Screenshot of letter in Evening News on Green Group position on north-south tram.
My letter in today's Edinburgh Evening News setting the record straight on our group's position on North-South tram.
We will await the consultation report and continue to listen to the views of residents and stakeholders. It would be premature to reach a decision before that.
Photo of Chas Booth holding up a leaflet saying "Out bills are going up; our climate is in crisis; let's demand better; on May 7th vote Scottish Greens" with Ferry Road in the background.
Getting the #VoteGreen message out around Ferry Road / Victoria Park.
#ActiveGreens
#BothVotesGreen
#LetsDemandBetter
Greens have a vision for Scotland.
Let's demand better. Vote Scottish Green on May 7th.
Under Orbán, Hungary has suffered years of democratic backsliding, and as a result its civil society and media are fragile. Restoring media freedom, the independent judiciary and civil service, must now be the priority. europeangreens.eu/news/hungary...
If you share our vision for a fairer, greener, kinder Scotland, join our movement today 👇
#BBCDN
In the first big leaders' debate of the election, @ross-greer.bsky.social spoke up strongly for a welcoming Scotland and against the racism of the far right.
And most of the audience agreed - rejecting Reform's lies and dogwhistles.
The fact the Labour Party, Tories and Reform all have specific policies to make it harder to come here and be a social care worker is absolutely disgraceful when this country is going through a social care crisis. #bbcdn
Photo of Scottish Greens members and supporters holding up posters saying 'Vote Scottish Greens'.
Great turnout at the @edinburghgreens.bsky.social doorknocking session in Forth, despite the spring showers. ☔️ 🌧️
#VoteGreen
#BothVotesGreen
#activegreens
Scottish Greens Holyrood 2026: Sunday 12 April. 11:00 Morningside - Door-knocking & leaflet delivery - meet at Leaf & Bean Cafe, 12-14 Comiston Road. 11:00 City Centre - Door-knocking -meet in The Cameo Bar, Lochrin Place. 13:00 Cramond - leaflet delivery - meet at Gamekeepers Road northbound bus stop, Cramond Road North. 14:00 Forth - Door-knocking - meet at the statue of Edward VII, Victoria Park. More info: edinburgh.greens.scot/events-calendar/. Promoted by Dave Owen on behalf of the Edinburgh Green Party, both at 19b Graham Street, Edinburgh EH6 5QN
Scottish Greens Holyrood 2026. Tuesday 14 April: 18:00 Southside - Door-knocking - meet outside Summerhall. Wednesday 14 April 18:00: City Centre - Door-knocking meet in The Cameo Bar, Lochrin Place; Shandon - Door-knocking - meet outside Blair Caddells, 1 Harrison Gardens; Leith Walk - Door-knocking - meet in Satyr, 260-262 Leith Walk. More info: edinburgh.greens.scot/events-calendar/ Promoted by Dave Owen on behalf of the Edinburgh Green Party, both at 19b Graham Street, Edinburgh EH6 5QN
Let's demand better. Join us across the city delivering our campaign materials. More info at edinburgh.greens.scot/calendar
14 Greens out campaigning in Shandon Edinburgh
Thanks to @edinburghgreens.bsky.social and @greenpartyni.org colleagues out canvassing today in Shandon for @scottishgreens.org candidates in
Scottish election. Great response again!. #VoteGreen
Photo of Chas Booth and Green Party of Northern Ireland leader Mal O'Hara on a street in Shandon
Great response on the doors around Shandon with @greenpartyni.org leader Mal O'Hara today. And he brought the sunshine too. ☀️ 🌞
#VoteGreen
#BothVotesGreen
#ActiveGreens
Photo of Chas Booth holding a leaflet saying "Our bills are going up; our climate is in crisis; let's demand better; on May 7th Vote Scottish Greens" with a street with flats and houses in the background.
Delivering the #VoteGreen message around #Leith today. Lovely day for it. ☀️ 🌞
Labour simply aren't serious about tackling the #climate emergency. The number one emissions sector is transport (mostly cars) and we won't meet our climate targets without *both* better sustainable transport options and discouraging less sustainable travel.
New fossil fuel licences aren't going to cut your bills, or keep the country's energy system secure. They're just going to let big polluters extract more profit, while deepening the climate emergency. www.lbc.co.uk/article/ed-m...
Grateful to my @edinburghgreens.bsky.social colleague Ben for all his work on this, and thank you to all the residents who have been in touch.
Now we await the decision of TRO sub-committee in early June with bated breath...
Very disappointed the Green amendment to increase footway maintenance by 20%, which would meet the Labour 2022 manifesto commitment, was voted down today.
Astonishingly, Labour voted against their own manifesto commitment.
I'm very hopeful we will see 3 parties support safer streets in the vote later today.
On the basis of amendments tabled, I'm hopeful that Labour, SNP & Greens will prioritise kids' lives over convenience of car drivers.
Glad that the Green amendment was unanimously agreed at committee today, which will see active travel representation on this key forum.
Powerful deputation at Transport Committee today from a resident of Braids Avenue who is a retired nurse & recently had a stroke so is unable to drive.
"The Quiet Route is not a luxury. It's a lifeline."
#activetravel
Screenshot of Green amendment seeking a report back on Greenbank to Meadows
Screenshot of Green amendment seeking a site visit and report back on the issues raised by the petition on Broomhouse pavements
Screenshot of Green amendment seeking a site visit and report back on the issues raised by the petition on a safe pedestrian route on Hamilton Drive
✅ Agreeing to option C for Greenbank-Meadows Quiet route (which refers it to TRO sub-committee to consider making some or all of it permanent) and asking for a further report back on implications.
🙏 Asking for reports back on Broomhouse pavements petition & Figgate Park pedestrian safety.
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Screenshot of Green amendment asking to explore 'green person priority' crossings.
Screenshot of Green amendment seeking to mainstream feminist city principles in transport.
Screenshot of Green addendum seeking to ensure any consideration of road safety assessments respects the transport hierarchy
🚦Exploring pedestrian priority / green person priority technology
🙋♀️Mainstreaming of feminist city principles into transport
👷🏽♀️Ensuing consideration of road safety assessments respects transport hierarchy
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Screenshot of a Green amendment seeking to collaborate on continental pedestrian crossings.
Screenshot of a Green amendment seeking an additional £500k for footways.
It's Edinburgh's Transport & Environment Committee today, and, as is traditional, Cllr Kinross-O'Neill & I have a few amendments / addenda:
🚶 asking council to collaborate on continental pedestrian crossings
🚴 inclusion of walking & cycling groups in roadwork forum
🚶🏽♀️ £500k more for footways
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The Independent. Starmer warns Iran war impact 'will afect the future of UK'.
He says Iran is not our war. But even as the US threatens to commit war crimes on a mass scale, Trump's military is using UK infrastructure to carry out its bombing campaign.
The UK should follow the lead of others and refuse all cooperation with Trump's dangerous regime.
Scottish Greens will deliver £600m investment in renewable energy. With more green energy we can bring down bills and protect our planet. On May 7th vote Scottish Greens.
As fossil fuel prices soar, it’s time for us to seize the huge opportunities we have on our doorstep.
Green energy is the cleanest and cheapest energy available.
With the right investment we can lower bills, cut emissions, and create thousands of long-term, well paid jobs.
Integrated ticketing is already normal across Europe. It allows people to use one ticket to travel across different buses, trains, trams, subways and ferries.
Our ScotCard would allow Scotland to do the same, using a 'tap-on, tap-off' system with daily price caps. 🚌🚆⛴️
