Patrick Harvie MSP
@patrickharvie.bsky.social
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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.
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rhi.bsky.social
Dad’s books are full of empathy, common sense, and a healthy suspicion of the powerful. But at its heart his work is also about how systems keep people poor while pretending it’s their own fault. So I hope Kemi’s taking notes as well as reading the jokes.
paulhaine.bsky.social
Kemi Badenoch claiming Terry Pratchett as her favourite author is wild
patrickharvie.bsky.social
Our membership has been rising since these two became our new leadership team. Join us now, as we prepare to make 2026 our best ever election year! greens.scot/join
Ross Greer MSP and Gillian Mackay MSP, smiling and facing the camera, with a caption reading "Join the Scottish Greens greens.scot/join"
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chrisgrey.bsky.social
Badenoch: "I make sure that when I announce something I think about how it is going to impact people."

Badenoch is asked where the 750,000 people she proposes to deport will go.

Badenoch: "I'm tired of us asking all of these irrelevant questions ..."

Oh.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
My approach will pay off eventually, says Kemi Badenoch
The Conservative leader defends her leadership as the party's conference begins in Manchester
www.bbc.co.uk
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scottishgreens.org
Workers who contribute to our society and hold up Scottish rural communities are being punished while the ultra-wealthy can freely do everything possible to avoid paying tax.

It's time to change things. Be part of the movement.

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Join the Scottish Greens to be a part of the movement that will change Scotland. Membership gives you the right to vote in our open democratic structures, receive invitations to members only events ac...
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This is the reality of Reform UK's desperate right-wing grifting.
Article in the Guardian: Foreign staff have ‘changed our lives’: Scottish farmers fear for future after changes to skilled worker visas
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ross-greer.bsky.social
The offensive bit of Fraser's daft tweet wasn't the mention of Greens, it was when he singled out a religion. If you think that was somehow just fine, try swapping 'Bhuddists' for Jews, Hindus or Sikhs and rethink.

Thankfully, barrel-scraping bigotry and dog-whistles won't save Murdo's dying party.
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adambienkov.bsky.social
BBC accused of 'extraordinary' anti-Green bias after party say the Laura Kuenssberg Show scrapped a promised interview with @zackpolanski.bsky.social on Sunday.

Green sources say the show also refused to interview Polanski after he was elected as leader last month

bylinetimes.com/2025/10/06/b...
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adambienkov.bsky.social
The Greens requested an interview on the Laura Kuenssberg Show with Zack Polanski when he was elected leader, but were denied, with a promise to interview him during Green conference instead.

This was then scrapped citing the Manchester synagogue attack. Polanski is both Jewish and from Manchester
BBC Laura Kuenssberg Show Accused of Anti-Green Bias After Cancelling Zack Polanski Interview
The new Green Party leader was the only major party leader not to have been granted a conference interview on the flagship BBC show
bylinetimes.com
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jeannetteeggers.bsky.social
"Copying the radical right is electorally self-defeating. Social democratic parties that try this route lose their own supporters without gaining new ones, and help to legitimise their opponents in the process."
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josiah.writes.news
Greenpeace UK: "The Home Sec must immediately withdraw this dangerous step towards authoritarianism. Any review of protest laws must result in greater freedom for people to make their voices heard, not less."
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josiah.writes.news
On reports the Home Secretary plans to grant police more powers to prevent ‘repeated protests’, Greenpeace UK:

“Protest works because it is repetitive. If police had told the Suffragettes or civil rights activists ‘you’ve made your point,’ they would never have won the victories we all enjoy today"
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scottishgreens.org
Labour’s policies risk creating a society where everyone must prove who they are simply to go about their daily lives.

Is this really the future we want?

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Edinburgh Evening News. Compulsory Digital ID an unnecessary step too far. The compulsory nature is an affront to democracy and an attempt to turn our public service workers into border guards. Column by Lorna Slater MSP.
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scottishgreens.org
Four Scots have been kidnapped by the Israeli military while trying to deliver lifesaving food and medical supplies to starving Palestinians as part of the Global Sumud Flotilla.

The UK government must intervene, and this genocide must be brought to an end.

@ross-greer.bsky.social at #FMQs
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theferret.scot
🔴 On the day the Tories pledge to repeal the climate change act, we reveal one of their senior politicians in Scotland has been “cosying up” to the UK’s “main climate denial group”.

bit.ly/4763mtZ
patrickharvie.bsky.social
The nerve
scotnational.bsky.social
Michelle Mone has demanded Keir Starmer ends the 'vendetta' against her after a firm linked to her was ordered to repay £122 million to the UK Government
Michelle Mone demands Keir Starmer ends Labour's 'vendetta' over PPE scandal
www.thenational.scot
patrickharvie.bsky.social
This can't be said often enough. Reform and the rest of the far right are exploiting the anger many people feel, but they are serving the interests of the people who cause the problems our society faces - the wealthy, the tax dodgers, the exploiters and the big polluters.
scottishgreens.org
'The guys who run Reform are absolute chancers.

The people who make our lives more difficult arrive in private jets, not dinghies.'

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scottishgreens.org
"We have an incredible opportunity in Scotland because we have such huge potential from renewables, which are an incredibly cheap way to generate electricity."

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patrickharvie.bsky.social
Despite their temporary support for climate targets, the Conservatives have never backed the action that's needed to tackle the climate emergency.

Now they're dropping all support for meaningful climate policy, to serve the financial interests of their wealthy donors.

Utterly shameful.
adambienkov.bsky.social
In other news, Kemi Badenoch's party has taken at least £7 million in donations from funders and directors of climate change denial lobby groups bylinetimes.com/2025/03/18/k...
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zoejardiniere.bsky.social
People recognised as refugees fleeing persecution & granted the right to live in the UK to be denied the right to be joined safely by their spouse & children.

This Labour govt is a moral void, a stinking darkness, an empty hollow of cowardice & contempt. #r4today www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Starmer to end asylum ‘golden ticket’ of resettlement and family reunion rights
People granted asylum will have to earn right to invite family in plan charities call ‘straight from populist playbook’
www.theguardian.com
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scottishgreens.org
'The guys who run Reform are absolute chancers.

The people who make our lives more difficult arrive in private jets, not dinghies.'

@ross-greer.bsky.social on #bbcdn
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scottishgreens.org
🚨BREAKING

40 years ago Margaret Thatcher abolished rent controls in Scotland.

The Scottish Parliament just passed a Bill introduced by the Scottish Greens, which will allow them once more!

This will keep rents affordable and offer safety and stability to renters. 🙌
Rent controls passed! homes are for living in, not for profiteering.
patrickharvie.bsky.social
I'm delighted that Parliament has finally created the powers for long term rent controls. I've made the case for well over a decade, and now we need to see it implemented quickly.
scottishgreens.org
🚨BREAKING

40 years ago Margaret Thatcher abolished rent controls in Scotland.

The Scottish Parliament just passed a Bill introduced by the Scottish Greens, which will allow them once more!

This will keep rents affordable and offer safety and stability to renters. 🙌
Rent controls passed! homes are for living in, not for profiteering.