Former spinner for the Scottish Greens. Also professional actor and director. tweets in personal capacity
Dunfermline, Scotland
Joined September 2013
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Tom Freeman retweeted
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: mentalhealth.org.uk/our-work…
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Tom Freeman retweeted
David Lammy tells US Republicans he can find ‘common cause’ with Trump theguardian.com/politics/art…
Tom Freeman retweeted
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
Expect the atmosphere probably a touch more 'horrible' in Rafah tonight
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
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A well-earned Peabody for Bisan Owda, who has been reporting from Gaza throughout the relentless bombardment of civilians.
aljazeera.com/news/2024/5/9/…
Tom Freeman retweeted
Just shows the arbitrary nature of voter ID rules - the government gets to decide what counts, and what doesn't
Tom Freeman retweeted
This is a very important piece by @libby_brooks about "sextortion", something everyone with teenagers should be aware of.
I'd urge everyone with teenagers in their life to read this: I'm very grateful to the parents of 16-year-old Murray Dowey for speaking to me, as @NCA_UK launch an alert to educators across the UK warning them of the devastating consequences of sextortion
theguardian.com/society/2024…
Tom Freeman retweeted
#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.
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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.
Time for climate denial and covering Scotland in tarmac!
Fergus Ewing calls for SNP government with new focus on oil and gas
heraldscotland.com/news/2427…
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
Tom Freeman retweeted
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.
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.
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.
Well it sure looks like Townhill's beloved Country Park is being cleared for yet more commuter belt housing. Rich habitat for nesting birds, buzzards and their prey. Shame on you @FifeCouncil, when derelict brownfield sites lie disused. Planning department should be sacked.
Nothing short of environmental sabotage. Starting to wonder if @FifeCouncil's claims of a housing emergency wasn't just a smokescreen for ignoring the National Planning Framework 4. People need accessible and affordable housing in town, not yet more destruction of green spaces
Oh
🚨 NEW: Labour has rejected an EU offer to allow UK freedom of movement for 18-30-year-olds
[@guardian]
