The UK Government's consultation on "earned" settlement (how and when people can build their lives here in the UK) closes today www.gov.uk/government/c... Please fill it in - the govt proposals are so so harmful

Green door-knocking sessions happening on the regular now across Edinburgh and Lothians - and we're getting such lovely responses on the doorstep. Do get in touch if you'd like to join us - you don't need to be a member to join our campaign 🌱 @edinburghgreens.bsky.social #VoteGreen

I had a lovely time chatting to all the different initiatives at Leith Chooses on Saturday - superb work Cllr Susan Rae and everyone involved. @leithchooses.bsky.social @edinburghgreens.bsky.social

If you're in the Lothian region, my friend @katenevens.bsky.social is a list candidate for the Scottish Green Party. She's one of the best people I know and an utterly tireless fighter for the vulnerable. Having her as an MSP would be a great thing. Please register to vote (and then vote)!

Edinburgh and Glasgow, come and see @carolinelucas.bsky.social talk about how we transform our politics and the world (chatting with me) - book now!

This weekend please join us in the city centre and Meadowbank to help get Q, Kate and Lorna elected to Holyrood. Polls have Lorna tipped for a historic win in Edinburgh Central! 💚 ➡️ 🗳️ ➡️ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 What better opportunity to speak with folk in your community & take a stand against fascism and climate denial?

Look what I got in the post over the holidays! The best gift. I'll be interviewing Saleem as part of his his book tour at Portobello Books on Monday 16 February if anyone fancies joining us: www.theportobellobookshop.com/events/salee... @portybooks.bsky.social

Happy new year everyone! Sylvie in her new jumper, ready for election year campaigning...

I already had an awful lot of time and respect for Tressa from Glasgow Disability Alliance. This is excellent ✊ Disability charity chief condemns UK government as she rejects MBE share.google/wFcCPwkB8N5z...

Merry Christmas from a -2° Aberdeen ❄️

A couple of hours campaigning followed by a quick drink with the fabulous East Lothian crew in Musselburgh yesterday - lots of new & regular faces joining us on the campaign trail 💚 Happy festivities to everyone! We'll be back with more door-knocking in the new year! @edinburghgreens.bsky.social

Door-knocking in Leith yesterday with fellow target candidate @qmanivannan.bsky.social, local councillor @chasbooth.bsky.social and a wondrously large and energetic team of folk, despite the dreich @edinburghgreens.bsky.social

Taking a women against the far right organising call from a pub in Leith - not ideal. We really need more third spaces and cafes open in the evening in Edinburgh, for organisers, freelancers, gig workers and non-drinkers to collaborate and rest.

This is VERY exciting. Bring on 2026!

We cannot make the systemic changes in society that we need through parliamentary politics alone - we have to work hand-in-hand with our grassroots activists & the wider Green and socialist movements. Here's a short video of me talking abt the importance of movement-building & building connections

My campaign crowdfunder has reached its first target! Thank you to everyone who has donated so far 💚 If anyone is feeling flush ahead of festivities (?!) there's still a few days left on it if you'd like to help bring it closer to the new stretch target www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/elect-kate...

🚨BREAKING We are delighted to welcome TWO left-wing independent councillors to the Scottish Greens! This is a movement dedicated to delivering eco-socialist change for people and planet across Scotland.

Doorknocking in Morningside this afternoon! We got a little wet, but had some great conversations about green spaces, heating our homes, and addressing the lack of third spaces and growing loneliness among younger and older people. Thank you everyone who gave their time and chatted to us!

We desperately need quotas and positive action measures for women and other underrepresented groups in politics in Scotland. www.engender.org.uk/content/publ... New paper from @engenderscot.bsky.social based on research by myself, Rhianna and Talat from the collective.

Still two days left on our survey for anyone who would like to feed into our collective & JRF project on grassroots movement-building in Scotland - it's for anyone involved in or supporting grassroots organising across Scotland! www.surveymonkey.com/r/26CCL2P Deadline: 5pm Tues 2nd Dec

Some Sunday door-knocking in Edinburgh Central today! Loads of lovely conversations as always 💚 @lornaslater.bsky.social @edinburghgreens.bsky.social

The diplomatic "achievement" of the ceasefire was to recalibrate the tempo of the genocide sufficiently to get it off the front pages and the news bulletins, thus alleviating the political pressure on Israel's western accomplices. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

We still have a couple of spots available at our collective workshop on Saturday in Glasgow! It's for anyone involved grassroots organising of any kind in Scotland - we'll come together to share ideas and experiences and find solutions to shared problems. Email [email protected]

Today's Labour Party announcement is absolutely vile and I am ashamed to be a UK citizen today. Sending all the love and solidarity out to all my friends in this country who have come here seeking asylum, as a refugee or as a migrant. I hope you know you are loved and valued. We will fight this.

