Maggie Chapman MSP (she/her)

Screenshot of media headline “Home Secretary to tackle UK‘s ‘excessive generosity’ with sweeping immigration reforms” and a picture of Shabana Mahmood wearing a blue jacket.

This is contemptible from Labour!

Immigrants make phenomenal contributions to life in the UK - working in pretty much every sector, bringing cultural diversity & creativity to our society.

This scapegoating must stop!
Labour must stop pandering to the far right!

“Hopeless, Starving, and Besieged” The 154-page report, “‘Hopeless, Starving, and Besieged’: Israel’s Forced Displacement of Palestinians in Gaza,” examines how Israeli authorities’ conduct has led to the displacement of over 90 percent of the population of Gaza—1.9 million Palestinians—and the widespread destruction of much of Gaza over the last 13 months. Israeli forces have carried out deliberate, controlled demolitions of homes and civilian infrastructure, including in areas where they have apparent aims of creating “buffer zones” and security “corridors,” from which Palestinians are likely to be permanently displaced. Contrary to claims by Israeli officials, their actions do not comply with the laws of war.

This report by @hrw.org is just as harrowing today as when it was published a year ago.
Perhaps even more so, because, despite the so-called ceasefire, Palestinians continue to be murdered by the apartheid Israeli regime.

War crimes must be challenged!
Free Palestine!

Poster for the Stop the Job Cuts! rally. It is bright pink with black and white writing that gives the details of the rally: Thursday 13 November, 12.30pm, Queen's Hotel, with Dundee UCU, Unison & Unite

And I'll be at the Stop Job Cuts! rally with @dundee.ac.uk trade unions at lunchtime today - staff and students must be included in how the recovery plan is designed!

Maggie wearing a dark blue coat standing next to 5 people, 4 of whom are wearing bright pink UCU beanies. They are holding the Dundee UCU banner. The Tower Building is in the background.

Glad to be able to pop by the @ducuuo.bsky.social picket line as they were just getting set up this morning.
Staff are on strike in the cold & damp to say NO to compulsory redundancies. Management must engage with staff properly: co-design a recovery plan, do not impose cuts!
#Solidarity

Sign the petition: End the tax break for big pharma like GlaxoSmithKline at the Autumn budget While the NHS is at breaking point, Britain's biggest pharmaceutical companies are receiving BILLIONS in tax breaks - enough is enough, sign the petition calling for Rachel Reeves to end the tax breaks for Big pharma:

As the UK Budget draws ever closer, many fear that public services we all rely on will be cut.
But the Chancellor could generate billions of ££ for our NHS, social care, education - just by ending the tax breaks Big Pharma gets now.
Make your voice heard:

Recently I talked to a woman who had been raped about cross examination. She went into a catatonic state for 15 mins, then asked me to hold her hand, and then began to cry. We discussed whether she should refuse to give evidence - even though it would mean he got off.

And now this 👇🏻

How times change. Parliament celebrate the Suffragettes and their actions, while trying to ban ‘ordinary’ people protesting outside MPs offices and homes

Do you think staff at the University of Dundee were misled when we were told there would be no redundancies? Or when he told us they hadn’t said there would be no redundancies?

Time to end age discrimination in wages Time to end age discrimination in wages - Greens call for living wage for workers of all ages

Analysis from the @tuc.org.uk in 2024 found that more than 700,000 18–20 year olds across the UK could be missing out on £2,400 a year on average because they are not covered by the main #MinimumWage

follow @scottishgreens.org @maggiechapman.bsky.social

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Green graphic shows a picture of Maggie wearing a green top and black skirt standing next to a smiling person also in green and black. They are both holding a placard that reads "Includem: transforming lives". Next to this image is the text: "Last week, I: Called for urgent Legal Aid reform to ensure survivors of domestic abuse have access to justice; Discussed how to improve the welfare of animals used in scientific research with the SSPCA; Heard from LGBTQIA+ community members about regression of their rights & the impact on their lives; Stood in solidarity with asylum seekers & local residents in Aberdeen against racism, hate & fear"

Last week I reaffirmed @scottishgreens.org' commitment to legal aid reform to ensure survivors of domestic abuse can access justice.
I was pleased to discuss animal welfare with the SSPCA & those seeking to ban greyhound racing in Scotland.
And talk inclusion with @includem.bsky.social
And more:

Drawn 133 years ago, and the con hasn't changed one bit.

Glasgow is getting a Nelson Mandela statue - and these are the shortlisted five options. What do you think?

Last chance to save St Fittick's Park This is the letter I have written to the councillors on Aberdeen City’s Planning Management Development Committee

You can read my latest objection letter here:

Banner with the words "Last chance to Save St Fittick's Park" and a picture of protesters against the industrialisation of the park

Last chance to save St Fittick's Park!

Today, Aberdeen's Planning Committee will be discussing the latest planning application for the development and industrialisation of St Fittick's Community Park - Torry's last remaining green space.

I strongly oppose the development. Read more in the thread

The job of the radical is to make hope possible rather than despair convincing!

Mamdani shows:
- you don't have to pander to the right to win
- solidarity with trans people is popular
- people want leaders to speak out against genocide
- we must tax wealth

Scottish politics must learn from this.

Election day live updates: Zohran Mamdani wins New York mayoral race Democrats are also projected to win governor races in Virginia and New Jersey as Californians vote to redraw election maps.

