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Patrick Harvie

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Green MSP for Glasgow | He/Him Short, bald, frequently appalled. linktr.ee/patrickharvie Promoted by Patrick Harvie, 19b Graham Street, Edinburgh, EH6 5QN.

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Scottish Greens @scottishgreens.org · 6h
When operated at full capacity this data centre would use the energy equivalent to over two million homes. Its emissions would exceed the legal limit in Dumfries and Galloway by almost double. This application must be rejected.
STV News. Plans submitted for 'world's largest' data centre at former nuclear power station. The Scottish Greens have warned that the proposal would put a massive straight on Scotland's energy grid.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 12h
Kemi Badenoch condemned Reform's ban on critical journalists covering their conference as "authoritarian", saying her own party would never do the same as "we believe in free speech. We believe in a free press." Now the Conservatives have banned Byline Times from their conference
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Kemi Badenoch's Conservatives Ban Byline Times From Conference After Condemning Reform for Journalist Ban
The ban comes just weeks after the Conservative leader called Reform's barring of critical journalists from their conference an "authoritarian" attack on the free press
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Patrick Harvie @patrickharvie.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A reminder that the term "green data centre" has not been defined, and the industry itself cannot be trusted to do so.
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Scottish Greens @scottishgreens.org · 28/09/2026
Scotland deserves better than this out-of-touch Labour government. Join the movement fighting for change. greens.scot/join
Scotland deserves better. Greens.scot/join
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Scottish Greens @scottishgreens.org · 28/09/2026
🍾 Despite saying he didn't have the “money New Labour had in the 90s” to implement change, the Chancellor didn't even hint at "taxing the rich".
0 mentions of Taxing the Rich
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Scottish Greens @scottishgreens.org · 28/09/2026
🔥 In his nearly 40-minute speech, John Healey didn't mention "climate" or "environment".
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Gemma Clark 🧿🕯️ @gemmaclark.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Homophobes are very grateful to the transphobes who pathed the way for this. The racists can’t wait to get their turn. It’s only a matter of time. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Christian 'discriminated' against in job retraction over LGBT views, court hears
Felix Ngole was rejected for a job after his potential employer discovered his views on homosexuality.
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Duncan Hothersall @dhothersall.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
If attendance at a major women's conference was down 80% due to a boycott fighting against trans *inclusion*, it would be all over the Times, Telegraph, Mail etc. This last weekend, attendance at a major women's conference was down 80% due to a boycott fighting against trans *exclusion*. Crickets.
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David Wearing @davidwearing.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
There is a genuine incomprehension amongst many journalists and politicians that anyone might care sincerely about Palestinians or seriously object to their indiscriminate slaughter. The natural human response to this genocide is something they simply cannot understand.
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Liam Robbens @liam.eurosky.social · 23/09/2026
Worth noting — as most coverage omits it — that Peggie called Dr. Upton "a freak", "a weirdo" and "it". Peggie said she would like to post bacon to a mosque. Peggie reacted to news of deaths in flooding in Pakistan by saying "What goes around comes around, they've been flooding Britain for years."
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Patrick Harvie @patrickharvie.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
From what I can see in the article and video, the belligerent language in the headline wasn't actually used. I hope that's true. If the Government wants its Public Service Reform agenda to achieve anything positive, it will need an atmosphere of respect for public sector workers and their unions.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I had a massive bust-up over North Sea gas and oil with Lord Jackson on Politics Live today. "It shocks me to the core that sopmeone so ignorant, so ill-informed, sits in the House of Lords." I just wish I could figure out how to clip it. From 20'47" www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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BBC Two - Politics Live, 23/09/2026
The big political issues of the day.
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Gillian Mackay - Scottish Greens @gillianmackaygreen.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
ASLEF and the wider trade union movement are right to oppose this bid. It’s time for the Scottish Government to do the same. This would be a clear breach of the boycott policy that the Scottish Parliament voted for. greens.scot/news/scottis...
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Scottish Government urged to rule out bid from rail company linked to Israeli war crimes
Scottish Government urged to rule out bid from rail company linked to Israeli war crimes - No public money for apartheid.
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Ross Greer (he/him) @ross-greer.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Credit to the Scottish Government for grasping the need to reform local government, but the starting point they published today leaves me with some major worries 🧵
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
How the BBC’s latest platforming of the bigoted views of the anti-migrant billionaire tax exile Jim Ratcliffe is the sign of a national broadcaster that is increasingly losing its way www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/how-the-bb...
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How the BBC Mainstreams the Right’s Anti-Migrant, Anti-British Agenda
The BBC’s platforming of the bigoted views of billionaire tax exile Jim Ratcliffe is just the latest sign of a national broadcaster that has lost its way
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Duncan Hothersall @dhothersall.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
After a year in which human-caused climate change linked to the burning of fossil fuels has really started to hit home in the UK after decades of impact around the world, thank god we finally have a Scottish Labour leader shouting "Drill, baby, drill" and fighting to cut polluters' taxes. Yay!
