Niall Christie
@niallchristie1.bsky.social
Socialist. Journalist. Troublemaker. He/him)
🟢 Scottish Greens must offer real change for disabled communities 🟢
It’s clear the political status quo is failing and ignoring disabled people... Finlay McIlwraith says it has never been more crucial to have a party who stands up for disabled and neurodivergent communities.
It’s clear the political status quo is failing and ignoring disabled people... Finlay McIlwraith says it has never been more crucial to have a party who stands up for disabled and neurodivergent communities.
June 11, 2025 at 7:38 AM
🟢 Scottish Greens must offer real change for disabled communities 🟢
It’s clear the political status quo is failing and ignoring disabled people... Finlay McIlwraith says it has never been more crucial to have a party who stands up for disabled and neurodivergent communities.
It’s clear the political status quo is failing and ignoring disabled people... Finlay McIlwraith says it has never been more crucial to have a party who stands up for disabled and neurodivergent communities.
🟢 Ellie Gomersall: Greens must prioritise rights and representation of women and girls 🟢
At last year’s general election, young women were twice as likely to vote Green across the UK than young men were to vote for Reform. @elliebgomersall.bsky.social outlines why we must speak to them.
At last year’s general election, young women were twice as likely to vote Green across the UK than young men were to vote for Reform. @elliebgomersall.bsky.social outlines why we must speak to them.
June 10, 2025 at 6:38 AM
🟢 Ellie Gomersall: Greens must prioritise rights and representation of women and girls 🟢
At last year’s general election, young women were twice as likely to vote Green across the UK than young men were to vote for Reform. @elliebgomersall.bsky.social outlines why we must speak to them.
At last year’s general election, young women were twice as likely to vote Green across the UK than young men were to vote for Reform. @elliebgomersall.bsky.social outlines why we must speak to them.
🟢 MSP candidate selections: Green Left Scotland seeks answers 🟢
Just a week left now until campaigning begins in the Scottish Greens’ MSP candidate selections, and there remain a lot of questions to be answered - including from those who want to represent the Scottish Greens.
Just a week left now until campaigning begins in the Scottish Greens’ MSP candidate selections, and there remain a lot of questions to be answered - including from those who want to represent the Scottish Greens.
June 9, 2025 at 8:06 AM
🟢 MSP candidate selections: Green Left Scotland seeks answers 🟢
Just a week left now until campaigning begins in the Scottish Greens’ MSP candidate selections, and there remain a lot of questions to be answered - including from those who want to represent the Scottish Greens.
Just a week left now until campaigning begins in the Scottish Greens’ MSP candidate selections, and there remain a lot of questions to be answered - including from those who want to represent the Scottish Greens.
🟢 Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse: What should be the Green takeaway 🟢
Now that this divisive campaign is over - how should the Scottish Greens move forward?
1. Ann McGuinness and her local, grassroots campaign are an excellent example of what Greens must do next May.
Now that this divisive campaign is over - how should the Scottish Greens move forward?
1. Ann McGuinness and her local, grassroots campaign are an excellent example of what Greens must do next May.
June 6, 2025 at 7:24 AM
🟢 Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse: What should be the Green takeaway 🟢
Now that this divisive campaign is over - how should the Scottish Greens move forward?
1. Ann McGuinness and her local, grassroots campaign are an excellent example of what Greens must do next May.
Now that this divisive campaign is over - how should the Scottish Greens move forward?
1. Ann McGuinness and her local, grassroots campaign are an excellent example of what Greens must do next May.
As @sgpwomen.bsky.social co-convener Joanne wrote earlier, stepping aside can be a powerful step forward for equality. For our party leader and a leadership candidate to dismiss this underlines exactly why balancing measures are still needed.
greenleftscotland.substack.com/p/why-more-w...
greenleftscotland.substack.com/p/why-more-w...
June 5, 2025 at 11:25 AM
As @sgpwomen.bsky.social co-convener Joanne wrote earlier, stepping aside can be a powerful step forward for equality. For our party leader and a leadership candidate to dismiss this underlines exactly why balancing measures are still needed.
greenleftscotland.substack.com/p/why-more-w...
greenleftscotland.substack.com/p/why-more-w...
Very disappointed to see two senior men within the Scottish Greens ignore guidance from the party about standing aside to increase diversity.
Particularly to see @ross-greer.bsky.social suggesting this @sgpwomen.bsky.social guidance amounts to vote rigging.
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2521545...
Particularly to see @ross-greer.bsky.social suggesting this @sgpwomen.bsky.social guidance amounts to vote rigging.
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2521545...
June 5, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Very disappointed to see two senior men within the Scottish Greens ignore guidance from the party about standing aside to increase diversity.
Particularly to see @ross-greer.bsky.social suggesting this @sgpwomen.bsky.social guidance amounts to vote rigging.
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2521545...
Particularly to see @ross-greer.bsky.social suggesting this @sgpwomen.bsky.social guidance amounts to vote rigging.
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2521545...
Some excellent socialist women have already put themselves forward, and I look forward to supporting their campaigns to get elected in Glasgow.
More to come when campaigning kicks off in 10 days or so.
More to come when campaigning kicks off in 10 days or so.
June 5, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Some excellent socialist women have already put themselves forward, and I look forward to supporting their campaigns to get elected in Glasgow.
More to come when campaigning kicks off in 10 days or so.
More to come when campaigning kicks off in 10 days or so.
As such, I will commit to balancing myself down in line with the suggestion of the party’s Women’s Network (and others) and would call on all others - including incumbent cis men - to do the same.
June 5, 2025 at 7:22 AM
As such, I will commit to balancing myself down in line with the suggestion of the party’s Women’s Network (and others) and would call on all others - including incumbent cis men - to do the same.
That being said, I also want to be very clear: men need to consider whether others are better placed to represent our party at Holyrood.
The Scottish Greens now unfortunately have no gender balancing in place, so we must think about supporting women and non-binary candidates.
The Scottish Greens now unfortunately have no gender balancing in place, so we must think about supporting women and non-binary candidates.
June 5, 2025 at 7:22 AM
That being said, I also want to be very clear: men need to consider whether others are better placed to represent our party at Holyrood.
The Scottish Greens now unfortunately have no gender balancing in place, so we must think about supporting women and non-binary candidates.
The Scottish Greens now unfortunately have no gender balancing in place, so we must think about supporting women and non-binary candidates.
In last year’s General Election I ran in Glasgow South, winning more votes than any Scottish Green candidate ever. I think as part of a strong slate of candidates, I can help us achieve our best ever result in Scotland.
June 5, 2025 at 7:22 AM
In last year’s General Election I ran in Glasgow South, winning more votes than any Scottish Green candidate ever. I think as part of a strong slate of candidates, I can help us achieve our best ever result in Scotland.
If we are to compete in 2026 and take the fight to the right, we need dedicated socialists - not “professional” politicians aligning Greens with the establishment, for whom scrapping climate change targets and sacrificing the rights of trans people is a matter of convenience.
June 5, 2025 at 7:22 AM
If we are to compete in 2026 and take the fight to the right, we need dedicated socialists - not “professional” politicians aligning Greens with the establishment, for whom scrapping climate change targets and sacrificing the rights of trans people is a matter of convenience.
🟢 Queer climate action: "We must band together for a better world" 🟢
As Pride month gets underway, Green activist @alyson-mackay.bsky.social writes about the importance of intersectionality, and the LGBTQIA+ community, in the climate movement, and how people can affect change.
As Pride month gets underway, Green activist @alyson-mackay.bsky.social writes about the importance of intersectionality, and the LGBTQIA+ community, in the climate movement, and how people can affect change.
June 5, 2025 at 7:00 AM
🟢 Queer climate action: "We must band together for a better world" 🟢
As Pride month gets underway, Green activist @alyson-mackay.bsky.social writes about the importance of intersectionality, and the LGBTQIA+ community, in the climate movement, and how people can affect change.
As Pride month gets underway, Green activist @alyson-mackay.bsky.social writes about the importance of intersectionality, and the LGBTQIA+ community, in the climate movement, and how people can affect change.
🟢 Why Scotland's political landscape cannot deliver a Nouveau Front Populaire 🟢
Responding to Green Left Scotland's article on political coalition building, Allan Gray writes about the challenges facing any project to ally different parties of the left in Scotland.
Responding to Green Left Scotland's article on political coalition building, Allan Gray writes about the challenges facing any project to ally different parties of the left in Scotland.
June 4, 2025 at 7:25 AM
🟢 Why Scotland's political landscape cannot deliver a Nouveau Front Populaire 🟢
Responding to Green Left Scotland's article on political coalition building, Allan Gray writes about the challenges facing any project to ally different parties of the left in Scotland.
Responding to Green Left Scotland's article on political coalition building, Allan Gray writes about the challenges facing any project to ally different parties of the left in Scotland.
🟢 No National Park: A betrayal of working-class communities 🟢
@lauramoodie.bsky.social writes about the decision to reject the creation of a new National Park - a glaring example of how the interests of wealthy landowners and businesses continue to overshadow the needs of working-class communities.
@lauramoodie.bsky.social writes about the decision to reject the creation of a new National Park - a glaring example of how the interests of wealthy landowners and businesses continue to overshadow the needs of working-class communities.
