East Lothian Greens
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The #EastLothian branch of the @scottishgreens.org. Promoted by the Scottish Green Party, 19b Graham Street, Edinburgh, EH6 5QN. scottishgreens.org
Green MSPs joined hundreds of people in Edinburgh to call for an immediate moratorium on Scotland’s datacentre boom, which includes one project in The Lammermuirs, East Lothian. Join us in the campaign to halt this!
greens.scot/datacentres
greens.scot/datacentres
September 6, 2026 at 11:21 AM
Green MSPs joined hundreds of people in Edinburgh to call for an immediate moratorium on Scotland’s datacentre boom, which includes one project in The Lammermuirs, East Lothian. Join us in the campaign to halt this!
greens.scot/datacentres
greens.scot/datacentres
💚HISTORIC GREEN WIN!
Local housing campaigner Lorenzo Martinico has made history by becoming the first Scottish Green to win a council by-election in Edinburgh.
Congratulations to Lorenzo, Portobello / Craigmillar, and the Edinburgh Greens.💚
Local housing campaigner Lorenzo Martinico has made history by becoming the first Scottish Green to win a council by-election in Edinburgh.
Congratulations to Lorenzo, Portobello / Craigmillar, and the Edinburgh Greens.💚
September 4, 2026 at 8:50 AM
💚HISTORIC GREEN WIN!
Local housing campaigner Lorenzo Martinico has made history by becoming the first Scottish Green to win a council by-election in Edinburgh.
Congratulations to Lorenzo, Portobello / Craigmillar, and the Edinburgh Greens.💚
Local housing campaigner Lorenzo Martinico has made history by becoming the first Scottish Green to win a council by-election in Edinburgh.
Congratulations to Lorenzo, Portobello / Craigmillar, and the Edinburgh Greens.💚
If every hyperscale data centre application in Scotland was built, they'd consume more than 1.5 times our entire peak electricity use.
We urgently need a pause on these applications.
We urgently need a pause on these applications.
August 28, 2026 at 7:40 PM
If every hyperscale data centre application in Scotland was built, they'd consume more than 1.5 times our entire peak electricity use.
We urgently need a pause on these applications.
We urgently need a pause on these applications.
This autumn, the East Lothian Climate Hub and ELCAN are holding a programme of events to help understand climate and nature challenges and what we can do about them as a community.
Learn, connect, share ideas and help shape climate action across East Lothian!
eastlothianclimatehub.org
Learn, connect, share ideas and help shape climate action across East Lothian!
eastlothianclimatehub.org
August 28, 2026 at 2:24 PM
This autumn, the East Lothian Climate Hub and ELCAN are holding a programme of events to help understand climate and nature challenges and what we can do about them as a community.
Learn, connect, share ideas and help shape climate action across East Lothian!
eastlothianclimatehub.org
Learn, connect, share ideas and help shape climate action across East Lothian!
eastlothianclimatehub.org
Green Party supporters in East Lothian, we need your help! If you have friends or family in Portobello / Craigmillar or Southside / Newington, please ask them to vote for Lorenzo Martinico or Isabella Gastel Alejandre in the by-election on 3rd Sept! Every vote counts!
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August 14, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Green Party supporters in East Lothian, we need your help! If you have friends or family in Portobello / Craigmillar or Southside / Newington, please ask them to vote for Lorenzo Martinico or Isabella Gastel Alejandre in the by-election on 3rd Sept! Every vote counts!
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Football belongs to fans, not profiteers
August 7, 2026 at 11:05 AM
Football belongs to fans, not profiteers
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Scotland's beavers are back! 🦫
Scottish Greens introduced funding for reintroducing beavers to Scotland's countryside; now we are seeing these incredible animals restore rivers, reduce flooding, and rebuild ecosystems.
Scottish Greens introduced funding for reintroducing beavers to Scotland's countryside; now we are seeing these incredible animals restore rivers, reduce flooding, and rebuild ecosystems.