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Patrick Harvie @patrickharvie.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
There are few things as pathetic as the insecure whining of the super rich. To sit there on top of such a vast pile of wealth, complaining that it's all so unfair. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Billionaire Manchester United owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe says he has lost confidence in UK
Ineos founder Sir Jim Ratcliffe tells the BBC he thinks the country is "on the slide" and calls for more investment in the North Sea.
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Patrick Harvie @patrickharvie.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Oh yes, this was happening wasn't it.
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Chas Booth (he/him) @chasbooth.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
His own research shows Scotland can't meet its #climate targets without demand management. He's just ruled that out. * Flynn criticised over 'massively damaging U-turn' on Edinburgh congestion charge www.heraldscotland.com/news/2656354...
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Flynn criticised over 'massively damaging U-turn' on Edinburgh congestion charge
City of Edinburgh Council’s Green group has hit out at the decision, which was revealed in a written question lodged at Holyrood earlier this…
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Patrick Harvie @patrickharvie.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Barclays still try to avoid responsibility for enabling genocide. The Scottish Parliament has voted decisively for boycotts, divestment and sanctions, yet Barclays are still given a role in the Scottish Government bond scheme. This has to end. www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2026...
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Barclays greenlights work with Israeli defence company
The Bureau understands that the bank has approved NextVision, a key supplier to the Israeli defence industry, as a future client
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Ross Greer (he/him) @ross-greer.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Hundreds of people have been arrested and accused of terrorism offences for holding signs saying they support Palestine Action. But apparently this organised campaign to literally terrorise lifeboat crews and endanger lives isn't terrorism?
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Patrick Harvie @patrickharvie.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Wildly irresponsible to even consider this. Absolute climate vandalism, to benefit the tech giants.
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Scotland always has been, and always should be, ambitious about technology. We should want to lead, innovate, and benefit from the industries that will shape the future. But ambition does not mean allowing developers to dictate the terms, writes Laura Moodie ✍️
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 17/09/2026
“A real test of this government will be torule out new oil and gas drilling in the North Sea. The reason they have decided not to announce that before the by-election in Holborn and St Pancras is incredibly telling.” Caroline Lucas on the government’s refusal to rule out new oil and gas on #BBCQT.
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Scottish Greens @scottishgreens.org · 16/09/2026
The SNP were unambiguous in their opposition to a moratorium on hyperscale data centres.
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Scottish Greens @scottishgreens.org · 16/09/2026
The SNP have teamed up with the Tories and Lib Dems. They've voted down a Green motion which would have brought in a moratorium against new hyperscale AI data centres in Scotland. Instead they've chosen to muddy the water, leaving confusion when our communities need certainty.
Breaking. SNP, Tories and Lib Dems block Green pause on data centres.
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Greens MSP Laura Moodie warns Scotland could become 'a digital equivalent of the old extractive model' if ministers fail to set strong rules for new hyperscale AI data centres 🗣️ 'In the 21st century, we should not be making public policy through private conversations between powerful men'
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Laura Webster @lauraewebster.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
🔴Tories, Reform, Scottish Government basically totally aligned here. All oppose a moratorium but are saying pleasantries about better planning guidance and community engagement 🔴 Labour want a pause on data centre decisions, none until there's new national planning guidance
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Scottish Greens @scottishgreens.org · 16/09/2026
Add your voice 👇 www.greens.scot/datacentres
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Stop hyper-scale data centres in Scotland
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Patrick Harvie @patrickharvie.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
This afternoon's debate on hyperscale AI datacentres shows that far too many MSPs seem ready to vote for a fudge, instead of giving real clarity to communities. The Greens will keep putting the Scottish Government under pressure to put the country ahead of the big tech industry's profits.
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Just hours after being branded a 'ghetto' by Reform UK's Thomas Kerr, Glasgow’s Govanhill has been named the fifth coolest neighbourhood in the world Govanhill placed higher than neighbourhoods in cities such as New York, Rio de Janeiro, and Bangkok
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Chas Booth (he/him) @chasbooth.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
SNP Scottish Government, 2024 "Only by taking a combined approach which includes measures to reduce demand for transport an Scotland's climate targets be met". Today: "we do not believe it is appropriate to continue work on [...] road user charging powers at present" #climate
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Patrick Harvie @patrickharvie.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The Scottish Government minister who has "just transition of transport including reduction on car miles" in his job remit has just made that objective all but impossible, in one low-profile written answer.
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Chas Booth (he/him) @chasbooth.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The SNP can't be trusted with the #climate. Their own research says they won't meet climate targets without road user charging. Their own councillors want to introduce this. They previously promised to fill this gap. They should be utterly ashamed. www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-...
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The Scottish Parliament
The Scottish Parliament examines what the Scottish Government is doing, makes new laws on devolved matters and debates the issues of the day.
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Laura Webster @lauraewebster.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
🚨We are LIVE as MSPs debate and vote on a moratorium on AI data centres Follow along this afternoon here www.thenational.scot/news/2655437...
