Dominic Ashmole

I've signed @MarieCurieSCO @MarieCurieUK's pledge to support a right to palliative care for everyone in Scotland. This election, it's time to fix end of life care. Because we all deserve to be safe, comfortable and well supported at the end of our lives. campaigns.mariecurie.org.uk/…

I support reforming rural payments to restore Scotland’s river catchments, reduce flood risk and enable responsible coexistence with beavers. Healthy rivers and wetlands are essential for climate resilience, wildlife and rural communities. @ScotsBeavers Holyrood 2026 Pledge: scottishwildbeavers.org.uk/t…

Prof Paul Ekins: "at 700 ppm, which is a highly possible future CO2 concentration... the median average temperature increase would be 3.4 degrees C, but there is an 11% chance that it would reach a civilisation-ending 6 degrees C." #ProtectWhatWeLove #ClimateLeadership #ActNow – at Edinburgh, Scotland

STV's Scotland Tonight yesterday covered the Scottish Green Party co-leader election. I told them that in these dangerous times the Greens need to be the truth-tellers calling out the crisis and helping our communities prepare for what's coming. #ScottishGreens #ProtectWhatWeLove #BackDominic #VoteNow

I’m standing for co-leader of the Scottish Greens with a simple message: We must prepare for the worst, strive for the best — and protect what we love. 💚 This election isn’t just about policies. It’s about honesty. Too often, "hope" is used as a smokescreen to delay action. But the reality is clear: collapse is already unfolding. If not the Greens — as scientific and social realists — then who will call for a proportionate response? Who will help communities mobilise for resilience, adaptation, and transformation? Ballot closes Friday at noon. If you’re a member, please vote. #ScottishGreens #BackDominic #ProtectWhatWeLove #VoteNow

Action on #EarthSystemsCollapse - the breakdown of climate, nature and the basis of our life on Earth - is a matter of national and international security. That's why I'm unapologetic in speaking about the predictions of 2, 3, 4 degrees of heating and 3 billion people displaced. Yes, we should speak to people "where they are" and help with immediate concerns, but as politicians we have a responsibility also to look to the future and to (try to) keep our people safe. #ScottishGreens #BackDominic #ProtectWhatWeLove #VoteNow View my full interview with Jonas Laursen on his channel: 👉 youtu.be/AEe8Mvc_lkE?si=OMRO…

More @ScottishGreens councillors - and a much increased emphasis on local democracy and resilience - will be key to weathering the literal storms ahead. I advocate a twin strategy of maximising Green political representation whilst also using our influence to inspire and support emergency grassroots citizen action. That's what I mean by "Prepare for the worst, strive for the best, #ProtectWhatWeLove." #ScottishGreens #BackDominic View my full interview with Jonas Laursen on his channel: 👉 youtu.be/AEe8Mvc_lkE?si=OMRO…

At @PeeblesShow today. Just love the Clydesdales. Also great memories of showing our Soay and Shetland sheep when I was a kid. Great to see the poultry tent back in action, too! Such a special annual event for our community. – at Peebles, Scotland

💔 Climate breakdown is real. We need to level with the public about the scientific predictions for the decades ahead and the failure of politics to bring this under control. 2 degrees of heating is expected by 2040, with 4 degrees by 2100. Billions of humans (and other species) face unliveable futures. #ScottishGreens #BackDominic #ProtectWhatWeLove #ClimateBreakdown View my full interview with Jonas Laursen on his channel: 👉 youtu.be/AEe8Mvc_lkE?si=OMRO…

The @scottishgreens win votes by promoting clear, practical policies that make lives better while also addressing climate change. I'm completely on board with that. What I'd add is that we must urgently work to explain how far the political system is from preventing #EarthSystemsCollapse, and to warn our communities that they must both prepare and also empower a much bolder politics that can actually dig us out of this hole. That's what I propose to do through my grassroots leadership role. #ScottishGreens #BackDominic #ProtectWhatWeLove View my full interview with @JonasLaursen15 on his channel: 👉 youtu.be/AEe8Mvc_lkE?si=OMRO…

🔮 My bid for the co-leadership of the @scottishgreens is driven by an awareness of unfolding collapse across many aspects of society globally. 💔 It's (obviously) an uncomfortable and harsh topic, but can we afford to look away? 🗣️ In my lecture to the Tweeddale Society last March, I briefly reviewed the latest science, and imagined a way through the coming decades for my local community. 👇Should these conversations continue in communities across Scotland? 👉 youtube.com/playlist...

🗳️ Voting opens today! @scottishgreens members, please consider my pitch to be a grassroots co-leader, working alongside a Holyrood colleague to #ProtectWhatWeLove. 💚

Good summary from @JonasLaursen15. My segment is at youtu.be/AEe8Mvc_lkE?t=392&s…. I again set out my vision for a grassroots leadership role: motivating and supporting local communities (including Scottish Green Party members, councillors and MSPs) to face the local challenges arising from global #EarthSystemsCollapse. To prepare for the worst, strive for the best, and #ProtectWhatWeLove. We must work both within and without the electoral system. Our future is far from being under political control. I can communicate that message effectively, and help communities come together in preparedness.

Averting and surviving global #EarthSystemsCollapse is bigger than politics. We must build solidarity, work through the issues, and agree and make the necessary urgent change. #ProtectWhatWeLove #ScottishGreens

We need to talk more about #adaptation. Not to give up on #decarbonisation and other forms of #mitigation - but because the already unavoidable future #GlobalHeating is very, very bad. #ProtectWhatWeLove

Article is paywalled, but here's my pitch: We are living through the collapse of climate, nature, and the foundations of society. My candidacy challenges the Scottish Greens to speak more plainly about the dangerous times ahead, and to demand emergency-scale action — at Holyrood and across civic life. The party has the rare advantage of two co-leaders. Let’s use that well. While my colleague leads in Parliament, I would focus on the wider movement — working with the public, civic society, and our excellent Green councillors to accelerate and scale up the change we so urgently need. We have a problem with hope. Everyone craves it — and voters demand it. But “hope” has also become a smokescreen for delay. A marketing strategy used by the powerful to deny the scale of the emergency, sell imaginary solutions, and protect their control. We must learn to spot the difference between genuine hope and “hopium”. 2.5°C of heating is now likely by 2040. Four degrees before 2100 is increasingly probable. Scientists warn we’ll soon cross multiple "tipping points" that endanger continued life on Earth. The suffering ahead is unimaginable. Food and water systems will fail. Billions of people — and other species — face unliveable futures. If the Greens — as scientific and social realists — cannot call out this disaster, then who will? What’s our role, beyond modest policy gains, if not to demand a proportionate and credible response? We’re rightly proud of Green successes, both national and local. But the brutal truth is: the crisis demands more — and faster. Rather than selling hope, we should be sounding the alarm and mobilising society for resilience, adaptation, and transformation. Let’s lead a grassroots emergency response. Let’s empower a politics equal to this moment. Let’s prepare for the worst, strive for the best — and protect what we love. thenational.scot/politics/25…