Niall Christie
@NiallChristie1
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Bad news for Keir Starmer then.
NEW: Wet wipes containing plastic are set to be banned in Scotland.
🗣 “These items are a problematic source of marine litter and are a threat to the health of our environment and wildlife."
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Socialists do not believe in kissing up to big business.
Socialists do not believe in “stopping the boats”.
Socialists do not believe in knighthoods.
Sir Keir Starmer is not a socialist.
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At Kenmure Street now. Two men now being held in the immigration van which has been surrounded.
Chants of “let them go” from the near 100 protesters here.
Get down to Kenmure Street Pollokshields right now! Cops joining Immigration Enforcement teams who are trying to detain people!! RESIST!
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Disappointed in BBC Scotland. Two interviewees in package on the GRR tonight, identifying one as a "trans rights activist" and another as a "women's rights activists". Our public broadcaster pitting trans women against cis women is disgraceful.
#TransRightsAreHumanRights
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Disgraceful form the SFA to host Israel during a genocide.
This game should never have gone ahead.
Great work from
@ggectee
and
@scottishpsc
to organise tonight 🇵🇸
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I’d say Kate Forbes’ unwillingness to “embrace” the rights of women and LGBTQ+ people might be a bigger barrier for her than the Greens.
Forbes hopes Greens will 'embrace' her as Yousaf leadership on the brink
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11 members of Glasgow Kelvin CLP have resigned over
@ScottishLabour
decision to remove Hollie Cameron as a candidate in May’s election, “imposing” a candidate on local members.
Comes after calls for her to be reinstated, with a petition being signed by members across the UK.
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The problem with capitalists is that they think the money belongs to them.
The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people’s money.
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I firmly believe that allowing a player with this past to sign for our club would be wholly unacceptable.
I have written an open letter to the club and manager expressing my feelings on this below and would invite any other fans of Dundee or Scottish football to do the same.
Convicted sex offender Niall Mason on trial at Dundee FC
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For anyone whose emails I’ve ignored in the past week or so, apologies. We’ve been busy💍👰🏼♀️🤵🏼 but I’ll get back to you next week.
In the meantime, I’ll be living my best Champagne socialist life on my honeymoon. 🥂🚩
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In a city with sky-high rental prices and a cost of living crisis, to see a major landlord head up the Glasgow Labour group is horrendously disheartening.
Bringing back in the faces that lost Glasgow for Labour five years ago cannot be the answer.
NEW: George Redmond wins Glasgow Labour leadership after toppling Malcolm Cunning
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Today was phenomenal. Glasgow is my adopted city. I’ve never been prouder to see that no matter your background, people will stand behind you.
It was a real privilege to report on - culminating in a wee cry to myself when the van doors opened. A feeling I’ll never forget. ✊🏻
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Are these "left and left-of-centre politics" in the room with us right now?
NEW: Anas Sarwar has said that 'some of the criticisms' labelled at Keir Starmer are 'unfair'.
He stressed that Labour are still a 'broad church underpinned by left and left-of-centre politics' 🤔
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The police are continuing to kettle people, and are refusing to answer shouts about safe social distancing measures clearly not being allowed for those being contained.
“Where were you on Wednesday?”
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Members of the press were continually disrupted by cops, including the video above. I was not isolated in this.
Where was this reaction on Wednesday? Why was this reaction not rolled out when the fascists were out in force? Questions need asked!
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Both
@policescotland
and
@ukhomeoffice
have been unequivocally told they must withdraw by
@alisonthewliss
of
@theSNP
- the area’s local MP.
“Absolutely furious to see the Home Office carrying out enforcement action against people in my constituency in the midst of a pandemic...
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After more than two years, two elections and almost a whole pandemic, today is my last day at the
@M_Star_Online
. While I'm sad to be leaving, I've greatly enjoyed my time there and cannot thank my fellow workers at the paper enough for their support. You've all been great (1/3)
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Police attempting to remove the press from the area.
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We’re going to have a Labour government with the largest majority of the 21st century and yet the misery inflicted on millions won’t be dialed back one bit. Nothing but establishmentism.
What a disgusting lack of courage and basic decency from the next PM.
A Labour govt would keep the two-child cap on benefits, Keir Starmer confirms in
@bbclaurak
interview.
