Alex Staniforth
@alexstaniforth.bsky.social
Scottish Green Councillor for Craigentinny & Duddingston, Edinburgh
Non-binary
They/them
Promoted by Dave Owen on behalf of Alex Staniforth, both at 19b Graham Street, Edinburgh, EH6 5QN.
Non-binary
They/them
Promoted by Dave Owen on behalf of Alex Staniforth, both at 19b Graham Street, Edinburgh, EH6 5QN.
For YEARS Greens have been saying we need a just transition for ppl in the fossil fuel industry because it will inevitably wind down.
We were told we didn’t care about those workers by right wing parties who didn’t want to think about the future.
Now they’re suffering for that short sightedness.
We were told we didn’t care about those workers by right wing parties who didn’t want to think about the future.
Now they’re suffering for that short sightedness.
The headwinds for Mossmorran were clear. That's why in 2022 we commissioned a report looking in depth at future options, followed by summits with trade unions. Governments needed to act much earlier.
Now we need to see real investment in the future of the site and the workforce.
Now we need to see real investment in the future of the site and the workforce.
Mark Ruskell: Crumbs off corporate table won’t be enough for Mossmorran's workers
THE taps will turn off at ExxonMobil’s Mossmorran plant in February, meaning that hundreds of skilled workers and their families will face an…
www.thenational.scot
November 28, 2025 at 1:49 PM
For YEARS Greens have been saying we need a just transition for ppl in the fossil fuel industry because it will inevitably wind down.
We were told we didn’t care about those workers by right wing parties who didn’t want to think about the future.
Now they’re suffering for that short sightedness.
We were told we didn’t care about those workers by right wing parties who didn’t want to think about the future.
Now they’re suffering for that short sightedness.
You know you can still subscribe to a physical copy of The Onion.
November 24, 2025 at 11:54 PM
You know you can still subscribe to a physical copy of The Onion.
OK. Does anyone know WHY Elon decided it was now policy to reveal most Twitter users are bots based in India or Russia? What did he hope to gain?
November 23, 2025 at 11:28 PM
OK. Does anyone know WHY Elon decided it was now policy to reveal most Twitter users are bots based in India or Russia? What did he hope to gain?
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Hugely disappointing, with world now on track to yet more heating & chaos, & poorest hit first & hardest. This process needs radically rethinking - meantime it’s vital that the Brazil-led coalition of the willing urgently delivers on plans to leave fossil fuels in the ground #COP30
November 22, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Hugely disappointing, with world now on track to yet more heating & chaos, & poorest hit first & hardest. This process needs radically rethinking - meantime it’s vital that the Brazil-led coalition of the willing urgently delivers on plans to leave fossil fuels in the ground #COP30
Turns out the ’For Women’ lot are actually against women’s rights. Who could have predicted this from the group that brought you, “If you look too masculine we’ll ban you from the toilet”?
Kathleen Stock has written an article against "abortion permissiveness". She claims abortion requires "justification" saying the state should limit "unacceptable decision-making" by women about their own bodies.
This is who anti-trans activists proclaim as the feminist thought leaders of our time.
This is who anti-trans activists proclaim as the feminist thought leaders of our time.
November 21, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Turns out the ’For Women’ lot are actually against women’s rights. Who could have predicted this from the group that brought you, “If you look too masculine we’ll ban you from the toilet”?
Drug consumption rooms have been proven to be effective at reducing the numbers of drug deaths. One more way in which this UK govt is failing vulnerable and marginalised people.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK government will not change law for more drug consumption rooms
A committee urged the government to change the legal framework for drug consumption facilities but this was refused.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Drug consumption rooms have been proven to be effective at reducing the numbers of drug deaths. One more way in which this UK govt is failing vulnerable and marginalised people.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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We know what to do ... we just need to get politicians to do it
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/19/keeping-promises-on-renewables-energy-efficiency-and-methane-would-avoid-nearly-1c-of-global-heating
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/19/keeping-promises-on-renewables-energy-efficiency-and-methane-would-avoid-nearly-1c-of-global-heating
Keeping promises on renewables, energy efficiency and methane ‘would avoid nearly 1C of global heating’
Analysis published at Cop30 summit shows adhering to pledges offers world hope of avoiding climate breakdown
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:45 PM
We know what to do ... we just need to get politicians to do it
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/19/keeping-promises-on-renewables-energy-efficiency-and-methane-would-avoid-nearly-1c-of-global-heating
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/19/keeping-promises-on-renewables-energy-efficiency-and-methane-would-avoid-nearly-1c-of-global-heating
It would be nice if decent people, which I firmly believe are the vast majority, were listened to when they say, “Enough is enough now.”
