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Scottish Labour

The Scottish Labour manifesto says:

    P.16

    “Recommit the NHS to delivering single sex wards on the basis of biological sex, and ensuring patients can request same sex provision wherever possible.”

    P.51

    “Work to deliver a conversion practices ban on a four nation basis to prevent the creation of any possible loopholes across the UK and protect LGBT+ people from harmful conversion practices.”

    P.52

    “Delivering single-sex spaces on the basis of biological sex, in NHS wards, schools, sport and everyday life by upholding the Equality Act and delivering clear instructions to public services on how to comply with their legal obligations to women and to trans people.”

    P.58

    “Keeping women’s prisons for women, instructing the Scottish Prison Service to remove all biologically male prisoners from women’s prisons within days of the election.”

Scottish Labour The Scottish Labour manifesto says: P.16 “Recommit the NHS to delivering single sex wards on the basis of biological sex, and ensuring patients can request same sex provision wherever possible.” P.51 “Work to deliver a conversion practices ban on a four nation basis to prevent the creation of any possible loopholes across the UK and protect LGBT+ people from harmful conversion practices.” P.52 “Delivering single-sex spaces on the basis of biological sex, in NHS wards, schools, sport and everyday life by upholding the Equality Act and delivering clear instructions to public services on how to comply with their legal obligations to women and to trans people.” P.58 “Keeping women’s prisons for women, instructing the Scottish Prison Service to remove all biologically male prisoners from women’s prisons within days of the election.”

From the Equality Network. Anyone knocking doors for this manifesto or still defending this rancid party is a collaborator

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I'm sorry, but this is utterly unacceptable from Stonewall's new Chair. And entirely unnecessary. Nothing is gained from this except communicating to trans people that Stonewall does not care about them.

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A man in glasses holding a copy of a paper

A crowd holding protest placards and the saltire

A crowd holding protest placards and the saltire

A revered speaking at a microphone

A revered speaking at a microphone

A man playing bagpipes.

A man playing bagpipes.

A great turn out for the Aberdeen Unity March this morning. Community standing up for the city against hatred.

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Happy to see several hundred Unity demonstrators (from a hugely diverse range of backgrounds) showing the 12 or so hate-filled fash that Aberdeen shows solidarity to all!

Love trumps hate every time! ❤️👊🏽

#SayItLoudSayItClearRefugeesAreWelcomeHere

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Poster for Aberdeen Unity March on 18 April. Bold yellow text on pink with a purple city skyline. Text reads: Assemble Rubislaw Terrace 10:30am. Love not hate, hope over fear.

Poster for Aberdeen Unity March on 18 April. Bold yellow text on pink with a purple city skyline. Text reads: Assemble Rubislaw Terrace 10:30am. Love not hate, hope over fear.

The Aberdeen Unity March is today! Head down with a friend.

We’ll see you there ❤️

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Aberdeen Unity March
April 18th
Assemble Rubislaw Terrace at 10:30am

Come together and show Aberdeen welcomes refugees and rejects hate.

Love note hate. Hope over fear.

Poster is pink and yellow with silhouette of buildings in Aberdeen.

Aberdeen Unity March April 18th Assemble Rubislaw Terrace at 10:30am Come together and show Aberdeen welcomes refugees and rejects hate. Love note hate. Hope over fear. Poster is pink and yellow with silhouette of buildings in Aberdeen.

This Saturday, April 18th, we’ll be marching for a city that is united in our diversity.

We’ll assemble on Rubislaw Terrace at 10:30am before marching down Union Street. Hope to see you there!

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Just checked and this is real - Scottish Labour’s manifesto refers to trans people using slurs and commits to a policy of explicit segregation in public life

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The entire party is complicit in this. Every """pro-trans""" Slab MSP has been cowardly and refused to speak out

Don't vote for them tactically. Don't rank them on the list vote. The only way to get these parasites to listen is to shatter their egos at the ballot box

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Petition - Sort it. Under Section 3.1.6 of the Scottish Green Party’s Constitution, we are petitioning the Scottish Green Party’s Executive Committee for an Extraordinary General Meeting to address our concerns regarding...

If you’re a Scottish Green Party member and you want the party to do better, the wonderful @houstinium.bsky.social has created a petition you can sign.

So far, 60 members from 8 branches across Scotland have signed it.

You can sign here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Birthday

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The system isn't broken, it's rigged!

Together, we can hold the powerful to account.

That must start within our own ranks, so sign this petition to force an EGM and keep the Scottish Greens a party of Radical Democracy for the whole of Scotland!

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Fifty signatures already!!

🎶 Wooooah we're halfway there~~ 🎶

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The UK must immediately and unequivocally suspend support for the US military.

The Government have tried to appease him, then they tried to say they're standing up to him.

Words aren't enough - it's time for action.

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Honestly, the great crisis of our society is the unwillingness of institutions to inflict consequences.

Impeach the president, fire the sex pests, expel cheating students, excommunicate an unrepentant heretic, prosecute the war criminals.

Believe in your institution enough to enforce its rules.

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Petition - Sort it. Under Section 3.1.6 of the Scottish Green Party’s Constitution, we are petitioning the Scottish Green Party’s Executive Committee for an Extraordinary General Meeting to address our concerns regarding...

