Officially a Member of the Scottish Parliament 🔥 I'm one of now four Scottish Green MSPs in Edinburgh and Lothians East @edinburghgreens.bsky.social Contact me anytime on [email protected]

More to come about my first week as an MSP (!!) soon, but for now here is a picture of my wee dug Sylvie watching me get sworn in

We are concerned by the nature of the media attention focused on the election of Dr Q Manivannan to the Scottish Parliament at the recent election.

💚 Day one for our record-breaking team of new Scottish Green MSPs. greens.scot/join

Thank you thank you thank you to everyone who has supported our campaign, voted green, and is pushing for hope, justice and peace around the world. Free Palestine 🇵🇸 💚 ✊️ @edinburghgreens.bsky.social

Your new record-breaking group of 15 Scottish Green MSPs!

We did it! And we absolutely smashed it - FOUR Green MSPs for Edinburgh and Lothians East, and some similarly awesome news coming in for the Scottish Greens from across the country. Cannot wait to get working with my new colleagues. Bringing hope back 💚

🟢 @katenevens.bsky.social elected to represent Edinburgh & Lothians East region! Kate is one of four Scottish Green MSPs elected in Edinburgh & Lothians East today, taking our total across Scotland to seven - so far!

Just over an hour left until the polling stations close at 10pm! Thank you so much to everyone who has voted or supported the campaign in some way 🌱💚 Excited for the results tomorrow, feeling positive... @edinburghgreens.bsky.social

Some lovely chats with folk at polling stations in Edinburgh North Eastern and Leith the morning - including running into Mairi from @lighthousebks.bsky.social 💚 Sylvie thinks everyone is at the polling stations to say hello to her 🥰 @edinburghgreens.bsky.social

#DogsAtPollingStations politely suggesting that everyone should #VoteScottishGreens today @edinburghgreens.bsky.social

Don't forget to vote!

And we're off!

It's election day! We're polling really well and there's energy and hope behind us - WE CAN DO THIS 💚 🌱 Vote Scottish Green Party today and let's Get Out The (Green) Vote ❎️ 🗳️ @edinburghgreens.bsky.social

Vote for hope tomorrow, this Thursday the 7th of May, in Edinburgh, the Lothians, and all of Scotland!!! 🌸 @katenevens.bsky.social @edinburghgreens.bsky.social

My incredible fellow candidate @qmanivannan.bsky.social spoke so beautifully at this year's Trans Pride in Edinburgh. Parliament needs people like Q, and I am so excited to work with them if we are both elected! 💚 @edinburghgreens.bsky.social

Your fave duo of candidates visited Leith Depot last week to chat about preserving our local cultural spaces (and spotted about 20 Green posters on the way!). Tomorrow: vote Scottish Greens to secure MSPs who care about their communities! @qmanivannan.bsky.social @edinburghgreens.bsky.social

The first question we should ask ourselves in these and all other elections is: Which candidates oppose the inordinate power of the ultra-rich, and which ones accept or encourage it?

A final few pics from our doorknocking sessions in Edinburgh - thank you so so much to everyone who has come out and joined us, it's been an incredible campaign and we should all be super proud 💚 @edinburghgreens.bsky.social

Election day tomorrow! Vote Scottish Green Party on the peach (regional list) ballot everywhere in Scotland 💚 And both votes green wherever you can, including in my constituency of Edinburgh North Eastern and Leith!

They call them "data centers" because “mass-surveillance centers” would be harder to sell.

Best part about seeing the #GreenWindaes around Edinburgh & Lothians East? The posters that locals have paired with them — for taxing the rich, solidarity with Palestine 🇵🇸 , with women’s autonomy over their bodies, trans solidarity 🏳️‍⚧️ On the 7th of May, we show up and fight back.

As Shabana Mahmood’s Court of Appeal hearing to brand Palestine Action a terrorist organisation comes to an end, we’ve uncovered how her authoritarian crackdown could have a chilling effect on free speech: https://goodlaw.social/rgx8

Turning Leith Green at the polis box on Sunday! Thanks to everyone who stopped by, enjoyed some of our live music, picked up a poster 💚 Vote Scottish Greens on 7th May - and both votes Green wherever you can!! @edinburghgreens.bsky.social

Donald Trump is a convicted fraudster, and the evidence suggests that he's been ripping Scotland off. Yet the Scottish and UK governments have fawned over him because he's rich, powerful and owns a couple of golf courses. That has to end. Nobody should be above the law.

There’s no “accused” about it - a politician being handed £5m IS a conflict of interest. Accepting such a gift is an open and shut case of not being interested in, let alone fit for, public service www.ft.com/content/6a56...

🚨Secret details of Angus Robertson’s much-criticised meeting with an Israeli diplomat are to be released after a near two-year freedom of information battle by The Ferret. Read the full story 👉 https://bit.ly/4tJgVse

Last week, I joined @xrscotland.bsky.social, @caatuk.bsky.social and others in protesting BlackRock’s complicity in climate violence and the genocide in Palestine. Read more about the protest and Black Rock's investments here: www.heraldscotland.com/news/2604388...

