Maggie Chapman MSP (she/her)
@maggiechapman.bsky.social
Scottish Greens MSP for North East Scotland | Eco-Socialist & Feminist | She/Her | Posts promoted by Maggie Chapman, Scottish Green Party, 19b Graham Street EH6 5QN
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🤳 Kincardine and Mearns @citizensadvicescot.bsky.social currently have a number of refurbished Apple and Android phones for people in low-income households, in certain parts of Aberdeenshire.
🔗 More info available here:
🔗 More info available here:
Mobile Phone Poverty | Kincardine and Mearns Citizens Advice Bureau
Kincardine and Mearns Citizens Advice Bureau is pleased to announce that through the Good Things Foundation, funded by Virgin Media O2 (VM02) and environmental charity Hubbub, we are able to offer refurbished Apple or Android phones to those in need. We know that in this current climate, with more services moving online, and the general costs of phones and contracts
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November 26, 2025 at 9:25 PM
🤳 Kincardine and Mearns @citizensadvicescot.bsky.social currently have a number of refurbished Apple and Android phones for people in low-income households, in certain parts of Aberdeenshire.
🔗 More info available here:
🔗 More info available here:
St Andrew’s Day March, Palestine Bloc; Assemble at Rubislaw Terrace; Saturday, 29th November, 11am
November 26, 2025 at 7:30 PM
St Andrew’s Day March, Palestine Bloc; Assemble at Rubislaw Terrace; Saturday, 29th November, 11am
Whilst most families see their household budgets stretched further every month, the richest in our country continue to increase and hoard their wealth.
The @scottishgreens.org proposed tax on the top 1% would see £70 BILLION for our public services.
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The @scottishgreens.org proposed tax on the top 1% would see £70 BILLION for our public services.
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November 26, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Whilst most families see their household budgets stretched further every month, the richest in our country continue to increase and hoard their wealth.
The @scottishgreens.org proposed tax on the top 1% would see £70 BILLION for our public services.
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The @scottishgreens.org proposed tax on the top 1% would see £70 BILLION for our public services.
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Rent and food doesn't cost less because you are under 25. Instead, it takes up a larger proportion of most young earners income.
The @scottishgreens.org want to see a real living wage, which increases with inflation every year.
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The @scottishgreens.org want to see a real living wage, which increases with inflation every year.
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November 26, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Rent and food doesn't cost less because you are under 25. Instead, it takes up a larger proportion of most young earners income.
The @scottishgreens.org want to see a real living wage, which increases with inflation every year.
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The @scottishgreens.org want to see a real living wage, which increases with inflation every year.
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Happening soon! Looking forward to seeing you @foescot.bsky.social & Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign
November 26, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Happening soon! Looking forward to seeing you @foescot.bsky.social & Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign
📢 Tomorrow, Wed 26 Nov, is the International Day of Action against Dana Petroleum.
From noon I'll join pro-Palestine & climate activists on Huntly Street in Aberdeen to stand against resource theft & oppression.
Illegal exploitation of resources in Palestinian waters must stop.
From noon I'll join pro-Palestine & climate activists on Huntly Street in Aberdeen to stand against resource theft & oppression.
Illegal exploitation of resources in Palestinian waters must stop.
November 25, 2025 at 4:23 PM
📢 Tomorrow, Wed 26 Nov, is the International Day of Action against Dana Petroleum.
From noon I'll join pro-Palestine & climate activists on Huntly Street in Aberdeen to stand against resource theft & oppression.
Illegal exploitation of resources in Palestinian waters must stop.
From noon I'll join pro-Palestine & climate activists on Huntly Street in Aberdeen to stand against resource theft & oppression.
Illegal exploitation of resources in Palestinian waters must stop.
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"Hormone Therapy was associated with clinically meaningful reductions in suicidality over time, extending prior findings with a larger sample and longer follow-up." www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Changes in Suicidality among Transgender Adolescents Following Hormone Therapy: An Extended Study
To examine changes in suicidality following hormone therapy (HT) among transgender and gender-diverse adolescents and young adults.A retrospective cha…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:37 AM
"Hormone Therapy was associated with clinically meaningful reductions in suicidality over time, extending prior findings with a larger sample and longer follow-up." www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The #JTPBFund public vote is now LIVE!
Residents of #Aberdeen, #Aberdeenshire, and #Moray - this is your chance to make a real difference in your community. Your votes decide which eco-friendly projects receive funding in your local area.
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Residents of #Aberdeen, #Aberdeenshire, and #Moray - this is your chance to make a real difference in your community. Your votes decide which eco-friendly projects receive funding in your local area.
