blairanderson35.bsky.social @blairanderson35.bsky.social · 02/09/2026I was tortured as a child because I was gay. Humiliated. Punished. Threatened. Denied healthcare. I very nearly died. If the Scottish Government are too afraid of the SNP right-wing to ban conversion therapy, spare us the bullshit excuses, do us the dignity of admitting it. 14913
blairanderson35.bsky.social @blairanderson35.bsky.social · 01/09/2026No national bus fare cap No AI data centre moratorium No boycott of apartheid Israel No conversion therapy ban No rent controls guidance No council tax reform No plan for childcare expansion No opposition to oil and gas The @scottishgreens.org are the only left-wing party left #PfG 171
Reposted by @blairanderson35.bsky.socialBallot Box Scotland @ballotbox.scot · 08/04/2026New Scottish Parliament poll, Ipsos 26-31 Mar (vs 19-25 Feb): List: SNP ~ 29% (+3) Grn ~ 16% (nc) RUK ~ 16% (+2) Lab ~ 15% (-4) Con ~ 13% (+2) LD ~ 9% (-1) Constituency: SNP ~ 39% (+3) Lab ~ 15% (-5) RUK ~ 15% (-1) Con ~ 11% (+2) LD ~ 10% (nc) Grn ~ 7% (nc) news.stv.tv/politics/snp... 34919
Reposted by @blairanderson35.bsky.socialCllr Anthony Carroll @anthonycarroll.bsky.social · 02/01/2026I spoke at the rally of work Green Councillors have done, including those now in Your Party. Building a popular movement against those who wish to truly wreck our communities like Reform isn't done via petty tweeting, but working where we can for Scotland's People & our Planet before Profit ✊💚 4258
blairanderson35.bsky.social @blairanderson35.bsky.social · 30/10/2025Disgusting to see Glasgow’s Reform wannabe MSPs talking about concentration camps and Reform councillors spreading racist lies about Sharia law Reform politicians are a bunch of frauds and liars whipping up fear and hate to get themselves elected 030
Reposted by @blairanderson35.bsky.socialScottish Greens @scottishgreens.org · 26/10/2025anti-fascist today. tomorrow. always. 730881
Reposted by @blairanderson35.bsky.socialShona McIntosh (she/her) @shona-mcintosh.bsky.social · 26/10/2025This is the most folk I can remember coming to an East Lothian campaign day - @scottishgreens.org are on the up and ready to work for the best election results yet come May 2026! Greens.scot/joingreens.scotJoin the Scottish GreensJoin the Scottish Greens today and be part of our growing movement. Why should I join? We are always told that the system is broken, but it’s not. It’s rigged. It's rigged in favour of corporations,... 0194
blairanderson35.bsky.social @blairanderson35.bsky.social · 26/10/2025DOZENS of @glasgowgreens.bsky.social out in the rain today to get @hollybruce.bsky.social elected as our Green MSP for Glasgow Southside 💚 So many old friends and new faces out on the doorsteps today! Lots of energy & support for our party and our track record of delivering ecosocialist change 🙌 14412
Reposted by @blairanderson35.bsky.socialTristan Grayford @tristangrayford.scot · 25/10/2025The Scottish Greens ended the day of councillor defections with more members than they'd started the day on. It's more than disappointing they left the party to sign up to a non-entity instead and they were active campaigners - but saying they left a huge hole in SGP member numbers is simply false. 29110
Reposted by @blairanderson35.bsky.socialScottish Greens @scottishgreens.org · 24/10/2025A new poll puts us in second place! With 7 MSPs we delivered free bus travel under 22s, ended peak rail fares, banned new incinerators, increased taxes on the rich, scrapped school meal debt, introduced rent controls, and much more. Imagine what we could do with double that. 👀 15347103
blairanderson35.bsky.social @blairanderson35.bsky.social · 02/10/2025Some good news out of Glasgow City Council today! If we want gender equality, we need men to be better, with healthy coping mechanisms & positive, not toxic, masculinity Every Glasgow secondary school is now getting an action plan to improve mental health for boys & young men 120
Reposted by @blairanderson35.bsky.socialRoss Greer (he/him) @ross-greer.bsky.social · 20/09/2025Be part of the movement that brings hope back to our politics. Join a party brave enough to take on the rich and powerful. Help us fight for people and planet. ✍️👇members.greens.scotJoin the Scottish GreensJoin the Scottish Greens to be a part of the movement that will change Scotland. Membership gives you the right to vote in our open democratic structures, receive invitations to members only events ac... 13520
blairanderson35.bsky.social @blairanderson35.bsky.social · 06/09/2025Glasgow is facing a crisis, not because of refugees, but because of politicians like Starmer trying to out-racist Farage Refugees are welcome in Glasgow. The UK Govt making them more likely to end up homeless just means more opportunity for racist politicians to whip up division 050
Reposted by @blairanderson35.bsky.socialScottish Greens @scottishgreens.org · 04/09/2025Scotland'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. We’re losing millions of pounds that could go towards our schools, libraries, and hospitals. 215471