If a Prime Minister is brought down by being too cruel on asylum policy - which is not the most likely option but feels plausible right now, which is new - what does that do the debate? Is it too much to hope that draws some kind of line?
November 17, 2025 at 3:39 PM
It would be nice if decent people, which I firmly believe are the vast majority, were listened to when they say, “Enough is enough now.”
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Another chilling aspect... The Tories simply passed a law declaring Rwanda "safe".
Do we really trust that this govt or the next won't resort to similar tactics if this finds them politically convenient?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Do we really trust that this govt or the next won't resort to similar tactics if this finds them politically convenient?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
November 16, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Another chilling aspect... The Tories simply passed a law declaring Rwanda "safe".
Do we really trust that this govt or the next won't resort to similar tactics if this finds them politically convenient?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Do we really trust that this govt or the next won't resort to similar tactics if this finds them politically convenient?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
“We must restore order and control,” do you know what you sound like?
On Monday, Shabana Mahmood will announce an overhaul of the asylum system, here’s why ⬇️
November 15, 2025 at 8:01 PM
“We must restore order and control,” do you know what you sound like?
This is truly the cruellest govt of my lifetime. Petty-minded and mean.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK set to limit asylum seekers to temporary stays
Shabana Mahmood is expected to say the era of permanent protection for refugees is over, in major changes to the UK's asylum and immigration system.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 10:11 PM
This is truly the cruellest govt of my lifetime. Petty-minded and mean.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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probably something an innocent man would do
November 12, 2025 at 7:43 PM
probably something an innocent man would do
Vote Green.
The SNP's wrecking amendment to this motion has sadly passed, confirming that the Scottish Government no longer opposes the Rosebank oil field application. A huge step backwards and a sad day for Scotland's reputation on climate action.
Under Nicola Sturgeon & Humza Yousaf the Scottish Government rightly opposed the proposed Rosebank oil field.
John Swinney has sadly dropped that opposition and tried to avoid taking a position at all.
That's not good enough, so tomorrow the @scottishgreens.org will force a vote.
John Swinney has sadly dropped that opposition and tried to avoid taking a position at all.
That's not good enough, so tomorrow the @scottishgreens.org will force a vote.
November 12, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Vote Green.
The entirety of UK BluePol right now:
“The Prime Minister may be challenged…”
Hooray!
“… by Wes Streeting.”
Booooo!
Although if Labour MPs think Streeting is a charismatic leader they deserve all they get.
“The Prime Minister may be challenged…”
Hooray!
“… by Wes Streeting.”
Booooo!
Although if Labour MPs think Streeting is a charismatic leader they deserve all they get.
November 12, 2025 at 10:42 AM
The entirety of UK BluePol right now:
“The Prime Minister may be challenged…”
Hooray!
“… by Wes Streeting.”
Booooo!
Although if Labour MPs think Streeting is a charismatic leader they deserve all they get.
“The Prime Minister may be challenged…”
Hooray!
“… by Wes Streeting.”
Booooo!
Although if Labour MPs think Streeting is a charismatic leader they deserve all they get.
Mamdani could have won on the ‘keep Kid Rock out of New York’ vote alone.
Kid Rock cancels New York shows: “I don’t sing for commies.”
Darryl Ayo falls on the floor, aghast and in tears: “No. Not Kid Rock. Please. What have we—the left—done?”
Darryl Ayo falls on the floor, aghast and in tears: “No. Not Kid Rock. Please. What have we—the left—done?”
November 11, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Mamdani could have won on the ‘keep Kid Rock out of New York’ vote alone.
He thinks the best qualification to be an air traffic controller is patriotism...
The President wouldn't last five minutes as an air traffic controller, and after everything they've been through - and the way this administration has treated them from Day One - he has no business shitting on them now.
