Zara Pennington
@msselkie.bsky.social
Shetland Lass, writer, feminist and Scottish Green Party Member.
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"For people who rely on buses, this is not a small change. It is the difference between going out and staying in. Between taking up a shift at work and turning it down. Between seeing family and being cut off." Writes Ariane Burgess✍️
Scotland's £2 bus fare pilot is starting. Here's why it's so important
www.thenational.scot
January 30, 2026 at 9:48 AM
"For people who rely on buses, this is not a small change. It is the difference between going out and staying in. Between taking up a shift at work and turning it down. Between seeing family and being cut off." Writes Ariane Burgess✍️
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This week here are some of the ways I have been representing the Highlands and Islands...
Due to the election period there is no regular newsletter being sent, but please do email me with any issues or comments.
#ScottishGreens
Due to the election period there is no regular newsletter being sent, but please do email me with any issues or comments.
#ScottishGreens
January 30, 2026 at 6:00 PM
This week here are some of the ways I have been representing the Highlands and Islands...
Due to the election period there is no regular newsletter being sent, but please do email me with any issues or comments.
#ScottishGreens
Due to the election period there is no regular newsletter being sent, but please do email me with any issues or comments.
#ScottishGreens
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🟥 No Scot should go cold in our energy rich nation.
🙌 6500+ signatures already - including most pro-independence MSPs.
📣 Take action today and tell Westminster, that Scotland wont accept being ripped-off any more: www.believeinscotland.org/end_scotland...
🙌 6500+ signatures already - including most pro-independence MSPs.
📣 Take action today and tell Westminster, that Scotland wont accept being ripped-off any more: www.believeinscotland.org/end_scotland...
January 30, 2026 at 2:04 PM
🟥 No Scot should go cold in our energy rich nation.
🙌 6500+ signatures already - including most pro-independence MSPs.
📣 Take action today and tell Westminster, that Scotland wont accept being ripped-off any more: www.believeinscotland.org/end_scotland...
🙌 6500+ signatures already - including most pro-independence MSPs.
📣 Take action today and tell Westminster, that Scotland wont accept being ripped-off any more: www.believeinscotland.org/end_scotland...
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🚨 Our £2 bus cap launched in Shetland today!
Over the coming months it'll roll out right across the Highlands and Islands. This means you'll never pay more than £2 for a single ticket.
More money in your pocket, and a cleaner environment for everyone. 🙌
Over the coming months it'll roll out right across the Highlands and Islands. This means you'll never pay more than £2 for a single ticket.
More money in your pocket, and a cleaner environment for everyone. 🙌
January 30, 2026 at 2:25 PM
🚨 Our £2 bus cap launched in Shetland today!
Over the coming months it'll roll out right across the Highlands and Islands. This means you'll never pay more than £2 for a single ticket.
More money in your pocket, and a cleaner environment for everyone. 🙌
Over the coming months it'll roll out right across the Highlands and Islands. This means you'll never pay more than £2 for a single ticket.
More money in your pocket, and a cleaner environment for everyone. 🙌
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NEW: The Scottish Government is being urged to 'put things right' and make financial compensation payments to Gypsy Travellers for the harm caused by the so-called 'Tinker Experiment'
Call for financial reparations for Gypsy Travellers after 'cultural genocide'
www.thenational.scot
January 29, 2026 at 12:49 PM
NEW: The Scottish Government is being urged to 'put things right' and make financial compensation payments to Gypsy Travellers for the harm caused by the so-called 'Tinker Experiment'
Different Government, same injustice and austerity, under Keir Starmer's Labour Party. Westminster is not working its time for the celtic nations to go our own way.
BREAKING: The Labour Government will NOT compensate WASPI women
After a UK Government review of the decision not to provide pay-outs, Pat McFadden said the result has not changed
After a UK Government review of the decision not to provide pay-outs, Pat McFadden said the result has not changed
January 29, 2026 at 12:20 PM
Different Government, same injustice and austerity, under Keir Starmer's Labour Party. Westminster is not working its time for the celtic nations to go our own way.
