Michael G

I'm so tired of traitors references. Please, other analogies are available.

This needs acknowledgement and change come manifesto time.

Bit of budget analysis. This is very good, extra £7.5m to improve access to assessments in young people is very welcome.

But there's not a penny more to adult neurodiversity assessments or treatment. Meaning the vast majority of Scots still won't have access to assessments at all.

As usual, Neil doesn't miss. Beyond government it's time political parties, elected reps and candidates get off such fascist platforms. Meet your voters where they're at and talk to them. You won't win a single vote crying into the void.

today is the feast of st mungo, the patron saint of glasgow. every year i like to remind people that st mungo and his mother st enoch were refugees who fled domestic violence on a small boat

no better time, imo, to consider donating to the brilliant refuweegee www.refuweegee.co.uk/your-donations

Anti-immigration protesters rush towards Perth hotel during tense stand off Police had to step in during a clash between protesters outside the Radisson Blu Hotel.

The levels of aggression and hate from the far right activists who came to Perth today was totally unacceptable and distressing. We really need to seriously consider safe buffer zones at protests at asylum hotels. We can't go on like this.

www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/5409...

Call for anti-protest buffer zones at asylum seeker hotels BUFFER zones outside hotels where asylum seekers are living are needed to stop protests the SNP conference has agreed.

Hi Pete. Totally agree. SNP conference passed a resolution some time ago supporting the implementation of buffer zones at these sites. Would be really good to get this in the 2026 manifesto.

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The 7up really made it special

Your health board/trust is still doing assessments?

Apologies to the entire Scottish microbrewery sector as I participate in dry January, and probably a fair bit longer. Not sure how the industry will survive this blow.

"other than whisky i'm really sober" - @indymichaelg.bsky.social

Declan. This is the cutest fucking thing I've ever seen.

PLEASE DON'T FORGET YOU LOVE ME

Weird to see Tory benches in Holyrood suddenly become ardent trade unionists but only when it suits their hateful narrative.

"Biological males!!! Biological females!!!"

And you're biological cunts who are half the human beings that so many of the trans people you're relentlessly attacking are

This update includes information you may find upsetting. Please take care when reading. From today, it is with a heavy heart that we announce trans girls will no longer be able to join Girlguiding. This is a decision we would have preferred not to make, and we know that this may be upsetting for members of our community. There will be no immediate changes for current young members, but more information will be shared soon. Most adult roles - including unit helpers, district helpers and administrative support - are already open to all, so we are confident that no volunteers will have to leave the organisation. Girlguiding believes strongly in inclusion, and we will continue to support young people and adults in marginalised groups. Over the next few months, we will explore opportunities to champion this value and actively support young people who need us. We stand in solidarity with trans girls and women.

i hope every single person who still buys harry potter merch or engages with that franchise is happy that they're literally making girl guides cry

girl guides uk have been forced very much against their will to exclude trans girls. full statement is here: www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-...

while we are at it: regular reminder that in scotland, legally, both under older legislation and uncrc, parents do not have *rights* they have *responsibilities*. it's children who have rights.

"parents' rights" are as made up as "sex based rights" and for the same reasons

i really wish i had read this in the presence of @ulycia.bsky.social & @indymichaelg.bsky.social

It's two separate circles.

It’s not where we come from that counts, it’s about where we’re going.

Great to meet Afghan Scots children at Maryhill Burgh Halls and hear a lovely rendition of Robert Burns.

National using an excellent image that sums up their relationship perfectly.

What a fragile lil guy, seeing the FM do his job.

Last time I checked JS was the head of the Scottish Government just as EM is head of the Welsh Government. Not of heads of "devolved administrations"

Such loathing and contempt for the institutions you claim to champion.

Disincentivising pension contributions for the generation set to pay for their parents and grandparents pensions via increased taxes on working people isn't a good way to balance books.

We should be encouraging and supporting more people to save for the future. Triple lock be damned.

Credit where it's due, it's good they're reforming online gambling duties but it's incredibly lacking that they're leaving in person gambling alone.

Bit pathetic that the Labour's take on gambling as a public health issue is far weaker than the conservatives plan.

That wasn't very Office of Budget Responsible of you.

The current intake of labour MPs have actually surprised me as some of the most vile, upset and angry people in politics. So they've resorted to borderline actionable ragebait. Pitiful behaviour that shouldn't be rewarded.

Okay, but this isn't a new service. This is cutting and merging existing services that already exist, under the guise of a new service.

That's a really underwhelming new direction given both those services are separate for good reason.

Spiritually renounced

Name a non-english film

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Harman explaining that actually, horrible migrant crackdowns are left wing politics and if you - a white person - don’t like it, then you are actively harming people from ethnic minorities. An outrageous insult to the public’s intelligence IMO, offhandedly dropping a dog turd onto your dinner plate.