Niall McGeechan
@niallmcgeechan.bsky.social
(he/him) • nerdy • perpetually tired •
my views are my own
my views are my own
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Under the current law, people who are pregnant in Scotland have no legal right to end a pregnancy and this needs to change. We're supporting 'Let’s change the Act', Scotland’s campaign to decriminalise abortion and reform the Abortion Act 1967 - please join us!
www.letschangetheact.co.uk
www.letschangetheact.co.uk
October 29, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Under the current law, people who are pregnant in Scotland have no legal right to end a pregnancy and this needs to change. We're supporting 'Let’s change the Act', Scotland’s campaign to decriminalise abortion and reform the Abortion Act 1967 - please join us!
www.letschangetheact.co.uk
www.letschangetheact.co.uk
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“A pure net zero approach could see us undertake decarbonisation while actually exacerbating the inequalities we face today.”
It was a pleasure speaking to @vickyallan.bsky.social at The Herald about our new report on Scotland’s offshore wind:
It was a pleasure speaking to @vickyallan.bsky.social at The Herald about our new report on Scotland’s offshore wind:
Who's benefiting fom ScotWind? 'Most of the profits are going out of the country'
The Herald investigates how Scotland’s ScotWind leasing deal echoes past mistakes — selling off the nation’s energy wealth to overseas…
www.heraldscotland.com
October 28, 2025 at 2:38 PM
“A pure net zero approach could see us undertake decarbonisation while actually exacerbating the inequalities we face today.”
It was a pleasure speaking to @vickyallan.bsky.social at The Herald about our new report on Scotland’s offshore wind:
It was a pleasure speaking to @vickyallan.bsky.social at The Herald about our new report on Scotland’s offshore wind:
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October 24, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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October 24, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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I like my other former Green colleagues are fed up of the abandonment of whole communities. I have joined Your Party because I am tired of lending our power to politicians who don’t answer to us. We have the power to fight back with a new politics, I want to be part of a movement, not a slogan.
BREAKING: Three Scottish Greens councillors have defected to Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana's new left-wing party
It means that Your Party now have their first political representation in Scotland
It means that Your Party now have their first political representation in Scotland
October 24, 2025 at 8:42 AM
I like my other former Green colleagues are fed up of the abandonment of whole communities. I have joined Your Party because I am tired of lending our power to politicians who don’t answer to us. We have the power to fight back with a new politics, I want to be part of a movement, not a slogan.
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Tommy Robinson posted a neo-Nazi blog that accused me and my fellow Jews Jack Straw and Barbara Roche of conspiring to flood the UK with immigrants.
Tommy Robinson invited to Israel by Amichai Chikli the Minister of Diaspora Affairs.
October 3, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Tommy Robinson posted a neo-Nazi blog that accused me and my fellow Jews Jack Straw and Barbara Roche of conspiring to flood the UK with immigrants.
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Labour's complicity in the genocide of Palestinians continues, it seems. Even if Elbit isn't the final winner, how could Labour think it appropriate to even entertain the idea.
www.middleeasteye.net/news/uk-clos...
www.middleeasteye.net/news/uk-clos...
UK close to giving Israel's Elbit £2bn contract to train British soldiers
Elbit, which was the primary target of Palestine Action's activism, is close to winning a contract that would allow it to train 60,000 troops per year, according to Private Eye
www.middleeasteye.net
August 21, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Labour's complicity in the genocide of Palestinians continues, it seems. Even if Elbit isn't the final winner, how could Labour think it appropriate to even entertain the idea.
www.middleeasteye.net/news/uk-clos...
www.middleeasteye.net/news/uk-clos...
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BREAKING: Israeli attacks across Gaza have killed at least 79 Palestinians, including 41 aid seekers, since the early hours of this morning, medical sources told Al Jazeera.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/dok3fu
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/dok3fu
August 3, 2025 at 5:04 PM
BREAKING: Israeli attacks across Gaza have killed at least 79 Palestinians, including 41 aid seekers, since the early hours of this morning, medical sources told Al Jazeera.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/dok3fu
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/dok3fu
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now let’s have him explain how her ‘fear’ of Muslims is irrational bigotry but her ‘fear’ of trans women is just common sense
Labour chief Anas Sarwar brands Sandie Peggie’s racist messages ‘horrific’
Labour chief Anas Sarwar brands Sandie Peggie’s racist messages ‘horrific’
The Scottish Labour leader was responding to tribunal evidence Ms Peggie frequently used racist slurs. Warning: Contains offensive language.
dlvr.it
July 31, 2025 at 3:10 PM
now let’s have him explain how her ‘fear’ of Muslims is irrational bigotry but her ‘fear’ of trans women is just common sense
Next I think the Scottish Government should meet with rain over concerns over things getting wet.