June 3, 2025 at 7:57 AM
🟢 No National Park: A betrayal of working-class communities 🟢
@lauramoodie.bsky.social writes about the decision to reject the creation of a new National Park - a glaring example of how the interests of wealthy landowners and businesses continue to overshadow the needs of working-class communities.
@lauramoodie.bsky.social writes about the decision to reject the creation of a new National Park - a glaring example of how the interests of wealthy landowners and businesses continue to overshadow the needs of working-class communities.
🟢 Ann McGuinness: Lessons from the by-election campaign 🟢
Ahead of this week's important by-election in Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse, @scottishgreens.org candidate Ann McGuinness writes for Green Left Scotland, reflecting on the campaign so far.
Ahead of this week's important by-election in Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse, @scottishgreens.org candidate Ann McGuinness writes for Green Left Scotland, reflecting on the campaign so far.
June 2, 2025 at 8:06 AM
🟢 Ann McGuinness: Lessons from the by-election campaign 🟢
Ahead of this week's important by-election in Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse, @scottishgreens.org candidate Ann McGuinness writes for Green Left Scotland, reflecting on the campaign so far.
Ahead of this week's important by-election in Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse, @scottishgreens.org candidate Ann McGuinness writes for Green Left Scotland, reflecting on the campaign so far.
🟢 Private profiteering costing the public: Ardrossan Harbour and Peel Ports 🟢
In the third instalment of Green Left Scotland's transport focus, co-convener of the @ayrshiregreens.bsky.social @caramckeegreens.bsky.social writes about the case for taking Ardrossan Harbour into public hands.
In the third instalment of Green Left Scotland's transport focus, co-convener of the @ayrshiregreens.bsky.social @caramckeegreens.bsky.social writes about the case for taking Ardrossan Harbour into public hands.
May 30, 2025 at 7:09 AM
🟢 Private profiteering costing the public: Ardrossan Harbour and Peel Ports 🟢
In the third instalment of Green Left Scotland's transport focus, co-convener of the @ayrshiregreens.bsky.social @caramckeegreens.bsky.social writes about the case for taking Ardrossan Harbour into public hands.
In the third instalment of Green Left Scotland's transport focus, co-convener of the @ayrshiregreens.bsky.social @caramckeegreens.bsky.social writes about the case for taking Ardrossan Harbour into public hands.
🟢 Rising to the challenge: Reshaping our image on road infrastructure 🟢
Next up in Green Left Scotland’s mini-series on transport, Cllr Kris Leask writes about roads and how the Scottish Greens need to reframe our approach.
Next up in Green Left Scotland’s mini-series on transport, Cllr Kris Leask writes about roads and how the Scottish Greens need to reframe our approach.
May 29, 2025 at 8:16 AM
🟢 Rising to the challenge: Reshaping our image on road infrastructure 🟢
Next up in Green Left Scotland’s mini-series on transport, Cllr Kris Leask writes about roads and how the Scottish Greens need to reframe our approach.
Next up in Green Left Scotland’s mini-series on transport, Cllr Kris Leask writes about roads and how the Scottish Greens need to reframe our approach.
🟢 Rail revolution: Greens can unlock and embrace a golden age for connecting communities 🟢
Green Left Scotland kicks off a mini series on transport - with a huge thanks to Allan Gray for his work looking at the potential for rail in Scotland, and the challenges facing us.
Green Left Scotland kicks off a mini series on transport - with a huge thanks to Allan Gray for his work looking at the potential for rail in Scotland, and the challenges facing us.
May 28, 2025 at 6:48 AM
🟢 Rail revolution: Greens can unlock and embrace a golden age for connecting communities 🟢
Green Left Scotland kicks off a mini series on transport - with a huge thanks to Allan Gray for his work looking at the potential for rail in Scotland, and the challenges facing us.
Green Left Scotland kicks off a mini series on transport - with a huge thanks to Allan Gray for his work looking at the potential for rail in Scotland, and the challenges facing us.
🟢 All eyes on 2029: The case for a Green Left alliance in Scotland 🟢
At this stage, the prospect of far-right MSPs and councillors voted in is unavoidable - and we need to start preparing the ground for what we do after that.
Could a Green-Red alliance be one answer?
At this stage, the prospect of far-right MSPs and councillors voted in is unavoidable - and we need to start preparing the ground for what we do after that.
Could a Green-Red alliance be one answer?
May 27, 2025 at 7:39 AM
🟢 All eyes on 2029: The case for a Green Left alliance in Scotland 🟢
At this stage, the prospect of far-right MSPs and councillors voted in is unavoidable - and we need to start preparing the ground for what we do after that.
Could a Green-Red alliance be one answer?