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Live updates as Holyrood to vote on AI data centre moratorium
The Scottish Parliament is set to vote on whether there should be a moratorium on new hyperscale data centres
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Scottish Greens @scottishgreens.org · 13/09/2026
Write to the First Minister now and demand a moratorium on hyper-scale AI data centres. greens.scot/datacentres
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Patrick Harvie @patrickharvie.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
This week Green MSPs will be bringing a vote to Parliament, to call a halt to the hyperscale data centres being proposed across the country. Join our call for the Scottish Government to act now.
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Thomas Kerr, the depute leader of Reform UK in Scotland, has been accused of wasting officers’ time after he called the police on lawyer Aamer Anwar for a speech at a counter-protest opposing the far right on July 25 👉 www.thenational.scot/news/2...
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Ballot Box Scotland @ballotbox.scot · 11/09/2026
Isn't that lovely, and so informative, wow, truly an Adequately Designed For Its Purpose map of the 2026 Holyrood election results, perfect for an MSP office, for a talking point in the living room, or even to really get chat going in the barber shop!
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Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 11/09/2026
MEGA FACTCHECK: Reform UK's Farage & Tice constantly mislead on climate & energy We've checked 45 of their claims, inc… * Yes we really have made it hotter * No UK is not acting alone * No we can't change geology * Yes underground cables really are more costly www.carbonbrief.org/factcheck-re...
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Scottish Greens @scottishgreens.org · 10/09/2026
The climate crisis is here. New fossil fuel drilling won't cut household bills, it won't make our country more energy secure, and it will only worsen the climate emergency. Scotland needs to invest in clean, green renewables to secure our future.
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Patrick Harvie @patrickharvie.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Far right government and aspiring far right government say they'd be great pals. What a shock.
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Patrick Harvie @patrickharvie.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Another day, another monumental failure to tell the truth about the far right threat facing this country. This was an explicit case of targeted racist harassment, but we get an article full of excuses like "protesters wrongly believed", both from the BBC and a local MP. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Group entered hotel of Pakistan cricketers mistaken for migrants
Protesters congregated at a Portsmouth hotel after false rumours that a coach of migrants had arrived.
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Alasdair Mackenzie @alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
If a lEgiTiMaTe dEbATe aBOut iMMigRaTioN leads to people turning up with pitchforks to demand credentials from every group of young non-white men arriving in town, you’d think even Labour MPs would start asking themselves if it’s really a legitimate debate
Amanda Martin, Labour MP for Portsmouth North, called the hotel incident "deeply concerning".
She said: "It's completely unacceptable that misinformation has led to young cricketers visiting our city being wrongly targeted and mistaken for people seeking asylum.
"It's also wrong that people who work in the hotels had to deal with this.
"Those who arrived in Portsmouth on Sunday were transported outside of Hampshire for processing.
"There is a legitimate debate to be had about immigration, but it must be based on facts not misinformation or rumour."
The BBC understands the England and Wales Cricket Board has checked on wellbeing of the Pakistani under-19s team, and is reviewing security arrangements for the remainder of their tour.
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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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Scottish Greens @scottishgreens.org · 09/09/2026
Current proposals for hyper-scale data centres in Scotland would use over 1.5 times our total peak power use. Scotland needs a moratorium now! 🛑 greens.scot/datacentres
Stop hyper-scale data centres in Scotland. www.greens.scot/datacentres
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Gillian Mackay - Scottish Greens @gillianmackaygreen.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Scotland’s future should not be decided by a Prime Minister at Westminster, or be dependent on whether he thinks public opinion has reached a point that suits him. That decision belongs here in Scotland, and ultimately it belongs to the people of Scotland. www.thenational.scot/news/2653536...
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Andy Burnham lays out conditions for second Scottish independence referendum
THE rules governing when a second Scottish independence referendum can be held should be “exactly the same” as those for an Irish reunification…
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
90 years ago, Parliament responded to the rise of Oswald Mosley's Blackshirts by passing the Public Order Act, which banned political uniforms, private militias and the threat of force for political objects. The debates make very resonant reading today. Here's the Liberal Robert Bernays. (Short 🧵)
You cannot conduct a fair match when one side is playing with a ball and the other with bombs and, if democracy is to survive, it must be conducted according to definite and recognised rule. One of them is that no political party should resort to any weapon other than reason and argument. The introduction of private armies, as I see it, strikes at the root of democracy. I know it is contended that the Blackshirts are not armed and, therefore, are not an army, but I do not think that argument can be upheld. … Uniformed men in military formation suggest, and are meant to suggest, the idea of force. It is no argument to reply that at this or that demonstration no force is intended. It is an inescapable fact that a uniform in politics symbolises force, to be used either now or in the future.
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The truth is that the SNP don’t want the headache of following through on their promises to the LGBTQ+ community, mainly because it would mean addressing the homophobia and transphobia that has been allowed to thrive within their own ranks, writes Mhairi Black ✍️ www.thenational.scot/politi...
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Gillian Mackay - Scottish Greens @gillianmackaygreen.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Earlier this week I joined campaigners outside Holyrood calling for boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israel. Last year the Scottish Green Party secured parliaments backing to implement BDS against Israel, but the Scottish Government has still not delivered.
Gillian Mackay calling for BDS of Israel outside Scottish Parliament
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