Totally agree Hannah we should have this in Scotland, the obstacle is Westminster though.
Looking at that scheme in Ireland for paying creatives and we definitely need it here. They get €1300 a month (about £1130 / $1556) to live on so they can create work without worrying about bill payment and that's honestly a great idea.
January 29, 2026 at 11:57 AM
Totally agree Hannah we should have this in Scotland, the obstacle is Westminster though.
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"Summer Night in the Garden" or "Cottage at Night" by British artist Nicholas Hely Hutchinson.
January 29, 2026 at 3:20 AM
"Summer Night in the Garden" or "Cottage at Night" by British artist Nicholas Hely Hutchinson.
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Every child should be valued and supported, regardless of how many siblings they have. The idea that the third or fourth born in a family needs less than their older siblings is just absurd.
The two child benefit cap is and will always be cruel and immoral.
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The two child benefit cap is and will always be cruel and immoral.
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January 28, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Every child should be valued and supported, regardless of how many siblings they have. The idea that the third or fourth born in a family needs less than their older siblings is just absurd.
The two child benefit cap is and will always be cruel and immoral.
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The two child benefit cap is and will always be cruel and immoral.
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Tories appear to have learned nothing, they still want to take support away from vulnerable bairns. It's time for a change choose a party that supports people and planet vote Green in May.
The Scottish Tories’ plans to introduce a two-child cap on the SNP’s flagship benefit would cause 'hardship' for children across Scotland, experts have warned
Scottish Tory benefit reform plan would cause 'hardship' for children, experts say
www.thenational.scot
January 29, 2026 at 11:43 AM
Tories appear to have learned nothing, they still want to take support away from vulnerable bairns. It's time for a change choose a party that supports people and planet vote Green in May.
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This is a grave violation of our sovereignty.
Foreign militaries cannot be allowed to kidnap people from Scottish territory.
Foreign militaries cannot be allowed to kidnap people from Scottish territory.
Two people have been abducted from Scotland in the middle of the night by the US military. Despite an order from our highest court that they be kept here.
The Scottish Government must show that actions have consequences by evicting American troops from their base at publicly-owned Prestwick Airport
The Scottish Government must show that actions have consequences by evicting American troops from their base at publicly-owned Prestwick Airport
January 29, 2026 at 10:35 AM
This is a grave violation of our sovereignty.
Foreign militaries cannot be allowed to kidnap people from Scottish territory.
Foreign militaries cannot be allowed to kidnap people from Scottish territory.
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See our full manifesto & support our work to help build a future Scotland where women & girls thrive here: www.engender.org.uk/holyrood-2026/
Investing in Women, Transforming Communities: Our Manifesto for Holyrood 2026
www.engender.org.uk
January 29, 2026 at 11:10 AM
See our full manifesto & support our work to help build a future Scotland where women & girls thrive here: www.engender.org.uk/holyrood-2026/
Women’s unpaid care & domestic work prop up the Scottish economy, but aren't recognised within GDP.
To ensure women benefit equally from our economy, we need long-term investment in childcare & social care & for these to be recognised as crucial growth sectors rather than costs to the public purse.
To ensure women benefit equally from our economy, we need long-term investment in childcare & social care & for these to be recognised as crucial growth sectors rather than costs to the public purse.
January 29, 2026 at 11:32 AM
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When the flames form a dragon #Shetland #uphellyaa
January 28, 2026 at 3:52 PM
When the flames form a dragon #Shetland #uphellyaa
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💭 How do we build bridges to cross the increasing divide between young women & men?
Our latest guest blog is by Matilda Fairgrieve, interrogating Gen Z’s socially active image & sharing her perspective as part of a digitally divided generation.
🔗 Read it here: www.engender.org.uk/news/blog/gu...
