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The difference between these two is racism

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I was speaking with some posties last weekend and they told me the very same thing. Privatisation of essential public services doesn’t work.

I don't think "please would everyone be more relaxed about our racism" is really going to cut it.

It’s been a gorgeous day for leafleting in Ferryhill, even the weather wants you to #VoteScottishGreens

Because Britain long ago decided that strategic state planning is woke and soy and inefficient, it's always at the mercy of Events. And it's actually really unfair those keep happening

Every mother of the shire seeing Laura's post...

The need to rapidly transition to a green economy has never been clearer. The most expensive thing we can do is double down on fossil fuels.

Could everybody please remember it is NEVER ok to threaten or attack people based on their national origin or ethnicity? It doesnt matter if he's a horrible person who's party made the elderly homeless & drastically cut services to disabled people, we don't judge people for what they cannot control

Death, taxes, and Westminster parties sidelining their Scottish members.

That's fine. Communities don't need to own any of the energy projects, we can just allow multi-national corporations extract the renewable energy from Scotland. Communities need a party that stands up for them, not the energy giants.

Happy International Women’s Day to all the incredible women in my life and my community. Know that you’re appreciated by someone every day of the year.

Help us go leafleting and canvassing in the shire, to make sure as many people as possible #VoteScottishGreens 🗓️ Tomorrow, Sun 8 March 🕑 2pm 📍 Turriff, across from Tesco at the bike rack

Time to trek to Torry! Join us this weekend for another gloriously sunny* leafleting session to make sure people #VoteScottishGreens 🗓️ Sat 7th March 🕛 Show up between midday and 1pm 📍 Victoria Bar & Lounge, 1-5 Menzies Road, Aberdeen AB11 9AY *This is hopeful optimism and not a contractual promise

Every week we are blown away by the dedication and efficiency of our members who join us leafleting, especially members who only recently joined or recently decided to become more active. We can’t do it without you! This weekend was Ferryhill, keep an eye out for future events #VoteScottishGreens

Once again staff at the University of Aberdeen have been pushed to strike in order to be taken seriously. We do not accept the inevitability of redundancies by the hundreds when management are paid more than ever. greens.scot/news/greens-...

Opposing genocide is not divisive. Taxing the super-rich is not divisive. Welcoming refugees is not divisive. If Starmer just doesn't know or care what progressive voters want, he will learn in May.

“🫵 Oi, branch manager, wind your neck in and don’t speak above your station, capisce?” Scotland is an independent polity and deserves independent parties, full stop.

I despise bullies, liars, and charlatans. So, I’m happy the good guys won! Huge congratulations to Hannah Spencer MP and @greenparty.org.uk on their win in Gorton & Denton. Hope really can win 💚

It's interesting (but not surprising) that the people pining for the Good Old Times™ in Britain always want more racism, rather than a lot fewer cars and trams in most cities.

On Tuesday we were back out in Tillydrone and this weekend we’ll be back in the city centre so come along and help us green up some letterboxes! 🗓️ Sat 28 Feb 🕚 Arrive from 11am to 12 midday 📍 Fable cafe, 39 Huntly St AB10 1TJ Followed by casual chat 🕛 12 to 1.30pm 📍 The Stag, 6 Crown St AB11 6HB

Join us (@foescot.bsky.social) this Saturday, 28th February, from 2pm at Inchgarth Community Centre, Aberdeen, to push for Better Buses! We’re bringing people together to discuss the problems and explore solutions. For more info and to sign up: act.foe.scot/better_buses...

Obviously, I won’t be commenting on any live police investigations. Important people are aware that there are restrictions in place on what can be said about these things. However, I can say that I wish Virginia Giuffre were alive to see today’s news.

2 million people in the UK are paid the national minimum wage. Reform are a party of the rich, for the rich.

This weekend we were out in force in Hanover, Tillydrone, and Turriff. Thanks especially to new members who show up to get involved, it’s easy to feel demotivated and helpless in the current climate but with your help we’ll get people to #VoteScottishGreens in record numbers this year 🗳️ 💚 📈

Trump is no friend of Scotland. He has threatened our neighbours, lied about our country, and armed war criminals. The US military shouldn't be allowed to use publicly owned infrastructure in Scotland, such as Prestwick Airport. It's time to kick them out.

