The scenes we saw in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Ayr last night are unacceptable.
Scotland is a welcoming nation and those who choose to make their lives here are valued members of our communities.
Racism, hatred and intimidation have no place in Scotland. We must stand against it.
Mary Lou McDonald and I have spoken today with SNP leader John Swinney and Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth.
The momentum for constitutional change across these islands is now greater than ever.
People in Ireland, Scotland and Wales are looking towards a future beyond the Union, where we have full control over our own affairs.
We discussed the enormous significance of this week’s election results, and the historic potential of having three nationalist, pro-independence First Ministers.
We agreed to continue working together to strengthen the friendship between our nations, and to stand up for the democratic right of our people to self-determination.
Independence MSP's
1999 - 36
2003 - 34
2007 - 49
2011 - 71
2016 - 69
2021 - 72
2026 - 73
SNP has won 5 Holyrood elections in a row, Labour had their worst ever election & Tories fell to 4th.
Independence MSP's have been the majority since 2011.
If that's not a mandate what is?
we do not think the same, we do not vote the same, we do not prioritise the same things.
we are not the same country.
dissolve the union.
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From Israeli newspaper Haaretz:
"Israel will participate in the next Eurovision. Yet the entire contest has lost, with a significant number of withdrawing countries and the departure of Spain, one of Eurovision's major financial contributors. Israel has lost the ability to listen, to try to understand why so many in Europe are furious, and to consider whether the broadcasters' desire to boycott it might have merit as long as it continues to violate what they consider core values."
"Most of all, Israel has lost the ability to see itself as part of the wider world. Today, Israel is a small, isolated country that managed to clear a few hurdles – only to dig itself a deep hole inside a song contest. Right in their face." https://t.co/kKyzTxIJH4
Nemo, the winner of Eurovision 2024, announces they are returning their trophy in protest of Israel’s 2026 participation:
“The contest was repeatedly used to soften the image of a state accused of severe wrongdoing, all while the EBU insisted Eurovision is "non-political."
And when entire countries withdraw over this contradiction, it should be clear that something is deeply wrong.”
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The real enemies of Scotland don't arrive by small boat; they arrive by private jet.
People seeking asylum didn't sell off community centres, privatise buses, or bail out the banks, it was the super-rich and their friends in Westminster.
Greens believe in a welcoming Scotland.
That stunned silence when someone is confronted by the fact that if you force everyone who was born female to use the ladies' loo, that means transgender men will be in there too.
Tomorrow's front page of The National.
We publish a timeline of a year of Israel's bombardment of Gaza. It's all here in black and white - the war crimes, murdered journalists, flattened hospitals, orphaned children. 7567 words, 42,000 deaths. Don't look away.
Transgender people are not a trend, they are not a generational moment, they are not a burden, they are not an abnormality, they are most certainly not a political football - they are people and political parties should treat them as such.