Patrick Harvie MSP
@patrickharvie.bsky.social
Glasgow's Green MSP | He/Him
Short, bald, frequently appalled.
https://linktr.ee/patrickharvie
Promoted by Patrick Harvie MSP, 19b Graham Street, Edinburgh, EH6 5QN.
Short, bald, frequently appalled.
https://linktr.ee/patrickharvie
Promoted by Patrick Harvie MSP, 19b Graham Street, Edinburgh, EH6 5QN.
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Glasgow's Free Public Transport Pilot goes live, after Green-led investment in our city Budget 💚
1000 Glaswegians will be able to travel for free around the City, which will show the benefit of free public transport to people & planet ✊
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2584526...
1000 Glaswegians will be able to travel for free around the City, which will show the benefit of free public transport to people & planet ✊
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2584526...
February 11, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Glasgow's Free Public Transport Pilot goes live, after Green-led investment in our city Budget 💚
1000 Glaswegians will be able to travel for free around the City, which will show the benefit of free public transport to people & planet ✊
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2584526...
1000 Glaswegians will be able to travel for free around the City, which will show the benefit of free public transport to people & planet ✊
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2584526...
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Andrew's behaviour clearly needs criminal investigation.
But we should be equally outraged at the way the Monarchy bankrolled and protected him - including paying £12 million to settle a sexual assault case.
But we should be equally outraged at the way the Monarchy bankrolled and protected him - including paying £12 million to settle a sexual assault case.
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor must give evidence to US cops, demand Scottish Greens
Patrick Harvie spoke out after the King said his family were "ready to support" police in their inquiries.
www.dailyrecord.co.uk
February 11, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Andrew's behaviour clearly needs criminal investigation.
But we should be equally outraged at the way the Monarchy bankrolled and protected him - including paying £12 million to settle a sexual assault case.
But we should be equally outraged at the way the Monarchy bankrolled and protected him - including paying £12 million to settle a sexual assault case.
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🔴 Exclusive: Corporate donations British parties tripled over last three elections
But here's key thing: almost none is from FTSE500/listed companies
It's almost all companies controlled by super-wealthy individuals, or small, opaque firms
New on D4S: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/revealed-c...
But here's key thing: almost none is from FTSE500/listed companies
It's almost all companies controlled by super-wealthy individuals, or small, opaque firms
New on D4S: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/revealed-c...
Revealed: Corporate donations to British politics have tripled
Influential Labour committee chairs call on government to clean up politics as our new analysis finds record £42 million in company donations ahead of last election
democracyforsale.substack.com
February 11, 2026 at 11:47 AM
🔴 Exclusive: Corporate donations British parties tripled over last three elections
But here's key thing: almost none is from FTSE500/listed companies
It's almost all companies controlled by super-wealthy individuals, or small, opaque firms
New on D4S: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/revealed-c...
But here's key thing: almost none is from FTSE500/listed companies
It's almost all companies controlled by super-wealthy individuals, or small, opaque firms
New on D4S: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/revealed-c...
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Scotland deserves better than this chaos.
Join our movement for an independent republic back in the EU.
🏴💚🇪🇺👇
Join our movement for an independent republic back in the EU.
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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, ...
members.greens.scot
February 9, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Scotland deserves better than this chaos.
Join our movement for an independent republic back in the EU.
🏴💚🇪🇺👇
Join our movement for an independent republic back in the EU.
🏴💚🇪🇺👇
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Reform is threatening Bangor University over a student society’s decision. The society isn’t Bangor University—but this is a neat preview of how a Reform government would work: public money for supporters only. Trump-style politics, UK edition.
Authoritarian reflex is already working just fine.👇
Authoritarian reflex is already working just fine.👇
February 10, 2026 at 9:32 AM
Reform is threatening Bangor University over a student society’s decision. The society isn’t Bangor University—but this is a neat preview of how a Reform government would work: public money for supporters only. Trump-style politics, UK edition.
Authoritarian reflex is already working just fine.👇
Authoritarian reflex is already working just fine.👇
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£240m. With no tender. Palantir.
I wrote to Wes Streeting last week demanding answers.
Every day without any transparency deepens the scandal.
Palantir out.
I wrote to Wes Streeting last week demanding answers.
Every day without any transparency deepens the scandal.
Palantir out.
Mandelson’s malign influence runs right through the heart of this Government.
Not least in the govt’s NHS data deal with Palantir – a spy-tech firm co-founded by a man who thinks the NHS should be ‘ripped up.’
I've written to Wes Streeting urging him to ditch this dangerous deal.
Not least in the govt’s NHS data deal with Palantir – a spy-tech firm co-founded by a man who thinks the NHS should be ‘ripped up.’
I've written to Wes Streeting urging him to ditch this dangerous deal.
