 3 in my series of "Lost Board Schools of Edinburgh" looks at Castlehill. A building familiar to many but with a particularly interesting history (if you are interested in that sort of thing) 🧵▶️

What’s the story behind those dodgy gift shops on Princes Street in Edinburgh? Jim Waterson of @londoncentric.media investigates in bonus edition of the Minute: edinburghminute.substack.com/p/tax-evadin...

Here's something a bit different. We've been reporting from Edinburgh to try to get to the bottom of a mystery in London. Princes Street is the Scottish capital's most famous shopping street — and it's gaining the *exact same* tatty gift shops as London. www.londoncentric.media/p/edinburgh-...

This week trains in Scotland got cheaper! 🚆 Our public transport must be accessible, reliable and affordable. That's why we've worked so hard alongside unions and passengers to scrap peak fares on our railways, and provide free travel for young people on our buses and ferries.

With Mother's Against Genocide reading out the names of the thousands of Palestinian children killed by Israel. We're reading names all day outside Scottish Parliament. It's tough. There are tears. Anyone available to join us please do.

🎉BREAKING: Scotland has joined the global movement to boycott Israel! The proposal put forward by Green MSP @patrickharvie.bsky.social was supported by a majority of members in the Scottish Parliament.

This is great news! Well done to everyone who has campaigned for this for years and years! 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