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Robert McDonald, creator of Everyone, Anyone anti-racism campaign at
@RangersFC
: “Right now I can’t breathe with emotion here today for the support.
“Rangers as an institution needs to change, but I am here to see it change.”
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Ding dong the fascist’s gone.
Man in the centre, Derek Jackson, standing in Glasgow Southside for the Liberal Party, has denied any connections to Nazism, fascism, anti semitism.
Somehow I’m not convinced.
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This man oversaw the erosion of NHS workers' pay as a Tory government minister, and has now been welcomed with open arms into Keir Starmer's Labour Party.
No matter the outcome of the General Election, we'll have Tories in Government and opposition.
Welcome, Dr Dan Poulter, Labour’s new MP for Central Suffolk and North Ipswich.
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Disappointing to see this misinformation from a fellow candidate.
Lots of ways to get rid of a Tory Government. Glasgow South is just one seat - and one the Tories are never going to win.
Suggesting this is “the only way” is nonsense and insulting to ordinary voters.
Pleased
@BestForBritain
are clear that the only way to get rid of the Tory government is to
#VoteLabour
in Glasgow South.
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This is very much a local protest. Neighbours of those being detained now hanging out of windows shouting and showing their support.
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Higher taxes for Scotland's ultra-rich are a must. They are not wealth creators - they are hoarders, squirrelling away cash and creating an ever more desperate financial situation for the rest of us.
We need to see action on this now!
Report finds nearly half of Scotland’s wealth held by 10% of households
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I'm standing to be the next MP in Glasgow South. Extremely proud to be standing alongside fantastic candidates in Glasgow and across Scotland. 💚
On July 4th, everyone in Glasgow South has a chance to
#votegreen
. We cannot stand by while the planet burns and a genocide rages. ✊
Niall Christie, a journalist who made the city his home in 2016, is standing in Glasgow South.
A socialist & trade unionist, he previously worked at the Glasgow Times, before time as Scotland Editor of left-wing paper the Morning Star & in the 3rd sector.
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Long morning. And heading off from the centre.
Going to clock off for now.
Just to reiterate the above, police held a hundreds of peaceful protesters for over an hour, with a lack of social distancing forced on them.
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An absolute disgrace that far-right thugs are planning to disrupt a peaceful protest by asylum seekers in Glasgow this evening.
These racists are not protecting anything or anyone.
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Family picket this morning at Glebelands Primary, Dundee. Out supporting my mum and other
@EISUnion
members fighting for fair pay! A very proud son today✊💪
#PayAttention
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Extremely pleased to say I am a finalist in this year's Amnesty Media Awards in the regional media category for my work covering Glasgow's homelessness crisis, as well as being shortlisted for the Gaby Rado award.
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Death, taxes, and an SSP stall at the top of Leith Walk
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Shameless professional update below...
I’m very excited to say that from next Wednesday I’ll be taking over as the Scotland Editor of
@M_Star_Online
. Very much looking forward to the challenge. Give me a shout with any tips and stories.
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If nothing else, this and other nonsense from SNP MSPs underlines why their tolerance of right-wing views is holding Scotland back. Without Greens, this would just be another tired, conservative administration.
Scotland deserves - and desperately needs - a socialist government
'It’s crystal clear to me that the Scottish public increasingly see the Scottish Greens as hard left extremists who should be never be anywhere near government' |
@FergusEwingSNP
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Truly an embarrassment. A lack of ambition following a lack of action in 5 years since targets were introduced.
Those governing Scotland should be leading, not allowing us to fall further behind. Radical, societal change is needed, and all we have seen is tinkering.
BREAKING
The Scottish government is to ditch its flagship target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 75% by 2030
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The idea any credible Scottish Labour source doesn't know the director of the party's most influential think-tank does not hold water.
This is nothing more than a crude deflection from the real issue - Labour's authoritarian, "take back our streets", anti-immigrant rhetoric.
A Scottish Labour source says: “I’ve no idea who he is but he should fuck off.”
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Man in the centre, Derek Jackson, standing in Glasgow Southside for the Liberal Party, has denied any connections to Nazism, fascism, anti semitism.
Somehow I’m not convinced.
