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Gordon MacRae

@gmacrae.bsky.social
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Dad, charity worker (Assistant Director Shelter Scotland), humanist, rugby fan. (He/him)

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Shelter @sheltercharity.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Let's be clear: Nigel Farage's plan to remove people who are legally settled in this country from their homes is racist and morally wrong. These plans risk kicking thousands of our friends, neighbours and colleagues out of their homes, without justification. shltr.org.uk/TfWKO
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Farage vows to ban foreign nationals from social housing as byelection looms
Reform leader claims ‘anti-whiteness is institutionalised’ in UK as polls suggest Labour have lead in Makerfield
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Gordon MacRae @gmacrae.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
@channel4news.bsky.social please fact check - local connection has NOTHING to do with where refugees can apply as homeless. That is a pie that has been challenged repeatedly but still goes unchecked scotland.shelter.org.uk/professional...
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Shelter Scotland briefing: Conservative debate on asylum - Shelter Scotland
A Shelter Scotland briefing paper ahead of a Scottish Conservative-led debate on asylum accommodation in Scotland.
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Gordon MacRae @gmacrae.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
New homelessness stats out today Over the lifetime of this parl ⬆️Homelessness has gone up 18% ⬆️Rough sleeping more than doubled ⬆️Kids in temp up 26% ⬆️Households in temp up 27% ⬇️These stats come just after social housing starts fell to a 30year low. . #shelterscotland
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Gordon MacRae @gmacrae.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Paul MacLennan MSP @scottishgov.bsky.social responds next. Read the full report here: scotland.shelter.org.uk/professional...
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Gordon MacRae @gmacrae.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
@satwatr.bsky.social from @opfs.org.uk “how many of us would accept this for our children so why the bloody hell should we accept this for others?” @shelterscotland.bsky.social
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Gordon MacRae @gmacrae.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
@nickhobbs.bsky.social from Scottish Children’s Commissioner responding to the findings.
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Gordon MacRae @gmacrae.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
news.stv.tv/west-central...
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'I've finally got my own bedroom after a lifetime of homelessness'
Shelter report reveals children growing up in temporary accommodation are being harmed by Scotland’s 'broken and biased' homelessness system.
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Gordon MacRae @gmacrae.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Great to be joined by the Housing Minister, MSPs, charity leaders and experts by experience to hear about @shelterscotland.bsky.social new report on impact of bad temp accm on children’s lives.
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Gordon MacRae @gmacrae.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Minister now taking questions
Housing Minister Paul McLennan MSP speaking at Scottish Empty Homes Partnership conference 2025
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Gordon MacRae @gmacrae.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Great to have @scottishgov.bsky.social Housing Minister @paulmclennanmsp.bsky.social speaking at Scottish Empty Homes conference and confirming two years funding for the partnership. @shelterscotland.bsky.social
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Gordon MacRae @gmacrae.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
important by Scot Human Rights Comm today "deeply concerned that the rising rates of homelessness and shortages of affordable housing demonstrate not only failure to progress the realisation of rights but may amount to retrogression in Scotland." www.scottishhumanrights.com/media/2970/s...
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Gordon MacRae @gmacrae.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis... @shelterscotland we think today’s devastating homelessness statistics must not be ignored. At 26m mark i try to layout our case for change. Good to hear MSPs from across the chamber respond but will any of them vote for the money and provide the leadership we need?
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Politics Scotland - 05/02/2025
A look at the week’s events at Westminster and Holyrood.
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Gordon MacRae @gmacrae.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
x.com/Daily_Record... massive if true.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 01/12/2024
‘Child poverty has got a lot worse’: outgoing charity boss lambasts Tory failures and social media giants
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‘Child poverty has got a lot worse’: outgoing charity boss lambasts Tory failures and social media giants
Peter Wanless of the NSPCC calls for more preventive action on child poverty, a ban on ‘morally repugnant’ smacking and favours guardrails online rather than bans The boss of the UK’s leading children’s charity has attacked the Conservatives for their…
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Gordon MacRae @gmacrae.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
“Spending on child poverty has actually fallen by 13%” Fraser of Allander: ‘limited room for manoeuvre’ in Scottish Budget www.heraldscotland.com/news/2475920...
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Fraser of Allander: ‘limited room for manoeuvre’ in Scottish Budget
Finance Secretary Shona Robison only has “limited room for manoeuvre” in next week’s Scottish Budget, experts have warned, despite the…
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Gordon MacRae @gmacrae.bsky.social · 21/09/2023
‘Rage, rage against the dying of the light’ From poverty through homelessness to climate change, if those who can, choose not to, then rage is a reasonable response. Let them come to terms with what they could have achieved. youtube.com/watch?v=1mRe...
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Gordon MacRae @gmacrae.bsky.social · 20/09/2023
Time to end Scotland’s housing emergency act.scotland.shelter.org.uk/official-rec....
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Official record of RAGE against the housing emergency in Scotland.
Home is not only a fundamental human need, it’s a basic human right. So why are the Scottish Government completely failing to address the housing emergency, leaving 1.5 million people without a
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