Reposted by @blairanderson35.bsky.socialScottish Greens @scottishgreens.org · 03/09/2025🎉BREAKING: Scotland has joined the global movement to boycott Israel! The proposal put forward by Green MSP @patrickharvie.bsky.social was supported by a majority of members in the Scottish Parliament. 7335141
blairanderson35.bsky.social @blairanderson35.bsky.social · 03/09/2025After years of campaigning by Greens, journalists and Palestine activists, we are finally stopping Scottish Government money going to Israel’s arms dealers 🇵🇸 192
Reposted by @blairanderson35.bsky.socialScottish Greens @scottishgreens.org · 03/09/2025✅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. 5172100
blairanderson35.bsky.social @blairanderson35.bsky.social · 29/08/2025No more peak-time fares on Scotland’s railways! 🚆 That’s almost half off the commuting cost for workers travelling at rush hour. That’s what happens when people vote for the @scottishgreens.org 💚 061
blairanderson35.bsky.social @blairanderson35.bsky.social · 29/08/2025A new era and fresh direction for the @scottishgreens.org 💚 With a relentless focus on delivering and making people’s lives better, we can elect our biggest and best Green MSP group next May! 140
blairanderson35.bsky.social @blairanderson35.bsky.social · 12/08/2025Good news for fans of clean air 💨 Thanks to the Low Emission Zone, Glasgow has met our legal air pollution targets for the first time! City centre footfall is up, air pollution is down - cleaner air, healthier lungs, a better and greener Glasgow 💚 news.stv.tv/west-central...news.stv.tvGlasgow hits air pollution target for first time as LEZ cuts emissionsAir pollution has been falling since the Low Emission Zone (LEZ) came into effect two years ago. 19515
Reposted by @blairanderson35.bsky.socialScottish Greens @scottishgreens.org · 21/07/2025🗳️Next May, you can vote Green wherever you live. 💚For bold, progressive voices in Parliament, who put people and planet ahead of corporate greed #VoteScottishGreens Introducing your Scottish Green candidates ⬇️🧵 26636
Reposted by @blairanderson35.bsky.socialRoss Greer (he/him) @ross-greer.bsky.social · 19/06/2025I worked on this guidance when the @scottishgreens.org were in Government. My main aim was to make uniforms cheaper and help families with the cost of living. Great to see councils start to implement it. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukBranded uniforms no longer compulsory at Edinburgh schoolsSchools will continue to have uniforms but the relaxed rules aim to lower costs for parents and carers. 2395
blairanderson35.bsky.social @blairanderson35.bsky.social · 19/06/2025PASSED! Glasgow is finally getting its tourist tax 🧳 Starting in January 2027, driven by me & fellow @glasgowgreens.bsky.social councillors, Glasgow is going to get £16 MILLION extra per year to do up our bins, parks, libraries & more @scottishgreens.org deliver fairer tax & better services 24113
Reposted by @blairanderson35.bsky.socialRoss Greer (he/him) @ross-greer.bsky.social · 28/05/2025Can the @scottishgreens.org counter Reform? A generic anti-Farage message would see us squeezed by the SNP next May. We need to do more than that. We're the only party willing to tell an angry public who is really making their lives worse. Fixing a rigged system must be our offer to voters.rossgreer.beehiiv.comCan Greens be the challenge to Reform in Scotland?People are right to be angry - the system is rigged - but it’s billionaires we should be angry at, not immigrants 2185
Reposted by @blairanderson35.bsky.socialPatrick Harvie @patrickharvie.bsky.social · 16/04/2025Today and every day 4411153
blairanderson35.bsky.social @blairanderson35.bsky.social · 16/04/2025Whatever happens in the courts, it’s worth all parties and all politicians remembering that trans people are real, and trans people are worthy of respect, dignity and protection under the law. 063
blairanderson35.bsky.social @blairanderson35.bsky.social · 11/04/2025I’m glad to see our party’s briefing and bullying problem getting called out. Too many people have been made ill, forced out of involvement, and driven to quit jobs or roles through bullying and bad behaviour. Any new leader needs to lead our culture in a new direction. 1135
blairanderson35.bsky.social @blairanderson35.bsky.social · 06/04/2025Conversion therapy is alive and well in the UK. Every day that the UK and Scottish Governments fail to ban this evil practice is another day that queer people’s lives are ruined. 1119
blairanderson35.bsky.social @blairanderson35.bsky.social · 26/03/2025The Chancellor made her Spring Statement today Winners ✅: airports, arms dealers and the rich Losers ❌: the climate, the world’s poorest and disabled people The @scottishgreens.org think that we should tax the rich, not take money from disabled people 03312
blairanderson35.bsky.social @blairanderson35.bsky.social · 12/03/2025Heating up homes and buildings is one of Scotland’s biggest greenhouse gas sources. Greens in Government had a plan to cut emissions and energy bills - the SNP have just ditched it. The only way to tackle the climate crisis is with Greens in Government. 000
