Cllr Alex Armitage
@alexjarmitage.bsky.social
Scottish Green Councillor for Shetland South.
Scotland’s most northerly paediatrician.
Wealth tax, wolves and wokery.
Scotland’s most northerly paediatrician.
Wealth tax, wolves and wokery.
October 28, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Prohibition of drugs is a moral crusade that’s been failing for 50 years.
We need legal regulation of drugs.
If you’re a Scottish Greens member, please use your vote at conference to support drug policy reform.
We need legal regulation of drugs.
If you’re a Scottish Greens member, please use your vote at conference to support drug policy reform.
October 14, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Prohibition of drugs is a moral crusade that’s been failing for 50 years.
We need legal regulation of drugs.
If you’re a Scottish Greens member, please use your vote at conference to support drug policy reform.
We need legal regulation of drugs.
If you’re a Scottish Greens member, please use your vote at conference to support drug policy reform.
I’m now a councillor in Shetland but my political roots are with @hackneygreenparty.bsky.social.
One conference highlight was meeting Dylan Law who’s standing to be Hackney’s next Deputy Mayor.
I spent so many years campaigning in Hackney; meeting talented folk like Dylan makes it all worthwhile!
One conference highlight was meeting Dylan Law who’s standing to be Hackney’s next Deputy Mayor.
I spent so many years campaigning in Hackney; meeting talented folk like Dylan makes it all worthwhile!
October 8, 2025 at 10:32 PM
I’m now a councillor in Shetland but my political roots are with @hackneygreenparty.bsky.social.
One conference highlight was meeting Dylan Law who’s standing to be Hackney’s next Deputy Mayor.
I spent so many years campaigning in Hackney; meeting talented folk like Dylan makes it all worthwhile!
One conference highlight was meeting Dylan Law who’s standing to be Hackney’s next Deputy Mayor.
I spent so many years campaigning in Hackney; meeting talented folk like Dylan makes it all worthwhile!
Finally got back home to Shetland from the @greenparty.org.uk conference this morning.
The far right have been ascendant since the pandemic, but a new political movement is growing in the Greens that has the potential to change the country.
The political tide is turning.
The far right have been ascendant since the pandemic, but a new political movement is growing in the Greens that has the potential to change the country.
The political tide is turning.
October 7, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Finally got back home to Shetland from the @greenparty.org.uk conference this morning.
The far right have been ascendant since the pandemic, but a new political movement is growing in the Greens that has the potential to change the country.
The political tide is turning.
The far right have been ascendant since the pandemic, but a new political movement is growing in the Greens that has the potential to change the country.
The political tide is turning.
Actions count louder than words; words count louder than silence.
My motion moving to divest Shetland Islands Council’s funds from the Israeli economy passed unanimously today.
I’m glad my community is speaking out and taking action against genocide.
My motion moving to divest Shetland Islands Council’s funds from the Israeli economy passed unanimously today.
I’m glad my community is speaking out and taking action against genocide.
October 6, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Actions count louder than words; words count louder than silence.
My motion moving to divest Shetland Islands Council’s funds from the Israeli economy passed unanimously today.
I’m glad my community is speaking out and taking action against genocide.
My motion moving to divest Shetland Islands Council’s funds from the Israeli economy passed unanimously today.
I’m glad my community is speaking out and taking action against genocide.
Heading home to Shetland after the @greenparty.org.uk conference in Bournemouth.
London has some fantastic architecture but the Kings Cross station façade with its huge brick arches is one of my favourites.
Beautiful autumn sunshine too.
London has some fantastic architecture but the Kings Cross station façade with its huge brick arches is one of my favourites.
Beautiful autumn sunshine too.
October 6, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Heading home to Shetland after the @greenparty.org.uk conference in Bournemouth.
London has some fantastic architecture but the Kings Cross station façade with its huge brick arches is one of my favourites.
Beautiful autumn sunshine too.