The Orange Order and a Scottish Government minister have met to discuss concerns over hate crime
Orange Order issue statement after meeting with Scottish Government
www.thenational.scot
July 30, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Next I think the Scottish Government should meet with rain over concerns over things getting wet.
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BREAKING: Palestine Action will be able to challenge the UK Government's ban on the organisation
Co-founder Huda Ammori won a legal battle at the High Court today
Co-founder Huda Ammori won a legal battle at the High Court today
July 30, 2025 at 1:17 PM
BREAKING: Palestine Action will be able to challenge the UK Government's ban on the organisation
Co-founder Huda Ammori won a legal battle at the High Court today
Co-founder Huda Ammori won a legal battle at the High Court today
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Sandie Peggie's homophobia and racism is not an outlier of the gender critical movement. It's a fundamental part of it, and the reason that anti-trans links to the far-right are constantly being exposed.
July 29, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Sandie Peggie's homophobia and racism is not an outlier of the gender critical movement. It's a fundamental part of it, and the reason that anti-trans links to the far-right are constantly being exposed.
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Here's my speech against the hateful bile UKIP tried to bring to Glasgow's streets - thankfully we outnumbered them 💚✊️
July 26, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Here's my speech against the hateful bile UKIP tried to bring to Glasgow's streets - thankfully we outnumbered them 💚✊️
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We’re marching on Saturday 25th October to demand better for Scotland.
Too many of us are going hungry, can't afford rent, or can't afford the bus. Let's demand better.
RSVP now to let us know you're coming! www.nus-scotland.org.uk/march
Too many of us are going hungry, can't afford rent, or can't afford the bus. Let's demand better.
RSVP now to let us know you're coming! www.nus-scotland.org.uk/march
July 24, 2025 at 10:02 AM
We’re marching on Saturday 25th October to demand better for Scotland.
Too many of us are going hungry, can't afford rent, or can't afford the bus. Let's demand better.
RSVP now to let us know you're coming! www.nus-scotland.org.uk/march
Too many of us are going hungry, can't afford rent, or can't afford the bus. Let's demand better.
RSVP now to let us know you're coming! www.nus-scotland.org.uk/march
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I'm not running to be Co-leader of the Scottish Greens.
I'll keep fighting for people & planet but we need to tackle the cultural issues inside our house first.
Members have asked for a cultural review, & I hope leadership candidates make sure it happens.
www.thenational.scot/news/2533780...
I'll keep fighting for people & planet but we need to tackle the cultural issues inside our house first.
Members have asked for a cultural review, & I hope leadership candidates make sure it happens.
www.thenational.scot/news/2533780...
Prominent Greens member rules out running for leadership due to 'toxic culture'
A prominent Scottish Greens member has ruled out standing in the leadership contest due to the "toxic" culture within the party ...
www.thenational.scot
July 24, 2025 at 10:00 AM
I'm not running to be Co-leader of the Scottish Greens.
I'll keep fighting for people & planet but we need to tackle the cultural issues inside our house first.
Members have asked for a cultural review, & I hope leadership candidates make sure it happens.
www.thenational.scot/news/2533780...
I'll keep fighting for people & planet but we need to tackle the cultural issues inside our house first.
Members have asked for a cultural review, & I hope leadership candidates make sure it happens.
www.thenational.scot/news/2533780...
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After the Sandie Peggie tribunal I’m looking forward to the Scottish media covering all employment tribunals with such intensity. At last we’ll get in-depth reporting on workers rights, low pay & unfair dismissal
Unless of course there’s some other reason for the obsession. What could it be though?
Unless of course there’s some other reason for the obsession. What could it be though?
July 19, 2025 at 2:28 PM
After the Sandie Peggie tribunal I’m looking forward to the Scottish media covering all employment tribunals with such intensity. At last we’ll get in-depth reporting on workers rights, low pay & unfair dismissal
Unless of course there’s some other reason for the obsession. What could it be though?
Unless of course there’s some other reason for the obsession. What could it be though?
For the second year in a row the No Pride in Genocide bloc was by far the biggest group at Glasgow Pride.
Glasgow's Queer community rejects corporate pinkwashing 'pride ltd.' and instead stands in solidarity with Palestinians and all people whose human rights and lives are on the line.
Glasgow's Queer community rejects corporate pinkwashing 'pride ltd.' and instead stands in solidarity with Palestinians and all people whose human rights and lives are on the line.
July 19, 2025 at 1:17 PM
For the second year in a row the No Pride in Genocide bloc was by far the biggest group at Glasgow Pride.
Glasgow's Queer community rejects corporate pinkwashing 'pride ltd.' and instead stands in solidarity with Palestinians and all people whose human rights and lives are on the line.
Glasgow's Queer community rejects corporate pinkwashing 'pride ltd.' and instead stands in solidarity with Palestinians and all people whose human rights and lives are on the line.
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It feels like everyone I talk to has had issues getting hold of their Labour MP across the whole of Glasgow.
