I did enjoy finding out that a former pupil of Jimmy Clark's was John Gollan (1911-72), general secretary of the Communist Party of Great Britain. ⚒️⭐🇬🇧
He got 6 months in 1931 for handing out socialist pamphlets (“The Soldier’s Voice” and “The Organ of Communist Soldiers“) at Redford Barracks 🧑⚖️
The Glasgow Budget (and by extension, the YP proposal) contains over £20m of previously agreed cuts. Let's be serious.
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This is the Edinburgh Disc Golf Community course layout in Hailes Quarry Park showing where the start for each hole/basket is. Marked up with yellow on the ground at present.
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Image which shows the change in the boundary of Edinburgh Central between 2021 and 2026.
This image from @ballotbox.scot neatly shows how the boundary of Edinburgh Central has changed to give the Scottish Greens a genuine chance of winning the seat. The Tory vote has since collapsed and they might not even keep their deposit.
🟢Both Votes Green in Edinburgh Central🟢
Map of site allocated for housing in Edinburgh's Local Development Plan. The area highlighted in red is the former Tynecastle Garage, across from Gorgie Farm.
We also have this site, the former Tynecastle Garage, which is down to deliver 69 homes. However, the owner wants PBSA and would rather leave it empty than invest in housing. A gap site included in the plan has just received permission on appeal for PBSTL.
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Extract from Edinburgh Local Development Plan 'City Plan 2030'. Red area highlights site designated for housing on both sides of Gorgie Road between Stevenson Road and Coxfield.
This is the only site in Gorgie that is earmarked to deliver a decent amount of mainstream housing, but that is dependent on private developers taking the lead and I expect that they will try to include PBSA in the mix.
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Investment in "affordable" tends to be concentrated in larger scale developments. Within the current system (the economic system, not just the planning system) there is no path to development of sites like these other than PBSA and PBSTL.
I don't like it - just trying to answer the question.
The Cabinet Secretary is still publicly misrepresenting the state of play in his substantially redrawn constituency. Not only is the Conservative horse not in the race due to that party's collapse in support, but the boundary changes euthanised the poor thing.
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A photo of Kayleigh Kinross-O'Neill with text "Free Bus Fridays" and "Green TVL Proposals".
A photo of Councillor Dan Heap with text "Defund the police" and "Green TVL proposals".
Today the Edinburgh Green Councillors proposed radical changes to the Tourist Tax allocation. Sadly other parties were not open to protecting services, affordable transport or creating safer community environments. 🌳 🚌 🤝
12.02.2026 14:48 — 👍 13 🔁 9 💬 1 📌 0
Screenshot of a skeet from Angus Robertson, the SNP MSP for Edinburgh Central and candidate for re-election, falsely claiming “it’s a 2-horse race between the SNP and Tories in Edinburgh Central” which is demonstrably untrue
I’m sorry to see Angus Robertson continuing to share deliberately misleading false claims 🤥
Greens are polling to win the Central constituency 💚 with tories absolutely nowhere to be found
Maybe he’s seen the polling and is scared to tell the truth?
Map of Lothian Bus routes 30, 3, 25, 33, N28, N30, N25 diverted through Balgreen Road, Stevenson Drive and Stenhouse Drive to avoid the closure.
Map of Lothian Bus routes X27 and X28 diverted through Balgreen Road, Stevenson Drive, Stenhouse Drive and *Saughton Road* to avoid the closure.
Here are the bus diversion routes for the closure of Gorgie Road between Balgreen Road and Ford's Road.
The closure will be installed at 6.30pm on Sunday the 24th January.
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A little preview of my forthcoming journal article on council tenants' resistance and resilience today in @scotnational.bsky.social. Massive thanks to @charlielynch.bsky.social for reaching out and giving my work a write-up.
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Angus here, either showing total ignorance of likely voting intention of residents, or just spreading shameful tactical misinformation
@ballotbox.scot has crunched the numbers and it’s clearly a race between @scottishgreens.org, SNP and Labour - and one we can win
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*a horse would have more chance of winning in Edinburgh Central than a Tory
11.01.2026 12:37 — 👍 11 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Tweet by Angus Robertson MSP claiming "Edinburgh Central is a two-horse race between the SNP and the Tories." Accompanying picture of Angus and activists in Dumbiebykes.
Map of Ballot Box Scotland Constituency Projection for Edinburgh on new boundaries for 2026. Projects Scottish Greens to win in Edinburgh Central.
In Edinburgh Central you can vote @scottishgreens.org because you agree with our policies and know that we have a genuine chance of winning the seat (see @ballotbox.scot projection).
We won't try to scare you into it with made up stories about Tory horses*
I wrote a bit in the Evening News on why I've joined @scottishgreens.org
It's only been 2 weeks, but I've already learned a lot from Green councillors and I'm loving being part of a group that is so focused and hard-working.
Maybe it was Barksy 🫣
22.12.2025 14:01 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
📻 Weekend listening 📻 - @sabrinafernandes.com on the disappointing outcomes of #COP30 and Lula's politics of class conciliation, that seeks to achieve climate and environmental goals whilst placating agri-business and mining interests:
13.12.2025 10:35 — 👍 4 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
Locally and nationally, @scottishgreens.org are representing working-class interests and providing a real left-wing alternative - the very things I had hoped to do as a Labour councillor.
I will continue to spend every day trying my very best to serve the people of Sighthill/Gorgie.
Or maybe diagnosis is at last catching up with the crises so many have been enduring, which have for so long been minimised, dismissed or ignored.
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GB News now broadcasting calls to remove the ethnic minority MPs from parliament Connor Tomlinson c @Con_Tomlinson The British people are not represented by the sons and daughters of India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh using Parliament to bicker about how best to import millions of their kin from the Subcontinent. We should ban those without native British ancestry from being MPs. We should be closing our doors to the third world, without anyone in Parliament putting pressure from foreign lobbies or ethnic loyalties over what is in our national interest.
A prime example of how the far right can never be appeased. Give them whatever they demand and they’ll bank it, then use it as a new base camp to strike out for more and worse.
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Carina Contini was on Radio 4 yesterday unhappy about the minimum wage increase.
Contini claims to 'frequently review hourly rates in line with cost of living increases'.
Did they speak to their workers before going on national radio to complain about a 4.1% wage rise?
The average cost of building an 'affordable' home in Edinburgh is now over £254k. This is an increase of £100k since 2018/19.
15.11.2025 18:32 — 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0University lease also ending and they're exiting the building in March.
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The thread about Argyle House; “preposterously large and a potential rival to the Castle rock”
Brutalist buildings are the Marmite of architecture - passionately loved or loathed - and one in Edinburgh was much in the news yesterday when it was announced that plans had been lodged for the…
We are all being failed by governments who prioritise the interests of the wealthiest people above the basic needs of the vast majority of the population
Those who seek to divide the working class on the basis of ethnicity are doing the dirty work of the rich and powerful
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The ward that I represent is overwhelmingly working class and is also ethnically diverse.
The vast majority of people in the area have a shared interest in the need for the state to tax wealth to provide housing and improve services, regardless of their ethnicity
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When @sutrscotland.bsky.social supporters attempted to remove flags earlier this week, they were approached by someone who threatened to slit their throats and stab them for interfering with what he described as “my flags”
This occurred next to graffiti which said "Deport Muslims"
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I've signed this @sutrscotland.bsky.social petition calling on the Council to remove flags from lamp posts on Calder Road
Constituents have reached out to express concern that flags are inspired by ‘Operation Raise the Colours’ which seeks to intimidate migrants
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