London has some fantastic architecture but the Kings Cross station façade with its huge brick arches is one of my favourites.
Beautiful autumn sunshine too.
Netanyahu claims to act on behalf of all Jews.
But Jews are NOT responsible for Israeli atrocities.
Netanyahu’s genocide has thrust Jewish folk into the spotlight against their will.
We must harden our resolve against antisemitism.
I was glad to sign Jewish Greens’ motion at #gpconf yesterday.
But Jews are NOT responsible for Israeli atrocities.
Netanyahu’s genocide has thrust Jewish folk into the spotlight against their will.
We must harden our resolve against antisemitism.
I was glad to sign Jewish Greens’ motion at #gpconf yesterday.
October 6, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Netanyahu claims to act on behalf of all Jews.
But Jews are NOT responsible for Israeli atrocities.
Netanyahu’s genocide has thrust Jewish folk into the spotlight against their will.
We must harden our resolve against antisemitism.
I was glad to sign Jewish Greens’ motion at #gpconf yesterday.
But Jews are NOT responsible for Israeli atrocities.
Netanyahu’s genocide has thrust Jewish folk into the spotlight against their will.
We must harden our resolve against antisemitism.
I was glad to sign Jewish Greens’ motion at #gpconf yesterday.
100% worth the long journey from Shetland to Bournemouth for @TheGreenParty conference.
With @ZackPolanski’s leadership, the atmosphere is electric. The party is unified, energetic, confident and growing fast.
Great too, to see an old friend. Keep it up Zack 💚💚💚
With @ZackPolanski’s leadership, the atmosphere is electric. The party is unified, energetic, confident and growing fast.
Great too, to see an old friend. Keep it up Zack 💚💚💚
October 5, 2025 at 2:54 PM
100% worth the long journey from Shetland to Bournemouth for @TheGreenParty conference.
With @ZackPolanski’s leadership, the atmosphere is electric. The party is unified, energetic, confident and growing fast.
Great too, to see an old friend. Keep it up Zack 💚💚💚
With @ZackPolanski’s leadership, the atmosphere is electric. The party is unified, energetic, confident and growing fast.
Great too, to see an old friend. Keep it up Zack 💚💚💚
Great to hang out with @carladenyer.bsky.social and @hackneygreenparty.bsky.social folk at the @greenparty.org.uk conference in Bournemouth this weekend
Such a great atmosphere; there’s huge confidence within the Greens at the moment.
Such a great atmosphere; there’s huge confidence within the Greens at the moment.
October 5, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Great to hang out with @carladenyer.bsky.social and @hackneygreenparty.bsky.social folk at the @greenparty.org.uk conference in Bournemouth this weekend
Such a great atmosphere; there’s huge confidence within the Greens at the moment.
Such a great atmosphere; there’s huge confidence within the Greens at the moment.
Great to catch up with Hackney Mayoral candidate @zoegarbett.bsky.social, Hackney Deputy Mayoral candidate Dylan Law and journalist @owenjones.bsky.social at @greenparty.org.uk conference today!
@zackpolanski.bsky.social has predicted that the Greens will replace Labour…
👀 Eyes on Hackney 👀
@zackpolanski.bsky.social has predicted that the Greens will replace Labour…
👀 Eyes on Hackney 👀
October 4, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Great to catch up with Hackney Mayoral candidate @zoegarbett.bsky.social, Hackney Deputy Mayoral candidate Dylan Law and journalist @owenjones.bsky.social at @greenparty.org.uk conference today!
@zackpolanski.bsky.social has predicted that the Greens will replace Labour…
👀 Eyes on Hackney 👀
@zackpolanski.bsky.social has predicted that the Greens will replace Labour…
👀 Eyes on Hackney 👀
Fantastic to hear @zoegarbett.bsky.social at the Greens’ crime & justice panel at conference.
- Stop the over policing of black & minority folk
- End institutional police abuse
- Legalise & regulate all drugs
- Crime is overwhelmingly caused by personal circumstance: trauma, poverty, abuse.