July 30, 2026 at 1:24 PM
Scotland's beavers are back! 🦫
Scottish Greens introduced funding for reintroducing beavers to Scotland's countryside; now we are seeing these incredible animals restore rivers, reduce flooding, and rebuild ecosystems.
Scottish Greens introduced funding for reintroducing beavers to Scotland's countryside; now we are seeing these incredible animals restore rivers, reduce flooding, and rebuild ecosystems.
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Scotland's facing a wave of hyper-scale data centre applications.
If built they'd consume more than 1.5 times our peak electricity use, with no requirement to assess their environmental impact.
We need to ensure our economy works for everyone, not just tech billionaires.
➡️ greens.scot/datacentres
If built they'd consume more than 1.5 times our peak electricity use, with no requirement to assess their environmental impact.
We need to ensure our economy works for everyone, not just tech billionaires.
➡️ greens.scot/datacentres
July 25, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Scotland's facing a wave of hyper-scale data centre applications.
If built they'd consume more than 1.5 times our peak electricity use, with no requirement to assess their environmental impact.
We need to ensure our economy works for everyone, not just tech billionaires.
➡️ greens.scot/datacentres
If built they'd consume more than 1.5 times our peak electricity use, with no requirement to assess their environmental impact.
We need to ensure our economy works for everyone, not just tech billionaires.
➡️ greens.scot/datacentres
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Bills up.
Wages too low.
Record profits for Oil & Gas.
50 richest families with more wealth than 50% of population.
Shit in our rivers.
Pensioners jailed for protesting.
Migrants thrown under the bus.
Supporting a Genocide.
That's Starmer's legacy.
Wages too low.
Record profits for Oil & Gas.
50 richest families with more wealth than 50% of population.
Shit in our rivers.
Pensioners jailed for protesting.
Migrants thrown under the bus.
Supporting a Genocide.
That's Starmer's legacy.
June 22, 2026 at 8:59 AM
Bills up.
Wages too low.
Record profits for Oil & Gas.
50 richest families with more wealth than 50% of population.
Shit in our rivers.
Pensioners jailed for protesting.
Migrants thrown under the bus.
Supporting a Genocide.
That's Starmer's legacy.
Wages too low.
Record profits for Oil & Gas.
50 richest families with more wealth than 50% of population.
Shit in our rivers.
Pensioners jailed for protesting.
Migrants thrown under the bus.
Supporting a Genocide.
That's Starmer's legacy.
Scotland deserves better than just another business as usual Westminster leader; it's time for independence.
June 22, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Scotland deserves better than just another business as usual Westminster leader; it's time for independence.
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The current situation is completely unsustainable.
With the large number of hyper-scale proposals, it's beyond time for the Scottish Government to act.
👉 Add your voice: greens.scot/datacentres
With the large number of hyper-scale proposals, it's beyond time for the Scottish Government to act.
👉 Add your voice: greens.scot/datacentres
Communities are being left to battle billionaire big tech companies one planning application at a time. This is completely unsustainable, writes Mark Ruskell ✍️
June 19, 2026 at 2:19 PM
The current situation is completely unsustainable.
With the large number of hyper-scale proposals, it's beyond time for the Scottish Government to act.
👉 Add your voice: greens.scot/datacentres
With the large number of hyper-scale proposals, it's beyond time for the Scottish Government to act.
👉 Add your voice: greens.scot/datacentres
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Scotland is facing a wave of applications for hyperscale data centres.
If the 24 announced so far were approved they'd take up more than 1.5 times Scotland's peak demand in electricity.
We need an immediate pause until a clear national strategy is set out.
👉 greens.scot/datacentres
If the 24 announced so far were approved they'd take up more than 1.5 times Scotland's peak demand in electricity.
We need an immediate pause until a clear national strategy is set out.
👉 greens.scot/datacentres
June 18, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Scotland is facing a wave of applications for hyperscale data centres.
