East Lothian Greens
@eastlothiangreens.bsky.social
The #EastLothian branch of the @scottishgreens.org. Promoted by the Scottish Green Party, 19b Graham Street, Edinburgh, EH6 5QN. scottishgreens.org
The myth that the BBC has a liberal bias is nothing more than pernicious propaganda to distract from the fact it’s been captured by right wing plants for a decade. Orwellian misinformation. We must restore the BBC to the most trusted news outlet in the world by culling it of malignant forces.
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 11:12 AM
The myth that the BBC has a liberal bias is nothing more than pernicious propaganda to distract from the fact it’s been captured by right wing plants for a decade. Orwellian misinformation. We must restore the BBC to the most trusted news outlet in the world by culling it of malignant forces.
Gender affirming care saves lives. It’s time to listen to trans kids, scientists, and experts again. “Nothing about us without us.”
1. A landmark study was just published in The Journal of Pediatrics.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
Study In The Journal Of Pediatrics Finds Trans Youth Care Lowers Suicidality, Few Detransition
The groundbreaking study found that suicidality dropped for transgender youth receiving hormone therapy by nearly 70%, with only 7 patients of 432 discontinuing treatment.
www.erininthemorning.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Gender affirming care saves lives. It’s time to listen to trans kids, scientists, and experts again. “Nothing about us without us.”
Hard to know where to begin when the headline is “Labour to frisk the pockets of asylum seekers and throw them out as soon as possible”. What on earth have that party become? Utterly shameful. A total failure to address the misdirecting rhetoric that led us here. Too cowardly to be fit to govern.
November 17, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Hard to know where to begin when the headline is “Labour to frisk the pockets of asylum seekers and throw them out as soon as possible”. What on earth have that party become? Utterly shameful. A total failure to address the misdirecting rhetoric that led us here. Too cowardly to be fit to govern.
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BREAKING 🚨: Over 68,000 people are being driven from their homes every single day by floods, drought, and heat they didn’t cause.
Entire communities erased while world leaders debate our lives.
This isn’t a crisis, it’s violence, and it's happening right now.
Entire communities erased while world leaders debate our lives.
This isn’t a crisis, it’s violence, and it's happening right now.
November 11, 2025 at 12:15 PM
BREAKING 🚨: Over 68,000 people are being driven from their homes every single day by floods, drought, and heat they didn’t cause.
Entire communities erased while world leaders debate our lives.
This isn’t a crisis, it’s violence, and it's happening right now.
Entire communities erased while world leaders debate our lives.
This isn’t a crisis, it’s violence, and it's happening right now.
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Carbon capture is a total greenwash anyway, can we just get the cash please?! (And independence too, obviously 🙄)
No matter which party is in charge at Westminster, Scotland is always an afterthought.
It’s time for independence. 🏴
It’s time for independence. 🏴
November 11, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Carbon capture is a total greenwash anyway, can we just get the cash please?! (And independence too, obviously 🙄)
We're gearing up for next year's Scottish Parliament election! 🗳️
We want to get more Green MSPs elected so we can do more for people, climate and nature, and counter the hate from certain other political parties...
Interested in helping out? We're holding two 'Let's Get Started' meetings.
We want to get more Green MSPs elected so we can do more for people, climate and nature, and counter the hate from certain other political parties...
Interested in helping out? We're holding two 'Let's Get Started' meetings.
November 11, 2025 at 6:11 PM
We're gearing up for next year's Scottish Parliament election! 🗳️
We want to get more Green MSPs elected so we can do more for people, climate and nature, and counter the hate from certain other political parties...
Interested in helping out? We're holding two 'Let's Get Started' meetings.
We want to get more Green MSPs elected so we can do more for people, climate and nature, and counter the hate from certain other political parties...
Interested in helping out? We're holding two 'Let's Get Started' meetings.
Hope wins. 👏🏻
November 5, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Hope wins. 👏🏻
Great session delivering Green News in Haddington today (with a nice coffee break).