February 10, 2026 at 1:14 PM
£240m. With no tender. Palantir.
I wrote to Wes Streeting last week demanding answers.
Every day without any transparency deepens the scandal.
Palantir out.
I wrote to Wes Streeting last week demanding answers.
Every day without any transparency deepens the scandal.
Palantir out.
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Tim Allan may be getting less attention than Morgan McSweeney, but his links raised serious questions - and they’re part of the wider pattern of questionable appointments.
This isn’t really about individuals.
It’s about the state of the Labour Party.
news.sky.com/story/invest...
This isn’t really about individuals.
It’s about the state of the Labour Party.
news.sky.com/story/invest...
Investigation demanded into Keir Starmer's comms chief's lobbying links
Tim Allan's minority ownership of a lobbying firm has led to accusations of a perception of a conflict of interest.
news.sky.com
February 9, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Tim Allan may be getting less attention than Morgan McSweeney, but his links raised serious questions - and they’re part of the wider pattern of questionable appointments.
This isn’t really about individuals.
It’s about the state of the Labour Party.
news.sky.com/story/invest...
This isn’t really about individuals.
It’s about the state of the Labour Party.
news.sky.com/story/invest...
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I do think that the Anas Sarwar press conference was just too nakedly cynical to be effective, frankly.
February 9, 2026 at 2:45 PM
I do think that the Anas Sarwar press conference was just too nakedly cynical to be effective, frankly.
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Anas Sarwar is about to call for Starmer to resign for his appalling judgement when it came to Peter Mandelson.
The same Anas Sarwar who proudly posed with his 'old friend' years after everyone knew that Mandelson stuck with Epstein despite his conviction for child sex offences.
The same Anas Sarwar who proudly posed with his 'old friend' years after everyone knew that Mandelson stuck with Epstein despite his conviction for child sex offences.
February 9, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Anas Sarwar is about to call for Starmer to resign for his appalling judgement when it came to Peter Mandelson.
The same Anas Sarwar who proudly posed with his 'old friend' years after everyone knew that Mandelson stuck with Epstein despite his conviction for child sex offences.
The same Anas Sarwar who proudly posed with his 'old friend' years after everyone knew that Mandelson stuck with Epstein despite his conviction for child sex offences.
Starmer is only the most recent chapter in a very long story of how Westminster fails Scotland.
Obviously he should go. Obviously he will. But Scotland doesn't just need a new chapter in the same story.
Independence lets choose our own future.
Obviously he should go. Obviously he will. But Scotland doesn't just need a new chapter in the same story.
Independence lets choose our own future.
Westminster has failed Scotland.
A new Prime Minister won't change that. It's time for independence.
A new Prime Minister won't change that. It's time for independence.
February 9, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Starmer is only the most recent chapter in a very long story of how Westminster fails Scotland.
Obviously he should go. Obviously he will. But Scotland doesn't just need a new chapter in the same story.
Independence lets choose our own future.
Obviously he should go. Obviously he will. But Scotland doesn't just need a new chapter in the same story.
Independence lets choose our own future.
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Some campaigners claimed “chill factor” around LGBTQ+ books evoked the ‘moral panic’ before the introduction of Section 28, a policy brought in by Thatcher’s government in 1988 which aimed to “prohibit the promotion of homosexuality”
https://www.theferret.scot/books-scottish-schools-librarians/
https://www.theferret.scot/books-scottish-schools-librarians/
February 8, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Some campaigners claimed “chill factor” around LGBTQ+ books evoked the ‘moral panic’ before the introduction of Section 28, a policy brought in by Thatcher’s government in 1988 which aimed to “prohibit the promotion of homosexuality”
https://www.theferret.scot/books-scottish-schools-librarians/
https://www.theferret.scot/books-scottish-schools-librarians/
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This is the man whose company Peter Mandelson's lobbying firm represents.
Keir Starmer visited its HQ last year, at the request of Mandelson, shortly before it was handed a £240m Government contract
Keir Starmer visited its HQ last year, at the request of Mandelson, shortly before it was handed a £240m Government contract
Peter Thiel warns the Antichrist and apocalypse are linked to the ‘end of modernity’ currently happening—and cites Greta Thunberg as a driving example
fortune.com/2026/02/04/p...
*Not satire.
fortune.com/2026/02/04/p...
*Not satire.
Peter Thiel warns the Antichrist and apocalypse are linked to the ‘end of modernity’ currently happening—and cites Greta Thunberg as a driving example | Fortune
The Gen Z Swedish climate activist is a legionnaire of the Antichrist, Thiel claims, a “Luddite” who wants to halt technological progress in its tracks.
fortune.com
February 8, 2026 at 8:41 AM
This is the man whose company Peter Mandelson's lobbying firm represents.