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“... and on Eid. I'm very proud of all constituents who have rallied to support their neighbours in the face of the Tories Hostile Environment. The Police and Home Office must withdraw from this situation and end the cruel practice of enforced evictions and removals.
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If anyone was in any doubt about the strength of feeling, the crowd is getting bigger and bigger.
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Police have forced peaceful protesters into a kettle, out of social distancing.
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Just turning down onto High St.
“Say it loud and say it clear, refugees are welcome here.”
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Oh yes, a government of the “centre-left” I see.
Kate Forbes as SNP DFM and Natalie Elphicke joining Labour - anyone of the left still shilling for either of these should really have a serious rethink.
BREAKING: Kate Forbes has been made Deputy First Minister in John Swinney's new Cabinet.
Story to follow.
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More and more from Police in Kenmure Street.
Significant numbers laying hands on protesters, including myself, even after identifying myself as press.
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Protesters chant “paedo” at a group if Celtic fans at the Jury’s Inn.
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If you’re sick of bad takes on Hartlepool, counting in Scotland gets underway in around 5 minutes with hopefully fewer gleeful Tories.
I’m in Glasgow for the
@M_Star_Online
, with updates throughout the day on Twitter and full reports online and in print.
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Regarding
@MarkGriff1n
stepping down from the social security spokesperson role, a
@scottishlabour
source said: "Mark Griffin was not in the shadow cabinet. He is resigning from a position that doesn't exist."
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Insulting from
@BestForBritain
. In Glasgow South they say “no other opposition parties appear to be fighting hard here”.
@glasgowgreens
are working day and night across the city. What a disgrace.
Vote for your futures, don’t vote in another right-wing government with Labour.
BREAKING:
@BestForBritain
has made tactical voting recommendations in 452 seats for the GE:
Labour in 370 seats
The Lib Dems in 69 seats
The Green Party in 3 seat
The SNP in 7 seats
Plaid Cyrmu in 2 seats
There are 181 seats where they aren't making a recommendation
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Happy ‘Labour Set to Unveil Weakened Package of Workers’ Rights’ Day to all who celebrate.
This May Day, we recognise the vital role of the Trade Union movement.
A Labour government will always be on the side of working people across Scotland and the UK.
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Understand there are activists under the van stopping them from moving.
Police have arrived to enforce the removal. Their vans have also been blocked into the road.
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Understand
@theSNP
MPs have told the Hone Office to end this detention.
Pressure from local MPs including
@alisonthewliss
.
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Truly, the straightest of answers.
Kate Forbes tells Radio Scotland her campaign is “absolutely not” over. She says the public wants a politician who answer “straight questions with straight answers”.
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Now disaffiliate 🤞
🚨 NEW: Unite the Union have REFUSED to endorse the Labour Party's manifesto due to the party's failure to back a ban on "fire and re-hire".
(Source: Sky News)
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Sticking an exclusive tag on a story completely reliant on all the legwork of a local paper
@barrheadnews
and their readers. Very poor.
Also, Neilston's not Glasgow.
Exclusive: This little girl’s before and after ‘back to school’ photos are just perfect via
@MetroUK
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Leader of
@ScottishLabour
@AnasSarwar
on the ongoing scenes:
“These are deeply troubling scenes from Glasgow.
“It is unacceptable that the Home Office is evicting vulnerable people in the midst of a pandemic...
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If anyone is wondering - still no response from
@policescotland
and the
@ukhomeoffice
.
They’ve had more time than would be given to a victim in a dawn raid.
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SNP MSP
@alisonthewliss
on the ongoing resistance:
This is absolutely awful, but heartened to see local residents in Pollokshields standing up for their neighbours and refusing to accept the brutality of the
@ukhomeoffice
.
I am taking this matter up with Ministers. Not in our name.
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.
@GMBScotOrg
organiser
@rheawolfson
this morning at Polmadie Recycling Centre on the
#EqualPayGlasgow
#GlasgowWomensStrike
.
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Was very sad to see the anti-trans rhetoric on show last night, but incredibly heartened to see the resistance to this in the room.
I’ll always stand with the trans community and stand up for their rights.
#transrightsarehumanrights
At the Glasgow South hustings event last night and, unsurprisingly, transphobic bigots tried to steamroll the event. They shouted over candidates, made accusatory statements, and ignored the chair's request to not ask multiple questions about the same topic due to limited time.