Want to join us next time? Email [email protected]. 👋
Want to join us next time? Email [email protected]. 👋
October 26, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Great session delivering Green News in Haddington today (with a nice coffee break).
Want to join us next time? Email [email protected]. 👋
Want to join us next time? Email [email protected]. 👋
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As @tessakhan.bsky.social says about onshore wind that's owned by foreign-based multinationals: "Communities feel like that wealth is being extracted rather than starting with them. The policy rules to fix that are obvious."
Policy changes like these: communityenergy.scot/manifesto-fo...
Policy changes like these: communityenergy.scot/manifesto-fo...
October 18, 2025 at 9:52 AM
As @tessakhan.bsky.social says about onshore wind that's owned by foreign-based multinationals: "Communities feel like that wealth is being extracted rather than starting with them. The policy rules to fix that are obvious."
Policy changes like these: communityenergy.scot/manifesto-fo...
Policy changes like these: communityenergy.scot/manifesto-fo...
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Good to hear WWF Director @langbanks.bsky.social and @ross-greer.bsky.social MSP talking about how we need *more community and public ownership of energy*, at the @scottishgreens.org conference.
With @tessakhan.bsky.social from Uplift and @gillianmacmsp.bsky.social MSP.
With @tessakhan.bsky.social from Uplift and @gillianmacmsp.bsky.social MSP.
October 18, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Good to hear WWF Director @langbanks.bsky.social and @ross-greer.bsky.social MSP talking about how we need *more community and public ownership of energy*, at the @scottishgreens.org conference.
With @tessakhan.bsky.social from Uplift and @gillianmacmsp.bsky.social MSP.
With @tessakhan.bsky.social from Uplift and @gillianmacmsp.bsky.social MSP.
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Feeling proud to be a Scottish Green, at our biggest conference in a decade.
As @ross-greer.bsky.social said - We are the party of HOPE.
Powerful speeches from our new Co-Leaders.
We have a Scotland to win and a green future to build. @gillianmacmsp.bsky.social
As @ross-greer.bsky.social said - We are the party of HOPE.
Powerful speeches from our new Co-Leaders.
We have a Scotland to win and a green future to build. @gillianmacmsp.bsky.social
October 18, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Feeling proud to be a Scottish Green, at our biggest conference in a decade.
As @ross-greer.bsky.social said - We are the party of HOPE.
Powerful speeches from our new Co-Leaders.
We have a Scotland to win and a green future to build. @gillianmacmsp.bsky.social
As @ross-greer.bsky.social said - We are the party of HOPE.
Powerful speeches from our new Co-Leaders.
We have a Scotland to win and a green future to build. @gillianmacmsp.bsky.social
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Maybe there's something in this Nigel Farage and Nathan Gill Russian bribes story....
October 12, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Maybe there's something in this Nigel Farage and Nathan Gill Russian bribes story....
Ross Greer said "The system isn't broken. It's rigged in favour of very wealthy individuals."
🐟 Salmon farms owned by huge multinationals pay no tax.
✈️ Scottish Government isn't using powers to tax the 12,000 private jet flights to or from Scotland each year.
👪 While 1 in 5 kids live in poverty.
🐟 Salmon farms owned by huge multinationals pay no tax.
✈️ Scottish Government isn't using powers to tax the 12,000 private jet flights to or from Scotland each year.
👪 While 1 in 5 kids live in poverty.
Green Co-Leader @ross-greer.bsky.social speaking at the @taxjusticeuk.bsky.social event today.
Due to strained public finances, there's either going to be major tax reform or massive cuts to services.✂️ Ross tabled amendments to make Council Tax fairer, but they were voted down by other parties. 💔
Due to strained public finances, there's either going to be major tax reform or massive cuts to services.✂️ Ross tabled amendments to make Council Tax fairer, but they were voted down by other parties. 💔
October 8, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Ross Greer said "The system isn't broken. It's rigged in favour of very wealthy individuals."
🐟 Salmon farms owned by huge multinationals pay no tax.