Reposted by @blairanderson35.bsky.socialLorna Slater @lornaslater.bsky.social · 12/03/2025Thank you Nicola - for your kindness, your leadership, your comradery and co-operation, we can't wait to see what you do next. 0392
blairanderson35.bsky.social @blairanderson35.bsky.social · 22/02/2025The Gaza Genocide Emergency Committee protesting the Scottish Labour conference 🇵🇸 The Labour Government sends weapons to Israel as they commit genocide in Palestine. Every Labour politician in that conference who says nothing is complicit in genocide and apartheid. 042
Reposted by @blairanderson35.bsky.socialScottish Greens @scottishgreens.org · 22/02/2025The Scottish Government is funding companies that are profiting from war crimes committed against Palestinians. Public money should be used for the public good, not to fund the world's biggest war profiteers. Join the campaign below 👇 15418
Reposted by @blairanderson35.bsky.socialLorna Slater @lornaslater.bsky.social · 22/02/2025On Wednesday we're bringing a vote to end Scottish Government grants for the arms companies profiting from Israel's atrocities against Gaza. www.thenational.scot/news/2495453...thenational.scotScottish Government to face vote on state funding for arms companiesTHE Scottish Government will face a vote on suspending its support for arms companies in the wake of a weapons giant posting record profits, The… 25724
Reposted by @blairanderson35.bsky.socialMark McGeoghegan @markmcgeoghegan.bsky.social · 22/02/2025I know that firing public sector workers is popular if you label them "bureaucrats", but who exactly is Sarwar talking about? Everyone I know in the NHS has told me at least one way in which the chipping away of managerial and support staff has led to that workload falling on frontline workers. 84110
Reposted by @blairanderson35.bsky.socialCllr Jon Molyneux @jonmolyneux.bsky.social · 20/02/2025Today's Green-SNP Budget in Glasgow will deliver: ♻️ 200 more frontline staff in the Neighbourhoods dept 🫂 £4m for homelessness and social care 🍽 Extending free school meals to all P6 and P7 kids 🌍 Doubling climate investment 🏊♂️ More evening and weekend swimming. A start to undo austerity impacts. 12211
blairanderson35.bsky.social @blairanderson35.bsky.social · 20/02/2025Every primary school child in Glasgow is going to get free school meals! 🥘 No child deserves to be hungry in the classroom. That’s why the @glasgowgreens.bsky.social & @glasgowsnp.bsky.social Budget deal delivers universal free school meals in our primary schools. 0268
Reposted by @blairanderson35.bsky.socialThe Glasgow Bell @glasgowbell.bsky.social · 20/02/2025Some Budget announcements: 💰 Universal free school meals in Glasgow's primary schools 💰200+ new cleansing staff for frontline Clean Teams to rapidly respond to litter and fly tipping etc. 💰£1m for parks teams, focusing on improving those in deprived areas 167
blairanderson35.bsky.social @blairanderson35.bsky.social · 20/02/2025🧑🏫 more teachers 🍛 more free school meals 👦 protected ASN services 👔 cheaper school uniforms 🚲 greener school transport 💨 cleaner air around schools 👶 protected childcare access This @glasgowgreens.bsky.social & @glasgowsnp.bsky.social Budget is good news for Glasgow’s children and families. 1136
Reposted by @blairanderson35.bsky.socialScottish Greens @scottishgreens.org · 18/02/2025The Gender Recognition Reform Bill would bring Scotland in line with global best practice It was extensively consulted on, evidence was heard from across society, and it passed overwhelmingly But for Scottish Labour your human rights will never be as important as a good headline in the Daily mail 18635208
blairanderson35.bsky.social @blairanderson35.bsky.social · 18/02/2025Total moral cowardice from Scottish Labour to now u-turn on their support for improving the gender recognition process for trans people. Labour clearly can’t be trusted with LGBTQ+ rights. 0339
blairanderson35.bsky.social @blairanderson35.bsky.social · 17/02/2025Thousands more children are now eligible for free school meals in Glasgow 🍽️ No child should be sat hungry in the classroom. That’s why @scottishgreens.org secured the money for this 👇 As @glasgowgreens.bsky.social education spokesperson, I’ll keep pushing for universal free school meals 2228
Reposted by @blairanderson35.bsky.socialScottish Greens @scottishgreens.org · 12/02/2025You don't beat racists by joining them. 🥀Labour is selling out to Reform. 🟢Scottish Greens won't. 312139
blairanderson35.bsky.social @blairanderson35.bsky.social · 10/02/2025As @glasgowgreens.bsky.social Education Spokesperson, I have just written to EIS Glasgow to confirm that the Green Group’s tabled Budget will ensure no more teacher cuts. New, much-needed funding from Scottish & UK Governments mean we can now stop planned cuts & reverse the past year's ones. 084
blairanderson35.bsky.social @blairanderson35.bsky.social · 30/01/2025Glasgow City Council has just approved our proposed tourist tax with the consultation set to launch next week ✅ As a @glasgowgreens.bsky.social councillor, I’ve been driving forward Glasgow’s tourist tax which will raise millions to fill our potholes, clean our streets & save our venues 💷 0183