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If the SNP actually put distance between themselves every time John Mason piped up with conspiratorial nonsense like this, or shared his anti-LGBTQ+ and anti-abortion views, he'd be nowhere near Holyrood.
Instead, he's a three-term MSP, former MP and has not once lost the whip.
The SNP has moved to distance itself from one of its longest-serving MSPs after he claimed the International Criminal Court (ICC) was “biased” against Israel. 👇 Full story
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As part of this year's
@scottishgreens
internal elections, I'm running to be our next Elections and Campaigns Committee (ECC) co-convenor.
I wrote for
@BrightGrn
about what we need to focus on in the next two years:
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That Laura Parker backed Sir Keir Starmer in 2020 and has now urged those on the left to back the Greens says all you need to know about the current Labour leadership.
Principles abandoned, the right-wing pandered to - all at the expense of progress and working people.
New: Former Jeremy Corbyn aide
@ParkerCiccone
has urged left activists to vote Green in one of the party's target seats, Labour-held Bristol Central.
It comes after
@OwenJones84
quit Labour and also pledged his support for Greens and independents:
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Police Scotland will have some questions to answer...
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Great turnout at today's
#LoveRally
organised by
@whocaresscot
. Here's a quick video with some of those there, including CEO
@duncdunlop
.
#CareExperiencedWeek
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Companies should not be in receipt of any public support if they do not recognise trade unions or meet fair work principles - particularly those who have failed to value their own workers throughout the pandemic. V important questions from
@lornaslater
and
@PaulJSweeney
. 👏👏
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Nonsense from
@GMB_union
and Deliveroo to leave
@IWGBunion
and
@IWW_Couriers
members out in the cold after years of organising.
Even more concerning to see "left-wing" politicians and senior trade unionists welcoming this. Workers should choose who represents them - not bosses.
BREAKING NEWS 🚨:
@Deliveroo
and GMB Union announce a new joint agreement for Riders.
It's official - we're the union for Deliveroo Riders.
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Thatcherism, pure and simple.
Rachel Reeves, 2024: "My mum showed me how to balance the books at the kitchen table."
Margaret Thatcher, 1988: "It’s taken a Government headed by a housewife with experience of running a family to balance the books for the first time in 20 years."
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Both the
@ukhomeoffice
and
@policescotland
have been contacted. No response as yet
Meanwhile:
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Next week dozens of foodbank providers in Scotland will choose to close their doors to mourn rather than offer emergency parcels to struggling families during a cost of living crisis.
I contacted all 45 of the
@TrussellScot
members, with at least 17 set to close on Monday.
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“We need an immigration policy that is based on human dignity and human rights above all else.”
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Today’s Glasgow United Against Fascism event due to kick off of at 10.30 in George Sq. police already heavily involved with protestors.
Follow live updates here...
Currently on my way to George Square in Glasgow where I’ll be reporting for the
@M_Star_Online
.
Anyone heading in or there with any tips then please do get in touch - my DMs are open.
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Ingram St, as protesters ask to be allowed to go home.
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No respect for human rights. No respect for workers. No respect for democracy.
We're sleepwalking into another right-wing government - a Labour majority would be a disaster, just as the last 13 years of Tory rule have been.
🚨 BREAKING: Labour's Shadow Equalities minister Anneliese Dodds confirms the party has scrapped its commitment to transgender rights.
Dodds says Labour will protect single-sex spaces "for biological women".
(Source: reporting by Sienna Rodgers of The House magazine)
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Cops challenged perfectly by those defending human rights.
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The AI knows where it's at.
Mr Blobby has joined the RMT picket line
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Thanks to protestors from
@ExtinctionR
for speaking to me this afternoon, and an impressive turnout given the weather.
#ClimateBreakdown
#ExtinctionRebelion
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Either those voting for far-right, Holocaust-denying royalists are also *big fans* of the left-of-centre, republican Scottish Greens, or there's some deliberate skullduggery going on with the IGV.
Who could say, eh
@ElectoralCommUK
? 👀
Hillhead (Glasgow) by-election second preferences, most popular second preference by party:
Labour -> Green
Green <-> SNP
Conservative -> Labour
IGV* -> Green
Lib Dem -> Labour
Independent -> Lib Dem/Conservative
* Raw votes were 50 Grn, 24 Lab, enough to reverse 1st pref lead
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Scotland’s largest teaching union
@EISUnion
now callings for all schools which are to remain open next week to move to remote learning.