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November 24, 2025 at 7:29 PM
The #JTPBFund public vote is now LIVE!
Residents of #Aberdeen, #Aberdeenshire, and #Moray - this is your chance to make a real difference in your community. Your votes decide which eco-friendly projects receive funding in your local area.
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Residents of #Aberdeen, #Aberdeenshire, and #Moray - this is your chance to make a real difference in your community. Your votes decide which eco-friendly projects receive funding in your local area.
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@carersscotland.bsky.social are developing a 'Caring for Carers' roadshow in 2026/27.
The roadshows will offer a range of information, support, opportunities for peer connection & access to local services. They want input from unpaid carers to ensure it meets their needs.
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The roadshows will offer a range of information, support, opportunities for peer connection & access to local services. They want input from unpaid carers to ensure it meets their needs.
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November 24, 2025 at 5:56 PM
@carersscotland.bsky.social are developing a 'Caring for Carers' roadshow in 2026/27.
The roadshows will offer a range of information, support, opportunities for peer connection & access to local services. They want input from unpaid carers to ensure it meets their needs.
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The roadshows will offer a range of information, support, opportunities for peer connection & access to local services. They want input from unpaid carers to ensure it meets their needs.
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Last week I had the honour of being installed as the Rector of @dundee.ac.uk. I spoke about the value of education to society. I was also pleased to engage with activists in Aberdeen and campaigners for sex workers' rights.
November 24, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Last week I had the honour of being installed as the Rector of @dundee.ac.uk. I spoke about the value of education to society. I was also pleased to engage with activists in Aberdeen and campaigners for sex workers' rights.
Today is the Activist Fair in Aberdeen ✊
Pleased to be here with many folk working to create a better world.
Our shared struggle is for social, environmental & economic justice for all.
More info about the fair, including craft stalls, workshops:
aberdeensocialcentre...
Pleased to be here with many folk working to create a better world.
Our shared struggle is for social, environmental & economic justice for all.
More info about the fair, including craft stalls, workshops:
aberdeensocialcentre...
November 22, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Today is the Activist Fair in Aberdeen ✊
Pleased to be here with many folk working to create a better world.
Our shared struggle is for social, environmental & economic justice for all.
More info about the fair, including craft stalls, workshops:
aberdeensocialcentre...
Pleased to be here with many folk working to create a better world.
Our shared struggle is for social, environmental & economic justice for all.
More info about the fair, including craft stalls, workshops:
aberdeensocialcentre...
Delighted to join the North Sea Knitters outside of a very chilly Parliament today to protest #Rosebank.
In the week where the Parliament took evidence on the catastrophic impact of 4° warming, it is inspiring to join with innovative campaigners who can offer us all hope.
In the week where the Parliament took evidence on the catastrophic impact of 4° warming, it is inspiring to join with innovative campaigners who can offer us all hope.
November 20, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Delighted to join the North Sea Knitters outside of a very chilly Parliament today to protest #Rosebank.
In the week where the Parliament took evidence on the catastrophic impact of 4° warming, it is inspiring to join with innovative campaigners who can offer us all hope.
In the week where the Parliament took evidence on the catastrophic impact of 4° warming, it is inspiring to join with innovative campaigners who can offer us all hope.
Today, on #TDOR, we honour and mourn all the trans people whose lives were taken by hatred, violence and neglect.
Their lives mattered. Their futures mattered.
With courage and solidarity, we will build a future where every trans person is free to thrive.
Their lives mattered. Their futures mattered.
With courage and solidarity, we will build a future where every trans person is free to thrive.
November 20, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Today, on #TDOR, we honour and mourn all the trans people whose lives were taken by hatred, violence and neglect.
Their lives mattered. Their futures mattered.
With courage and solidarity, we will build a future where every trans person is free to thrive.
Their lives mattered. Their futures mattered.
With courage and solidarity, we will build a future where every trans person is free to thrive.
Last week, @ducuuo.bsky.social staff were on strike, @scottishgreens.org called on Parliament to say no to fossil fuel extraction from the #Rosebank oil field, & thousands joined the climate march in Glasgow. I also heard from Generations Working Together & others promoting social justice.
November 17, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Last week, @ducuuo.bsky.social staff were on strike, @scottishgreens.org called on Parliament to say no to fossil fuel extraction from the #Rosebank oil field, & thousands joined the climate march in Glasgow. I also heard from Generations Working Together & others promoting social justice.
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I'm pretty old (71), so I remember clearly the National Front in the 1970s. They were pariahs that the main political parties wouldn't touch with a 10ft pole. What is shocking is that the LABOUR party is now coming out with the same policies. What on earth would the likes of Benn, Foot etc. think?