Keir Starmer visited its HQ last year, at the request of Mandelson, shortly before it was handed a £240m Government contract
Keir Starmer visited its HQ last year, at the request of Mandelson, shortly before it was handed a £240m Government contract
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Reform Vs Green.
Hate Vs Hope.
Hundreds and hundreds of people out on the streets today making sure hope wins.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Hate Vs Hope.
Hundreds and hundreds of people out on the streets today making sure hope wins.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Gorton and Denton by-election: Zack Polanski urges 'hope over hate'
Zack Polanski joined candidate Hannah Spencer, a councillor and plumber, on the campaign trail.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 7, 2026 at 4:24 PM
Reform Vs Green.
Hate Vs Hope.
Hundreds and hundreds of people out on the streets today making sure hope wins.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Hate Vs Hope.
Hundreds and hundreds of people out on the streets today making sure hope wins.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Have a read of this. Great scoop, obviously, but it’s also an absolute masterclass in how to report on these jokers. Plenty of London-based hacks could learn a lot from Martin Shipton here. If they actually wanted to…
nation.cymru/news/the-new...
nation.cymru/news/the-new...
The new leader of Reform UK Wales lives in Bath, not Wales
Martin Shipton The newly appointed leader of Reform UK in Wales hasn’t moved back to his home town in the Valleys, but has bought a £1m house near Bath, we can reveal. Dan Thomas, the former Conservat...
nation.cymru
February 7, 2026 at 11:38 AM
Have a read of this. Great scoop, obviously, but it’s also an absolute masterclass in how to report on these jokers. Plenty of London-based hacks could learn a lot from Martin Shipton here. If they actually wanted to…
nation.cymru/news/the-new...
nation.cymru/news/the-new...
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Breaking: We have brought more than 140 feminist and LGBTQ+ organisations together to urge our politicians to act and protect inclusive spaces from expensive lawfare ⚖️
Read more in @the-independent.com:
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Read more in @the-independent.com:
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Protect inclusive spaces from gender-critical legal battles, Starmer told
Exclusive: Sir Keir Starmer and Bridget Phillipson have been urged by more than 140 feminist and LGBT+ organisations to protect trans-inclusive spaces
www.independent.co.uk
February 7, 2026 at 8:53 AM
Breaking: We have brought more than 140 feminist and LGBTQ+ organisations together to urge our politicians to act and protect inclusive spaces from expensive lawfare ⚖️
Read more in @the-independent.com:
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Read more in @the-independent.com:
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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We need a UK Digital Sovereignty Strategy!
Our over-reliance on foreign tech giants is a huge risk to our security and resilience when faced with Donald Trump’s ever increasing belligerence.
Companies like Palantir have no place in our critical digital infrastructure.
Our over-reliance on foreign tech giants is a huge risk to our security and resilience when faced with Donald Trump’s ever increasing belligerence.
Companies like Palantir have no place in our critical digital infrastructure.
February 6, 2026 at 5:20 PM
We need a UK Digital Sovereignty Strategy!
Our over-reliance on foreign tech giants is a huge risk to our security and resilience when faced with Donald Trump’s ever increasing belligerence.
Companies like Palantir have no place in our critical digital infrastructure.
Our over-reliance on foreign tech giants is a huge risk to our security and resilience when faced with Donald Trump’s ever increasing belligerence.
Companies like Palantir have no place in our critical digital infrastructure.
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How will this be remembered?
This History Month, we’re asking you to get in touch with the Scottish Government to ask them how their actions now will be remembered in the years to come: equalrecognition.eaction.org.uk/howwillthisb...
This History Month, we’re asking you to get in touch with the Scottish Government to ask them how their actions now will be remembered in the years to come: equalrecognition.eaction.org.uk/howwillthisb...
February 6, 2026 at 10:48 AM
How will this be remembered?
This History Month, we’re asking you to get in touch with the Scottish Government to ask them how their actions now will be remembered in the years to come: equalrecognition.eaction.org.uk/howwillthisb...
This History Month, we’re asking you to get in touch with the Scottish Government to ask them how their actions now will be remembered in the years to come: equalrecognition.eaction.org.uk/howwillthisb...
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🔴 BREAKING: Labour Together paid controversial PR firm £30k to investigate journalists who were digging into how its undeclared funding
Reporters from Sunday Times, Guardian and other outlets targetted
*And* Morgan McSweeney knew about it
Full story:
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/exclusive-...
Reporters from Sunday Times, Guardian and other outlets targetted
*And* Morgan McSweeney knew about it
Full story:
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/exclusive-...