- Stop the over policing of black & minority folk
- End institutional police abuse
- Legalise & regulate all drugs
- Crime is overwhelmingly caused by personal circumstance: trauma, poverty, abuse.
October 4, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Fantastic to hear @zoegarbett.bsky.social at the Greens’ crime & justice panel at conference.
- Stop the over policing of black & minority folk
- End institutional police abuse
- Legalise & regulate all drugs
- Crime is overwhelmingly caused by personal circumstance: trauma, poverty, abuse.
- Stop the over policing of black & minority folk
- End institutional police abuse
- Legalise & regulate all drugs
- Crime is overwhelmingly caused by personal circumstance: trauma, poverty, abuse.
After an extremely uncomfortable 12hour overnight ferry journey from Shetland, I made it in one piece to Aberdeen, where I’m boarding the 0752 train south.
I’m bound for Bournemouth and the Green Party of England & Wales conference - the weekend the political tide starts to turn.
I’m bound for Bournemouth and the Green Party of England & Wales conference - the weekend the political tide starts to turn.
October 3, 2025 at 6:52 AM
After an extremely uncomfortable 12hour overnight ferry journey from Shetland, I made it in one piece to Aberdeen, where I’m boarding the 0752 train south.
I’m bound for Bournemouth and the Green Party of England & Wales conference - the weekend the political tide starts to turn.
I’m bound for Bournemouth and the Green Party of England & Wales conference - the weekend the political tide starts to turn.
Shetland’s South Mainland is a strip of land similar in size to the Gaza Strip.
On Saturday we’ll be walking a 30 mile, 15hr route from Sumburgh Lighthouse to Lerwick, in solidarity with Gaza.
We’ll be raising funds to stop genocide and relieve the suffering of Palestinian folk.
Link in thread
On Saturday we’ll be walking a 30 mile, 15hr route from Sumburgh Lighthouse to Lerwick, in solidarity with Gaza.
We’ll be raising funds to stop genocide and relieve the suffering of Palestinian folk.
Link in thread
September 17, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Shetland’s South Mainland is a strip of land similar in size to the Gaza Strip.
On Saturday we’ll be walking a 30 mile, 15hr route from Sumburgh Lighthouse to Lerwick, in solidarity with Gaza.
We’ll be raising funds to stop genocide and relieve the suffering of Palestinian folk.
Link in thread
On Saturday we’ll be walking a 30 mile, 15hr route from Sumburgh Lighthouse to Lerwick, in solidarity with Gaza.
We’ll be raising funds to stop genocide and relieve the suffering of Palestinian folk.
Link in thread
I went on an adventure to South Havra to find out more about Shetland’s first ever community-owned wind turbine.
August 31, 2025 at 7:48 AM
I went on an adventure to South Havra to find out more about Shetland’s first ever community-owned wind turbine.
I went on an adventure to South Havra to find out more about Shetland’s first ever community-owned wind turbine.
August 31, 2025 at 4:30 AM
I went on an adventure to South Havra to find out more about Shetland’s first ever community-owned wind turbine.
I subscribed to daily email updates from the Israeli newspaper Haaretz in October 2023.
Unbound by the threat of vexatious accusations of antisemitism, you find a lot more brave journalism coming from these Israeli reporters than much of the British media.
Unbound by the threat of vexatious accusations of antisemitism, you find a lot more brave journalism coming from these Israeli reporters than much of the British media.
June 27, 2025 at 7:43 PM
I subscribed to daily email updates from the Israeli newspaper Haaretz in October 2023.
Unbound by the threat of vexatious accusations of antisemitism, you find a lot more brave journalism coming from these Israeli reporters than much of the British media.
Unbound by the threat of vexatious accusations of antisemitism, you find a lot more brave journalism coming from these Israeli reporters than much of the British media.
Shetland Islands 24/06/25.
