Gavin McColl
@comradeigvan.bsky.social
International Co-convenor @scottishgreens.org 🌻| he/him| autistic| bad buddhist☸ | Anti-Nazi| Dad of two amazing daughters| An odd mix of green politics and womens cricket
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Anyone know how to get into green power industry as an electrical engineer? Solar and battery stuff seems to be the future and also I wouldn’t be working on a project that makes the world worse
December 26, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Anyone know how to get into green power industry as an electrical engineer? Solar and battery stuff seems to be the future and also I wouldn’t be working on a project that makes the world worse
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Merry Christmas 🎄
December 25, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Merry Christmas 🎄
International law is clear: seeking asylum is a right. Criminalising people for fleeing danger undermines the values Scotland should stand for — solidarity, dignity and welcome.
#InternationalMigrantsDay #RefugeesWelcome #HumanRights
#InternationalMigrantsDay #RefugeesWelcome #HumanRights
Scotland must always remain a welcoming country for migrants and refugees.
It's not illegal to seek asylum and refuge here, no matter the circumstances.
It's not illegal to seek asylum and refuge here, no matter the circumstances.
December 20, 2025 at 11:01 AM
International law is clear: seeking asylum is a right. Criminalising people for fleeing danger undermines the values Scotland should stand for — solidarity, dignity and welcome.
#InternationalMigrantsDay #RefugeesWelcome #HumanRights
#InternationalMigrantsDay #RefugeesWelcome #HumanRights
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We need YOUR help to deliver a record number of Scottish Green MSPs next May.
We are powered by people like you. People who want real change for Scotland and our planet.
Please chip in to our campaign to put people and planet before profit ⤵️
greens.scot/donate
We are powered by people like you. People who want real change for Scotland and our planet.
Please chip in to our campaign to put people and planet before profit ⤵️
greens.scot/donate
December 16, 2025 at 1:12 PM
We need YOUR help to deliver a record number of Scottish Green MSPs next May.
We are powered by people like you. People who want real change for Scotland and our planet.
Please chip in to our campaign to put people and planet before profit ⤵️
greens.scot/donate
We are powered by people like you. People who want real change for Scotland and our planet.
Please chip in to our campaign to put people and planet before profit ⤵️
greens.scot/donate
I’m not sure I was ready to learn that “Pizzly bears” are a thing !
A hybrid grolar bear saga is unfolding in the Arctic, and the tale of this strange family has much to tell us about nature on our changing planet
What the family drama of interbreeding polar and grizzly bears reveals
A hybrid grolar bear saga is unfolding in the Arctic, and the tale of this strange family has much to tell us about nature on our changing planet
www.newscientist.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:39 PM
I’m not sure I was ready to learn that “Pizzly bears” are a thing !
What a lucky coincidence for Putin. 🙄
Vladimir Putin’s press secretary praised US President Donald Trump’s controversial new National Security Strategy as largely in line with Russia’s view of the world.
Russia praises US security strategy shift heralded by ‘strong’ Trump
Moscow regards Washington’s updated National Security Strategy as “consistent with our vision.”
www.politico.eu
December 8, 2025 at 4:54 PM
What a lucky coincidence for Putin. 🙄
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RESISTANCE is alive and well in the United States
Protests of Trump may not look like the mass marches of 2017, but research shows they are far more numerous and frequent — while also shifting to more powerful forms of resistance
.
wagingnonviolence.org/2025/03/resi...
Protests of Trump may not look like the mass marches of 2017, but research shows they are far more numerous and frequent — while also shifting to more powerful forms of resistance
.
wagingnonviolence.org/2025/03/resi...
Resistance is alive and well in the United States
Protests of Trump may not look like the mass marches in 2017, but they're far more numerous and frequent — and also becoming more strategic.
wagingnonviolence.org
December 6, 2025 at 9:19 PM
RESISTANCE is alive and well in the United States
Protests of Trump may not look like the mass marches of 2017, but research shows they are far more numerous and frequent — while also shifting to more powerful forms of resistance
.
wagingnonviolence.org/2025/03/resi...
Protests of Trump may not look like the mass marches of 2017, but research shows they are far more numerous and frequent — while also shifting to more powerful forms of resistance
.
wagingnonviolence.org/2025/03/resi...
