Dunbartonshire Greens

It's polling day today in the Kilpatrick by-election! Polling stations are open until 10pm. Don't forget to vote for @scottishgreens candidate Paula Baker 💚

At the end of a chilly (3c!) afternoon speaking to residents in Duntocher with @DunGreens ahead of the Kilpatrick by-election on the 28th 🥶💚🗳️ Local bus services have recently improved, in large part due to @scottishgreens delivering free bus travel for young people 🚌

🗳️ The upcoming by-election this month gives people in Kilpatrick the opportunity to vote for a real community champion 💚 Our candidate for the Kilpatrick by-election is the brilliant Paula Baker Vote 1️⃣ for the Scottish Greens on Thursday 28 November

We'll be out campaigning ahead of the Kilpatrick by-election. Join us for an action day! We'll be meeting in Duntocher. Check your emails for more information.

Incidentally, apropos of *ahem* some Scottish Politics chat today, it's worth noting that the Holyrood is the only devolved legislature that still allows its members to hold dual mandate as an MP; it's banned in both the Senedd and Stormont. An oddity due fixing, you'd think.

A small levy on tickets at mega-events & stadium concerts could provide millions for Glasgow’s culture sector While we need new laws to get private venues to act, @ChristyMearns & I have a motion before Council for the city-owned Hydro to pilot a levy 🏟️ glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/24682567.…

Managed some campaigning in Duntocher this weekend before the wind and rain arrived 🌧️ Lots of good feedback on recent improvements to local bus services which @DunGreens pushed for 🚌💚

🚌In just 48 hours, nearly 1000 people have written to the Cabinet Secretary for Transport calling for free bus travel for people seeking asylum. ✍️Add your name today: greens.scot/freebuspeoples…

Please sign to encourage our government to restore vital free bus travel for people seeking asylum

Introducing free bus travel for people seeking asylum would be a small and compassionate change that would make a big difference. On Wednesday I will join my Green colleagues in calling for the Scottish Government to live up to the promise it made. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

BREAKING: Flamingo Land's plans for a resort in Balloch have been REFUSED by Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park Authority. More to follow...

FULL STORY: Balloch Flamingo Land project rejected by planners dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-…

BREAKING: The Flamingo Land application has been REFUSED dumbartonreporter.co.uk/news/24584372.…

Today must mark the end of the Flamingo Land saga #SaveLochLomond theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/s…

BREAKING Plans to build a Flamingo Land resort on the shores of Loch Lomond have been rejected unanimously by the Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park Authority FULL STORY: heraldscotland.com/news/24588020.… @GabyMcKay

An amazing result 💚💚💚💚 Well done everyone that campaigned against this 👏👏👏

🎉We did it! We have saved Loch Lomond. ❌At a meeting of the National Park board the proposal for a mega-resort in Balloch was unanimously rejected. 💚Thank you to everyone who has supported this campaign. #SaveLochLomond

A resounding unanimous defeat for Flamingoland - 14 votes to 0 to protect Loch Lomond 🌊 Credit to @Ross_Greer and @DunGreens for 8 years of effective campaigning along with the people of Balloch to save their community from big business and polluting mega-resorts! 🚫🦩

250+ more cars an hour at peak times. That's Flamingo Land's own estimate of their impact on local roads at Loch Lomond - roads which already grind to a halt during the tourist season On Monday the National Park must reject this daft mega-resort 🫸🦩 thenational.scot/news/24581151.…

🚨 BREAKING: National Park officers have recommended that their board REJECT Flamingo Land's mega-resort application! This is an amazing victory for our campaign but it's not over yet. We'll keep campaigning for the board to vote to reject at the public hearing on 16 Sept 🫸🦩