Thanks Neil. Once again reminding is that we need to question this nonsense at every opportunity. Wish there were more like you.

Scotland is an outlier compared to most other developed nations.

Raising the school starting age to 7 and introducing a play-based kindergarten stage for 3 to 6 year olds would help boost education and child wellbeing outcomes.

Scottish Green candidates, including co-leaders Ross Greer and GIllian Mackay, hold up the manifesto on stage.

A pile of 2026 Scottihs Green manifestos. The front page says Let's Demand Better.

Scottish Green co-leaders Gillian Mackay and Ross Greer hold the manifesto. The front page says Let's Demand Better.

Scottish Green co-leader Gillian Mackay speaking on stage in front of an audience. Several TV cameras are pointed at her.

Today we launched our 2026 manifesto!

🟢 Want free bus travel for everyone?
🟢 Want accessible and affordable childcare?
🟢 Want to tackle the climate emergency?
🟢 Want to tax the rich?

We've got you covered.

Read the manifesto at:
www.greens.scot/LetsDemandBetter

It's simply a reason why Ross appeared at these specific engagements. That's all I was saying. You're reading something else into it without being able to back it up.

Not an excuse. It's a reason.

I'd suggest either this or if there has to be a uniform it should be relaxed. Needs to be comfortable, practical, hard wearing and easy to wash / dry. No blazers, no ties, no white starchy shirts, practical footwear etc.

This is a good start. I'd like to see uniforms scrapped or at least relaxed significantly to make them easier to wear and wash. Hopefully we could work towards that.

😯 A football match can be dull, not a classic but 'football' is not boring. It's like when someone says running is boring. 😱

I'm in favour of this but have to wonder why it's not been done before. This is like the kind of promise an opposition party makes hoping to be in power. Shouldn't SNP have been doing this kind of stuff already?

So sorry this has happened. This is very disappointing. That's all I can say, really.

That's why the 1st thing would be to bring back into public ownership. This would allow for vastly improved services which would encourage people to make many more journeys by bus. At the moment we are at the mercy of profit taking private operators.

#hopewins massive well done to @greenpartyhan.bsky.social.

Wishing best of luck today to @greenpartyhan.bsky.social. It's been inspirational following your campaign. #hopeoverhate

Glad to see you giving support to the Greens in England and Wales. Hope it becomes a regular thing for you. Would love to see you supporting Scottish Greens in the upcoming Holyrood elections

There's no change to our support for Independence. Don't know what you're seeing that suggests we're going 'full yoon'.

Well deserved. Good luck.

It's awful. I despair. I made the mistake of reading the comments on a fb post about this and it just made me sad. It is a small minority but for me the majority are not vocal enough. We're not doing enough to get through to people.

Chill out it was a joke. We're on the same side.

Sorry if it wasn't clear but I wasn't criticising your vote share. I was pointing out that the rise of Reform needs to be a wake up call for SGP members, supporters, current and potential voters that we have a lot of work to do across Scotland.

Just move the border up and make them live in England.
But seriously though results like this need to be a wake up call for us Greens.

Klondyke garden centre?

You don't know what your talking about otherwise you would be more specific. I think you're just mischief making and I don't have time for that. I'm a party member and have never been made aware of any vote or action that would cause a reasonable person to think that.

Why do you keep putting scottish in inverted comas? Scottish Green policy supports independence. But I'm guessing you know this and your comment is in bad faith.

0kay! Did the cat walk over the keyboard?

I suspected something like that but I'm sure the signs have been readable in previous videos and wondered if something had changed recently.

Why has the writing on the placards been blurred out?

Tim Stanley was on Politics Live earlier this week and it should be a wake up call to anyone still trying to defend Labour's policies on immigration / asylum that even he thinks they're going too far. That's how far gone they are.

Thank you Patrick. You were the only Scottish Green I had heard of when I joined the party 10 years ago. I was impressed by your integrity and willingness to speak up for issues I cared about. Your part in the growth of the party shouldn't be underestimated.

Congratulations. Delighted for you.