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#JoinAUnion | equalities with @UniteScotland, @UniteTheUnion, @ScottishTUC and @The-TUC | He/Him | All views my own.
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Nathan @nathanunite.bsky.social · 26d
Apologies if you’ve DM’d me, I won’t be able to access them now.
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ross-greer.bsky.social
The @scottishgreens.org membership is growing because we are bringing hope back to Scottish politics 💚

news.stv.tv/politics/sco...
Scottish Greens membership grows to highest total since 2016
Co-leader Ross Greer said the party’s ‘hopeful vision’ was helping attract more members and could spur them to a record result at Holyrood in May.
news.stv.tv
October 16, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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goodlawproject.bsky.social
The EHRC removed the "interim guidance" that has been devastating the lives of trans people for months from it's website.

We wonder why...👀
October 16, 2025 at 9:30 AM
nathanunite.bsky.social
Apologies if you’ve DM’d me, I won’t be able to access them now.
October 15, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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lgbtiscotland.bsky.social
The EHRC has now submitted their draft Code of Practice to the UK Government & it could have a devastating impact on trans lives in the UK.

Please write to your MP, supporting our call for full scrutiny & meaningful debate on the Code.

Template here: www.scottishtrans.org/codeofpracti...
Graphic with a Blue background. It says "Trans people are loved!" "Email your MP and the Minister for Equalities, to protect trans rights and inclusion: scottishtrans.org/codeofpracticescrutiny". There is a drawing of a placard that says "Inclusion not Exclusion". The Scottish Trans logo is at the bottom.
September 23, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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unitetheunion.bsky.social
🚨 REVEALED: Companies have raked in £820bn in profit over the last 6 months
💰 Shareholders of these companies pocketed £662bn in cash payouts
📈 This could ease the cost of living pinch, rebuild public services or be invested in growth
🕙 Time for a #WealthTax
@makethempay.bsky.social
September 23, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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tuc.org.uk
Reform Mayor Andrea Jenkyns doesn't like workers having more rights.
August 19, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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scottishtuc.bsky.social
Hell hath no fury like a scorned community council.

People want their communities to benefit from renewable energy. Right now, they're feeling ripped off by private profiteers exploiting Scotland's assets.

@rozfoyer.bsky.social / @heraldscotland.bsky.social

www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...
Scotland - 'the Saudi Arabia of renewables'? - not yet
The Scottish Government must reform their approach to the development of offshore wind if there is to be any meaningful and last economic footprint…
www.heraldscotland.com
August 20, 2025 at 8:49 AM
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ross-greer.bsky.social
I can speak truth to power and win the toughest debates.

That's the approach I would take to next year's election campaign and to FMQs as Co-Leader.

Vote Ross Greer #1 before polls close midday Friday!
August 20, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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transsolidarity.bsky.social
TransActual's new report shows the real impact of the EHRC's interim guidance.

If the full Code of Practice becomes law, then the impact on trans people's lives will be even more devastating.

Please share these stories, and Trans+ Solidarity Alliance's briefing, with your MP ⤵️
August 19, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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scotnational.bsky.social
Wikipedia has lost a High Court challenge against the UK Government over verification requirements in the Online Safety Act
Wikipedia loses Online Safety Act legal challenge
www.thenational.scot
August 11, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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transsolidarity.bsky.social
The EHRC is not changing course on their bathroom ban.

They don’t care what the consultation said.

So what happens now? 🧵

archive.ph/inGpF
Ban trans women from single-sex spaces, equality watchdog to say
August 8, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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euan.bsky.social
i wonder if there are any other ways in which international law is being broken with regards to Palestine
smazak.bsky.social Smazak 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 she/her @smazak.bsky.social · Jul 31
"Sorry we'd love to recognise you as a state but unfortunately you've been genocided too hard and there's no longer anything left to recognise"

Fuck this country in every way possible.
Some of Britain’s most prominent lawyers have warned Sir Keir Starmer that his government’s pledge to recognise a Palestinian state risks breaking international law. Their intervention, signed by 40 members of the House of Lords, said a Palestinian state would not meet the criteria for recognition as set out under the Montevideo Convention, a treaty signed in 1933 … The signatories point out that Starmer’s pledge risked undermining the government’s commitment that international law goes “absolutely to the heart” of its foreign policy. Under the Montevideo Convention, to qualify for statehood under international law, a state must have a permanent population, a defined territory, a government and the capacity to enter into relations with other states. The peers say that arguably Palestine does not meet any of these four conditions.
July 31, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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transsolidarity.bsky.social
BREAKING NEWS 🚨
The EHRC intends to ignore half of the over 50,000 consultation responses to its proposed trans bathroom ban
July 31, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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ross-greer.bsky.social
Most private jet travel should be banned, but short of that it should at least be taxed proportionately to the damage it does to our planet.