Jim Ratcliffe abandoned workers in Grangemouth and fled to Monaco to avoid paying taxes in the UK. His hypocrisy knows no bounds. Another super-rich man blaming immigrants for the problems caused by billionaires.

🗞️ North Aberdeenshire leafleting this weekend 🗞️ Low key, family friendly Sat: 1.30pm in Cuminestown, meet at the Village Hall Sun: 1pm in Turriff, meet at the bike rack at Tesco

🗞️ Leafleting this weekend 🗞️ Saturday: arrive any time between 12.30 and 1.30 @ Grub cafe, next to Aberdeen Science Centre, 179 Constitution Street, AB24 5TU Sunday: meet at either 10.15am or 1.15pm, at the Liberty Kitchen cafe at the Wallace Tower, Tillydrone Road, AB24 2TP

🟢 Scottish Greens have been delivering increased provision of free school meals, previously having secured the expansion of universal free school meals to P4 and P5 pupils across Scotland, as well as the ongoing expansion to P6 & P7 pupils who receive the Scottish Child Payment (SCP). 1/2

The victims of Epstein and his associates seem to be getting forgotten amidst the political psychodrama. Should Starmer resign? Should Mandelson be investigated for the contents of those emails? Yes. But where is the justice for the girls who were sexually abused? When will their voices be heard?

You know those little fish that follow sharks around, picking bits out of their teeth? Do you think the sharks care much for their views? Scotland needs parties that aren't led by pilot fish who get distracted and undermined by psychodrama hundreds of miles away. #VoteGreen

One of many reasons to tax the rich and restructure the economy to be more democratic: money represents control over collective productive capacity, and if that is guided by just a few individuals with narrowminded profit motives, we end up with monuments to the absurd whilst basic needs go unmet.

Yesterday we marked 3 months until the Scottish parliamentary election with a leaflet run in Aberdeen, huge thanks to the new members who came along and got involved, watch this space for more opportunities to help send a record number of Greens to Holyrood! #VoteGreen

Campaigners stressed that “there is nothing age inappropriate about being LGBTQ+” and warn that moving books to senior sections or making them harder to access is “deeply concerning” https://www.theferret.scot/books-scottish-schools-librarians/

Please, everyone, spare a thought for the real victim in all of this

Least surprising fact of the week

I was on the NHS Grampian adult autism assessment list for years until the council abruptly shut it down. The waiting list is now in limbo with no actual service. This is a disgraceful situation and ScotGov needs to treat this patchwork of service as a priority.

This verdict leaves Labour’s anti-protest laws in tatters. Labour has tried to tell us that Palestine Action is a terrorist group & should be considered alongside groups like ISIS & Al Qaeda. But this jury verdict of not guilty makes a mockery of this. 1/4

New @sarg-scharr.bsky.social study busts a big alcohol industry myth. Claims that reducing alcohol consumption “hurts the economy” ignore a key fact: people don’t burn the money they don’t spend on alcohol - they spend it elsewhere. Using UK... 🧵 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

This Saturday will be 3 months until we get the chance to send a record number of Greens to Holyrood! Come along to central Aberdeen and help us deliver leaflets: 📍Aberdeen Science Centre AB24 5TU 🕰️ arrive from 12.30 to 1.30

On #WorldCancerDay, we're pleased to see health warnings on alcohol labels in the National Cancer Plan. Alcohol is causally linked to 7 common cancers, yet public awareness is worryingly low. This is the first step to address this. Here's why we need mandatory cancer warnings on alcohol labels 👇

The House of Lords puts cronies, donors and disgraced politicians like Lord Mandelson in positions of immense power over our country for life. Unelected and unaccountable. Abolish this relic.

Drug laws have never stopped people from using drugs. They've stopped people from using drugs safely. It's time to legalise *and* regulate. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I don’t have a lot of time for politicians who suddenly care about the wellbeing of LGBTQ+ people twice a year. Especially when they have done everything in their power to damage it, either collectively or to specific individuals, for years now… Your tokenistic posts on social media mean little.

Rights are won through struggle and solidarity. Scottish Greens will stand with and fight for LGBTQIA+ people, always. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

We express our solidarity with Kurdish communities and call for de-escalation and a durable ceasefire in northern and eastern Syria (Rojava). More from our co-chairs @vulatsetsi.bsky.social & @ciarancuffe.bsky.social here: europeangreens.eu/news/europea...