Tish Chalmers
@tish1.bsky.social
Retired & living in Scottish Borders. Enjoying converting two fields to a wildlife garden and sharing with 8 chickens & one dog. Environmentalist/politics/history and recently completed MLitt in Scottish history in my 60s. Member of Scottish Green Party
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The Scottish Parliament has been bolder then the UK - criticising arms sales to Israel and backing Green calls for boycotts, divestment and sanctions.
But words alone are not enough. 2026 must be a year of action.
But words alone are not enough. 2026 must be a year of action.
Patrick Harvie: The Scottish Government is failing Gaza until it takes real action
EARLIER this month, The National published an exceptional feature on the atrocities that have been inflicted since the Gaza “ceasefire” began
www.thenational.scot
December 19, 2025 at 1:20 PM
The Scottish Parliament has been bolder then the UK - criticising arms sales to Israel and backing Green calls for boycotts, divestment and sanctions.
But words alone are not enough. 2026 must be a year of action.
But words alone are not enough. 2026 must be a year of action.
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Why do I call Tories scum? Lying isn’t optional for them.
December 18, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Why do I call Tories scum? Lying isn’t optional for them.
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Because our politics is in such a terrible place, I think we downplay quite how awful Kemi Badenoch has been.
In any other era the leader of the Conservatives saying 'only migrants commit sex crimes - mass deportations now' would have not just been career ending but would've sunk the whole party
In any other era the leader of the Conservatives saying 'only migrants commit sex crimes - mass deportations now' would have not just been career ending but would've sunk the whole party
December 18, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Because our politics is in such a terrible place, I think we downplay quite how awful Kemi Badenoch has been.
In any other era the leader of the Conservatives saying 'only migrants commit sex crimes - mass deportations now' would have not just been career ending but would've sunk the whole party
In any other era the leader of the Conservatives saying 'only migrants commit sex crimes - mass deportations now' would have not just been career ending but would've sunk the whole party
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The Ministry of Justice is still refusing to meet with the lawyers or families of hunger strikers being held on remand.
This is a shambolic dereliction of duty.
I have written to David Lammy, again, imploring him to do the right thing before it is too late.
This is a shambolic dereliction of duty.
I have written to David Lammy, again, imploring him to do the right thing before it is too late.
December 17, 2025 at 3:56 PM
The Ministry of Justice is still refusing to meet with the lawyers or families of hunger strikers being held on remand.
This is a shambolic dereliction of duty.
I have written to David Lammy, again, imploring him to do the right thing before it is too late.
This is a shambolic dereliction of duty.
I have written to David Lammy, again, imploring him to do the right thing before it is too late.
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This was the follow-up.
What would Goodwin say if this was an Islamic fundamentalist I wonder.
What would Goodwin say if this was an Islamic fundamentalist I wonder.
December 17, 2025 at 4:11 PM
This was the follow-up.
What would Goodwin say if this was an Islamic fundamentalist I wonder.
What would Goodwin say if this was an Islamic fundamentalist I wonder.
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2025: Labour's Nick Thomas-Symonds says the UK is returning to the EU Erasmus program
2020: That time Boris Johnson said that the UK would not leave Erasmus as part of Brexit
2020: That time Boris Johnson said that the UK would not leave Erasmus as part of Brexit
December 17, 2025 at 4:12 PM
2025: Labour's Nick Thomas-Symonds says the UK is returning to the EU Erasmus program
2020: That time Boris Johnson said that the UK would not leave Erasmus as part of Brexit
2020: That time Boris Johnson said that the UK would not leave Erasmus as part of Brexit
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Frustrating to see Labour Government is following a similar trend to the previous government and delaying/blocking release of information on PPE VIP Lane.
A quick 🧵
A quick 🧵
December 17, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Frustrating to see Labour Government is following a similar trend to the previous government and delaying/blocking release of information on PPE VIP Lane.
A quick 🧵
A quick 🧵
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Trump has started his lawsuit against the BBC today.
We're writing to BBC Chair Samir Shah demanding that the BBC must NOT offer a Trump a payout.
Sign the letter here:
stoptrump.org.uk/sign-bbc-let...
We're writing to BBC Chair Samir Shah demanding that the BBC must NOT offer a Trump a payout.
Sign the letter here:
stoptrump.org.uk/sign-bbc-let...
Sign the letter: The BBC must not pay Trump a penny
Stop Trump Coalition
stoptrump.org.uk
December 16, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Trump has started his lawsuit against the BBC today.
We're writing to BBC Chair Samir Shah demanding that the BBC must NOT offer a Trump a payout.
