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Alex Staniforth

@alexstaniforth.bsky.social
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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.

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geekylou.bsky.social @geekylou.bsky.social · 17h
I will always remember suicidal trans kids begged Wes Streeting in person not to ban their healthcare and he did it anyway. That's evil not ZiR.
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Alex Staniforth @alexstaniforth.bsky.social · 22h
Not only is this shameful of the Tories, stealing an artist’s work, but it isn’t even an effective jibe. What has he bottled on? An election he never once said he’d call? Everyone knows I‘m no fan of Labour but this is weak. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Artist 'taking legal advice' over Tories' use of Andy Burnham portrait
Manchester illustrator Stan Chow says he was not asked permission for use of his cartoon.
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Alex Staniforth @alexstaniforth.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
This basically sums up tonight’s Stand Up Horror. Seriously.
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Alex Staniforth @alexstaniforth.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The Tories stand for the redistribution of wealth… towards the wealthy. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Conservatives pledge to scrap £100,000 childcare 'cliff edge'
Party leader Kemi Badenoch tells the BBC that she wants to see "people who work harder" not getting punished for doing so.
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Tristan Grayford @tristangrayford.scot · 03/10/2026
The UK, now under the power of the Labour Party, has become a place an entire demographic feel the need to flee due to systematic legal discrimination enforced by the state.
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Jack Lynch @jacklynch000.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Teaching Swift today, and will always share this on “Modest Proposal” day.
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Alex Staniforth @alexstaniforth.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Look at the glint in his eyes when he says the ‘stick’ part of ‘carrot and stick’. Just join the Tories and admit what you are, Josh.
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Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
And in a couple of years it'll be "well there was only so much he could do unfortunately" and the left will be scolded for being so unrealistic and pie in the sky. Again.
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Gemma Clark 🧿🕯️ @gemmaclark.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Today is International Safe Abortion Day and I did my last training run before my half marathon on Sunday for the @asn.org.uk Maternal deaths are rocketing in 🇺🇸 This amazing org does life saving work in Europe. Please give even £1 if you can ajbellgreatscottishrun2026.enthuse.com/pf/gemma-clark
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Gemma's page
About us The AJ Bell Great Scottish Run is the biggest and best running event in Scotland. Starting in the heart of the city, runners soak up the incredible atmosphere and music all the way to the fin
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Alex Staniforth @alexstaniforth.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
qt what you bring to interviews instead of iced coffee, wrong answers only
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Happy Nightmares: Halloween Bats
Alt: Happy Nightmares: Halloween Bats A church rings a bell in the background as over a graveyard some bats go wild.
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Alex Staniforth @alexstaniforth.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
ICE just needs to get JK Rowling to threaten to sue them.
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Alex Staniforth @alexstaniforth.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Is there any position in which Wes Streeting will not be disappointing? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
UK to review Chagos Islands deal over lack of US support, Streeting tells BBC
Defence Secretary Wes Streeting has confirmed the review after Donald Trump told Andy Burnham the deal was "terrible".
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Alex Staniforth @alexstaniforth.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
See everyone knows who he is and that he did this. Not arresting him is akin to an endorsement of his actions at this stage.
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Alex Staniforth @alexstaniforth.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
What an asshole.
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Alex Staniforth @alexstaniforth.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Three more years of grinding misery until we either get a Green govt and start taxing the rich and moving away from fossil fuel reliance or a Reform govt and throw even more minorities into the wood chipper while their bewildered supporters don’t see why that isn’t working.
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Jojo she/her @jojofe24.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I wish people realised that sacrificing any minority group to appease fascism means fascism is winning Youre helping fascism not fighting it
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Alex Staniforth @alexstaniforth.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Michael Marra saying, “Labour are the party of social justice,” after they have abandoned it completely is certainly something. You don’t get to say that without challenge when you stood on the most transphobic platform Scotland has seen since devolution.
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Tristan Grayford @tristangrayford.scot · 18/09/2026
Cycling infrastructure is an absolute "build them and they will come" solution www.scotsman.com/news/transpo...
scotsman.com
More bikes than cars recorded on Edinburgh rush hour route for first time
Highest figures also notched up on major Glasgow cycle routes too
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
In these cases, they clearly believe our concerns are illegitimate. So illegitimate that they often associate us with – or even proscribe us as – terrorists. Care about Palestinians? Terrorist. Want to burn and kill asylum seekers? We might not like your methods, but you have legitimate concerns.
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Dr. Catherine Strickson @brigitteempire.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Dolly Parton had a history of supporting gay and trans communities, yet, upon her death, famous transphobes publicly implied she shared their hatred. Why do they think this? What is the truth about Dolly's relationship with the trans community? Find out here
youtu.be
The Transphobes Trying to Claim Dolly Parton
YouTube video by Brigitte Empire
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Alex Staniforth @alexstaniforth.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
So a tiny village has the right to hold its own non-binding, advisory referendum on independence from the UK but Scotland doesn’t?
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Metal Gear Summer '27 ☀️🥀☠️ @mgearsolidarity.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
A protester (friend of a friend) has massive legal bills and is really up against it, any help anyone can offer is appreciated. Their target was and is a purveyor of death and destruction and any action against them is morally right. It's a shame legality and morality are largely unconnected.
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Support with legal fees for Bristol pro Palestine activists
Donate to support the Allianz 4, charged with £20K criminal damage for taking action to end complicity with Israeli weapons manufacturer Elbit Systems.
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Alex Staniforth @alexstaniforth.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
If everyone was paid what they’re worth we could all pay creators what they’re worth and do away with adverts.
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Alex Staniforth @alexstaniforth.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Explains why his music is so bland. I don’t expect every song to be political but this just reeks of, “What is it about a man that makes him turn neutral?”
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Alex Staniforth @alexstaniforth.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Boycott every venue mentioned in this article, especially the one that didn’t cancel Kanye ’I like Hitler’ West. Also boycott Ed Sheeran for not standing up for his fellow artist. www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
rollingstone.com
Macklemore Dropped From Ed Sheeran Tour After Onstage 'Free Palestine' Statements
Macklemore is being dropped from Ed Sheeran's tour after several venues allegedly said they would not allow a concert with the rapper to take place.
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Defiantly Alice @mechanival.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Every time I see an American claim that trans people kill their own support, I think about how in the UK, self ID polled majority support until the media attacked it. When Labour accepted self ID should die, we were told to let them win, it would get better. Now we have a bathroom ban. Fuck you.
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Alex Staniforth @alexstaniforth.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Homer, still selling after all these millennia.
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Alex Staniforth @alexstaniforth.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
When you go will you send me a letter from transphobia…
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Ross Greer (he/him) @ross-greer.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Fancy joining the most effective digital comms team in Scottish politics? We're hiring two Digital Comms Officers for the @scottishgreens.org MSPs. Applications close 12pm on Wednesday 16th September. greens.scot/jobs/digital...
greens.scot
Digital Communications Officer x 2 for the Scottish Greens Parliamentary Group
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Alex Staniforth @alexstaniforth.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Maybe the people of Texas are thinking a working electricity grid is more valuable than a culture war.
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Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
"Need anything from Tesco?" sounds like a cunty little response to this absolute nothing of a news story that is somehow on the FRONT PAGE of The Express, presumably because they're addicted to not mugging off Farage even once.
front page of the daily express