It's been bitterly disappointing to not have vocal fighters this city needs - and Glaswegians are wise enough to not let more of these chancers in next year ✊️💚
It's been bitterly disappointing to not have vocal fighters this city needs - and Glaswegians are wise enough to not let more of these chancers in next year ✊️💚
Had a problem getting in touch with your local Labour MP? You're not alone.
www.thenational.scot/politics/253...
www.thenational.scot/politics/253...
Steph Paton: It took six months for my MP to meet me. If only I had been an arms firm
Getting a straight answer to any question I asked proved almost as difficult as getting the meeting in the first place, writes Steph Paton
www.thenational.scot
July 15, 2025 at 9:29 AM
It feels like everyone I talk to has had issues getting hold of their Labour MP across the whole of Glasgow.
It's been bitterly disappointing to not have vocal fighters this city needs - and Glaswegians are wise enough to not let more of these chancers in next year ✊️💚
It's been bitterly disappointing to not have vocal fighters this city needs - and Glaswegians are wise enough to not let more of these chancers in next year ✊️💚
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Spoiler alert: being an arms firm helps massively.
Struggling to meet your MP? Here's one handy trick they don't want you to know.
www.thenational.scot/politics/253...
www.thenational.scot/politics/253...
Steph Paton: It took six months for my MP to meet me. If only I had been an arms firm
Getting a straight answer to any question I asked proved almost as difficult as getting the meeting in the first place, writes Steph Paton
www.thenational.scot
July 15, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Spoiler alert: being an arms firm helps massively.
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Core to McSweeneyism is the belief that ‘The Voter is never wrong’. Yet for a man so intent on listening to the public, McSweeney in fact seems to have selective hearing.
Angus Satow on Morgan McSweeney's manicured rise to power and his current fall from grace as Labour wunderkind.
Angus Satow on Morgan McSweeney's manicured rise to power and his current fall from grace as Labour wunderkind.
McSweeney’s Death Rattle
In a media landscape where nuanced political breakthroughs are often credited to ‘genius Svengalis’, spin doctor Morgan McSweeney has become the crown prince of Starmerism. But now his fragile empire…
tribunemag.co.uk
July 8, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Core to McSweeneyism is the belief that ‘The Voter is never wrong’. Yet for a man so intent on listening to the public, McSweeney in fact seems to have selective hearing.
Angus Satow on Morgan McSweeney's manicured rise to power and his current fall from grace as Labour wunderkind.
Angus Satow on Morgan McSweeney's manicured rise to power and his current fall from grace as Labour wunderkind.
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Seems my Labour MP Gordon McKee - who voted to proscribe Palestine Action - is working with the defense firms involved in supplying the genocide.
www.thenational.scot/news/2530768...
www.thenational.scot/news/2530768...
How arms firms are buying exclusive access to MPs for as little as £1499
AT WESTMINSTER, arms firms – including those who have sold weapons to Israel – are currently enjoying a lobbying blitz ...
www.thenational.scot
July 13, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Seems my Labour MP Gordon McKee - who voted to proscribe Palestine Action - is working with the defense firms involved in supplying the genocide.
www.thenational.scot/news/2530768...
www.thenational.scot/news/2530768...
Our freedom to protest and speak up is being pulled away from us.
The Labour party is dismantling democracy.
The Labour party is dismantling democracy.
EXCLUSIVE: Police Scotland have charged a man with terror offences after he was allegedly seen 'wearing a T-shirt' in support of Palestine Action
Read the full story: www.thenational.scot/news/2...
Read the full story: www.thenational.scot/news/2...
July 12, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Our freedom to protest and speak up is being pulled away from us.
The Labour party is dismantling democracy.
The Labour party is dismantling democracy.
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We spoke to a senior journalist at the BBC World Service to find out how staff feel about coverage of Gaza/Israel
They say the BBC works on an "Israel-first" basis with bosses "constantly buckling to political pressure"
Great piece from Steph Brawn
www.thenational.scot/news/2529526...
They say the BBC works on an "Israel-first" basis with bosses "constantly buckling to political pressure"
Great piece from Steph Brawn
www.thenational.scot/news/2529526...
'An Israel-first approach': Inside the BBC’s Gaza coverage
A senior BBC journalist talks to The National about the broadcaster's coverage of Israel's assault on Gaza.
www.thenational.scot
July 8, 2025 at 11:22 AM
We spoke to a senior journalist at the BBC World Service to find out how staff feel about coverage of Gaza/Israel
They say the BBC works on an "Israel-first" basis with bosses "constantly buckling to political pressure"
Great piece from Steph Brawn
www.thenational.scot/news/2529526...
They say the BBC works on an "Israel-first" basis with bosses "constantly buckling to political pressure"
Great piece from Steph Brawn
www.thenational.scot/news/2529526...