Sign the letter here:
stoptrump.org.uk/sign-bbc-let...
We're writing to BBC Chair Samir Shah demanding that the BBC must NOT offer a Trump a payout.
Sign the letter here:
stoptrump.org.uk/sign-bbc-let...
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The guy who blamed Rob Reiner for his own death says the BBC damaged his reputation
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/donald...
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/donald...
Donald Trump Files $10 Billion Lawsuit Against The BBC Over 'Doctored' Panorama Footage
The president claims the broadcaster damaged his reputation.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
December 16, 2025 at 6:38 AM
The guy who blamed Rob Reiner for his own death says the BBC damaged his reputation
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/donald...
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/donald...
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The UK has no choice but to work with other countries to push back firmly against Trump’s bullying.
Full reaction below 👇
www.globaljustice.org.uk/news/13796/
Full reaction below 👇
www.globaljustice.org.uk/news/13796/
US-UK deal: "The more we concede, the more corporate America will demand", campaigners say - Global Justice Now
Responding to news that the US is pushing for more concessions in its trade agreements with the UK, Tim Bierley, policy and campaigns manager at Global Justice Now said: For […]
www.globaljustice.org.uk
December 15, 2025 at 3:42 PM
The UK has no choice but to work with other countries to push back firmly against Trump’s bullying.
Full reaction below 👇
www.globaljustice.org.uk/news/13796/
Full reaction below 👇
www.globaljustice.org.uk/news/13796/
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🚨🚨Today’s #US foreign policy has abandoned the post-World War II "consensus on allies & the value of defending freedom, instead revolving around transactions and deal-making, wielding tariffs to punish or reward, and defining allies based on financial benefit rather than shared democratic value".
December 15, 2025 at 3:43 PM
🚨🚨Today’s #US foreign policy has abandoned the post-World War II "consensus on allies & the value of defending freedom, instead revolving around transactions and deal-making, wielding tariffs to punish or reward, and defining allies based on financial benefit rather than shared democratic value".
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Via Headlines360
December 15, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Via Headlines360
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Today should be about the victims and their families and not about scoring points.
December 14, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Today should be about the victims and their families and not about scoring points.
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On Russian state TV tonight, a headline (until recently) you wouldn't have expected to see. "USA-EU: Cold War." Moscow clearly enjoying tensions between Washington & Brussels, as well as the new US national security strategy that's more critical of the EU than of Russia.
December 14, 2025 at 5:15 PM
On Russian state TV tonight, a headline (until recently) you wouldn't have expected to see. "USA-EU: Cold War." Moscow clearly enjoying tensions between Washington & Brussels, as well as the new US national security strategy that's more critical of the EU than of Russia.
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GB News grilled me apparently?
Only problem with this is I've never been on their nonsense channel.
They lie - obsessively.
Help us grow an alternative to all the bollocks:
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Only problem with this is I've never been on their nonsense channel.
They lie - obsessively.
Help us grow an alternative to all the bollocks:
Join.greenparty.org.uk
December 13, 2025 at 7:20 PM
GB News grilled me apparently?
Only problem with this is I've never been on their nonsense channel.
They lie - obsessively.
Help us grow an alternative to all the bollocks:
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Only problem with this is I've never been on their nonsense channel.
They lie - obsessively.
Help us grow an alternative to all the bollocks:
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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NHS budgets already being cut in ways that delay treatments and risk lives. That’s before we’ve started paying billions more to wealthy pharma companies because Trump told us too.
We’ve got to stop the US-UK Pharma Deal.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
We’ve got to stop the US-UK Pharma Deal.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
NHS orders hospitals to cut back on treating patients
Documents seen by BBC show hospitals being ordered to slow down on activity to help balance the books.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 12, 2025 at 9:10 AM
NHS budgets already being cut in ways that delay treatments and risk lives. That’s before we’ve started paying billions more to wealthy pharma companies because Trump told us too.
We’ve got to stop the US-UK Pharma Deal.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
We’ve got to stop the US-UK Pharma Deal.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Eight people are on hunger strike, several apparently at imminent risk of dying, because our law punishes more harshly those opposing genocide than those supporting it. (And under a so-called Labour Government.)
How on earth did we get here? www.vashtimedia.com/hunger-strik...
How on earth did we get here? www.vashtimedia.com/hunger-strik...
The hunger strikers are in mortal danger. But the conditions they’re being kept in are already critical.
