Scottish Green Party

The latest Scottish Green Party news from expert Scotsman journalists and contributors

Scottish Green co-leaders Ross Greer and Gillian Mackay

Scottish Green activists push for legal recognition of polyamory

Trams and buses service Edinburgh city centre (Picture: Neil Johnstone)

Readers' Letters: Scotland's transport network needs real coordination

Scottish Green co-leaders Ross Greer MSP, third from left, and Gillian Mackay, fifth from left, with candidate Kate Nevens, at front in green and black, and others, as the party launches its Holyrood election campaign at Leith Arches earlier this month (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell)

Greens in 2nd place?! Get ready for Holyrood's strangest election ever John McLellan

Chair Halla Mohieddeen with representatives from the six political parties at the hustings in Edinburgh.

Arts diary: Bollywood to choirs - cultural interests of politicians

Scottish Green Party co-leader Lorna Slater

The legal threat to trans rights is a threat to all women - Lorna Slater

Many landords in Scotland have been unable to adjust rents in line with rising costs (Picture: Alistair Linford)

Are ‘rogue’ landlords just waiting to ramp up rents?

Pro-Palestine protesters hold demo outside Scottish Labour conference

A mediocre Budget that proved the SNP are more comfortable in spin wars Barrie Cunning

Failure to pass the Budget Bill leaves the door ajar for a potential early Holyrood election (Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images)

There’s a very real danger that the SNP’s Budget will not pass - Steven Blane

Scotland Women will play next month's game against Israel Women behind closed doors. Cr. SNS Group.

Breaking Scotland match to be played behind closed doors due to security fears

Author JK Rowling. Picture: Stuart C Wilson/Getty Images

Scottish Green candidate calls JK Rowling ‘torn-faced cow’

Swinney once championed bold action on climate change. Does he still? Richard Dixon

Humza Yousaf is taking the fall for 17 years of SNP failure Jackie Baillie

Scottish Green MSP Gillian Mackay. Photo: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Green MSP bursts into tears on BBC radio at Yousaf ending Bute House agreement

Scottish Green Party co-leader Andrew Milligan/Press Association.

Alba launches motion of no confidence in Green minister Patrick Harvie

SNP MP Joanna Cherry (Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire)

SNP figures pressure Humza Yousaf to rethink Bute House deal with Greens

Scottish Green co-leaders Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slater arrive at Bute House in Edinburgh. Picture: Lesley Martin/PA Wire

Rainbow Greens say power-sharing cannot continue without 'dramatic changes'

Green MSP Maggie Chapman supports the proposed legislation (Picture: John Devlin)

Green MSP says critics have resorted to smears

Minister for Green Skills, Circular Economy and Biodiversity, Lorna Slater

Lorna Slater defends her party after being criticised by Kate Forbes

Patrick Harvie's increasingly scary Scottish Green party should terrify us all Scotsman comment

Robin Harper's decision to vote Labour shows he recognises a simple truth Brian Wilson

Retired Green MSP Robin Harper has quit his old party in disillusionment at its direction (Picture Ian Rutherford)

Scotsman Letters: Scottish Green Party is a shadow of its former self

Robin Harper, pictured in 2003, was once the face of the Scottish Green party (Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA)

As Robin Harper quits Greens, their supporters should heed his wise words

There was so much smoke from a wildfire at Cannich, near Loch Ness, this week that it could be seen from space (Picture: Scottish Fire and Rescue Service)

Greens’ macho critics are aged toddlers clinging to Big Oil's comfort blanket

Scottish Greens co-leaders Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slater are ministers in the Scottish Government after striking a deal with the SNP (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

How much damage will Green chancers do before they’re called out? – Brian Wilson

Archie Gemmill scores against the Netherlands in the 1978 World Cup, raising hopes that are soon dashed as Scotland go out on goal difference (Picture: SNS Group)

Joyce McMillan: Despite SNP's woes, its kind of green social democracy is future

The late Professor Stephen Hawking made clear that climate change could become an existential threat (Picture: Jemal Countess/Getty Images)

All political parties need a serious plan on climate change – Scotsman comment

Nicola Sturgeon flanked by Scottish Greens co-leaders Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slater (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell /Pool /AFP/Getty)

Readers' Letters: Scotland needs rid of this senseless coalition

Projects which protect wildlife and restore forests will share £2.9 million under a plan to address the “nature emergency”.

Lorna Slater announces £2.9m funding to tackle ‘nature emergency’

Scottish Green Party co-leader Lorna Slater said she was “terrified” by the Conservative leadership candidates’ approach to the economy.

Lorna Slater ‘terrified’ by Tory leadership candidates’ approach to economy

Boris Johnson and the then US President Donald Trump pictured at a Nato summit in Watford in 2019 (Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Johnson is acting like Trump in refusing to accept Scottish election result

Nicola Sturgeon will set out the first of a series of papers which will outline the arguments for an independent Scotland (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/WPA pool/Getty Images).