November 11, 2025 at 1:18 PM
He thinks the best qualification to be an air traffic controller is patriotism...
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Once every 20 years or so, the director-general of the BBC is forced to resign for being insufficiently rightwing. Alastair Milne in 1987. Greg Dyke in 2004. Tim Davie in 2025. The great irony is that the BBC was in all cases profoundly biased towards established power. But just not biased enough …
November 10, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Once every 20 years or so, the director-general of the BBC is forced to resign for being insufficiently rightwing. Alastair Milne in 1987. Greg Dyke in 2004. Tim Davie in 2025. The great irony is that the BBC was in all cases profoundly biased towards established power. But just not biased enough …
So… starving working class children wasn’t enough to make ANY Democrat cave but the moment flights home at Thanksgiving for the middle class were under threat a small group of them did.
And they wonder why their base is uninspired.
And they wonder why their base is uninspired.
November 10, 2025 at 5:13 AM
So… starving working class children wasn’t enough to make ANY Democrat cave but the moment flights home at Thanksgiving for the middle class were under threat a small group of them did.
And they wonder why their base is uninspired.
And they wonder why their base is uninspired.
But it IS in line with this government’s goal of being the most disappointing and depressing Labour govt ever (and also the last Labour govt ever).
Cutting the insulation schemes that are one of the best ways to permanently reduce energy bills for low income families would be an eyewateringly daft & counterproductive way of seeking to reduce energy bills, as well as driving up emissions & leading to mass job cuts in the insulation sector 🙄
Cutting home insulation funding will imperil UK’s climate goals, Reeves told
Energy firms and charities urge chancellor to avoid short-term fix that could also harm low-income households
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:58 PM
But it IS in line with this government’s goal of being the most disappointing and depressing Labour govt ever (and also the last Labour govt ever).
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i'm very glad this technology is being forced onto us everywhere on all levels
November 7, 2025 at 1:32 AM
i'm very glad this technology is being forced onto us everywhere on all levels
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Do ask any Labour MPs or centrist commentators congratulating Mamdani what they can possibly learn from some of his policies. Like these for instance.
November 5, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Do ask any Labour MPs or centrist commentators congratulating Mamdani what they can possibly learn from some of his policies. Like these for instance.
Wes Streeting celebrating Mamdani’s win is so weird.
November 5, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Wes Streeting celebrating Mamdani’s win is so weird.
So farewell
Dick Cheney
The Democrats hated you then
But modern Democrats
Would proudly
Put you in their cabinet.
Dick Cheney
The Democrats hated you then
But modern Democrats
Would proudly
Put you in their cabinet.
November 4, 2025 at 6:10 PM
So farewell
Dick Cheney
The Democrats hated you then
But modern Democrats
Would proudly
Put you in their cabinet.
Dick Cheney
The Democrats hated you then
But modern Democrats
Would proudly
Put you in their cabinet.
It’s fascinating how Mamdani’s campaign is trying to appeal to people‘s best instincts - hope, mutual aid, care for those most in need; whereas Cuomo is trying to appeal to their worst - greed and capitulation to power.
This isn't a closing election argument, it's Vidkun Quisling explaining why surrender is better than resistance.
November 4, 2025 at 11:31 AM
It’s fascinating how Mamdani’s campaign is trying to appeal to people‘s best instincts - hope, mutual aid, care for those most in need; whereas Cuomo is trying to appeal to their worst - greed and capitulation to power.
The number of young men intending to vote Reform is wildly exaggerated in the media, but I hope those that were will see this and realise Reform is not a party for the young in any way.
Nigel Farage, who has so far registered a total of £280,500 for four hours a month as a "brand ambassador" for a company selling gold bars, thinks a £10 an hour minimum wage for young people is too high bylinetimes.com/2025/11/03/n...
Nigel Farage Says Minimum Wage Should Be Cut for Young People
The Reform leader said cutting the minimum wage for young people would boost business, as he attacked plans to raise taxes on the wealthy
bylinetimes.com
November 3, 2025 at 3:53 PM
The number of young men intending to vote Reform is wildly exaggerated in the media, but I hope those that were will see this and realise Reform is not a party for the young in any way.