@scotbordgreens
Scottish Borders Greens - for a fair, just and sustainable Scotland. Join us - for people, for planet. www.scottishbordersgreens.org Promoted by the Scottish Greens c/o 19b Graham Street, Edinburgh EH6 5QN
ID cards are intrusive and unwanted
This is an intrusive and authoritarian scheme that will only increase mass surveillance and allow the government to target marginalised communities.
No money to support vital services, but Labour can find hundreds of millions for this, which appeared nowhere in their manifesto.
"There is no shortage of people working together to offer support, solidarity and kindness to those who need it, and after decades of anti-asylum propaganda their resilience is a reminder that hatred is not inevitable and can be overcome." - @patrickharvie.bsky.social
Laura Moodie can be our Scottish Greens MSP for South Scotland.
Together, we can build a South of Scotland where nobody is left behind and every community thrives. Will you help us make it happen?
End tax breaks for the super rich. Tax shooting estates. Scottish Greens.
Scotland's richest 2% now have more wealth than half the population combined.
At today's #FMQs we asked the First Minister why shooting estates owned by billionaires still pay no business rates.
Weβre losing millions of pounds that could go towards our schools, libraries, and hospitals.
Scotland bands funding for Israel's arms dealers. A bomb with a Scottish flag is scored out. Scottish Greens.
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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.
Politics can be different.
Instead of giving a voice to corporations and lobbyists, Greens give Scottish communities a voice to build a better Scotland for all.
Be part of the movement. π
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ππ To Dominic Ashmole thanks for being such a strong powerful voice on our climate & nature crises during the co-leadership campaign.
You can watch the co-leadership announcement via the Scottish Green Party You Tube channel here - www.youtube.com/live/cuBOoGT...
Congratulations to our new co-leaders Gillian MacKay MSP & Ross Greer MSP.
ππ To our outgoing co-leaders Patrick Harvie MSP & Lorna Slater MSP thank you for everything you have done for the party & achieved for people & planet. 1/2
Just 5 months before the 2024 election, I challenged Labour on BBC Question Time, to clearly commit that an incoming Labour government would recognise Palestine.
No caveats, no conditions, Ian Murray simply said yes.
He's now been in the cabinet for over a year, and it still hasn't happened.
Climate breakdown is an "urgent existential threatβ and countries have a legal obligation to act, the International Criminal Court has ruled.
We can already see the huge cost of inaction as heatwaves, droughts, floods and wildfires sweep the UK. There's no time left for excuses.
The UN has recorded the murder of more than 1,050 Palestinians who were trying to get food by the Israeli military in the last two months.
In the face of this genocide Labour continues to provide the Israeli military with training, weapons and political support.
Your Scottish Green candidate for South Scotland
Your Scottish Greens candidate in South Scotland is @lauramoodie.bsky.social!
After narrowly missing out in 2021, we can elect Laura in South Scotland next May: members.greens.scot/donate/2026-...
Meet your Scottish Green candidates. Next May vote Green wherever you live.
π³οΈNext May, you can vote Green wherever you live.
πFor bold, progressive voices in Parliament, who put people and planet ahead of corporate greed #VoteScottishGreens
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Please help Borders-based Restore Nature to halt a destructive proposed forestry plantation above Selkirk and Hawick. They urgently need donations to fund their upcoming court case which seeks to block this and future similar *taxpayer-funded* schemes. www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/save-todri...
The white on green logo of the Borders Greens
If you live in the #ScottishBorders and want to help to create a fair, just and sustainable Scotland, then join us in the Borders' branch of @ScottishGreens - find out more on our website.
scottishbordersgreens.org
Trump not welcome in Scotland. A photo of Trump sits beside the text wearing a 'make America great again' hat.
As Donald Trump visits Scotland later this month, Keir Starmer faces a choice.
He can stand up for democracy and human rights.
Or he can continue to bow down before Trump's destructive politics of hate, division and criminality.
He can't do both.
Should there be a wealth tax of 2% on wealth above Β£10 million? 75% yes. 13% no. 12% Don't know.
The overwhelming majority of the UK supports a wealth tax on the super-rich.
We're one of the wealthiest countries in history, but that wealth is concentrated in the hands of a few.
A wealth tax would allow real investment in our public services, infrastructure and environment.
Something to think about on this #WorldEnvironmentDay
So, tomorrow is polling day in Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse. Make up your mind time! Our @scottishgreens.org candidate, Ann McGuinness, and the team have run a grass roots campaign listening to people on the doorstep and local organisations.
Read Scottish Green Party's @lauramoodie.bsky.social on the recent Scottish Government decision to scrap the plan for a National Park in Dumfries & Galloway - "a betrayal of working-class communities".
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The Scottish Government has announced it's cancelling Scotland's new National Park in Galloway.
This is devastating news for the local community and nature, slamming the door on the new investment and powers it would have brought.
A betrayal of people and planet.
155,000 of you objected.
It's opposed by the National Trust for Scotland, the Scottish Environment Protection Agency, and the National Park it to be built in.
The Scottish Government has a choice: save Loch Lomond, or cave to developers looking to exploit it for a quick profit.
The Scotsman. Galloway National Park: SNP ministers told to ignore 'land-owning lobbyists' as new park looks set to be axed.
This would be a disaster for Scotland's nature, wildlife and local communities.
Our two existing National Parks have shown just how valuable the status can be, bringing huge benefits and investment to the local environment, wildlife, economy and community.
There must be no delay.
Net zero Scotland. 100,700 jobs. 4.9% of the Scottish economy. Β£9.1 billion Gross Value Added. 20.1% Net zero economic growth 22-24.
Net zero is booming in Scotland.
Having grown 20% since 2022, it's now providing over 100,000 jobs and makes up nearly 5% of the economy. All while helping us lower climate emissions.
Net zero's not just environmentally necessary, it represents a huge economic opportunity.
The Guardian. Watchdog urges Scotland to take action after repeatedly missing climate targets. Climate Change Committee says original goal of a 75% emissions cut by 2030 will now be delayed by up to six years.
Today's report is clear that we can still meet our 2045 net zero targets. But with the SNP backtracking on climate action, we've fallen years behind.
We need investment in reliable public transport, warmer, better insulated homes, and our iconic landscapes and biodiversity.
There was no need for the Scottish Government to switch from annual targets to carbon budgets.
The original 2030 target could & should have been met.
The problem was not the targets β it was the lack of action to meet them.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Borders Greens fully support low-carbon energy and electrification. This does NOT mean we support every proposed wind farm and pylon scheme proposed in the Borders that will only add to the current centralised energy system (the National Grid).
scottishbordersgreens.org/green-news-n...
Save Todrig from Sitka natural habitats rich in wildlife that are threatened by a large conifer plantation.
The Scottish Government has part-invested taxpayer funds in this project.
Please visit 'Save Todrig from Sitka spruce plantation' crowdfunder. www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/save-todri...
A rainbow with pride flags curves across the graphic. International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia & Transphobia. Scottish Greens.
The culture war against the LGBTQIA+ community shows why #IDAHOBIT is needed more than ever.
Scottish Greens will always stand with those fighting against hate and discrimination. π³οΈβππ΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ Ώ
Today's Sunday Times rich list put the combined wealth of the richest 350 people β including King Charles β at Β£772.8 billion.
There's more than enough money in the UK to fund our public services, build up our infrastructure and transition to a greener economy.
Tax the rich.