Mamdani:
▫️won more than a million votes
▫️1st candidate to do so since 1969
▫️more than 2 million New Yorkers cast their ballots
▫️almost double that of the last election 4 yrs ago
▫️first Muslim mayor
▫️youngest person in over a century to lead the largest city in the US
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cg...

Reeves considers cut to green levies in effort to reduce cost of energy bills Exclusive: Chancellor hopes to save up to £170 from average bill but industry insiders say move would be ‘disastrous’

Can’t quite believe the Chancellor is seriously considering slashing support for home energy efficiency as a way to cut fuel bills 👀. Locking people into cold & leaky homes which will cost them more to heat & decimating the insulation industry at same time. Total madness 👇

European Movement signatories on a first draft of the ECHR. Credit: ECHR

75 years ago today, the European Convention of Human Rights, ECHR, was created. The UK played a key role in shaping it.
We should celebrate the ECHR & the vision of all who brought it to life.
We must resist regressive & cynical moves to rip us out of the convention!

Flyer that advertises the peaceful protest against the Nordic Model. There is a drawing of a thistle being held by a hand with long blue fingernails, and the test reads: "Scotland for Decrim: join us for a peaceful protest against the Nordic Model, 18 November 2025, 6pm, meet in front of the Scottish Parliament (EH99 1SP). Rights not rescue!"

Rights not rescue!

Join Scotland for Decrim & others rallying for sex workers' rights, & against the Nordic Model that puts them at risk of harm, violence, poverty & exploitation.
Driving sex workers underground will not keep them safe!

Tues 18 Nov, 6pm, Scottish Parliament

Green graphic shows a picture of Maggie wearing a black dress with pale spots on it, holding a board that reads "I'm speaking up for cats in Scotland", standing next to a big cardboard cutout of a black and white cat. Next to her are the words: Last week, I: Attended the first ever Just Transition Summit in Scotland, focused on jobs, investment, people & place; Discussed cat welfare & more with Cats Protection as they launched their Cat Manifesto; Called on the Scot Gov to act on Boycott, Divestment & Sanctions against those complicit in genocide; Stood in solidarity with Banff community members at a rally against racism & fascism, for hope & inclusion

Last week went by in a whirl, with lots of chat in the Scottish Parliament about the Land Reform Bill.
I also managed to get out & about, standing with the community in Banff against racism & hate, and meeting up with regional organisations & people demanding a #JustTransition.

New report details the harm caused by EHRC interim guidance TransActual will be taking copies of their findings to meet with MPs

New report details the harm caused by EHRC interim guidance

Graphic advertising the film screening of "A State of Passion", taking place on Sunday 2 November at 6.30pm in Aberdeen's Quaker Meeting House on Crown Street. The green background surrounds a photo of a Palestinian man sitting with his arms crossed. He is wearing glasses and a dark suit with a light shirt.

The Balfour Declaration that established the state of Israel on Palestinian territory was issued 108 years ago tomorrow.
To mark this, come and watch "A State of Passion", in support of the Palestine Cinema Days Festival:
Aberdeen Quaker Meeting House, 98 Crown St
2 Nov, 6:30pm

Israel has committed genocide in the Gaza Strip, UN Commission finds GENEVA – Israel has committed genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel said in a new report today.

Read more about the UN Commission's findings here:

Graphic advertising the Aberdeen SPSC Action on Saturday 1 November from 11am at Home Bargains, Beach Boulevard. There's a QR code that links to the SPSC website, and information about boycott activities.

Join me & other Palestine solidarity activists tomorrow from 11am at Home Bargains, Beach Boulevard, Aberdeen.
Home Bargains continues to stock Israeli goods despite the genocide & multiple breaches of international law.
The occupation and genocide must end!
#BoycottIsrael

Satwat, Chair of the Commission, opens the summit. She is standing at a lectern in front of a screen with the summit logo on it.

Great to be at the first ever Just Transition Summit in Scotland.

@satwatr.bsky.social is absolutely right: we need urgent action to transform our economy, recognising the entrenched inequalities that exist. Communities & workers are key.

No one must be left behind.

Greens vote for legalisation and regulation of drugs. The war on drugs has failed .

The @scottishgreens.org support drug legalisation & regulation, to make drugs less dangerous, & users feel safer to access support. Read more about our position here: greens.scot/news/gre... (4/4)

People deserve a right to recovery, but we need to get it right. This legislation is not the answer.

I'll keep working to support research & initiatives for those struggling with addiction, such as Dundee's new Vulnerable Access Clinic.

It would have put pressure on services, w/o increasing their capacity.

It didn't offer ways to tackle the causes of drug addiction: poverty, isolation, mental health service cuts.

It didn't address what we know works: safe consumption rooms, naloxone, Housing First principles.

Scotland's drug death record is a tragedy that we need to fix. But that's exactly why I voted against the Right to Addiction Recovery Bill.

Every life lost to drugs is a collective neglect of the real causes of addiction. This Bill wouldn't have addressed those causes (a 🧵)

Satwat, Chair of the Commission, opens the summit. She is standing at a lectern in front of a screen with the summit logo on it.

Great to be at the first ever Just Transition Summit in Scotland.

@satwatr.bsky.social is absolutely right: we need urgent action to transform our economy, recognising the entrenched inequalities that exist. Communities & workers are key.

No one must be left behind.