The Labour Government reeling off the same far-right talking points on immigration. And look who is celebrating. The far-right. There is a political alternative that won’t ever scapegoat those fleeing war, persecution and torture join.greenparty.org.uk

We still have a small number of spaces available at these workshops we're running on ‘What Do Grassroots Movements in Scotland Need to Thrive?’ Let us know if you're involved in grassroots organising in Scotland and would like an invite to join us! Email me on [email protected]

Rights not rescue! Join Scotland for Decrim & others rallying for sex workers' rights, & against the Nordic Model that puts them at risk of harm, violence, poverty & exploitation. Driving sex workers underground will not keep them safe! Tues 18 Nov, 6pm, Scottish Parliament

🪧 Are you part of a #grassroots or community organising movement in #Scotland? 🗣️ Opinionated, much? The brilliant @katenevens.bsky.social, Iffat Shahnaz and Megan McHaney are researching what you need to ✨thrive✨ for @jrf-uk.bsky.social 📢 Have your say: www.surveymonkey.com/r/26CCL2P

Mamdani: Whether you are an immigrant, a member of the trans community, one of the many black women that Donald Trump has fired from a federal job, a single mom still waiting for the cost of groceries to go down, or anyone else with their back against the wall—your struggle is ours too

The job of the radical is to make hope possible rather than despair convincing! Mamdani shows: - you don't have to pander to the right to win - solidarity with trans people is popular - people want leaders to speak out against genocide - we must tax wealth Scottish politics must learn from this.

Looking for folk involved in community organising or grassroots movement building for social justice in Scotland! If this sounds like you, please take a few minutes to respond to our survey! www.surveymonkey.com/r/26CCL2P And please share with your networks 😍

Spending a week on the Isle of Eigg for work, learning about the joys and difficulties of community organising.

With your support, we can elect Kate Nevens, an unapologetic feminist and left-wing voice to the Scottish Parliament as a Green MSP. Any contribution 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-kate...

Yes!! Thanks @zackpolanski.bsky.social 💚

Really thoughtful discussion last night at @lighthousebks.bsky.social w/ authors from the most recent Scottish Left Review (inc the awesome Glasgow Green Councillor @danhutchison.bsky.social) about how we might coalesce as the left in Scotland & what we'd like to see from the nascent Your Party

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...

🚨 Mayor Brandon Johnson of Chicago answers this question brilliantly. 1/2

Fabulous morning doorknocking in Leith this morning. Almost everyone I spoke to was a green voter who cared about housing, Palestine, migrant justice, challenging the rise of the far right and/or LGBTQ rights. Leith you are wonderful and have my heart 💚🍉 @edinburghgreens.bsky.social

LMAOOOOO A bunch of comedians tried to make up for their participation in the Riyadh comedy festival by donating their pay to Human Rights Watch and Human rights Watch was like “nah bitch we don’t want your dirty blood money” 😂😂 I’m dying

Come along as we get started on the campaign for the 2026 Scottish Parliament elections! We're holding open meetings over the coming weeks for anyone who wants to get more Greens elected at Holyrood. See our events calendar for more details & upcoming dates: edinburgh.greens.scot/events-calendar/

Incredible turnout last night at the public launch of Women Against the Far Right Scotland, with a really inspiring line-up of speakers. A few of your neighbourhood Scottish Green candidates for Holyrood made an appearance too... #StandUpFightBack

On my way to help with setup for the public launch of Women Against the Far Right Scotland. Hope to see some of you all there!

Let's Get Started! A couple of Scottish Greens campaign kick off meetings happening this week in Edinburgh - all welcome! Join us in Porty on Tuesday edinburgh.greens.scot/events/elect... And South Edinburgh on Thursday luma.com/kqdfpyje @edinburghgreens.bsky.social

Over 200 of us have come together as Women Against the Far Right in Scotland and written an open letter rejecting the far right’s racist lies about “protecting” women and girls. news.stv.tv/politics/nic... Join us and sign the letter here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/wo...

Absolutely loved this conversation with Kristen Ghodsee and Cllr Alys Mumford about being both a feminist and a socialist, and about some of the incredible women who have inspired us from around the world. Thanks so much to the @edinburghgreens.bsky.social for organising 💚

The success of the far right is not only measured in votes and seats but in its impact on rhetoric, policy and ideology. The fact that a (nominally) social democratic head of government with a huge majority choses to say and do this is maybe the biggest success of the far right in Europe yet.

I’m pleased to be proposing this motion today 🇵🇸 The Scottish Government took a big step forward in supporting BDS calls from Green MSPs, but now they must do the same for Councils ⚖️ New powers need to be granted to local authorities or else the government position is just warm words ❌ 💬 🤷

Me and some friends back in Uni days, looking very much like the cast of Spaced

Very excited to be in conversation with Kirsten Ghodsee and Cllr Alys Mumford on Thursday, talking all things feminism, socialism and Green. Join from 7.45pm on Thursday, online and in-person in Edinburgh, all welcome! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/green-talk... @edinburghgreens.bsky.social

Such amazing news when we really really needed some hope. And so much respect to the incredibly brave and powerful women and fellow activists who made sure this happened. Can't wait to welcome you in the UK Alaa.