If the 24 announced so far were approved they'd take up more than 1.5 times Scotland's peak demand in electricity.
We need an immediate pause until a clear national strategy is set out.
👉 greens.scot/datacentres
If the 24 announced so far were approved they'd take up more than 1.5 times Scotland's peak demand in electricity.
We need an immediate pause until a clear national strategy is set out.
👉 greens.scot/datacentres
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Hyperscale data centres threaten huge local damage, consume vast amounts of electricity and undermine decades of work to decarbonise Scotland.
And all to enrich some of the world's least responsible corporate giants.
Join us in calling for a halt to these developments.
greens.scot/datacentres
And all to enrich some of the world's least responsible corporate giants.
Join us in calling for a halt to these developments.
greens.scot/datacentres
Stop hyper-scale data centres in Scotland
Stop hyper-scale data centres in Scotland -
greens.scot
June 18, 2026 at 1:33 PM
Hyperscale data centres threaten huge local damage, consume vast amounts of electricity and undermine decades of work to decarbonise Scotland.
And all to enrich some of the world's least responsible corporate giants.
Join us in calling for a halt to these developments.
greens.scot/datacentres
And all to enrich some of the world's least responsible corporate giants.
Join us in calling for a halt to these developments.
greens.scot/datacentres
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I wonder if the voters of East Lothian would have given Mr Alexander a mandate had they realised at the time he’d been lined up for the selection by Mandelson? Not exactly the change we were promised, eh…
Influential. Effective. Good news for government and country. These are just some of the words and phrases we now know Douglas Alexander used to describe Peter Mandelson, writes Steph Brawn ✍️
Read here: www.thenational.scot/news/2...
Read here: www.thenational.scot/news/2...
June 3, 2026 at 5:58 AM
I wonder if the voters of East Lothian would have given Mr Alexander a mandate had they realised at the time he’d been lined up for the selection by Mandelson? Not exactly the change we were promised, eh…
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Decisions about Scotland should be made by the people who live here.
There’s a clear pro-independence majority in the Scottish Parliament and that majority voted for a referendum.
For politicians in London to deny that choice is a democratic outrage.
There’s a clear pro-independence majority in the Scottish Parliament and that majority voted for a referendum.
For politicians in London to deny that choice is a democratic outrage.
May 27, 2026 at 1:59 PM
Decisions about Scotland should be made by the people who live here.
There’s a clear pro-independence majority in the Scottish Parliament and that majority voted for a referendum.
For politicians in London to deny that choice is a democratic outrage.
There’s a clear pro-independence majority in the Scottish Parliament and that majority voted for a referendum.
For politicians in London to deny that choice is a democratic outrage.
To view Scottish independence as a single issue separate from everything else, is looking at it through a Westminster lens.
Independence is the answer to the cost of living, growing the economy and improving public services. How do we know? Every other country does it. #indyref2
Independence is the answer to the cost of living, growing the economy and improving public services. How do we know? Every other country does it. #indyref2
May 27, 2026 at 3:40 PM
To view Scottish independence as a single issue separate from everything else, is looking at it through a Westminster lens.
Independence is the answer to the cost of living, growing the economy and improving public services. How do we know? Every other country does it. #indyref2
Independence is the answer to the cost of living, growing the economy and improving public services. How do we know? Every other country does it. #indyref2
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May 21, 2026 at 10:17 PM
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The Sunday Times Rich List shows a ridiculous amount of wealth in the hands of a tiny number of powerful people.
Scotland is not poor.
The problem is that too much wealth has been hoarded by the billionaires, landowners, oil barons, property empires and bus bosses.
greens.scot/news/scottis...
Scotland is not poor.
The problem is that too much wealth has been hoarded by the billionaires, landowners, oil barons, property empires and bus bosses.
greens.scot/news/scottis...