✈️ Scottish Government isn't using powers to tax the 12,000 private jet flights to or from Scotland each year.
👪 While 1 in 5 kids live in poverty.
🐟 Salmon farms owned by huge multinationals pay no tax.
✈️ Scottish Government isn't using powers to tax the 12,000 private jet flights to or from Scotland each year.
👪 While 1 in 5 kids live in poverty.
Green Co-Leader @ross-greer.bsky.social speaking at the @taxjusticeuk.bsky.social event today.
Due to strained public finances, there's either going to be major tax reform or massive cuts to services.✂️ Ross tabled amendments to make Council Tax fairer, but they were voted down by other parties. 💔
Due to strained public finances, there's either going to be major tax reform or massive cuts to services.✂️ Ross tabled amendments to make Council Tax fairer, but they were voted down by other parties. 💔
October 8, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Green Co-Leader @ross-greer.bsky.social speaking at the @taxjusticeuk.bsky.social event today.
Due to strained public finances, there's either going to be major tax reform or massive cuts to services.✂️ Ross tabled amendments to make Council Tax fairer, but they were voted down by other parties. 💔
Due to strained public finances, there's either going to be major tax reform or massive cuts to services.✂️ Ross tabled amendments to make Council Tax fairer, but they were voted down by other parties. 💔
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Have a blessed and meaningful Yom Kippur. 💚
October 1, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Have a blessed and meaningful Yom Kippur. 💚
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The Housing Bill, introduced by Scottish Greens, has passed!
✅ Rent controls
✅ The right for renters to keep pets
✅ The right for renters to decorate
✅ Increased council tax on second homes
✅ Support for those who are homeless or at risk of homelessness
👇 And more
✅ Rent controls
✅ The right for renters to keep pets
✅ The right for renters to decorate
✅ Increased council tax on second homes
✅ Support for those who are homeless or at risk of homelessness
👇 And more
October 1, 2025 at 9:33 AM
The Housing Bill, introduced by Scottish Greens, has passed!
✅ Rent controls
✅ The right for renters to keep pets
✅ The right for renters to decorate
✅ Increased council tax on second homes
✅ Support for those who are homeless or at risk of homelessness
👇 And more
✅ Rent controls
✅ The right for renters to keep pets
✅ The right for renters to decorate
✅ Increased council tax on second homes
✅ Support for those who are homeless or at risk of homelessness
👇 And more
About time, too. Now pursue all the other Tory cronies who took advantage of a global pandemic to enrich themselves through the “VIP lane”.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cy...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cy...
Firm linked to Baroness Michelle Mone must pay £122m after breaching Covid PPE contract, judge rules
The government wins its case against PPE Medpro - a consortium led by Baroness Mone's husband - after it supplied non-compliant gowns in 2020.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 1, 2025 at 10:06 AM
About time, too. Now pursue all the other Tory cronies who took advantage of a global pandemic to enrich themselves through the “VIP lane”.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cy...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cy...
If Keir Starmer was serious about heading off the threat of Reform, he could implement proportional representation, like his own party voted for.
If he does not, it will be a clear sign of him putting party before country, and would be a stark betrayal of his responsibilities as Prime Minister.
If he does not, it will be a clear sign of him putting party before country, and would be a stark betrayal of his responsibilities as Prime Minister.
September 30, 2025 at 9:56 AM
If Keir Starmer was serious about heading off the threat of Reform, he could implement proportional representation, like his own party voted for.
If he does not, it will be a clear sign of him putting party before country, and would be a stark betrayal of his responsibilities as Prime Minister.
If he does not, it will be a clear sign of him putting party before country, and would be a stark betrayal of his responsibilities as Prime Minister.
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The Labour Party are bought and paid for.
Lobbying, cash for access, vested interests. This is who they are.
It doesn't have to be this way.
Lobbying, cash for access, vested interests. This is who they are.
It doesn't have to be this way.
September 29, 2025 at 5:39 PM
The Labour Party are bought and paid for.
Lobbying, cash for access, vested interests. This is who they are.
