Cllr Dan Hutchison

Lively discussion on prospects for a new left party. @reidfoundation.bsky.social @maggiechapman.bsky.social @danhutchison.bsky.social @calton-books.bsky.social @lighthousebks.bsky.social @rs21edinburgh.bsky.social @philtaylor.bsky.social @rs21.bsky.social @niallchristie1.bsky.social @fred.scot

Green in Govan: Festival Park, New Hire Bikes Newsletter #42 - major works coming for new entrance to Festival Park, Glasgow's bike hire scheme in for a major change in coming months, update on the Ibrox Firework Control Zone

Local newsletter out today!

You can read by following link below 👇👇

Councillor Audrey Dempsey who made 'white racism' claim joins Reform Audrey Dempsey was suspended from Scottish Labour over alleged racist remarks in April 2024 and later quit.

Reform definitely don't harbour racists aye 👀

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Green in Govan: Village Hotel Strike Victory, Congestion Charge Newsletter #41 - update on the victory of the Village Hotel strikers, thoughts and views on a congestion charge and a call for information about the major fire in Kinning Park

Latest local newsletter out today!

Read here 👇

Glasgow park in line to receive new entrance and path

Govan’s Festival Park is in line to receive a new entrance and path to improve safety with work to start this financial year.

Green in Govan: Subway Modernisation, Doors Open Festival Newsletter #40 - new doors and progress on moving to driverless subways, it's nearly the doors open festival and today is the Elder Park Community Festival

New edition of my local newsletter out this morning!

You can read here 👇👇

Study to see if Gaelic gives school leavers career advantage A new study will seek to establish whether learning Gaelic gives school leavers an advantage in their careers

www.heraldscotland.com/news/2537200...

I mean we have and we do, that's where the Verity House Agreement comes from. The sad reality is though that most media outlets don't care that much about local government so it doesn't get enough pick up for people to notice.

And by bare bone I mean everything that isn't statutory gets defunded. Would make current situation look utopian

Because the government appoints someone to come in and set the budget and cuts everything to the bare bone.

It has been considered on a near annual basis

Workers from the Village Hotel standing beside the Unite Hospitality banner

Green MSP candidate Ellie Gomersall speaking in support of the picket outside the Village Hotel

Local Cllr Dan Hutchison speaks to those at the picket.

Green MSP Maggie Chapmam addresses the growd at the picket.

The solidarity was palpable at the Village Hotel picket today - the first hotel strike since 1979 ✊️

@scottishgreens.org stand in support of the workers and their struggle for equal pay, paid breaks, & basic respect that is sorely missing from the company 💚

Anyone bringing Fascist iconography & ideology to our streets aren't welcome in Glasgow ❌️

Glasgow hotel staff set to take 'historical' strike action

The action will see the first strike at a major hotel in over 45 years.

Green in Govan: Far-Right March, Waste Collection Changes Newsletter #39 - The far-right in Glasgow, changes to waste collection drop ins, Elder Park community festival, Shaw Street clean-up video

Local newsletter day once again!

Read here 👇👇

Green in Govan: Cycle Lockers, Bellahouston Pool, Village Hotel Strike Newsletter #38 - New cycle lockers, Bellahouston park is reopening, village hotel going out on strike, Shaw Street clean up this Saturday, and Fire Service cuts public meeting.

Local newsletter out this morning

You can read and subscribe here 👇👇👇

Glasgow councillor calls for 'mass deportation' march to be blocked

A Glasgow representative has called for the council to use its powers to stop a Ukip 'mass deportation' march scheduled for Saturday

After the Sandie Peggie tribunal I’m looking forward to the Scottish media covering all employment tribunals with such intensity. At last we’ll get in-depth reporting on workers rights, low pay & unfair dismissal

Unless of course there’s some other reason for the obsession. What could it be though?

Bellahouston pool reopening at the start of August!

Very honoured to be considered worthy of your 'not wildcards' list 😂

Oh for sure. Their policy platform will be very interesting for this.

Aye I get that but there's been a lot of greens upset the last few days at the prospect of a more left-wing party and I think it's helpful to acknowledge we aren't nearly as perfect as we think we are. Lack of internal debate is the cause imo but the problem is there.

My point is that many people won't see the Greens as a party of the left because while we clearly are in theory, we often aren't in practice. Such as with forcing local government austerity.

Every council across Scotland is either breaching statutory duties or running scarily close. That's not from local government cutting our own budgets, noone is decreasing their rates or council tax. The cuts are all coming from Holyrood budget.

2023 isn't nearly the only time we've supported cuts to local budgets.

This council improved and/or maintained services, saved £400,000 and have seen the number of job applications increase by more than 120%.

Seems like a success to me.

Parliament in a nutshell:

Yesterday MPs, including Yvette Cooper, celebrated the suffragette legacy of civil disobedience that won women the right to vote..

Only to then vote to designate non-violent direct action group Palestine Action as terrorists.

Westminster is broken.

Green in Govan: George V Bridge, Tradeston Parking, Fire Cuts Newsletter #36 - George V bridge active travel improvements complete, new parking regulations in Tradeston and new proposals to cut services at Govan Fire Station.

Local newsletter is out!

This week - George V Bridge completed, Tradeston parking zone incoming and update on fire service cuts

Read here 👇👇

open.substack.com/pub/greening...

Lib dem I believe

Pathetic behaviour from Glasgow Labour. It is incumbent on all of us to stand up and call out the government when they make mistakes. They could have done this today but instead they were more concerned about their cowardice being called out.

Green Councillor group and protestors outside City Chambers

Motion PASSES ✅️

The Green Group then joined protestors outside who are standing in solidarity with Palestine & against the proscribing ✊️🇵🇸