BREAKING: McSweeney’s think tank paid PR firm to investigate journalists
Labour Together put private investigators onto journalists writing about its funding. Starmer's right-hand man knew.
democracyforsale.substack.com
February 5, 2026 at 8:01 PM
🔴 BREAKING: Labour Together paid controversial PR firm £30k to investigate journalists who were digging into how its undeclared funding
Reporters from Sunday Times, Guardian and other outlets targetted
*And* Morgan McSweeney knew about it
Full story:
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/exclusive-...
Reporters from Sunday Times, Guardian and other outlets targetted
*And* Morgan McSweeney knew about it
Full story:
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/exclusive-...
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Child at the podium: “A woo woo woo.”
Mamdani: That’s how I felt when we came up with this plan. Together, we will expand the idea of what is possible in our city—and what sounds and noises we can make at a press conference.
Mamdani: That’s how I felt when we came up with this plan. Together, we will expand the idea of what is possible in our city—and what sounds and noises we can make at a press conference.
February 6, 2026 at 4:11 AM
Child at the podium: “A woo woo woo.”
Mamdani: That’s how I felt when we came up with this plan. Together, we will expand the idea of what is possible in our city—and what sounds and noises we can make at a press conference.
Mamdani: That’s how I felt when we came up with this plan. Together, we will expand the idea of what is possible in our city—and what sounds and noises we can make at a press conference.
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My latest @newscientist.com column for subscribers and library patrons is about Elon Musk’s attempts to co-opt Star Trek and how Mars is actually a hostile planet 🧪🔭
www.newscientist.com/article/mg26...
www.newscientist.com/article/mg26...
Why Elon Musk has misunderstood the point of Star Trek
As Elon Musk and Pete Hegseth talk about wanting to make Star Trek real, long-time fan Chanda Prescod-Weinstein says they've misconstrued the heart of the story
www.newscientist.com
February 5, 2026 at 12:54 PM
My latest @newscientist.com column for subscribers and library patrons is about Elon Musk’s attempts to co-opt Star Trek and how Mars is actually a hostile planet 🧪🔭
www.newscientist.com/article/mg26...
www.newscientist.com/article/mg26...
It would be bad enough to appoint Mandelson despite what they knew about him.
I think it's worse. I think they did it because of what they knew.
They wanted an Ambassador who would be comfortable in the moral gutter, because that's where Trump and his regime operate.
greens.scot/news/keir-st...
I think it's worse. I think they did it because of what they knew.
They wanted an Ambassador who would be comfortable in the moral gutter, because that's where Trump and his regime operate.
greens.scot/news/keir-st...
Keir Starmer must resign
Keir Starmer must resign - The Prime Minister's position is increasingly untenable.
greens.scot
February 5, 2026 at 3:20 PM
It would be bad enough to appoint Mandelson despite what they knew about him.
I think it's worse. I think they did it because of what they knew.
They wanted an Ambassador who would be comfortable in the moral gutter, because that's where Trump and his regime operate.
greens.scot/news/keir-st...
I think it's worse. I think they did it because of what they knew.
They wanted an Ambassador who would be comfortable in the moral gutter, because that's where Trump and his regime operate.
greens.scot/news/keir-st...
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Join us for an online LGBTI+ Awareness and Inclusion Training session on Thursday 12th March at 1pm - learn while you have your lunch! Tickets are £30 per person, all proceeds go back into funding our crucial training and campaigns work.
Get your ticket here: www.outsavvy.com/event/33396/...
Get your ticket here: www.outsavvy.com/event/33396/...
February 4, 2026 at 1:26 PM
Join us for an online LGBTI+ Awareness and Inclusion Training session on Thursday 12th March at 1pm - learn while you have your lunch! Tickets are £30 per person, all proceeds go back into funding our crucial training and campaigns work.
Get your ticket here: www.outsavvy.com/event/33396/...
Get your ticket here: www.outsavvy.com/event/33396/...
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@sccscot.bsky.social are looking for a new Coalition Manager
💸£40,000
🕙Full time
🧷Remote: Home Based with occasional Edinburgh office working
To find out more, please visit: tinyurl.com/hzr73r46
💸£40,000
🕙Full time
🧷Remote: Home Based with occasional Edinburgh office working
To find out more, please visit: tinyurl.com/hzr73r46
Coalition Manager with Stop Climate Chaos Scotland – Goodmoves
This is a unique and central role at the heart of civil society efforts in Scotland to tackle the climate crisis. It requires a highly-organised and effective manager who is able to build stron...
tinyurl.com
February 4, 2026 at 4:11 PM
@sccscot.bsky.social are looking for a new Coalition Manager
💸£40,000
🕙Full time
🧷Remote: Home Based with occasional Edinburgh office working
To find out more, please visit: tinyurl.com/hzr73r46
💸£40,000
🕙Full time
🧷Remote: Home Based with occasional Edinburgh office working
To find out more, please visit: tinyurl.com/hzr73r46