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Dominic Ashmole @dashmolean.bsky.social · Sep 4

Last week, @scottishgreens.org members elected our new co-leaders: @gillianmacmsp.bsky.social and @ross-greer.bsky.social. I wish them - @lornaslater.bsky.social - absolutely all the best with what's next, and I'm very grateful to those of you who backed my campaign. Thank you! 💐
#ProtectWhatWeLove

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Scottish Greens @scottishgreens.org · Sep 3

✅Scotland is to BAN funding for Israel's arms dealers!

Scottish Greens have long fought for this change, alongside @amnestyscotland.bsky.social, @oxfamscotland.bsky.social, and others.

Scotland bands funding for Israel's arms dealers.

A bomb with a Scottish flag is scored out.

Scottish Greens.

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Climate Dad @climatedad.bsky.social · Aug 31

The last 3 years have been the hottest in around 125,000 years.

CO2 levels are their highest in MILLIONS of years.

But most people have no idea this is happening, let alone what it means for our kids’ futures.

Our politics & media have failed our children. We should be furious.

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Scottish Greens @scottishgreens.org · Aug 30

We're fighting back against the super-rich.

We're demanding change that benefits the working class, tackles the climate crisis, and allows Scotland to choose its own future.

Be part of the movement. 💚

Be part of the movement.
Greens . Scot / Join

An image of Gillian Mackay and Ross Greer.

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Patrick Harvie MSP @patrickharvie.bsky.social · Aug 31

What passed for consensus on climate was always pretty thin. But the right's utter abandonment of the issue puts fossil fuel industry profits ahead of planetary survival.

Scottish and UK Governments must not follow them. New extraction must end, and polluters must pay.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Tories pledge to get 'all our oil and gas out of the North Sea'

The government warns Kemi Badenoch's plans would

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Dominic Ashmole @dashmolean.bsky.social · Aug 28

Prof Paul Ekins: "at 700 ppm, which is a highly possible future CO2 concentration... the median average temperature increase would be 3.4 degrees C, but there is an 11% chance that it would reach a civilisation-ending 6 degrees C."

#ProtectWhatWeLove #ClimateLeadership #ScottishGreens

Cover of book Stopping Climate Change, by Paul Ekins

Graph showing continued increase of annual CO2 emissions since 1960

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Rupert Read @rupertread.bsky.social · Aug 20

Join thousands of people who have already signed our petition asking the Government to fund a new Resilience Plan that works with nature and includes public education, infrastructure standards and local funding.

#SAFER

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

Petition: Fund a National Climate Resilience Plan: protect communities from climate impact

From floods to extreme temperatures, climate impacts risk damaging homes, health, businesses, services, and the economy. We want Government to prioritise adaptation; fund a new Resilience Plan that…

petition.parliament.uk

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Dominic Ashmole @dashmolean.bsky.social · Aug 21

STV's Scotland Tonight yesterday covered the @scottishgreens.org co-leader election. I told them that in these dangerous times the Greens need to be the truth-tellers calling out the crisis and helping communities prepare for what's coming.

#ScottishGreens #BackDominic #ProtectWhatWeLove #VoteNow

Dominic Ashmole @dashmolean.bsky.social · Aug 18

That's why I say the @scottishgreens.org have a responsibility to highlight these severe threats and to strengthen grassroots resilience - in addition to our potential legislative and political role.

Dominic Ashmole @dashmolean.bsky.social · Aug 18

What if politicians and the market aren't actually in control of #EarthSystemsCollapse? What if they don't have a plan to save us? We end up needing to fall back on mutual support in our local communities.
#ScottishGreens #BackDominic #ProtectWhatWeLove #VoteNow

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Dominic Ashmole @dashmolean.bsky.social · Aug 18

Yes, we should speak to people "where they are" and help with immediate concerns, but as politicians we have a responsibility also to look to the future and to (try to) keep our people safe. #ScottishGreens #VoteNow

View my full interview with Jonas Laursen on his channel 👉
youtu.be/AEe8Mvc_lkE?...

The Leadership Contest That Could Decide Scotland's Future (ft. Interviews with the Candidates)

YouTube video by Jonas Laursen

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Dominic Ashmole @dashmolean.bsky.social · Aug 18

Action on #EarthSystemsCollapse - the breakdown of climate, nature and the basis of our life on Earth - is a matter of (inter)national security. That's why I'm unapologetic in speaking about the predictions of 2, 3, 4 degrees of heating and 3 billion people displaced. #BackDominic #ProtectWhatWeLove

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Dominic Ashmole @dashmolean.bsky.social · Aug 17

🗳 Voting in the @scottishgreens.org internal elections is open until Friday at noon. We're choosing people to fill a host of positions, including the two co-leaders. So far as I recall from past occasions, turnout can be as low as 10-20%. This is just a shout-out to encourage members please to vote!

Dominic Ashmole @dashmolean.bsky.social · Aug 17

🗳 Voting is underway to select the next Co-Leaders of the Scottish Green Party.
🍀 Want me as a grassroots co-leader inspiring and supporting community action?
1️⃣ Here's why you need to give me your 1st preference vote!
#ScottishGreens #BackDominic #ProtectWhatWeLove #VoteNow

Dominic Ashmole @dashmolean.bsky.social · Aug 16

At Peebles Show today. Just love the Clydesdales. Also great memories of showing our Soay and Shetland sheep when I was a kid. Great to see the poultry tent back in action, too! Such a special annual event for our community.