It doesn't have to be this way.
Lobbying, cash for access, vested interests. This is who they are.
It doesn't have to be this way.
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It's me, I'm the 'Scottish Leftist' your granny warned you about 😲
Also, 'The Telegraph can reveal' is an interesting way to describe a story first published by @severincarrell.bsky.social in the Guardian in April.
Also, 'The Telegraph can reveal' is an interesting way to describe a story first published by @severincarrell.bsky.social in the Guardian in April.
September 29, 2025 at 5:32 PM
It's me, I'm the 'Scottish Leftist' your granny warned you about 😲
Also, 'The Telegraph can reveal' is an interesting way to describe a story first published by @severincarrell.bsky.social in the Guardian in April.
Also, 'The Telegraph can reveal' is an interesting way to describe a story first published by @severincarrell.bsky.social in the Guardian in April.
Difficult to understand why Labour get more unpopular with every poll when they’re doing such a good job clearing the streets of dangerous terrorists like <checks notes> young women quietly protesting the mass murder of children. 🤷
What has Yvette Cooper’s proscription of Palestine Action done to this country?
Beyond absurd. It’s extreme authoritarianism. These police should be arresting rapists & crooks, not neglecting those duties to spend time arresting citizens standing against genocide.
It undermines police and the law.
Beyond absurd. It’s extreme authoritarianism. These police should be arresting rapists & crooks, not neglecting those duties to spend time arresting citizens standing against genocide.
It undermines police and the law.
September 29, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Difficult to understand why Labour get more unpopular with every poll when they’re doing such a good job clearing the streets of dangerous terrorists like <checks notes> young women quietly protesting the mass murder of children. 🤷
Reform claim they would scrap Net Zero to get energy bills down.
But renewable energy is *dramatically* cheaper than fossil fuels.
The fuel that’s driving the high cost of energy is gas.
So what on earth are they talking about?
But renewable energy is *dramatically* cheaper than fossil fuels.
The fuel that’s driving the high cost of energy is gas.
So what on earth are they talking about?
September 24, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Reform claim they would scrap Net Zero to get energy bills down.
But renewable energy is *dramatically* cheaper than fossil fuels.
The fuel that’s driving the high cost of energy is gas.
So what on earth are they talking about?
But renewable energy is *dramatically* cheaper than fossil fuels.
The fuel that’s driving the high cost of energy is gas.
So what on earth are they talking about?
Farage’s latest half-baked plans would stop tax-paying immigrants who make the NHS work from accessing its services themselves.
Would you work under those circumstances?
Reform’s incoherent policies would cripple the NHS, not save it.
We need solutions, not sound bites.
greens.scot
Would you work under those circumstances?
Reform’s incoherent policies would cripple the NHS, not save it.
We need solutions, not sound bites.
greens.scot
September 22, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Farage’s latest half-baked plans would stop tax-paying immigrants who make the NHS work from accessing its services themselves.
Would you work under those circumstances?
Reform’s incoherent policies would cripple the NHS, not save it.
We need solutions, not sound bites.
greens.scot
Would you work under those circumstances?
Reform’s incoherent policies would cripple the NHS, not save it.
We need solutions, not sound bites.
greens.scot
First they came for trans people, and we stood up.
Then they came for immigrants, and we stood up.
When they come for abortion rights, voting rights and science, we'll still be standing.
Stand with us and we'll win, together.
Join us.
greens.scot
Then they came for immigrants, and we stood up.
When they come for abortion rights, voting rights and science, we'll still be standing.
Stand with us and we'll win, together.
Join us.
greens.scot
September 21, 2025 at 6:39 PM
First they came for trans people, and we stood up.
Then they came for immigrants, and we stood up.
When they come for abortion rights, voting rights and science, we'll still be standing.
Stand with us and we'll win, together.
Join us.
greens.scot
Then they came for immigrants, and we stood up.
When they come for abortion rights, voting rights and science, we'll still be standing.
Stand with us and we'll win, together.
Join us.
greens.scot