Under the private jet tax model I proposed for Scotland, that would have been up to £250,000 for Trump this weekend.
www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politic...
Trump in line for £250k private jet 'super tax' under plans by Scottish Greens
EXCLUSIVE: The Greens says private jets should be liable for extra tax of over £5,000 per passenger to help combat climate change.
www.dailyrecord.co.uk
July 28, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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jordanpfot.bsky.social Jordan @jordanpfot.bsky.social · Jul 28
This is the person Scottish Labour is lining up to defend, and who the entire GC movement has turned into their hero
July 28, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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scottishtuc.bsky.social
Immigration is a political football.

But the truth is: Scotland needs more workers. Here's why 👇

@rozfoyer.bsky.social / @heraldscotland.bsky.social
Scotland needs more workers - here's how we attract them
IT really shouldn’t be controversial to say it: Scotland needs more workers.
www.heraldscotland.com
July 28, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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sloanelysbeth.bsky.social
labour want to ban vpns but it’s adults installing them.

this isn’t about protecting children. it’s about state surveillance.
July 28, 2025 at 6:30 PM
nathanunite.bsky.social
He’s pathetic.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Jul 28
Starmer does a promo for Trump's golf business: "It's absolutely magnificent both inside and out, and looking at the courses itself and the building. It's incredible."
July 28, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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roseschmits.bsky.social
What’s very notably missing is any mention of who and why this famine is happening. No mention of Israel until final line where it calls for two state solution so only mention of Israel is if anything, a defence
stephpaton.bsky.social Steph Paton @stephpaton.bsky.social · Jul 25
It's indefensible, says man who repeatedly defended it.
Statement from Keir Starmer, calling what is happening now in Gaza indefensible and unspeakable
July 25, 2025 at 7:29 AM
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scotnational.bsky.social
A Glasgow representative has called for the council to use its powers to stop a Ukip 'mass deportation' march scheduled for Saturday
Glasgow councillor calls for 'mass deportation' march to be blocked
www.thenational.scot
July 24, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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sloanelysbeth.bsky.social
oh so labour can overrule the supreme court, aye?
theguardian.com The Guardian @theguardian.com · Jul 25
Rachel Reeves mulls stepping in to save car loan providers billions
Rachel Reeves mulls stepping in to save car loan providers billions
Exclusive: Chancellor could overrule supreme court if it upholds entirety of ruling over commission paid to brokers The chancellor, Rachel Reeves, is considering overruling the supreme court over a £44bn car loan commission scandal after lobbying by some of the UK’s biggest lenders, the Guardian can reveal. Under Treasury contingency plans being discussed for the event that justices decide to uphold the entirety of last October’s shock appeal court ruling that customers may be entitled to billions in compensation, the government would retrospectively change the law to cut liabilities for lenders. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
July 25, 2025 at 7:22 AM
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alexvitale.bsky.social
The "Nordic Model" kills.
July 17, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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jwlicinio.bsky.social
the UK’s Internet age verification law has led to the effective censorship of all LGBT content on Reddit

what a shocking and unexpected turn of events!
Post on /r/transgenderUK entitled “Reddit now censors LGBTQ+ content under OFCOM’s new ‘Online Safety Act’” post text: “I honestly can't even think of words to describe how vile this is. Here's a screenshot of what I now see when I search "lgbt" with my VPN switched off. Occasionally a banner appears at the top of the screen saying something about needing to verify ID to access "mature content" but the button doesn't even work. The fact that we're now considered "mature content" makes me feel sick.” The screenshot referenced in the previous image, showing the results of a search on Reddit for the term LGBT. No results from LGBT-specific subreddits appear; instead, posts from /r/Conservative, /r/Islam, /r/JustUnsubbed, etc are highlighted.
July 25, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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ross-greer.bsky.social
I'm running for co-leader of the @scottishgreens.org because I believe we can bring back that sense of hope to Scottish politics.

This can be a fairer, greener country, but we need to fight for it.

If you share that vision, join the fight today 👇
members.greens.scot/join
July 25, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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ross-greer.bsky.social
Labour have ruled out a wealth tax 🥀

But they're still slashing the social security payments that vulnerable people depend on.

Anything to protect their super-rich mates.

Want the wealthy to pay their fair share? Vote Green.
Stack of Scottish Green party t-shirts reading 'tax the super rich'
July 25, 2025 at 2:07 PM