@kaykinoneill.bsky.social
Green MSP for Edinburgh and Lothian's East 🌱
@kaykinoneill.bsky.socialAhead of the Members Business Debate that I will be speaking in tonight on Baby Loss Awareness Week, I spoke with families and charities outside parliament today. Great to see cross party support on this important matter 🕯️
@kaykinoneill.bsky.socialEarlier this week we noted Safe Abortion Day. On this day, and everyday, we will call for decriminalisation. greens.scot/news/greens-...
@kaykinoneill.bsky.socialGreat to meet with @waverleycare.bsky.social, @tht.org.uk and @nat.org.uk in parliament to chat about the target to end new transmissions of HIV in Scotland by 2030.
Looking forward to working with these charities in my portfolio as Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Health 💚
@kaykinoneill.bsky.socialWe have an update on my office meme.. or as the SFP call it, my 'progessive grotto' 👀
@kaykinoneill.bsky.socialJust beavering away 🦫
@kaykinoneill.bsky.social🔥 After a summer filled with wildfires in our very own city, and heatwaves that have led to loss of life, the last thing that should be happening is an expansion of an already big and busy airport by national standards.
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@ross-greer.bsky.socialReposted by @kaykinoneill.bsky.socialCredit to the Scottish Government for grasping the need to reform local government, but the starting point they published today leaves me with some major worries 🧵
@gillianmackaygreen.bsky.socialReposted by @kaykinoneill.bsky.socialScottish Labour needs far more than Michael Marra before it will be taken seriously again.
His support for further North Sea oil and gas development also shows us that Scottish Labour still looks backwards.
@kaykinoneill.bsky.social👩🎨 My motion celebrating the amazing Abbeyhill Colony of Artists 21st festival, which is on the 19th & 20th of September! 🎨
@scottishgreens.orgReposted by @kaykinoneill.bsky.socialScotland's infrastructure must work for people and planet, not tech billionaires.
But today the Scottish Parliament voted to block our proposal for a moratorium on hyper-scale AI data centres.
Join the campaign.
greens.scot/datacentres
@scottishgreens.orgReposted by @kaykinoneill.bsky.socialToday we're bringing a vote to deliver a moratorium on hyperscale data centres in Scotland. The Scottish Parliament will have a simple choice. MSPs can stand with the communities they represent, protect our environment and our resources. Or they can fail to act.
@scottishgreens.orgReposted by @kaykinoneill.bsky.socialThe 24 proposed hyper-scale data centres in Scotland would use over 1.5 times the country's total peak power use. That would mean higher prices for the rest of us. Tomorrow we're bringing a vote to the Scottish Parliament to urgently stop new applications.
@kaykinoneill.bsky.socialWednesday will be a busy day for Green votes! Data centres and BDS 👏🏻
@scottishgreens.orgReposted by @kaykinoneill.bsky.social@kaykinoneill.bsky.socialThere are still many questions around the new health board make up announced by the Scottish Government. I'll keep working with the Cab Sec and Ministers on what a greener and fairer NHS can look like. Also looking forward to questioning all 3 at this week's Health Committee ✏️
@scottishgreens.orgReposted by @kaykinoneill.bsky.social🚨BREAKING: The Scottish Greens will force a vote in Parliament this week on halting hyperscale data centres!
@kaykinoneill.bsky.socialFurther information on applications for the fund here:
@kaykinoneill.bsky.social👨👩👦👦 Family Fund offer grants and support for families with disabled or seriously ill children. They can provide household items, play & digital equipment, and funding for short breaks. It was really great speaking to them at Parliament last week about all this, and the work they have been doing.
@kaykinoneill.bsky.socialSad news for communities in and around Granton crying out for public transport. Any attempts at improving bus services were turned down because "the trams are coming". Now what? North Edinburgh deserves better.
@ross-greer.bsky.socialReposted by @kaykinoneill.bsky.socialFancy joining the most effective digital comms team in Scottish politics?
We're hiring two Digital Comms Officers for the @scottishgreens.org MSPs. Applications close 12pm on Wednesday 16th September.