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Blatant racism. Cllr Dempsey cannot remain a Labour councillor.
She should do the right thing and resign, and the party should evaluate how these views have been tolerated in their Council group in Glasgow.
EXCLUSIVE: A Scottish Labour councillor in Glasgow has suggested that asylum seekers get "priority" over native Scots.
Audrey Dempsey, who is already embroiled in a racism row, also liked a comment referring to the First Minister as “Humza Hamas”.
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Oi oi, (Councillor) Seonad fucking Hoy! 💚💚
Ecstatic for
@SeonadHoy
our 11th
@scottishgreens
councillor in Glasgow. No one deserves this more, what a result!
@glasgowgreens
making history 💚💚💚
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Have it on good authority the horrific Derek Jackson is on his last warning and will shown the door if he repeats his fascist and racist behaviour. Glasgow City Council dealing with it very seriously.
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Concerned member here - I’ll be voting against this.
Boiling down this conflict to a few over-simplified sentences which attacks those standing in solidarity with Palestinians, all the while ignoring the ongoing genocide, has no place in our movement.
According to concerned members, the
@unitetheunion
Not for Profit branch in Glasgow has sent details of a motion to be voted on this Thursday, which would brand the BDS movement as ineffective and antisemitic, while supporting Israel's 'right to defence'.
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A Palestinian flag flying over Kenmure Street on this day, three years ago.
I was proud to stand with the community that day. Support for asylum seekers, and Palestinians facing the ongoing genocide, as important as it was then ✊🇵🇸
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Why on earth is the Transport Secretary undermining and devaluing the work of trade unions? Never mind through a curt Twitter post?
The idea that an SNP government are extending the scrapping of peak fares out of the goodness of their hears is nonsense - it was hard campaigning.
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It’s very simple in Scotland now:
If you want a planet to live on,
#voteScottishGreens
.
If you support a progressive, independent Scotland, vote
@scottishgreens
.
If you think we should leave oil and gas in the ground,
#voteGreen
on July 4th.
The SNP is not against new oil and gas licences, deputy first minister Kate Forbes has said.
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The open letter can be found here:
Anyone wishing to sign this can add your names using this link:
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“They call themselves loyalists... loyal to who? They’ve been giving a nazi salute.”
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£28bn a year for climate? Na.
Lifting the two-child limit? Don’t be silly!
Financing public ownership of utilities? No chance…
More money for bombs and guns, though? Absolutely.
Friday’s i - “Starmer: Labour will hike UK defence spending amid threat from China and Russia”
#TomorrowsPapersToday
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Greens in third place in Glasgow South, with our vote share tripled from 2019 👀
💥 EXCLUSIVE: Our first MRP poll of the campaign suggests Labour are on course for a 250-seat majority.
Probabilistic seat counts:
Labour: 450
Conservative: 110
Liberal Democrats: 50
SNP: 16
Plaid Cymru: 2
Reform UK: 1
Green: 1
More details:
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Massive thanks to everyone who supported and encouraged me in the past month or so.
Sadly I wasn’t successful this year, but I’m incredibly proud of the member-driven campaign that ran the entire party establishment so close.
Congratulations to everyone elected 🎉✊
As part of this year's
@scottishgreens
internal elections, I'm running to be our next Elections and Campaigns Committee (ECC) co-convenor.
I wrote for
@BrightGrn
about what we need to focus on in the next two years:
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This is just the beginning of the attacks on the Scottish Greens.
Our leadership’s unwavering support for the Scottish Government will be an electoral liability in 2026 and beyond.
If we’re to recover, we must reset and end the Bute House Agreement.
Scotland has the only Green Party in the world that’s rowing back on climate targets.
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Plenty of Labour activists out in Rutherglen and Hamilton West today handing out leaflets.
Disappointed to see *the party of the left* handing out leaflets branded with the Sun on the anniversary of Hillsborough.
#NeverBuyTheSun
Things can get better in Rutherglen & Hamilton West.
Sign the recall petition, send Ferrier packing and
#VoteLabour
when the by-election comes! 🌹💪
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