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Scientist Campaigns officer for Get Glasgow Moving Better Buses for Strathclyde Let Glasgow flourish! www.getglasgowmoving.org/support/jo… My Substack: open.substack.com/pub/paulshaw94ps?…

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Better Buses for Strathclyde @betterbusesspt.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Bring our buses back into public control! 📣 It was great to support Living Rent Glasgow's Rally at the Riverside Museum today 🚍 We need our MSPs to speed up the bus franchising process and support SPT to deliver affordable, reliable, publicly-controlled bus services for all
Better Buses Rally ar Riverside Museum
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Paul Shaw @paulshaww.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
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Scottish Election Manifesto Review - Better Buses? Part 1
What are the parties saying they will do to deliver better buses? Part one containing: Conservatives, Greens and Labour
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Better Buses for Strathclyde @betterbusesspt.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Want Better Buses? 🚍 Support your region's campaign: 📍 betterbuses.uk/strathclyde 📍 betterbuses.uk/grampian 📍 betterbuses.uk/fife And come to the Better Buses National Hustings at @glasgowcaledonian.bsky.social this 𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘀 𝟮𝟯 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹, 𝟲:𝟯𝟬𝗽𝗺 🎟️ Register at: buseshustings.eventbrite.com
Want Better Buses? Support your region's campaign
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Alistair Davidson @moh-kohn.eurosky.social · 07/04/2026
Scottish Labour's pothole fund: "The funding would be repurposed from the active and sustainable travel budget" The net effect of this policy will be more pot holes than leaving the spending as it is.
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The Poverty Alliance @povertyalliance.org · 31/03/2026
Annie Wells says young people are causing mayhem in Glasgow city centre, and that they arrive by bus. She praises the Manchester Bee network that links buses, rail, and trams. It shouldn't take two hours to get from Springburn to Maryhill.
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The Poverty Alliance @povertyalliance.org · 31/03/2026
The next question asks what parties will do to support bus franchising and better public transport. James Adams of Lab says bus connecivity is vital. Taking two or 3 buses to hospitals isn't acceptable. He says that franchising should be looked at.
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The Poverty Alliance @povertyalliance.org · 31/03/2026
Ross Greer of the Greens says private buses have been a disaster. He promises their manifesto will have concrete pledges on how to fund a publicly owned bus system. He says it is ridiculous that private bus companies have been allowed to use public money to buy EV buses from China...
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Get Glasgow Moving @getglasgowmoving.org · 11/03/2026
Have you responded to Transport Scotland's consultation yet? 🛣️ We have a 𝗼𝗻𝗲-𝗶𝗻-𝗮-𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 to Remove the M8 Woodside Viaducts & invest £500m in sustainable transport connections instead 🚶🚴🚌🚎🚃 Find out more at: RemovetheM8.org.uk Deadline: 𝗪𝗲𝗱𝘀 𝟮𝟱 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲
M8 Woodside Viaducts consultation
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GoBike Strathclyde @gobikeglasgow.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
GoBike supports Remove the M8 - a grassroots campaign to replace Glasgow's urban motorway with a ground-level road for people. Support the REMOVE Option in the M8 Woodside viaducts consultation (deadline: 25 March 2026). Visit: removethem8.org.uk @replacethem8.bsky.social @getglasgowmoving.org
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Remove the M8 — Have Your Say
Support the campaign to remove the M8 urban motorway and replace it with a boulevard for Glasgow. Answer Transport Scotland's consultation before 25 March 2026.
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Paul Shaw @paulshaww.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
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Paul Shaw @paulshaww.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Many global examples of removing motorways have been incredibly successful. Would it be built now? No chance. Why then should we throw hundreds of millions of pounds at this and shackle future generations to this false impression of futurism from the 1960s.
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Paul Shaw @paulshaww.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Following the publication of the @cyclingscotland.bsky.social 48-hour traffic survey I had a wee think about why there's a disparity across the various cycling routes in Glasgow open.substack.com/pub/paulshaw...
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Paul Shaw @paulshaww.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Really great to see the arguments are vindicated. Build more, safer, segregated cycling infrastructure and more people will use them. We are no different to our European neighbours and the weather doesn't stop us doing anything else so why would it stop us cycling?
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Get Glasgow Moving @getglasgowmoving.org · 19/02/2026
Thanks to everyone who came to our AGM last night 👏 It was great to meet so many new members & hear your ideas for building our campaign for better public transport 🚍🚇🚉 Join us here 👇 getglasgowmoving.org/join Take action for @betterbusesspt.bsky.social here 👇 betterbuses.uk/strathclyde
Get Glasgow Moving 2026 AGM
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Better Buses for Strathclyde @betterbusesspt.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Join our online meeting to hear from people taking action for Better Buses across Scotland & find out how you can get involved in the run-up to May’s election 🚍🚏 📣 Scotland Demands Better Buses 🗓️ Weds 25 February 2026, 6:30pm 🎟️ Register in advance at: act.foe.scot/demandbetterbuses
Scotland Demands Better Buses - online meeting
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Paul Shaw @paulshaww.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Andy Burnham is the face of bus franchising in England, are Scottish Labour following his lead or do they support the NEC decision to block his candidacy?
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Paul Shaw @paulshaww.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
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Are Scottish Labour Still Bus Franchising Advocates?
The recent six-figure donation from the Easdales raises some questions.
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Get Glasgow Moving @getglasgowmoving.org · 18/01/2026
Want to help support our volunteer-run campaign for better public transport? 🚶🚴🚌🚎🚄 Then please join @getglasgowmoving.org & come to our Annual General Meeting! 🙌 📅 Weds 18 Feb 2026, 6:30pm 📍 Renfield Centre, 260 Bath St, Glasgow, G2 4JP Find out more👉 getglasgowmoving.org/news/clydemetro/#agm
Please come to our AGM - Weds 18 Feb 2026, 6:30pm
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Paul Shaw @paulshaww.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
It's past time we put this failed deregulation experiment to bed. It hasn't improved services or driven down fares. We're held to ransom and forced to pay these exorbitant fares. SPT are blazing a trail, ScotGov needs to recognise this is vital and support them in the budget next week.
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Better Buses for Strathclyde @betterbusesspt.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Today First Glasgow put single fares up to a whopping £3.25, leaving us with some of the most expensive buses in the UK 💸 How can ScotGov allow this blatantly unfair situation to persist? 😤 𝗪𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘂𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 by supporting SPT’s plans to take our buses back into public control 💷
Unfair Bus Fares 2026
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Better Buses for Strathclyde @betterbusesspt.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Thanks to all the MSPs who came to our Better Buses Drop-in at the Scot Parl yesterday 👏 We need your help to 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗯𝘂𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗲! 🚌 That means supporting SPT's plans with at least £6m in next week’s Scottish Budget 💷 And committing to accelerate bus franchising process in your manifestos...
Better Buses Drop-in Session for MSPs
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Get Glasgow Moving @getglasgowmoving.org · 17/12/2025
Today we're launching a new map bringing to life the developing plans for #ClydeMetro Watch this intro video setting out our vision for what our region’s new “fully-integrated mass transit public transport system” could look like 🚍🚇🚉 Find out more 👇 getglasgowmoving.org/news/clydemetro
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Our vision for Glasgow's Clyde Metro
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Better Buses for Strathclyde @betterbusesspt.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
More affordable, reliable, connected, safe, easy, frequent, integrated bus services! 🚌🚏 That's a few good reasons why you should support our campaign to 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻'𝘀 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹 🙌 Write to your MSPs to 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗻𝗼𝘄 👇 📨 betterbuses.uk/strathclyde/#email
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Better Buses for Strathclyde @betterbusesspt.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
Thanks to everyone who came to our Day of Action at Buchanan Bus Station yesterday! 🚌 We gave out hundreds of our new leaflets 👏 If you'd like to help distribute some in your local area, please order here: 📝 forms.gle/2GWd4rSC5KMZs4yF6 Email your MSPs here: 📨 betterbuses.uk/strathclyde/#email
Better Buses Day of Action
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Paul Shaw @paulshaww.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
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How Will We Fund the Public Transport Revolution? – Public Transportation Levy
The first in a series looking at ways to raise revenue to fund a huge overhaul in the public transport systems in Scotland.
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Better Buses for Strathclyde @betterbusesspt.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
On 𝗦𝗮𝘁 𝟮𝟮 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿, we'll be holding our first Better Buses Day of Action outside Buchanan Bus Station in Glasgow 🚌🚏 Please stop by between 11am-3pm! You can find out more about our campaign and collect some of our new leaflets to distribute in your local area 😃
Why are we still waiting for Better Buses?
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Paul Shaw @paulshaww.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
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How Will We Fund the Public Transport Revolution? – Public Transportation Levy
The first in a series looking at ways to raise revenue to fund a huge overhaul in the public transport systems in Scotland.
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Better Buses for Strathclyde @betterbusesspt.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Why are we still waiting for Better Buses? 🚌 Check out our new leaflet! 👏 If you'd like to help distribute some in your local area, please order here: 📝 forms.gle/2GWd4rSC5KMZs4yF6 Or come & collect them at our upcoming events 🧵👇
Better Buses LeafletsBetter Buses Leaflets
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Paul Shaw @paulshaww.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
When all beliefs are protected then no beliefs are protected. How does deliberately insulting all Muslims count as a belief when BEING A MUSLIM is a protected characteristic? These two things cannot both be true at once...
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Skotia @theskotia.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
As buildings crumble, services slide and bills soar, workers and tenants in Scotland’s largest city are battling back against decline. 🎧 Listen to ‘A Glasgow We Can Afford’ w/ Paul Shaw and Stella Rooney now: buff.ly/WKfXBHH
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Better Buses for Strathclyde @betterbusesspt.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
Scotland Demands Better Buses! 🚍 It was great to march alongside so many other organisations on today's #ScotlandDemandsBetter March & Rally in Edinburgh ✊ Please take action by emailing your MSPs 👇 📨 betterbuses.uk/strathclyde/#email @povertyalliance.org @scottishtuc.bsky.social
Scotland Demands Better March & Rally
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Get Glasgow Moving @getglasgowmoving.org · 23/10/2025
Why are we still waiting for Better Buses? 🚌 In September, SPT finally approved plans to 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹 👏 But the Scottish Government are now holding things up! 😠 Watch & share our new animation and 𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗹 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗠𝗦𝗣𝘀 to demand action👇 📨 betterbuses.uk/strathclyde/#email
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Why are we still waiting for Better Buses?
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Paul Shaw @paulshaww.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
"tourist tax for Glasgow folk, fund our buses they're a joke!" Sign the Living Rent petition: www.livingrent.org/petition_bus...
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Tourist tax to take our buses back
We believe in the collective power of tenants to come together to fight for their rights, and use diverse tactics – including direct action when necessary – to achieve this.
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Paul Shaw @paulshaww.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
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The Real Triple Lock: Housing, Food and Transport
Tourist tax to take our buses back!
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Paul Shaw @paulshaww.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
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Why is Bus Franchising such a pressing issue in Scotland?
This issue is my first guest-written article by Get Glasgow Moving Secretary, Dr Susie Wood.
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Better Buses for Strathclyde @betterbusesspt.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Last month we celebrated a historic milestone for our campaign 🥳 On 19 Sept, the SPT Board finally approved plans to bring our region's buses back into public control over the next few years 🚌 Check out this video of our supporters' rally 👇 Join our campaign here: betterbuses.uk/strathclyde
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Paul Shaw @paulshaww.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
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The Real Triple Lock: Housing, Food and Transport
Tourist tax to take our buses back!
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Get Glasgow Moving @getglasgowmoving.org · 26/09/2025
We’re excited to be working with Living Rent Glasgow on a new campaign to get @glasgowcc.bsky.social to invest income from the Tourist Tax in improving public transport 👏 This money must be used to deliver SPT's ambitious plans to 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻’𝘀 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹 🚍🚏
Tourist tax to take our buses back
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Paul Shaw @paulshaww.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
The @betterbusesspt.bsky.social petition to the Scottish Parliament was closed yesterday. It's so frustrating. There was a lack of acknowledgement of our evidence or the number of signatures. Transport is one of the 3 major household expenditures, including food and housing.
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Paul Shaw @paulshaww.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
We blasted past our 5k target and are now pushing for 6k. Please sign and share, we can't wait any longer for better buses!
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Better Buses for Strathclyde @betterbusesspt.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
After 2 years campaigning, today we celebrated the final approval of SPT's plans to bring our region's buses back into public control 🚍🥳 Now we need the ScotGov's support to make it happen! Help us reach 5,000 signatures on our petition 👇 📝 petitions.parliament.scot/petitions/PE2116
Rally at SPT Offices
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Better Buses for Strathclyde @betterbusesspt.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
🚨 Breaking news 🚨 83% support SPT's bus franchising plans! 🥳 See the full consultation results here: spt.co.uk/media/5u5c1xur/p190925_agenda7.pdf Join our Rally this Friday to celebrate 👇 📢 Better Buses Rally 🗓️ Friday 19 Sept 2025, 9:30am 📍 SPT Offices, 131 St Vincent St, Glasgow, G2 5JF
Join our Rally at SPT Offices this Friday
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Paul Shaw @paulshaww.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
💯💯💯 @cmmonwealth.bsky.social Privatisation of public services is an unequivocal failure. Public transport in this country is a disaster due to the worst excesses of the private companies. The tide is turning...
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Better Buses for Strathclyde @betterbusesspt.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Why are we still waiting for better buses? 🚍 Next Weds 24 Sept, we're back at the ScotParl for the 2nd hearing of our petition to "Accelerate the implementation of bus franchising powers" Help us reach 5,000 signatures before! Sign & share this link 👇 📝 petitions.parliament.scot/petitions/PE2116
Sign our Scottish Parliament petition
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Friends of the Earth Scotland 🌍 @foescot.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
What if buses were more affordable, reliable, and environmentally sustainable? 🚍 @betterbusesspt.bsky.social wants to make this a reality by taking buses back into public control. Read more from their Campaign Manager Paul Shaw in our latest blog article: foe.scot/bringing-bus...
Gradient orange and purple graphic with white text that reads: 'Buses for People not Profit'
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Get Glasgow Moving @getglasgowmoving.org · 05/09/2025
Don't miss our screening & discussion event on 'The Future of Glasgow's Public Transport' at @uofglasgow.bsky.social as part of #GlasgowDoorsOpenDaysFestival 👇 🗓️ Thurs 18 Sept 2025, 7:30pm 📍 ARC, 11 Chapel Lane, G11 6EW 🎟️ Register at: futuretransport.eventbrite.co.uk #TheVisionaryCity #GDODF25
The Future of Glasgow’s Public Transport - Screening & Panel Discussion
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Paul Shaw @paulshaww.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Travelling from Amsterdam to Paris today on the Eurostar. Spent a lot of time cycling around and using the trams in Amsterdam which was fantastic. Everyone is so relaxed here including the car drivers, never heard an angry toot or any windshield remonstrance.
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Bring Back British Rail @bringbackbritishrail.org · 11/08/2025
Our new publicly-owned #GreatBritishRailways must mark the beginning of a new era 🚆 We need a railway that is run in the public interest – one that is fully-accessible & affordable for everyone to use 🙌 Read @abcommuters.bsky.social's open letter to @heidialexander.bsky.social 👇
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Campaigners demand ‘Accessibility Framework’ for Great British Railways
Disability rights campaigners and passenger groups have today sent an open letter to the Secretary of State, demanding an ‘Accessibility Framework for Great British Railways.’ The lette…
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Paul Shaw @paulshaww.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
I wonder who the next scapegoat will be when this doesn't make a blind bit of difference to people's material conditions.
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Get Glasgow Moving @getglasgowmoving.org · 03/08/2025
We had a brilliant time at the Govanhill Festival Parade & Carnival yesterday 🥳 Our new @betterbusesspt.bsky.social t-shirts and badges were a big hit! Want to get your hands on one? Stay tuned for our next events in September...
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