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"This is a time to stand up for Europe, and stand up for European values.
Housing, social justice, social protection. These are not just issues in Lisbon but for all in Europe. "
🌻 @ciarancuffe.bsky.social
Housing, social justice, social protection. These are not just issues in Lisbon but for all in Europe. "
🌻 @ciarancuffe.bsky.social
December 6, 2025 at 10:37 AM
"This is a time to stand up for Europe, and stand up for European values.
Housing, social justice, social protection. These are not just issues in Lisbon but for all in Europe. "
🌻 @ciarancuffe.bsky.social
Housing, social justice, social protection. These are not just issues in Lisbon but for all in Europe. "
🌻 @ciarancuffe.bsky.social
The European Greens Congress is live from Lisbon / and Scottish Greens can be part of it from home.
Our @scottishgreens.org delegates are in the room, bringing our voice into the big debates. Let’s show our support, tune in, and #StayLoud with our European family. Link below
Our @scottishgreens.org delegates are in the room, bringing our voice into the big debates. Let’s show our support, tune in, and #StayLoud with our European family. Link below
🔴 Do you wish you could be in the room? Join our 40th Congress online!
youtube.com/live/slsyNhN...
💚 Who better to open our 2025 Congress than @vulatsetsi.bsky.social & @ciarancuffe.bsky.social followed by our committee member and co-party leader of @partidolivre.pt, @ruitavares.bsky.social .
youtube.com/live/slsyNhN...
💚 Who better to open our 2025 Congress than @vulatsetsi.bsky.social & @ciarancuffe.bsky.social followed by our committee member and co-party leader of @partidolivre.pt, @ruitavares.bsky.social .
December 6, 2025 at 9:40 AM
The European Greens Congress is live from Lisbon / and Scottish Greens can be part of it from home.
Our @scottishgreens.org delegates are in the room, bringing our voice into the big debates. Let’s show our support, tune in, and #StayLoud with our European family. Link below
Our @scottishgreens.org delegates are in the room, bringing our voice into the big debates. Let’s show our support, tune in, and #StayLoud with our European family. Link below
Our @scottishgreens.org delegates are in Lisbon and eager to connect with our European Green family. I’m with you all in spirit - these shared moments of Green cooperation matter more than ever.
Our 40th party congress has started.
We have a very packed programme for this weekend, loud for people, planet and Europe!
europeangreens.eu/40th-europea...
We have a very packed programme for this weekend, loud for people, planet and Europe!
europeangreens.eu/40th-europea...
December 5, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Our @scottishgreens.org delegates are in Lisbon and eager to connect with our European Green family. I’m with you all in spirit - these shared moments of Green cooperation matter more than ever.
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Thousands have flooded the streets of D.C. for the “Remove the Regime” rally.
Crowds are chanting “IMPEACH, CONVICT, REMOVE” and “LOCK HIM UP.” #cdnpoli
Crowds are chanting “IMPEACH, CONVICT, REMOVE” and “LOCK HIM UP.” #cdnpoli
November 23, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Thousands have flooded the streets of D.C. for the “Remove the Regime” rally.
Crowds are chanting “IMPEACH, CONVICT, REMOVE” and “LOCK HIM UP.” #cdnpoli
Crowds are chanting “IMPEACH, CONVICT, REMOVE” and “LOCK HIM UP.” #cdnpoli
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🏡 Moving out of your parents’ house: a delayed dream in 2025.
The average age of young adults leaving the parental house is 26.4 in the EU, with a decade between Croatia & Sweden.
🧐 How can we fix this?
Higher minimum wage.
Renovating houses.
Lower energy bills.
The average age of young adults leaving the parental house is 26.4 in the EU, with a decade between Croatia & Sweden.
🧐 How can we fix this?
Higher minimum wage.
Renovating houses.
Lower energy bills.
November 24, 2025 at 9:27 AM
🏡 Moving out of your parents’ house: a delayed dream in 2025.
The average age of young adults leaving the parental house is 26.4 in the EU, with a decade between Croatia & Sweden.
🧐 How can we fix this?
Higher minimum wage.
Renovating houses.
Lower energy bills.
The average age of young adults leaving the parental house is 26.4 in the EU, with a decade between Croatia & Sweden.