Scottish Green Party members from all over Scotland are calling for an EGM to address our concerns - primarily regarding the conduct of multiple central bodies (SOC, ECC, CCC, etc) over the past year.

We're asking 'em to Sort it.

Sound good? Join us in signing!

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i remember when the potential inaccuracy of wikipedia was a huge point of concern for academic use and we cautioned against it for years, the machine that cannot be prevented from lying is required to use though

this reeks of schools being paid to make this happen by the companies selling this shit

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Leader of LGBT+ wing of Scottish Greens quits after top Holyrood candidate blocked

The leader of the LGBT+ wing of the Scottish Greens has quit amid a row over the party’s candidates in the North East

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Co-convenor of Greens LGBTQ wing quits over candidate removal THE co-convenor of the Scottish Greens' LGBTQ wing has resigned and quit the party following internal disputes over the removal of a candidate. Emma Cuthbertson, a former member of the SNP who led the Rainbow Greens alongside Guy Ingerson, announced her resignation in a statement on Wednesday. Ingerson was initially picked as the Green's top list candidate for North East Scotland in the upcoming Holyrood election—ahead of current MSP…

Co-convenor of Greens LGBTQ wing quits over candidate removal

THE co-convenor of the Scottish Greens' LGBTQ wing has resigned and quit the party following internal disputes over the removal of a candidate. Emma Cuthbertson, a former member of the SNP who led the Rainbow Greens alongside Guy…

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'Tears are being weaponised': Leader of LGBTQ Greens quits after top candidate sacked Emma Cuthbertson, who led the Rainbow Greens alongside Guy Ingerson, has resigned her membership after Mr Ingerson was blocked from standing.

A co-convenor of the @scottishgreens' LGBTQ wing has quit after top candidate Guy Ingerson was sacked due to unresolved complaints.

Mr Ingerson has been replaced at the top of the list by Maggie Chapman, who also has an unresolved complaint against her.

www.heraldscotland.com/news/2599101...

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That was a weird bit, what was that?

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A statement from our Co-Convenor, Emma Cuthbertson:

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It is with great sadness that I must confirm that I will no longer be the Scottish Green Party’s lead candidate in the North East Scotland region for the Scottish Parliament elections which will take place on the 7th May 2026. This is because I will no longer hold ‘Approved Candidate’ status by the time nominations close on the 1st April 2026.

The co-convenors of the party’s Standing Orders Committee (SOC) requested I be re-vetted due to an unresolved complaint against me. This process has not concluded, and I had argued that this action would be both prejudicial to the outcome of the complaints process and unconstitutional. These arguments, and my right to appeal the constitutional interpretation of the co-convenors to a full meeting of SOC, were ignored.

After a two-year long campaign of bullying, lies, rumour, and smears designed to stop my candidacy, those who participated in this campaign have been successful. Others have also suffered from this behaviour. I stand in solidarity with you. I cannot say anything further due to the need to keep confidentiality while complaints are investigated. However, it is clear to me that the system has been abused. Significant reform is needed to restore members’ faith in the complaints process.

I know many members in our region may be angry and disappointed at being disenfranchised in this way. Our internal democracy has been undermined. As the first person in our party’s history to beat an incumbent MSP in a selection contest, I feel the same way. The party has let you and I down.

However, we must remain focused on holding the powerful to account. We can and must build the country we know Scotland can be. This can be done through other means than just electoral politics. I will remain with you in that fight now and into the future.

Thank you to all members who voted for me to be your lead candidate and to those who have stood by me across Scotland. I will be forever grateful for your continued support.

Sincerely,
Guy

It is with great sadness that I must confirm that I will no longer be the Scottish Green Party’s lead candidate in the North East Scotland region for the Scottish Parliament elections which will take place on the 7th May 2026. This is because I will no longer hold ‘Approved Candidate’ status by the time nominations close on the 1st April 2026. The co-convenors of the party’s Standing Orders Committee (SOC) requested I be re-vetted due to an unresolved complaint against me. This process has not concluded, and I had argued that this action would be both prejudicial to the outcome of the complaints process and unconstitutional. These arguments, and my right to appeal the constitutional interpretation of the co-convenors to a full meeting of SOC, were ignored. After a two-year long campaign of bullying, lies, rumour, and smears designed to stop my candidacy, those who participated in this campaign have been successful. Others have also suffered from this behaviour. I stand in solidarity with you. I cannot say anything further due to the need to keep confidentiality while complaints are investigated. However, it is clear to me that the system has been abused. Significant reform is needed to restore members’ faith in the complaints process. I know many members in our region may be angry and disappointed at being disenfranchised in this way. Our internal democracy has been undermined. As the first person in our party’s history to beat an incumbent MSP in a selection contest, I feel the same way. The party has let you and I down. However, we must remain focused on holding the powerful to account. We can and must build the country we know Scotland can be. This can be done through other means than just electoral politics. I will remain with you in that fight now and into the future. Thank you to all members who voted for me to be your lead candidate and to those who have stood by me across Scotland. I will be forever grateful for your continued support. Sincerely, Guy

It is with great sadness that I must confirm that I will no longer be the Scottish Green Party’s lead candidate in the North East Scotland region.

Please see my full statement below.

3 weeks ago 16 6 4 5

The BBC not bothering their arses to cover one of the UK's biggest anti-racism marches isn't surprising any more.

That's pretty worrying.

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Thanks!! ☺️

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