At this stage, the prospect of far-right MSPs and councillors voted in is unavoidable - and we need to start preparing the ground for what we do after that.
Could a Green-Red alliance be one answer?
🟢 Red-Green alliances: A successful model to follow in Scotland? 🟢
Across Europe, Green parties have partnered with others on the left - often to their left. Amid the rising threat of the far-right, this has proved to be a game-changing way to get more progressives elected.
Across Europe, Green parties have partnered with others on the left - often to their left. Amid the rising threat of the far-right, this has proved to be a game-changing way to get more progressives elected.
May 26, 2025 at 7:20 AM
🟢 Red-Green alliances: A successful model to follow in Scotland? 🟢
Across Europe, Green parties have partnered with others on the left - often to their left. Amid the rising threat of the far-right, this has proved to be a game-changing way to get more progressives elected.
Across Europe, Green parties have partnered with others on the left - often to their left. Amid the rising threat of the far-right, this has proved to be a game-changing way to get more progressives elected.
🟢 Debt policy must be included in Scottish Greens' Holyrood manifesto 🟢
@peterryan.bsky.social of @ayrshiregreens.bsky.social writes for Green Left Scotland today on how and why the Scottish Greens must include a commitment to tackling debt in our Holyrood 2026 manifesto.
@peterryan.bsky.social of @ayrshiregreens.bsky.social writes for Green Left Scotland today on how and why the Scottish Greens must include a commitment to tackling debt in our Holyrood 2026 manifesto.
May 23, 2025 at 8:14 AM
🟢 Debt policy must be included in Scottish Greens' Holyrood manifesto 🟢
@peterryan.bsky.social of @ayrshiregreens.bsky.social writes for Green Left Scotland today on how and why the Scottish Greens must include a commitment to tackling debt in our Holyrood 2026 manifesto.
@peterryan.bsky.social of @ayrshiregreens.bsky.social writes for Green Left Scotland today on how and why the Scottish Greens must include a commitment to tackling debt in our Holyrood 2026 manifesto.
🟢 Scotland is home: Migrants’ role in the Holyrood elections of 2026 🟢
Massive thanks to @glasgowgreens.bsky.social member Kostis who has talked about his own experience as a migrant in Scotland, where the Greens have fallen short, and how we can best support him and other migrants.
Massive thanks to @glasgowgreens.bsky.social member Kostis who has talked about his own experience as a migrant in Scotland, where the Greens have fallen short, and how we can best support him and other migrants.
May 22, 2025 at 7:35 AM
🟢 Scotland is home: Migrants’ role in the Holyrood elections of 2026 🟢
Massive thanks to @glasgowgreens.bsky.social member Kostis who has talked about his own experience as a migrant in Scotland, where the Greens have fallen short, and how we can best support him and other migrants.
Massive thanks to @glasgowgreens.bsky.social member Kostis who has talked about his own experience as a migrant in Scotland, where the Greens have fallen short, and how we can best support him and other migrants.
🟢 What do we need from our 2026 intake of MSPs? 🟢
Today for Green Left Scotland, I covered what attributes, characteristics, and ideology we should be looking for from MSP candidates when Scottish Green members start selections later this week.
Today for Green Left Scotland, I covered what attributes, characteristics, and ideology we should be looking for from MSP candidates when Scottish Green members start selections later this week.
May 21, 2025 at 7:34 AM
🟢 What do we need from our 2026 intake of MSPs? 🟢
Today for Green Left Scotland, I covered what attributes, characteristics, and ideology we should be looking for from MSP candidates when Scottish Green members start selections later this week.
Today for Green Left Scotland, I covered what attributes, characteristics, and ideology we should be looking for from MSP candidates when Scottish Green members start selections later this week.
🟢 Why more women must stand for the Scottish Greens at Holyrood 🟢
Massive thanks to @sgpwomen.bsky.social co-convener @joannegord.bsky.social for pulling this together ahead of MSP candidate selections opening this week.
Encouraging words, and a reminder for others standing in there too...
Massive thanks to @sgpwomen.bsky.social co-convener @joannegord.bsky.social for pulling this together ahead of MSP candidate selections opening this week.
Encouraging words, and a reminder for others standing in there too...
May 20, 2025 at 8:05 AM
🟢 Why more women must stand for the Scottish Greens at Holyrood 🟢
Massive thanks to @sgpwomen.bsky.social co-convener @joannegord.bsky.social for pulling this together ahead of MSP candidate selections opening this week.
Encouraging words, and a reminder for others standing in there too...
Massive thanks to @sgpwomen.bsky.social co-convener @joannegord.bsky.social for pulling this together ahead of MSP candidate selections opening this week.
Encouraging words, and a reminder for others standing in there too...