November 16, 2025 at 8:26 PM
I'm pretty old (71), so I remember clearly the National Front in the 1970s. They were pariahs that the main political parties wouldn't touch with a 10ft pole. What is shocking is that the LABOUR party is now coming out with the same policies. What on earth would the likes of Benn, Foot etc. think?
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🌍 42.5m refugees
Over 70% of them are hosted by low- and middle-income countries.
🇬🇧 548k refugees
= 0.78% of the UK population.
It is not refugees who tear our country apart, it is the mainstreaming of far right policies. And that’s a risk to all of us.
My letter to my MP.
#asylum #Mahmood
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Over 70% of them are hosted by low- and middle-income countries.
🇬🇧 548k refugees
= 0.78% of the UK population.
It is not refugees who tear our country apart, it is the mainstreaming of far right policies. And that’s a risk to all of us.
My letter to my MP.
#asylum #Mahmood
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![Dear [my MP’s name],
As the Home Secretary prepares to announce sweeping changes to the UK’s asylum system, I see it as both my duty as a citizen and responsibility as a migration expert to do all I can to urge policymakers to oppose the proposals—not only for what they will do to refugees, though that is the first concern, but also for what they will mean for all of us and the future society we live in.
That is why I am writing to you as my MP. This letter explains why I consider the need to oppose the Home Secretary’s proposals urgent and, at the most fundamental level, in the national and your constituents’ interest.
I was born in Germany, a country whose history taught me how quickly societies can go down dark paths; how quickly our leaders can fail in the choices they make. But the history of the displacement of people that the Nazi regime was responsible for also shaped my understanding of why refugee movements occur—and why our response to any of them can never compromise what are, and must always be, universal human rights.
Which is why what is happening in the UK now is so deeply alarming.
A manufactured crisis
As of June 2025, there were 42.5 million refugees globally. Over 70% of them are hosted by low- and middle-income countries; most of them immediate neighbours. Overall, five countries—Colombia, Germany, Türkiye, Iran and Uganda—host a third of the total number of refugees; Germany is the main host in the EU, hosting 2.7 million.
The UK hosts 548,000 refugees; that is 0.78% of the UK population. About 110,000 people are in receipt of asylum support; that is 0.15% of the UK population.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bru4h6s37w4hfmwhetu7veye/bafkreidmewc5timbx7nh57qyq7lm7gmhvclzidmloqhwgckpnegnddoicq@jpeg)
November 16, 2025 at 9:25 PM
This is contemptible from Labour!
Immigrants make phenomenal contributions to life in the UK - working in pretty much every sector, bringing cultural diversity & creativity to our society.
This scapegoating must stop!
Labour must stop pandering to the far right!
Immigrants make phenomenal contributions to life in the UK - working in pretty much every sector, bringing cultural diversity & creativity to our society.
This scapegoating must stop!
Labour must stop pandering to the far right!
November 14, 2025 at 8:30 AM
This is contemptible from Labour!
Immigrants make phenomenal contributions to life in the UK - working in pretty much every sector, bringing cultural diversity & creativity to our society.
This scapegoating must stop!
Labour must stop pandering to the far right!
Immigrants make phenomenal contributions to life in the UK - working in pretty much every sector, bringing cultural diversity & creativity to our society.
This scapegoating must stop!
Labour must stop pandering to the far right!
This report by @hrw.org is just as harrowing today as when it was published a year ago.
Perhaps even more so, because, despite the so-called ceasefire, Palestinians continue to be murdered by the apartheid Israeli regime.
War crimes must be challenged!
Free Palestine!
Perhaps even more so, because, despite the so-called ceasefire, Palestinians continue to be murdered by the apartheid Israeli regime.
War crimes must be challenged!
Free Palestine!
“Hopeless, Starving, and Besieged”
The 154-page report, “‘Hopeless, Starving, and Besieged’: Israel’s Forced Displacement of Palestinians in Gaza,” examines how Israeli authorities’ conduct has led to the displacement of over 90 percent of the population of Gaza—1.9 million Palestinians—and the widespread destruction of much of Gaza over the last 13 months. Israeli forces have carried out deliberate, controlled demolitions of homes and civilian infrastructure, including in areas where they have apparent aims of creating “buffer zones” and security “corridors,” from which Palestinians are likely to be permanently displaced. Contrary to claims by Israeli officials, their actions do not comply with the laws of war.
www.hrw.org
November 14, 2025 at 8:04 AM
This report by @hrw.org is just as harrowing today as when it was published a year ago.
