i hope every single person who still buys harry potter merch or engages with that franchise is happy that they're literally making girl guides cry girl guides uk have been forced very much against their will to exclude trans girls. full statement is here: www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-...

while we are at it: regular reminder that in scotland, legally, both under older legislation and uncrc, parents do not have *rights* they have *responsibilities*. it's children who have rights. "parents' rights" are as made up as "sex based rights" and for the same reasons

i really wish i had read this in the presence of @ulycia.bsky.social & @indymichaelg.bsky.social

It’s not where we come from that counts, it’s about where we’re going. Great to meet Afghan Scots children at Maryhill Burgh Halls and hear a lovely rendition of Robert Burns.

National using an excellent image that sums up their relationship perfectly.

What a fragile lil guy, seeing the FM do his job. Last time I checked JS was the head of the Scottish Government just as EM is head of the Welsh Government. Not of heads of "devolved administrations" Such loathing and contempt for the institutions you claim to champion.

Disincentivising pension contributions for the generation set to pay for their parents and grandparents pensions via increased taxes on working people isn't a good way to balance books. We should be encouraging and supporting more people to save for the future. Triple lock be damned.

Credit where it's due, it's good they're reforming online gambling duties but it's incredibly lacking that they're leaving in person gambling alone. Bit pathetic that the Labour's take on gambling as a public health issue is far weaker than the conservatives plan.

That wasn't very Office of Budget Responsible of you.

The current intake of labour MPs have actually surprised me as some of the most vile, upset and angry people in politics. So they've resorted to borderline actionable ragebait. Pitiful behaviour that shouldn't be rewarded.

Okay, but this isn't a new service. This is cutting and merging existing services that already exist, under the guise of a new service. That's a really underwhelming new direction given both those services are separate for good reason.

Name a non-english film

Harman explaining that actually, horrible migrant crackdowns are left wing politics and if you - a white person - don’t like it, then you are actively harming people from ethnic minorities. An outrageous insult to the public’s intelligence IMO, offhandedly dropping a dog turd onto your dinner plate.

It's that time of year again when a newspaper gives politicians an award. This time it's the Herald giving Douglas Ross an award for committee MSP of the year despite the fact he tried to chair a session from the Caribbean this summer. Truly, a politician and paper of the people.

I don't think Trump's TSA will ever truly be prepared for what will happen this summer.

Always entertaining to know that Anas is probably the person most likely to benefit from independence from Westminster.

What about foundation? HS: you've already got one. We've had one, yes. But what about second foundation? I don't think he knows about second foundation Salvor

Ah yes, Sauchiehall st. Simultaneously neglected by GGC but also a building site as GGC continues to invest and improve the area. Also this might be the first time in history Sauchiehall st has been referred to as "Glasgow's Pride".

I see Reeve's is writing a budget by systematically leaking and teasing particular tax rises then adjusting depending on public reaction outrage. Good plan. New direction with labour etc

Got home last night after a week of unplanned hell in the Paisley RAH. Slept on a new mattress, woke up to locally roasted coffee and cooked breakfast. Quite possibly the best 12 hours of my life. Cherish your health friends and the little things.

The Onion has decided to target me, personally.

Come the next election, I think we can probably forgive the electorate for not having the slightest faith Yorps could run a bath, let alone Bath Council.

When your 9:30 clinic ortho appointment turns into a 2pm admission.

Is the plan to fix our NHS in the room with us? Because it's certainly not in that article other than more whinging and celebrating GB Energy. Piss poor politics trying to capitalise on people's pain. Anyway, very grateful to the good folks at Paisley RAH for patching up my ankle. 10/10 care.

I think the part of this new cult of personality venture that actually frustrates me is that for the first time in decades there's parties on the left in each part of the UK capable of putting up substantial defenses to the far right. Your Party has no policy and you think you can win in May?

Extremely happy for our Plaid Cymru allys. Resoundingly rejecting fascists and presenting a positive vision for Wales. Onwards to May 2026

I take a philosophical approach that I want people to be in parties that make them happy. There's no sense in torturing yourself for what might be in an environment you're genuinely unhappy in. All power to you. That said, your party won't exist in a year.

Just a quick question, have yous taken complete leave of all your senses?

Not to defend the greens here but everything in this article is a classic example of not understanding Scottish politics from Sultana.

Statement number 3785 of Anas shitting on the NHS, saying he'll do whatever it takes to fix the NHS, but with no actual idea on what that might be. Banking on people's pain with no plan, nor idea on how to fix it, to win an election is one of the worst kinds of politics.

I'm no polling guru. There are many, many other queer men who'd cut someone for that title, but it doesn't take a PhD to know this is buh bull shit.

Honoured to have been elected the SNP's Disabled Members' Convener. Lots to do and ready to get crackin

DJ is not a real job

You know, it occurs to me that maybe, just maybe, Ash Regan isn't actually a team player

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Year of violent harassment of vulnerable people outside hotels = silence, no action. Some people painted on a plane/oppose some genocide =

Most happy that our resolutions have made the final agenda. If you've got an experience going through either an autism or ADHD diagnosis in Scotland (good or bad), then I'd very much like to hear from you and my dms are open. Important that policy is driven by lived experience. Yours. Yes, you.

Hard to see how this isn't negligent ecocide.

External examiner board ratify my grade challenge 2025

SNP friends + delegates, I’m standing for Disabled Members’ Convener + West West Scotland NEC rep. As an NHS worker + activist, I’ll be a voice for common sense + accountability, working to empower disabled members + win this May. Let’s win this, vote Michael number 1💛.

Yet my groomsmen have so far failed to say that to my sword collection

Losing yet another MSP day one of conference is always a good look for a party that's trying to frame itself as one of government in 7 months.

It's concerning seeing good indy folk still actively posting on x. Who do you think will still read your takes on fash dot com? Free yourselves and call your friends.

Poll numbers in the toilet, daily political embarrassments and the new phase 2 solution is the most embarrassing failed recycled Blair idea yet. Like 95% of other initiatives planned by Starmer, that wasn't in their manifesto, I don't actually see it happening.

Had to start using a semi-permanent crutch due to ✨ disability ✨ Update: shocked at how much easier literally everything is. Furious that I wasted weeks pretending I was too tough to need one, when I could’ve been doing dramatic cane flourishes in doorways like a discount 5e wizard.

Labour: "hmm Reform's immigration sums just don't add up, golly." What they should be saying is "jfc, this is modern fascism, here's what we're going to do for legal migration".

In a good place right now. Not mentally, just at Loch Fyne

Got bi-visabilitied in bi-visabilitity week at the pub tonight and feeling very validated.