Scottish Greens recommit to Scottish Wealth Tax following Times’ Top 10 Rich List totalling £23 billion in Scotland
Scottish Greens recommit to Scottish Wealth Tax following Times’ Top 10 Rich List totalling £23 billion in Scotland - Scottish Greens co-leader Gillian Mackay MSP has said the Sunday Times Rich List s...
greens.scot
May 20, 2026 at 11:49 AM
The Sunday Times Rich List shows a ridiculous amount of wealth in the hands of a tiny number of powerful people.
Scotland is not poor.
The problem is that too much wealth has been hoarded by the billionaires, landowners, oil barons, property empires and bus bosses.
greens.scot/news/scottis...
Scotland is not poor.
The problem is that too much wealth has been hoarded by the billionaires, landowners, oil barons, property empires and bus bosses.
greens.scot/news/scottis...
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Israeli forces have kidnapped Scots who were trying to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza.
Aid must urgently be allowed to reach Gaza and those kidnapped by the IDF must be released.
Aid must urgently be allowed to reach Gaza and those kidnapped by the IDF must be released.
May 19, 2026 at 7:36 PM
Israeli forces have kidnapped Scots who were trying to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza.
Aid must urgently be allowed to reach Gaza and those kidnapped by the IDF must be released.
Aid must urgently be allowed to reach Gaza and those kidnapped by the IDF must be released.
We're having a wee social event in the evening of the 25th of May in North Berwick for East Lothian Green members and their pals.
Join us as we toast to a fairer, kinder and greener Scotland.
Not a member, join the party today at www.greens.scot/join and mon along.
Get in touch to know more.
Join us as we toast to a fairer, kinder and greener Scotland.
Not a member, join the party today at www.greens.scot/join and mon along.
Get in touch to know more.
May 20, 2026 at 6:14 PM
We're having a wee social event in the evening of the 25th of May in North Berwick for East Lothian Green members and their pals.
Join us as we toast to a fairer, kinder and greener Scotland.
Not a member, join the party today at www.greens.scot/join and mon along.
Get in touch to know more.
Join us as we toast to a fairer, kinder and greener Scotland.
Not a member, join the party today at www.greens.scot/join and mon along.
Get in touch to know more.
This time last week we had our best ever election result.
You can be part of the next one, join East Lothian Greens and help us elect more Greens.
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You can be part of the next one, join East Lothian Greens and help us elect more Greens.
www.greens.scot/join See less
May 15, 2026 at 3:51 PM
This time last week we had our best ever election result.
You can be part of the next one, join East Lothian Greens and help us elect more Greens.
www.greens.scot/join See less
You can be part of the next one, join East Lothian Greens and help us elect more Greens.
www.greens.scot/join See less
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It is a privilege and honour to return to parliament for a second term.
I am grateful to everyone who has put their trust in me and supported our vision for a fairer, greener Scotland.
Every day I will be a strong voice for our planet, for equality and for an alternative to a broken status quo.
I am grateful to everyone who has put their trust in me and supported our vision for a fairer, greener Scotland.
Every day I will be a strong voice for our planet, for equality and for an alternative to a broken status quo.
May 14, 2026 at 10:47 AM
It is a privilege and honour to return to parliament for a second term.
I am grateful to everyone who has put their trust in me and supported our vision for a fairer, greener Scotland.
Every day I will be a strong voice for our planet, for equality and for an alternative to a broken status quo.
I am grateful to everyone who has put their trust in me and supported our vision for a fairer, greener Scotland.
Every day I will be a strong voice for our planet, for equality and for an alternative to a broken status quo.
New faces, same problems. Constant change in Prime Ministers or policies isn’t the answer. Doing things better is.
With the full powers of an independent country, we can decide our own path.
Let’s demand better.
With the full powers of an independent country, we can decide our own path.
Let’s demand better.
May 14, 2026 at 5:22 PM
New faces, same problems. Constant change in Prime Ministers or policies isn’t the answer. Doing things better is.
With the full powers of an independent country, we can decide our own path.
Let’s demand better.
With the full powers of an independent country, we can decide our own path.
Let’s demand better.