Pollution levels in Paris after 10 years of advancing sustainable transport.

Great to see how well our Scottish Green Party manifesto is scored by the Scottish Rewilding Alliance 💚 As a Green candidate for Edinburgh North Eastern and Leith, and the Edinburgh and Lothians East regional list, I have signed the #RewildingNation charter 🦫 🐟 🌿 www.rewild.scot/support-rewi...

Some of the latest polls have me fast catching up on the SNP in Edinburgh North Eastern and Leith! We might well win some of our first ever constituencies in these elections - #BothVotesGreen wherever you can 💚 ✊️ @edinburghgreens.bsky.social

The system is rigged. An illegal war hikes bills for stuggling families - meanwhile energy giants rake in profits. We don't have to live like this any more. Vote Green on May 7th.

Some more recent doorknocking sessions: in Dumbiedykes, Abbeyhill, Musselburgh and Leith Walk! It’s incredible to be part of an ever-growing green movement in Scotland, fighting for a greener, fairer future for our communities 💚 @edinburghgreens.bsky.social @eastlothiangreens.bsky.social

Community hubs like @weightogo.bsky.social are such a huge asset to Edinburgh & Leith 🌱 Visit, support our local circular, sustainable and ethical businesses, and keep war profiteering out of our everyday lives. @qmanivannan.bsky.social @lornaslater.bsky.social @edinburghgreens.bsky.social

1.7 million people in Scotland live with a musculoskeletal condition like arthritis. If elected, I pledge to be a voice for people with arthritis in Holyrood, and to work with @arthritisuk.bsky.social to make Scotland a place where they can thrive

Very sadly, many cats continue to be victims of cruelty, neglect and poor welfare. I will speak up for cat welfare - and animal welfare more broadly - if elected to the Scottish Parliament. Joined by my supporters Simo and Daisy 💚 #SpeakUpForCats

Conversion practices have no place in Scotland. If I'm elected in May, I pledge to do all I can to ensure a comprehensive ban on conversion therapy in Scotland, and to continue to fight passionately for the rights of the LGBTQ+ community 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️💚 @endconversiontherapy.scot @edinburghgreens.bsky.social

Every animal - wild, farmed or a companion - should be respected and protected. By championing the highest standards of animal welfare, we can build a kinder, more compassionate Scotland for all animals. That’s why I’m proud to pledge #MoreForScotlandsAnimals, if elected to the Scottish Parliament.

Me and @lornaslater.bsky.social recently dropped in to Typewronger Books, a lovely local business on the boundary of our respective constituencies of Ed Central and Ed North Eastern and Leith - the two greenest constituencies in Edinburgh 💚 @edinburghgreens.bsky.social

Looking forward to joining @scottishgreens.org on Thursday! www.thenational.scot/news/2603684...

I recently sat down with my wonderful fellow candidate @qmanivannan.bsky.social on an episode of Edinburgh Uni's The News Hub. We chatted about environmental & social justice, bringing our activism into political spaces, & my distaste for Reform and the monarchy. @edinburghgreens.bsky.social

I’m supporting Kidney Research's #VoteKidney campaign to raise awareness of #KidneyDisease and the impact it has on 600,000 patients and families in Scotland.

Out doorknocking with our amazing volunteers and fellow candidates across Leith, Piershill and Dunbar. On the doorsteps, common topics coming up include housing, our NHS and access to green spaces. People do not want any more empty promises. They want real change. @edinburghgreens.bsky.social 💚

Your landlord is voting. Your boss is voting. Make sure you vote as well. No matter where you live in Scotland, you can vote Scottish Greens on the peach ballot paper. 👉 www.gov.uk/register-to-vote.

Too many women and families are being let down by a maternity system that is under enormous strain while midwives are being asked to do more and more in overstretched services. That is not fair on them or on the people relying on their care. greens.scot/news/greens-...

Only a few days left to register to vote! In Scottish elections: Students CAN vote. International students CAN vote. Migrants CAN vote. Refugees CAN vote. Homeless people CAN vote. Register by 11:59pm on 20 April 2026 www.mygov.scot/vote-electio... #VoteScottishGreens

Not the wonderful Alan Cumming telling folk to vote Scottish Greens on the regional list!! 💚 (Peach ballot paper - look for Scottish Green Party, we're standing and set to win seats in every region) #VoteScottishGreens

You can also donate to our fundraiser 🙏 www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/edinburgh-... A little goes a long way for us - we don't have the billionaire backers like other parties do, we rely on small donations from ordinary folk 💚

See. This is how you do it. In every other party in the UK (and institution) trans people are excluded from making any decisions that impact the lives of trans people on the basis that we are too biased. Every. Area.

Our Scottish Greens 2026 Manifesto is out! So much great stuff in here, could not be prouder of our party - a beautiful roadmap to a fairer, kinder and greener Scotland greens.scot/Manifesto