When is Nicola Sturgeon speaking ahead of independence papers update today?

Only 33% of candidates running in Scotland's upcoming local elections are women (Photo: Rui Vieira/PA Wire).

Only 33% of candidates running in May local elections in Scotland are female

Scottish Greens co-leaders Lorna Slater and Patrick Harvie during their party's Autumn conference in October.

Scottish Budget: How green is Scotland's Budget?

The Scottish Parliament election in May resulted in the biggest-ever majority for independence (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Tories and Labour want to deny democracy over Indyref2 – Tommy Sheppard MSP

Duncan Thorp, Policy and Public Affairs Manager, Social Enterprise Scotland

Ensuring social enterprise solutions are at the heart of our economy - Duncan Th...

Voters, rather than parties, could be given the power to decide who comes top of the regional lists in Scottish Parliament elections (Picture: Robert Perry)

How voters could be given more power over who becomes an MSP – Joyce McMillan

Scottish Greens co-leaders Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slater visit the site of a new solar farm at the University of Edinburgh Easter Bush Campus. Pic: Jane Barlow/PA

Scottish Green Party members vote to back powersharing deal with SNP

Scottish Green Party co-leaders Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slater arrive at Bute House, Edinburgh, ahead of an announcement on the finalisation of an agreement between the SNP and the Scottish Greens to share power in Scotland. Picture: PA

Greens doubt Sturgeon would have 'changed position' on environment without them

Lorna Slater and Patrick Harvie's party have criticised the Independent Green Voice party over their choice of branding.

'Electoral deceit': Ballot paper confusion may have cost us seats, fume Scottish...

How to use our interactive Holyrood Election result map.

Election results: This is how the constituency map of Scotland looks now

A Black Lives Matter protest at Melville Monument in Edinburgh. Should black history be included in the school curriculum?

Follow Welsh lead on black history in schools - Readers' Letters
The Welsh Education Minister Kirsty Williams is leading the way in ground-breaking curriculum reform by adopting 51 recommendations of a new report which advise...

Candidates want to sit in the Scottish Parliament

Full list of Edinburgh’s Holyrood candidates revealed

MSP Andy Wightman has lodged a motion urging Scottish ministers to sever ties with the remote island of Rockall, which was claimed as a UK territory in 1955 and made part of Scotland in 1972

Scotland urged to disclaim Rockall to distance from UK’s “last act of colonialis...

The appointment of part-time assistant referee Douglas Ross has galvanised the Conservatives at Holyrood. Picture: Willie Vass/Pool via Getty Images

SNP failures an open goal for new Tories leader Douglas Ross – Murdo Fraser

Supermarkets across the country have brought in social distancing measures for customers. Picture: Michael Gillen

Call for big four supermarkets to do more to support vulnerable customers

Increased travel by bus rather than car will mean less congestions and air pollution

Scotland has taken a bold step in right direction on climate change – Dr Richard...

Using the railways could cut emissions by up to 76 per cent compared to road haulage and improve congestion and road safety. Picture: John Devlin

David Spaven: Switching freight from road to rail could be a ‘quick win’ situati...

Using the railways could cut emissions by up to 76 per cent compared to road haulage and improve congestion and road safety. Picture: John Devlin

David Spaven: Switching freight from road to rail could be a ‘quick win’ situati...

Nicola Sturgeon is facing growing criticism for her Governments handling of its day job (Picture: Jane Barlow/PA)

Will message of ‘get independence done’ triumph despite SNP’s domestic problems?...

Finance Secretary Derek Mackay should work with the Scottish Conservatives to pass his Budget, says Tory MSP Murdo Fraser (Picture: John Devlin)

Why SNP should do a deal with Tories over Scottish Budget – Murdo Fraser

Could you be the Green Man of Beltane Fire Festival? (Picture: Lisa Ferguson)

Is the ‘Green Man’ the most important job in the world? – leader comment

Onshore wind has suffered because of UK Government policies (Picture: John Devlin)

UK policy a ‘disaster’ for two forms of renewable energy but ‘remarkably effecti...

We dont need to be Greta Thunberg to realise climate change must be taken seriously (Picture: Minas Panagiotakis/Getty Images)

I’m no Greta Thunberg, but this much I know about climate change – Murdo Fraser

Mark Ruskell MSP

MSP calls for tougher regulation on Mossmorran flaring

Alison Johnstone. Picture: PA

Scottish government moves towards total ban on fox hunting

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Scotland has failed to meet its latest target for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, the latest official figures show. Picture: John Giles/PA Wire

Fail: Scotland misses climate target

Pro-independence protesters with Scottish Saltire flags (top) march for Scottish independence. Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images

Yousaf: Growing popular support for Yes the only way to Scottish independence

Nadine Dorries. Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

SNP MP cleared of bullying Nadine Dorries