How the government and its prisons ignore strikers' basic rights and demands.
www.vashtimedia.com
December 11, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Eight people are on hunger strike, several apparently at imminent risk of dying, because our law punishes more harshly those opposing genocide than those supporting it. (And under a so-called Labour Government.)
How on earth did we get here? www.vashtimedia.com/hunger-strik...
How on earth did we get here? www.vashtimedia.com/hunger-strik...
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I'm deeply concerned about the wellbeing of prisoners who were involved in Palestine Action protests, and are currently on hunger strike.
Some have not eaten for six weeks. A number have been hospitalised. They are all being held on remand - without trial or conviction.
Some have not eaten for six weeks. A number have been hospitalised. They are all being held on remand - without trial or conviction.
December 11, 2025 at 10:03 AM
I'm deeply concerned about the wellbeing of prisoners who were involved in Palestine Action protests, and are currently on hunger strike.
Some have not eaten for six weeks. A number have been hospitalised. They are all being held on remand - without trial or conviction.
Some have not eaten for six weeks. A number have been hospitalised. They are all being held on remand - without trial or conviction.
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Denmark’s military intelligence service has for the first time classified the US as a security risk, a striking shift in how one of Washington’s closest European allies assesses the transatlantic relationship.
Danish intelligence classifies Trump’s America as a security risk
Denmark sounds the alarm about the U.S.’s increasingly antagonistic posture toward Europe.
www.politico.eu
December 11, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Denmark’s military intelligence service has for the first time classified the US as a security risk, a striking shift in how one of Washington’s closest European allies assesses the transatlantic relationship.
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🚨🚨This is worse than we could have imagined: Full version of #Trump's national #securitystrategy reportedly calls for “pulling Poland away from #EU”. 🧵 notesfrompoland.com/2025/12/10/f...
Fuller version of Trump security strategy reportedly calls for "pulling Poland away from EU"
notesfrompoland.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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Good luck to all the children taking part in their school’s nativity play this week. You’re all stars, no matter what your role.
December 11, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Good luck to all the children taking part in their school’s nativity play this week. You’re all stars, no matter what your role.
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New poll shows @scottishgreens.org on course to double MSPs
The IPSOS Mori poll shows a record Green result and puts us within touching distance of Labour in 2nd place.
People want bold solutions to the cost of living crisis and the climate emergency.
It is only Greens who are offering them.
New poll shows @scottishgreens.org on course to double MSPs
The IPSOS Mori poll shows a record Green result and puts us within touching distance of Labour in 2nd place.
People want bold solutions to the cost of living crisis and the climate emergency.
It is only Greens who are offering them.
December 10, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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New poll shows @scottishgreens.org on course to double MSPs
The IPSOS Mori poll shows a record Green result and puts us within touching distance of Labour in 2nd place.
People want bold solutions to the cost of living crisis and the climate emergency.
It is only Greens who are offering them.
New poll shows @scottishgreens.org on course to double MSPs
The IPSOS Mori poll shows a record Green result and puts us within touching distance of Labour in 2nd place.
People want bold solutions to the cost of living crisis and the climate emergency.
It is only Greens who are offering them.
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🚨 Incredible new poll published by STV showing the
@scottishgreens.org surge to a record level of public support, more than double our 2021 result!
We're bringing hope back to Scottish politics. Join our movement & help us win 💚
members.greens.scot/Join2025
@scottishgreens.org surge to a record level of public support, more than double our 2021 result!
We're bringing hope back to Scottish politics. Join our movement & help us win 💚
members.greens.scot/Join2025
December 10, 2025 at 12:25 PM
🚨 Incredible new poll published by STV showing the
@scottishgreens.org surge to a record level of public support, more than double our 2021 result!
We're bringing hope back to Scottish politics. Join our movement & help us win 💚
members.greens.scot/Join2025
@scottishgreens.org surge to a record level of public support, more than double our 2021 result!
We're bringing hope back to Scottish politics. Join our movement & help us win 💚
members.greens.scot/Join2025
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With the new U.S. national security strategy (“NSC-88”), I think it is high time to ban Twitter in the EU altogether. At the very least, what the ever loving hell are our politicians doing there anymore?
They provide material for a system that will be used to attack us.
They provide material for a system that will be used to attack us.
December 7, 2025 at 11:32 AM
With the new U.S. national security strategy (“NSC-88”), I think it is high time to ban Twitter in the EU altogether. At the very least, what the ever loving hell are our politicians doing there anymore?
They provide material for a system that will be used to attack us.
They provide material for a system that will be used to attack us.
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Reduced to getting angry about the gender of biscuits.
December 8, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Reduced to getting angry about the gender of biscuits.