Headline: The king HAS spoken with harry since return

Advert underneath: Need anything from Tesco?
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Alex Staniforth @alexstaniforth.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
If you once told me I’d be siding with Ed Sheeran over Pink, I’d have wondered what you’d been smoking.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Protect trans kids.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
“The trouble with you, Spode, is that just because you have succeeded in inducing a handful of half-wits to disfigure the London scene by going about in black shorts, you think you’re someone. You hear them shouting “Heil, Spode!” and you imagine it is the Voice of the People.” Bertie Wooster
Daniel Thomas and his Black Shorts in London today.
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eilidh @eilidh.online · 09/09/2026
the labour party:
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Alex Staniforth @alexstaniforth.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Daily Mail absolutely speedrunning through ‘First They Came’.
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Alex Staniforth @alexstaniforth.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Labour decided the problem was immigrants when the problem is racists and here we are.
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Alex Staniforth @alexstaniforth.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
If someone is tipping off these violent extremists as to when boat crossings are expected that person must be rooted out and fired on the spot.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Labour has banned peaceful protest for Palestine. It should not be hard for Andy Burnham to condemn thugs.
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Alex Staniforth @alexstaniforth.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Wow. Nigel Farage and I are agreed on something - if Reform were elected it would be an immediate national emergency.
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Alex Staniforth @alexstaniforth.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
I wonder if the Tories regret promoting their most scenery-chewing MPs to the top jobs in government? Probably not since they’re following a similar pattern in opposition.
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Alex Staniforth @alexstaniforth.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
I seem to recall Just Stop Oil protestors being dragged off and arrested when they blocked roads.
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Alex Staniforth @alexstaniforth.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
“We don’t need to stop drilling, we just the public to be better prepared for the disasters it causes.” www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Stock up on food to prepare for extreme El Niño weather, minister says
Dame Angela Eagle warns the weather event could lead to extreme storms this winter.
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Alex Staniforth @alexstaniforth.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Wow, this latest BtB is heavy.
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Duncan Hothersall @dhothersall.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
“I believe that transgender people, including those who have transitioned, are living out real, authentic lives. Those lives should be celebrated, not questioned.” - Gloria Steinem 1934-2026
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Alex Staniforth @alexstaniforth.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Didn’t realise you had to sign the guest book at the end.
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Andy Hearn 🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸🏳️‍🌈⚽️🎶🌈 @andyhearn24.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
As well as correctly highlighting that Privatisation of key industries was an unmitigated disaster that he would do nothing about he has also highlighted that the voting system is not fit for purpose and that he’ll do nothing about that either. So credit where credit is due. #Burnham
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Alex Staniforth @alexstaniforth.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Quelle surprise!
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Kate Nevens (she/her) @katenevens.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I'm so incredibly disappointed that the Scottish Government have failed to commit to bringing Scottish legislation to ban conversion practices here. It feels extremely cowardly. But we won't give up: we'll find a way to make sure everyone is properly protected from these harmful practices
Text: SNP fail to ban conversion practices

Image: John Swinney looking disappointed, with faded LGBTQ+ flags

Scottish Greens logo
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Alex Staniforth @alexstaniforth.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Wait, I see what’s going on here. He’s just following the playbook and copying Farage.
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