A midnight simmer dim toast on the scaffold to Zohran.
A midnight simmer dim toast on the scaffold to Zohran.
June 24, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Shetland Islands 24/06/25.
A midnight simmer dim toast on the scaffold to Zohran.
A midnight simmer dim toast on the scaffold to Zohran.
Who needs an umbrella when you have a massive Samba drum to keep off the rain??!
#BigtonSamba
#ShetlandPride
#BigtonSamba
#ShetlandPride
June 14, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Who needs an umbrella when you have a massive Samba drum to keep off the rain??!
#BigtonSamba
#ShetlandPride
#BigtonSamba
#ShetlandPride
The IDF has killed hundreds of LGBTQ+ Palestinians.
There’s no pride in Genocide.
Thanks to everyone who came out for Palestinian Solidarity Shetland and Shetland Pride today.
There’s no pride in Genocide.
Thanks to everyone who came out for Palestinian Solidarity Shetland and Shetland Pride today.
June 14, 2025 at 10:36 PM
The IDF has killed hundreds of LGBTQ+ Palestinians.
There’s no pride in Genocide.
Thanks to everyone who came out for Palestinian Solidarity Shetland and Shetland Pride today.
There’s no pride in Genocide.
Thanks to everyone who came out for Palestinian Solidarity Shetland and Shetland Pride today.
Fantastic to play with #BigtonSamba at Shetland Pride 2025 today. 🥁🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
June 14, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Fantastic to play with #BigtonSamba at Shetland Pride 2025 today. 🥁🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Zack.
Zoë.
Zohran.
London/New York
I love these Z people!
@zackpolanski.bsky.social
@zoegarbett.bsky.social
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
Zoë.
Zohran.
London/New York
I love these Z people!
@zackpolanski.bsky.social
@zoegarbett.bsky.social
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
June 13, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Zack.
Zoë.
Zohran.
London/New York
I love these Z people!
@zackpolanski.bsky.social
@zoegarbett.bsky.social
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
Zoë.
Zohran.
London/New York
I love these Z people!
@zackpolanski.bsky.social
@zoegarbett.bsky.social
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
Beautiful sunset in Bigton tonight.
I’m thinking of the #Madleen sailing towards Gaza; 12 brave crew putting themselves in harm’s way to call out the genocidal government of Israel.
And I’m thinking of the starving and terrified people of Palestine who deserve our solidarity.
I’m thinking of the #Madleen sailing towards Gaza; 12 brave crew putting themselves in harm’s way to call out the genocidal government of Israel.
And I’m thinking of the starving and terrified people of Palestine who deserve our solidarity.
June 8, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Beautiful sunset in Bigton tonight.
I’m thinking of the #Madleen sailing towards Gaza; 12 brave crew putting themselves in harm’s way to call out the genocidal government of Israel.
And I’m thinking of the starving and terrified people of Palestine who deserve our solidarity.
I’m thinking of the #Madleen sailing towards Gaza; 12 brave crew putting themselves in harm’s way to call out the genocidal government of Israel.
And I’m thinking of the starving and terrified people of Palestine who deserve our solidarity.
"The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which"
May 12, 2025 at 7:55 PM
"The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which"
Harriet Tubman died 112 years ago today.
The greatest American woman that ever lived?
She would have eaten Trump and Musk for breakfast.
The greatest American woman that ever lived?
She would have eaten Trump and Musk for breakfast.
March 10, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Harriet Tubman died 112 years ago today.
The greatest American woman that ever lived?
She would have eaten Trump and Musk for breakfast.
The greatest American woman that ever lived?
She would have eaten Trump and Musk for breakfast.
We need more of this in the world.
Happy Valentine’s Day, Everyone.
Happy Valentine’s Day, Everyone.
February 14, 2025 at 9:27 AM
We need more of this in the world.
Happy Valentine’s Day, Everyone.
Happy Valentine’s Day, Everyone.