Perhaps even more so, because, despite the so-called ceasefire, Palestinians continue to be murdered by the apartheid Israeli regime.
War crimes must be challenged!
Free Palestine!
Perhaps even more so, because, despite the so-called ceasefire, Palestinians continue to be murdered by the apartheid Israeli regime.
War crimes must be challenged!
Free Palestine!
Glad to be able to pop by the @ducuuo.bsky.social picket line as they were just getting set up this morning.
Staff are on strike in the cold & damp to say NO to compulsory redundancies. Management must engage with staff properly: co-design a recovery plan, do not impose cuts!
#Solidarity
Staff are on strike in the cold & damp to say NO to compulsory redundancies. Management must engage with staff properly: co-design a recovery plan, do not impose cuts!
#Solidarity
November 13, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Glad to be able to pop by the @ducuuo.bsky.social picket line as they were just getting set up this morning.
Staff are on strike in the cold & damp to say NO to compulsory redundancies. Management must engage with staff properly: co-design a recovery plan, do not impose cuts!
#Solidarity
Staff are on strike in the cold & damp to say NO to compulsory redundancies. Management must engage with staff properly: co-design a recovery plan, do not impose cuts!
#Solidarity
As the UK Budget draws ever closer, many fear that public services we all rely on will be cut.
But the Chancellor could generate billions of ££ for our NHS, social care, education - just by ending the tax breaks Big Pharma gets now.
Make your voice heard:
But the Chancellor could generate billions of ££ for our NHS, social care, education - just by ending the tax breaks Big Pharma gets now.
Make your voice heard:
Sign the petition: End the tax break for big pharma like GlaxoSmithKline at the Autumn budget
While the NHS is at breaking point, Britain's biggest pharmaceutical companies are receiving BILLIONS in tax breaks - enough is enough, sign the petition calling for Rachel Reeves to end the tax breaks for Big pharma:
38d.gs
November 13, 2025 at 8:25 AM
As the UK Budget draws ever closer, many fear that public services we all rely on will be cut.
But the Chancellor could generate billions of ££ for our NHS, social care, education - just by ending the tax breaks Big Pharma gets now.
Make your voice heard:
But the Chancellor could generate billions of ££ for our NHS, social care, education - just by ending the tax breaks Big Pharma gets now.
Make your voice heard:
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Recently I talked to a woman who had been raped about cross examination. She went into a catatonic state for 15 mins, then asked me to hold her hand, and then began to cry. We discussed whether she should refuse to give evidence - even though it would mean he got off.
And now this 👇🏻
And now this 👇🏻
November 13, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Recently I talked to a woman who had been raped about cross examination. She went into a catatonic state for 15 mins, then asked me to hold her hand, and then began to cry. We discussed whether she should refuse to give evidence - even though it would mean he got off.
And now this 👇🏻
And now this 👇🏻
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How times change. Parliament celebrate the Suffragettes and their actions, while trying to ban ‘ordinary’ people protesting outside MPs offices and homes
#OtD 13 Nov 1909 suffragette Theresa Garnett attacked Winston Churchill with a horsewhip in Bristol, shouting "Take that in the name of the insulted women of England!" Learn more about this and hundreds of other stories in our book: shop.workingclasshistory.com/products/wor...
November 13, 2025 at 6:32 AM
How times change. Parliament celebrate the Suffragettes and their actions, while trying to ban ‘ordinary’ people protesting outside MPs offices and homes
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Do you think staff at the University of Dundee were misled when we were told there would be no redundancies? Or when he told us they hadn’t said there would be no redundancies?
November 10, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Do you think staff at the University of Dundee were misled when we were told there would be no redundancies? Or when he told us they hadn’t said there would be no redundancies?
Last week I reaffirmed @scottishgreens.org' commitment to legal aid reform to ensure survivors of domestic abuse can access justice.
I was pleased to discuss animal welfare with the SSPCA & those seeking to ban greyhound racing in Scotland.
And talk inclusion with @includem.bsky.social
And more:
I was pleased to discuss animal welfare with the SSPCA & those seeking to ban greyhound racing in Scotland.
And talk inclusion with @includem.bsky.social
And more:
November 11, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Last week I reaffirmed @scottishgreens.org' commitment to legal aid reform to ensure survivors of domestic abuse can access justice.
I was pleased to discuss animal welfare with the SSPCA & those seeking to ban greyhound racing in Scotland.
And talk inclusion with @includem.bsky.social
And more:
I was pleased to discuss animal welfare with the SSPCA & those seeking to ban greyhound racing in Scotland.
And talk inclusion with @includem.bsky.social
And more: