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Scottish Green Councillor for Craigentinny & Duddingston, Edinburgh Non-binary They/them
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Rebecca Paul MP — who at the Women and Equalities Committee last week spoke so much about women's rights (in order to undermine trans people's) — is now speaking in Parliament against the decriminalisation of abortion. You couldn't make it up. These people are not feminists.

submitted 19 hours ago • 15 comments

I’m no fan of the Iranian regime but Israel attacked them. I think it’s clear who the principal source of regional instability is.

submitted 21 hours ago • 0 comments

How is Katharine Birbalsingh allowed to be in charge of an entire school’s education programme? Why would any parent send their child to her?

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

Apparently the story in the Guardian about toilet policing in a hitherto safe club is about Koko, a venue which would be as vulnerable to a boycott by musicians as it would be to being sued by GCs. Just a thought.

submitted 2 days ago • 2 comments

A wave of legislation and executive actions have targeted transgender people, particularly teens, by stripping away gender-affirming care and other essential rights, but intersex people and anyone who doesn’t conform to strict sex binaries also stand to lose something as a result.

submitted 2 days ago • 2 comments

Trump’s military parade was actually quite heartening as it made it clear the military rank and file don’t actually like him very much. Honestly, I wouldn’t be keen on someone who made Pete Hegseth my boss either.

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

Israeli soldiers are committing genocide in Gaza. Yet while Keir Starmer in public is calling Israel's actions ‘appalling and intolerable', in private he's training those very same soldiers on UK soil.

submitted 4 days ago • 4 comments

Very sad to hear of Sir Geoff Palmer’s death last night. A truly great man and champion of human rights, it was a privilege to know him. RIP Geoff.

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

It’s remarkable watching so many moderate Democrats realise, “Oh, actually, you can’t compromise with these people after all.” I hope the moderate parties in the UK realise the same and stop trying to compromise with and kow-tow to Trump.

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

No child should sit in school hungry. It hurts their education and their health. We're delighted to have won this expansion to free school meals, building on our expansions to P4-5 and P6-7. We'll now work to get free school meals to every school pupil, from early years to S6.

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

When you’re too immoral for someone who actively sought to become the head of Enforcement and Removal for ICE, you really should have a word with yourself.

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

The UK-flagged ship carried baby formula, rice and medical supplies. But Israeli forces illegally boarded it in international waters, seized the vessel and detained its passengers. This was an attack on basic humanitarian principles. The UK must not remain silent.

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

Spring fiscal event

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment