Tristan Grayford
@tristangrayford.scot
🏳️🌈 activist in 🏴
Views entirely my own
Co-founder @endconversiontherapy.scot
Treasurer @ourrepublic.scot
Serial political policy author
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Views entirely my own
Co-founder @endconversiontherapy.scot
Treasurer @ourrepublic.scot
Serial political policy author
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It's so uncanny it's amazing it's not deliberate
November 17, 2025 at 9:08 PM
It's so uncanny it's amazing it's not deliberate
I see Shahrar Ali has turned to approvingly sharing videos from "British Pariot", attacking GPEW for being too pro-migrant, and attacking @zackpolanski.bsky.social for being too critical of Trump.
A striking example of how transphobia is a gateway drug to the far-right.
A striking example of how transphobia is a gateway drug to the far-right.
November 17, 2025 at 12:27 PM
I see Shahrar Ali has turned to approvingly sharing videos from "British Pariot", attacking GPEW for being too pro-migrant, and attacking @zackpolanski.bsky.social for being too critical of Trump.
A striking example of how transphobia is a gateway drug to the far-right.
A striking example of how transphobia is a gateway drug to the far-right.
Not even blinking between openly using "illegal immigration" to refer to "asylum seekers".
When asylum is not only my illegal, but internationally required not to be.
Mahmood is the shadow of cruelty in our politics. Reform could cease to exist and she'd still be pushing for this.
When asylum is not only my illegal, but internationally required not to be.
Mahmood is the shadow of cruelty in our politics. Reform could cease to exist and she'd still be pushing for this.
November 15, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Not even blinking between openly using "illegal immigration" to refer to "asylum seekers".
When asylum is not only my illegal, but internationally required not to be.
Mahmood is the shadow of cruelty in our politics. Reform could cease to exist and she'd still be pushing for this.
When asylum is not only my illegal, but internationally required not to be.
Mahmood is the shadow of cruelty in our politics. Reform could cease to exist and she'd still be pushing for this.
That this is what the parliament looks like during high-pressure votes is obscene and to add to that that there's *no* way to fix it and no way of fixing the archaic and ridiculous lobby-based voting system whilst this is the case.
It simply isn't fit to house a parliament anymore.
It simply isn't fit to house a parliament anymore.
November 15, 2025 at 2:01 PM
That this is what the parliament looks like during high-pressure votes is obscene and to add to that that there's *no* way to fix it and no way of fixing the archaic and ridiculous lobby-based voting system whilst this is the case.
It simply isn't fit to house a parliament anymore.
It simply isn't fit to house a parliament anymore.
Complete in their letter it's the most openly McCarthyist language I think I've ever seen from a campaign group recently AND a brand new demand that the BBC never even say the term "trans women".
Obvious they're continuing to radicalise themselves and also know they're not winning over society.
Obvious they're continuing to radicalise themselves and also know they're not winning over society.
November 12, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Complete in their letter it's the most openly McCarthyist language I think I've ever seen from a campaign group recently AND a brand new demand that the BBC never even say the term "trans women".
Obvious they're continuing to radicalise themselves and also know they're not winning over society.
Obvious they're continuing to radicalise themselves and also know they're not winning over society.
With all the chat about Wes Streeting as leadership favourite he must be extremely popular with the membership, like, top-5 most popular ministers, surely.
That would make sense and show the media is actually doing analysis and not just printing what they're sent in WhatsApp chats...
... well.
That would make sense and show the media is actually doing analysis and not just printing what they're sent in WhatsApp chats...
... well.
November 12, 2025 at 1:57 PM
With all the chat about Wes Streeting as leadership favourite he must be extremely popular with the membership, like, top-5 most popular ministers, surely.
That would make sense and show the media is actually doing analysis and not just printing what they're sent in WhatsApp chats...
... well.
That would make sense and show the media is actually doing analysis and not just printing what they're sent in WhatsApp chats...
... well.
He has this excellent paragraph on the British media class, which I think most of us can recognise - especially those of us who have been pushing back against the anti-trans sentiments of that media class for years now
November 11, 2025 at 3:34 PM
He has this excellent paragraph on the British media class, which I think most of us can recognise - especially those of us who have been pushing back against the anti-trans sentiments of that media class for years now
A bit telling that The News Agents' chat where Maitlis boasts about her part in eradicating trans youth healthcare in the UK did not feature fellow presenter Lewis Goodall.
Meanwhile he was writing this:
Meanwhile he was writing this:
November 11, 2025 at 3:17 PM
A bit telling that The News Agents' chat where Maitlis boasts about her part in eradicating trans youth healthcare in the UK did not feature fellow presenter Lewis Goodall.
Meanwhile he was writing this:
Meanwhile he was writing this:
"Bluesky is dying!"
Bluesky usage has basically stabilised showing the communities based here have largely settled down and without something major changes are probably here to stay.
Notable that this week Bluesky also was an excellent first-stop source for breaking news and analysis.
Bluesky usage has basically stabilised showing the communities based here have largely settled down and without something major changes are probably here to stay.
Notable that this week Bluesky also was an excellent first-stop source for breaking news and analysis.
November 11, 2025 at 9:45 AM
"Bluesky is dying!"
Bluesky usage has basically stabilised showing the communities based here have largely settled down and without something major changes are probably here to stay.
Notable that this week Bluesky also was an excellent first-stop source for breaking news and analysis.
Bluesky usage has basically stabilised showing the communities based here have largely settled down and without something major changes are probably here to stay.
Notable that this week Bluesky also was an excellent first-stop source for breaking news and analysis.
In "your image of someone can be deliberately deceiving" news I saw this and immediately had to search how tall they both are.
This image is not actually a trick. Starmer is almost same height as Zelenskyy or Tom Cruise. I don't know why I didn't have any awareness of that.
This image is not actually a trick. Starmer is almost same height as Zelenskyy or Tom Cruise. I don't know why I didn't have any awareness of that.
November 9, 2025 at 12:14 AM
In "your image of someone can be deliberately deceiving" news I saw this and immediately had to search how tall they both are.
This image is not actually a trick. Starmer is almost same height as Zelenskyy or Tom Cruise. I don't know why I didn't have any awareness of that.
This image is not actually a trick. Starmer is almost same height as Zelenskyy or Tom Cruise. I don't know why I didn't have any awareness of that.
This is World War I levels of "bodies for metres".
A map of all Russian advances in nearly a year - just the orange and red. As many as 100,000 killed to do it. What a colossal waste, all for Putin's obsession with his status and the eradication of Ukraine.
A map of all Russian advances in nearly a year - just the orange and red. As many as 100,000 killed to do it. What a colossal waste, all for Putin's obsession with his status and the eradication of Ukraine.
November 8, 2025 at 3:26 PM
This is World War I levels of "bodies for metres".
A map of all Russian advances in nearly a year - just the orange and red. As many as 100,000 killed to do it. What a colossal waste, all for Putin's obsession with his status and the eradication of Ukraine.
A map of all Russian advances in nearly a year - just the orange and red. As many as 100,000 killed to do it. What a colossal waste, all for Putin's obsession with his status and the eradication of Ukraine.
Ah yes, "Brides", famously the only people with emotional investment in weddings or involved in organising them
November 7, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Ah yes, "Brides", famously the only people with emotional investment in weddings or involved in organising them
This is the full quote, dog-whistles abound, with attacks on "identity politics" and "sectarian groups" driving away "women campaigning for their sex-based rights"...
... like his wife, anti-trans campaigner Ruth Serwotka, co-founder of Woman's Place UK.
... like his wife, anti-trans campaigner Ruth Serwotka, co-founder of Woman's Place UK.