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Tish Chalmers @tish1.bsky.social · Aug 16

I'm backing Dominic too!

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Dominic Ashmole @dashmolean.bsky.social · Aug 16

As a former member of the Climate Assembly for Scotland, Ellie Clarke well understands the severity of the upcoming climate chaos, and the scale and urgency of what we need to do to secure a safer future. Above all, we must support one another.
#ScottishGreens #BackDominic #ProtectWhatWeLove 💚

Headline: I'm backing Dominic Ashmole for Co-Leader. Photo: DA
Photo:L Ellie Belle Carke, 2022 Council Candidate, Tweeddale East. Member, Climate Assembly for Scotland.
Endorsement: "I wholeheartedly hope that Dominic is successful in his co-leadership campaign. As a friend, co-candidate and member of the Climate Assembly for Scotland, I know that I can trust his leadership as an authentic true voice to trailblaze urgent system changes needed for climate justice."
#ProtectWhatWeLove linktr.ee/dominic.ashmole

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Dominic Ashmole @dashmolean.bsky.social · Aug 16

Jonas Laursen asked how I felt about the Bute House Agreement. Answer: mostly in favour. But when climate targets were abruptly abandoned, it became clear we must speak much more plainly about the future. #ScottishGreens #BackDominic #ProtectWhatWeLove
Full video 👉
youtu.be/AEe8Mvc_lkE?...

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Rupert Read @rupertread.bsky.social · Aug 14

If you haven't already, please sign our petition to the Government asking them to fund a new Resilience Plan. This is about pressuring them to help us get ourselves more #climate-ready together.

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

Petition: Fund a National Climate Resilience Plan: protect communities from climate impact

From floods to extreme temperatures, climate impacts risk damaging homes, health, businesses, services, and the economy. We want Government to prioritise adaptation; fund a new Resilience Plan that…

petition.parliament.uk

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Dominic Ashmole @dashmolean.bsky.social · Aug 13

🗳️ Voting opens today! @scottishgreens members, please consider my pitch to be a grassroots co-leader, working alongside a Holyrood colleague to #ProtectWhatWeLove 💚 ##BackDominic

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Green Elects @greenelects.world · Aug 13

Voting has begun in the Scottish Greens party leadership race between four candidates.

Results will be announced on Friday 29 August.

#ScottishGreensLeadership

Voting has begun in the Scottish Greens party leadership race between four candidates.

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Dominic Ashmole @dashmolean.bsky.social · Aug 12

Good piece from @JonasLaursen15. My segment is at youtu.be/AEe8Mvc_lkE?t=…. I set out my vision for grassroots leadership: supporting local communities to face the local challenges arising from globa#EarthSystemsCollapsese. To prepare for the worst, strive for the best, an#ProtectWhatWeLoveve.

https://youtu.be/AEe8Mvc_lkE?t=…

Dominic Ashmole @dashmolean.bsky.social · Aug 10

Neil made made history in 2022 by being elected in Galashiels & District: the first ever Green councillor in the Borders. A great champion for the folk of Gala, he's also a brilliant bagpiper and good friend. My first councillor endorsement. 🍾🎉 #scottishgreens #BackDominic #ProtectWhatWeLove

Headline: I'm backing Dominic Ashmole for Co-Leader. Photo: DA
Photo: Neil MacKinnon, Green Councillor for Galashiels and District
Endorsement: "Dominic has a long history of campaigning on environmental issues and has been a strong voice calling for the need for urgent action to combat the growing climate emergency. He offers something different to the other candidates and would be a perfect foil for any of them if he were to be elected."
#ProtectWhatWeLove linktr.ee/dominic.ashmole

Dominic Ashmole @dashmolean.bsky.social · Aug 10

On Friday, the four candidates for co-leadership of the Scottish Greens spoke at a members' hustings event. In my opening comments, I challenged us to speak more plainly about the difficult times ahead, and to demand emergency action across society to #ProtectWhatWeLove.

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Co-Leaders Hustings 2025

YouTube video by Scottish Greens

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Dominic Ashmole @dashmolean.bsky.social · Aug 8

A Green since 1979, Linda Hendry has been a candidate for all levels of UK politics, currently attends two Cross Party Groups at Holyrood, and is former Co-Chair of the Ecology Party. I’m truly encouraged by her support.

#BackDominic #ProtectWhatWeLove

Headline: I'm backing Dominic Ashmole for Co-Leader. Photo: DA
Photo: Linda Hendry, Former Ecology Party Co-Chair and retired Special Needs Teacher
Endorsement: "I have known Dominic since the 1980s, when he was an enthusiastic young party volunteer. More recently I have attended public workshops which he facilitated with sensitivity and skill. These are essential qualities both within the party and for successful engagement with the public, civic society and Green councillors as we accelerate urgently needed change. That's why I'm backing Dominic for co-leader."
#ProtectWhatWeLove linktr.ee/dominic.ashmole