Our latest guest blog is by Matilda Fairgrieve, interrogating Gen Z’s socially active image & sharing her perspective as part of a digitally divided generation.
🔗 Read it here: www.engender.org.uk/news/blog/gu...
January 28, 2026 at 4:16 PM
💭 How do we build bridges to cross the increasing divide between young women & men?
Our latest guest blog is by Matilda Fairgrieve, interrogating Gen Z’s socially active image & sharing her perspective as part of a digitally divided generation.
🔗 Read it here: www.engender.org.uk/news/blog/gu...
Our latest guest blog is by Matilda Fairgrieve, interrogating Gen Z’s socially active image & sharing her perspective as part of a digitally divided generation.
🔗 Read it here: www.engender.org.uk/news/blog/gu...
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We did it. Swift bricks into law.
We made Scotland a better country for these beautiful birds.
Thank you @hannahbournetaylor.bsky.social!
More to come from @scottishgreens.org in today's final sessions for the Natural Environment Bill today - watch this space!
We made Scotland a better country for these beautiful birds.
Thank you @hannahbournetaylor.bsky.social!
More to come from @scottishgreens.org in today's final sessions for the Natural Environment Bill today - watch this space!
Tears of joy! SCOTLAND HAS JUST PASSED SWIFT BRICKS INTO LAW unanimously!
4 years of asking England & Scotland sorts it in a month led by ACE MARK RUSKELL MSP ♥️The RELIEF is unreal! Tell England to follow 🏴by emailing PlanningPolicyConsultation@communities.gov.uk now!WOOP!
4 years of asking England & Scotland sorts it in a month led by ACE MARK RUSKELL MSP ♥️The RELIEF is unreal! Tell England to follow 🏴by emailing PlanningPolicyConsultation@communities.gov.uk now!WOOP!
January 28, 2026 at 10:08 AM
We did it. Swift bricks into law.
We made Scotland a better country for these beautiful birds.
Thank you @hannahbournetaylor.bsky.social!
More to come from @scottishgreens.org in today's final sessions for the Natural Environment Bill today - watch this space!
We made Scotland a better country for these beautiful birds.
Thank you @hannahbournetaylor.bsky.social!
More to come from @scottishgreens.org in today's final sessions for the Natural Environment Bill today - watch this space!
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Up Helly Aa in a storm. Finn's hat went on fire #UpHellyAa #Shetland
January 27, 2026 at 9:25 PM
Up Helly Aa in a storm. Finn's hat went on fire #UpHellyAa #Shetland
When a US President has been threatening allies and now ignores our laws, it's time for action we should remove US troops from Scotland!
It very much looks like the US Government has just abducted two people from Scotland hours after our Court of Session ordered that they not be removed.
The US is a rogue state. It's time to evict their troops from their de-facto base at (publicly owned) Prestwick airport.
The US is a rogue state. It's time to evict their troops from their de-facto base at (publicly owned) Prestwick airport.
US remove tanker captain from UK waters as crew set to leave Scotland
The US Department of Justice told Scottish authorities that the skipper and his first officer were on board the US Coast Guard vessel Munro.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 27, 2026 at 10:49 PM
When a US President has been threatening allies and now ignores our laws, it's time for action we should remove US troops from Scotland!
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Tomorrow's front page 📰
Major win in challenge to Palestine Action ban
Major win in challenge to Palestine Action ban
January 27, 2026 at 10:06 PM
Tomorrow's front page 📰
Major win in challenge to Palestine Action ban
Major win in challenge to Palestine Action ban
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Happily the rest of Scotland still feels this way.
January 27, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Happily the rest of Scotland still feels this way.
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Auschwitz was at the end of a process. We must remember that it did not start from gas chambers.
This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
January 27, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Auschwitz was at the end of a process. We must remember that it did not start from gas chambers.
This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
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January 27, 2026 at 5:12 PM