🧐 How can we fix this?
Higher minimum wage.
Renovating houses.
Lower energy bills.
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Imagine a country built for the people, not for billionaires.
We're fighting to put people and planet - not corporate profit - at the heart of Scottish politics.
We're fighting to put people and planet - not corporate profit - at the heart of Scottish politics.
November 22, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Imagine a country built for the people, not for billionaires.
We're fighting to put people and planet - not corporate profit - at the heart of Scottish politics.
We're fighting to put people and planet - not corporate profit - at the heart of Scottish politics.
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I’m really surprised this isn’t bigger news. Just under 10 million people live in Tehran. Where can they go? Where else in Iran will have enough water? This will undoubtedly strain the country’s and the region’s politics, finances and governance capacity.
'Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain'
#Iran 🇮🇷
#Iran 🇮🇷
Iran president says capital move now a necessity as water crisis deepens
Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has mad...
www.iranintl.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:13 PM
I’m really surprised this isn’t bigger news. Just under 10 million people live in Tehran. Where can they go? Where else in Iran will have enough water? This will undoubtedly strain the country’s and the region’s politics, finances and governance capacity.
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"I always believed in working with people to achieve the best for our city..."
@russell-moyle.co.uk on the reason he decided to leave the Labour Party for the Green Party.
@russell-moyle.co.uk on the reason he decided to leave the Labour Party for the Green Party.
November 20, 2025 at 6:01 PM
"I always believed in working with people to achieve the best for our city..."
@russell-moyle.co.uk on the reason he decided to leave the Labour Party for the Green Party.
@russell-moyle.co.uk on the reason he decided to leave the Labour Party for the Green Party.
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The Scottish Government promised the workers at Mossmorran a transition plan. It has broken that promise and I genuinely can't understand why.
The @scottishgreens.org will keep fighting alongside unions to give this skilled workforce a future.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
The @scottishgreens.org will keep fighting alongside unions to give this skilled workforce a future.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Scottish Government ‘broke promise’ to Mossmorran workers, Swinney told
Scottish Green co-leader Ross Greer raised the closure of the site during First Minister’s Questions on Thursday.
www.independent.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 6:47 PM
The Scottish Government promised the workers at Mossmorran a transition plan. It has broken that promise and I genuinely can't understand why.
The @scottishgreens.org will keep fighting alongside unions to give this skilled workforce a future.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
The @scottishgreens.org will keep fighting alongside unions to give this skilled workforce a future.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
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Workers at Mossmorran have been betrayed by our Governments.
Scottish Greens have been demanding a Just Transition plan for Mossmorran for over a decade to protect workers and the local community. The Scottish & UK Governments have failed these workers.
Scottish Greens have been demanding a Just Transition plan for Mossmorran for over a decade to protect workers and the local community. The Scottish & UK Governments have failed these workers.
November 20, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Workers at Mossmorran have been betrayed by our Governments.
Scottish Greens have been demanding a Just Transition plan for Mossmorran for over a decade to protect workers and the local community. The Scottish & UK Governments have failed these workers.
Scottish Greens have been demanding a Just Transition plan for Mossmorran for over a decade to protect workers and the local community. The Scottish & UK Governments have failed these workers.
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For a party that stands with workers and is serious about delivering a just transition to quality, secure jobs in the industries of the future 👇
members.greens.scot/join
members.greens.scot/join
Join the Scottish Greens
Join the Scottish Greens today and be part of our growing movement. Why should I join? We are always told that the system is broken, but it’s not. It’s rigged. It's rigged in favour of corporations,...
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November 20, 2025 at 8:01 PM
For a party that stands with workers and is serious about delivering a just transition to quality, secure jobs in the industries of the future 👇
members.greens.scot/join
members.greens.scot/join
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🌻 Meet the women fighting climate change!
The climate crisis disproportionally affects women.
And yet they are still underrepresented in leadership.
Last year, only 34% of delegates at COP29 were women.
This year, we’re looking at about 40%.
The climate crisis disproportionally affects women.
And yet they are still underrepresented in leadership.
Last year, only 34% of delegates at COP29 were women.
This year, we’re looking at about 40%.
November 20, 2025 at 8:03 AM
🌻 Meet the women fighting climate change!
The climate crisis disproportionally affects women.
