Tom Freeman

Former spinner for the Scottish Greens. Also professional actor and director. tweets in personal capacity

[Scottish Women’s Football @ScotWFootball]

This #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek alongside @ActiveScotGov, get moving for your mental health by finding moments for movement every day like when you’re waiting for the kettle to boil 🫖

👉Get more tips: https://t.co/nxaIWKGNkV

[Guardian politics @GdnPolitics]

David Lammy tells US Republicans he can find ‘common cause’ with Trump https://t.co/j4HYwdcrbo

[Stop Climate Chaos Scotland @sccscot]

Civic society, faith leaders & scientists came together to make a clear statement: our govts must bridge the widening gap between promises & practical action to build a fairer, greener, healthier society for all

Scotland is united for action, and leaders must step up and act now

[Tom Freeman @TomFreemanSGP]

Expect the atmosphere probably a touch more 'horrible' in Rafah tonight

[Metro @MetroUK]

BREAKING: Israel’s performance at tonight's #Eurovision2024 jury show was drowned out by boos and ‘Free Palestine’ chants

One X user called the atmosphere in the venue ‘horrible’ and said you could ‘feel the tension’ in the arena

https://t.co/bYYY2FJIcn

[Tom Freeman @TomFreemanSGP]

A well-earned Peabody for Bisan Owda, who has been reporting from Gaza throughout the relentless bombardment of civilians.

https://t.co/AVE9cEIx8A

[Electoral Reform Society @electoralreform]

Just shows the arbitrary nature of voter ID rules - the government gets to decide what counts, and what doesn't

[Dani Garavelli @DaniGaravelli1]

This is a very important piece by @libby_brooks about "sextortion", something everyone with teenagers should be aware of.

[Humanist Society Scotland @humanistsociety]

#BufferZones will be debated in @ScotParl today. A really significant milestone on the journey from proposed legislation to law. We caught up with @GillianMacMSP, who proposed the bill, to talk about why safe access to abortions is so important.

https://t.co/PtSn5F7BqW

[Tom Freeman @TomFreemanSGP]

Attacks on the MSP group from within a minority in the SGP membership are wild.
Protest is important, but achieving in parliament is about driving a hard bargain & the art of compromise. This didn't just happen via the BHA but everyday work of Mark & Maggie etc.

[Tom Freeman @TomFreemanSGP]

Time for climate denial and covering Scotland in tarmac!

[The Herald @heraldscotland]

Fergus Ewing calls for SNP government with new focus on oil and gas

https://t.co/elJtmi7YSj

[Tom Freeman @TomFreemanSGP]

@Charles91745799 @markmcgeoghegan Forgive me Charles, but your statement lacks any form of evidence. We did a lot of work with focus groups ahead of the last Westminster & Holyrood elections that suggest you are very wrong. In fact, green voters have lent 1st votes to SNP.

[Tom Freeman @TomFreemanSGP]

@paulhutcheon Not difficult, the FM has lost it

[Tom Freeman @TomFreemanSGP]

@markmcgeoghegan Not difficult. The FM has lost it.

[Tom Freeman @TomFreemanSGP]

@PeterAdamSmith @itvnews You are quite right Peter. The ABLA party got less than a fifth of the number of votes as the SGP at the election. Does that count as the will of the people?

[Tom Freeman @TomFreemanSGP]

Interesting where the Venn diagram of twitter users who

1. Want to abolish devolution
2. Deny climate science
3. Mock an MSP for being tearful that 2+ years of work to stop the harassment of women attending abortion services has been dropped by a hysterical FM

coalesces tonight

[Kenny Stewart @Kenny__Stewart]

Personally I think it’s good if MSPs openly care about the work they do. I don’t know Gillian Mackay well and I have zero party affiliation but I’d rather have elected representatives find our politics meaningful than treat it as a game or a set of norms that render it trite.

[Tom Freeman @TomFreemanSGP]

It might be helpful to remember that the Scottish Greens polled at least five TIMES as many votes as the ABLA party at the last election, and that ABLA voters more often than not placed the Conservatives above indy-supporting parties in preference.

[Tom Freeman @TomFreemanSGP]

@KennyFarq Suspect the SGP far more comfortable with the notion of a Holyrood election than the SNP Kenny.

[Tom Freeman @TomFreemanSGP]

The beginning of the end?

[Holyrood @HolyroodDaily]

Yousaf: "Today marks a new beginning for the SNP government."

[Tom Freeman @TomFreemanSGP]

That the SNP is a broad church is well-known, but what we have seen this morning is a First Minister struggling to keep them all inside the tent. Ditching the coalition partners may silence voices from the right, but makes his government more vulnerable in Holyrood.