November 3, 2025 at 8:22 PM
This is the full quote, dog-whistles abound, with attacks on "identity politics" and "sectarian groups" driving away "women campaigning for their sex-based rights"...
... like his wife, anti-trans campaigner Ruth Serwotka, co-founder of Woman's Place UK.
... like his wife, anti-trans campaigner Ruth Serwotka, co-founder of Woman's Place UK.
Celebrating @plaidcymru.bsky.social's victory over Reform with a visit to the fortress today
October 28, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Celebrating @plaidcymru.bsky.social's victory over Reform with a visit to the fortress today
The Scottish Greens socials are sub-posting Your Party playing both sides on fascism
October 27, 2025 at 1:03 PM
The Scottish Greens socials are sub-posting Your Party playing both sides on fascism
Things going well folks?
Not having a great reception, is it?
Being asked too many questions about your list of MPs who are landlords, transphobes, and abortion rights opposers, maybe?
Not having a great reception, is it?
Being asked too many questions about your list of MPs who are landlords, transphobes, and abortion rights opposers, maybe?
October 24, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Things going well folks?
Not having a great reception, is it?
Being asked too many questions about your list of MPs who are landlords, transphobes, and abortion rights opposers, maybe?
Not having a great reception, is it?
Being asked too many questions about your list of MPs who are landlords, transphobes, and abortion rights opposers, maybe?
Inside our journalism is two wolves
October 18, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Inside our journalism is two wolves
Doing democracy at one of the few party conferences where members actually decide the policy of their party.
members.greens.scot/join
members.greens.scot/join
October 18, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Doing democracy at one of the few party conferences where members actually decide the policy of their party.
members.greens.scot/join
members.greens.scot/join
The Green Party of England and Wales supports Scottish independence.
September 24, 2025 at 1:12 PM
The Green Party of England and Wales supports Scottish independence.
And he continues to double and triple down on conflating SNP/Plaid and Reform by directly tying "nationalism" to racism.
As if "anti-English racism" is even real or a threat to anyone. That he's saying this in response to a Black man's fears of Reform is absolutely mind boggling.
As if "anti-English racism" is even real or a threat to anyone. That he's saying this in response to a Black man's fears of Reform is absolutely mind boggling.
September 23, 2025 at 3:36 PM
And he continues to double and triple down on conflating SNP/Plaid and Reform by directly tying "nationalism" to racism.
As if "anti-English racism" is even real or a threat to anyone. That he's saying this in response to a Black man's fears of Reform is absolutely mind boggling.
As if "anti-English racism" is even real or a threat to anyone. That he's saying this in response to a Black man's fears of Reform is absolutely mind boggling.
Which eventually leads to this post exchange with @stephenkb.bsky.social - which, honestly, if I even found myself typing this I'd simply log off and go for a walk.
I'm aware I can be abrasive and hard-elbowed online. This is just an entire different level. Jesus Christ.
I'm aware I can be abrasive and hard-elbowed online. This is just an entire different level. Jesus Christ.
September 23, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Which eventually leads to this post exchange with @stephenkb.bsky.social - which, honestly, if I even found myself typing this I'd simply log off and go for a walk.
I'm aware I can be abrasive and hard-elbowed online. This is just an entire different level. Jesus Christ.
I'm aware I can be abrasive and hard-elbowed online. This is just an entire different level. Jesus Christ.
Here he replies to someone who matches his politics functionally agreeing with the (also a myth) idea that the SNP is throwing up some cloak to pretend being soft-left when they're actually just like Reform.
Then he spends much of today insisting he said no such thing when called out on it.
Then he spends much of today insisting he said no such thing when called out on it.
September 23, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Here he replies to someone who matches his politics functionally agreeing with the (also a myth) idea that the SNP is throwing up some cloak to pretend being soft-left when they're actually just like Reform.
Then he spends much of today insisting he said no such thing when called out on it.
Then he spends much of today insisting he said no such thing when called out on it.