And yet they are still underrepresented in leadership.
Last year, only 34% of delegates at COP29 were women.
This year, we’re looking at about 40%.
The climate crisis disproportionally affects women.
And yet they are still underrepresented in leadership.
Last year, only 34% of delegates at COP29 were women.
This year, we’re looking at about 40%.
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Breaking: An Epstein survivor just silenced press conference attendees when she delivered the following remarks:
“Today we stand in a moment that will decide whether our government belongs to the American people, or to those who prey on them.”
“Today we stand in a moment that will decide whether our government belongs to the American people, or to those who prey on them.”
November 18, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Breaking: An Epstein survivor just silenced press conference attendees when she delivered the following remarks:
“Today we stand in a moment that will decide whether our government belongs to the American people, or to those who prey on them.”
“Today we stand in a moment that will decide whether our government belongs to the American people, or to those who prey on them.”
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👏 Congratulations to @sissemariewe.bsky.social who was just elected as the new mayor of Copenhagen.
💚Congratulations to all of the SF members re-elected or newly elected and for the incredible 17.9% of votes across the country.
🌻Denmark’s people and nature will have a Greener future.
💚Congratulations to all of the SF members re-elected or newly elected and for the incredible 17.9% of votes across the country.
🌻Denmark’s people and nature will have a Greener future.
November 19, 2025 at 9:21 AM
👏 Congratulations to @sissemariewe.bsky.social who was just elected as the new mayor of Copenhagen.
💚Congratulations to all of the SF members re-elected or newly elected and for the incredible 17.9% of votes across the country.
🌻Denmark’s people and nature will have a Greener future.
💚Congratulations to all of the SF members re-elected or newly elected and for the incredible 17.9% of votes across the country.
🌻Denmark’s people and nature will have a Greener future.
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Young people don’t get a discount on their rent or food bills. So why are they paid less?
700,000 18-20 year olds could be missing out on an average of £2,400 a year on average because they're not covered by the main minimum wage.
700,000 18-20 year olds could be missing out on an average of £2,400 a year on average because they're not covered by the main minimum wage.
A fair living wage should be given to all regardless of age - Lorna Slater
The cost of food, energy, housing and living is soaring, and the financial insecurity is far from over for those relying on foodbanks or being forced to go hungry.
www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Young people don’t get a discount on their rent or food bills. So why are they paid less?
700,000 18-20 year olds could be missing out on an average of £2,400 a year on average because they're not covered by the main minimum wage.
700,000 18-20 year olds could be missing out on an average of £2,400 a year on average because they're not covered by the main minimum wage.
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🥀What is the point of having a human rights lawyer like Keir Starmer in Downing Street if he is prepared to show such a blatant disregard for basic rights and dignity?
It is not illegal to seek asylum and refuge here.
No human is illegal!💚
It is not illegal to seek asylum and refuge here.
No human is illegal!💚
November 18, 2025 at 10:53 AM
🥀What is the point of having a human rights lawyer like Keir Starmer in Downing Street if he is prepared to show such a blatant disregard for basic rights and dignity?
It is not illegal to seek asylum and refuge here.
No human is illegal!💚
It is not illegal to seek asylum and refuge here.
No human is illegal!💚
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About half of what it was going to cost to fully fund SNAP in November during the shutdown.
November 13, 2025 at 1:15 PM
About half of what it was going to cost to fully fund SNAP in November during the shutdown.
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The votes are in: the Christian Democrats @eppgroup.bsky.social openly chose the far-right over children's rights & nature protection today.
This is a bad day for Europe & the values we stand for. We will keep fighting for #HumanRights, #ClimateJustice & the future our children deserve.
#omnibus
This is a bad day for Europe & the values we stand for. We will keep fighting for #HumanRights, #ClimateJustice & the future our children deserve.
#omnibus
November 13, 2025 at 3:49 PM
The votes are in: the Christian Democrats @eppgroup.bsky.social openly chose the far-right over children's rights & nature protection today.
This is a bad day for Europe & the values we stand for. We will keep fighting for #HumanRights, #ClimateJustice & the future our children deserve.
#omnibus
This is a bad day for Europe & the values we stand for. We will keep fighting for #HumanRights, #ClimateJustice & the future our children deserve.
#omnibus