Scottish Greens

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

Stephen Kerr MSP

List MSP calls for the Holyrood list voting system to be overhauled

Scottish Greens co-leader Ross Greer has promised a new railcard for millennials paid for by wealthy flyers (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: Greens climbing the Magic Money Tree with rail promise

Scottish Greens co-leader Ross Greer

Greens promise ‘millennial rail card’ paid for by wealthy flyers

Scottish Greens co-leader Ross Greer

Ross Greer: Why the Greens are taking votes from the SNP over climate

Scottish Green co-leaders Ross Greer and Gillian Mackay

Scottish Green activists push for legal recognition of polyamory

From left is Mark Ruskell MSP, co-leaders Gillian Mackay and Ross Greer, Lorna Slater MSP, Ariane Burgess MSP and Laura Moodie MSP.

Exclusive Greens confident of winning control of Edinburgh and Glasgow councils

Zack Polanski, centre, leader of the Greens in England and Wales, seen with Scottish Greens' co-leaders Gillian Mackay and Ross Greer earlier this year. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell

Reform UK are bad enough, but the real extremists are the Greens Murdo Fraser

Ariane Burgess MSP

Calls for Green MSP to be suspended for liking antisemitic post

Why Greens vote is just the latest sign of rise of middle-class antisemitism Euan McColm

First Minister John Swinney during a visit to Crieff this week (Picture: Jane Barlow - Pool/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: Swinney wrong to swerve question on Scottish Greens

Sagal Abdi-Wala won the Holborn and St Pancras by-election.

Labour holds onto Holborn and St Pancras

Ross Greer, of the Scottish Greens, likes to claim the moral high ground but his stance on the Middle East actually harms the Palestinian cause (Picture: Jane Barlow)

Why Greens' stance on Israel is dangerous for the Palestinian people Alistair Carmichael

Scottish Greens co-leader Ross Greer (Steve Welsh/PA)

Greer 'wrong' on Zionism, says MP with largest Scots Jewish community

Scottish Green co-leaders Gillian Mackay and Ross Greer with leader of the Green Party of England and Wales Zack Polanski (centre).

Scottish Greens defend Zionism is 'racism' claim

Laura Moodie MSP at the proposed Chapelcross site.

Over 1,000 objections to Scottish AI data centre in just 48 hours

Anti-data centre protesters gather outside the Scottish Parliament

Exclusive Greens urge ScotGov to consult public on AI data centre guidance

MSPs have backed calls to pause AI data centre decisions until planning guidance has been published by the Scottish government

MSPs back AI data centre planning decision pause ahead of new guidance

Protestors against AI data centres at the Scottish Parliament.

'Unlikely' all proposed Scottish AI data centres will be built

Scottish Green co-leaders Gillian Mackay and Ross Greer, along with Mark Ruskell MSP, Lorna Slater MSP and Ariane Burgess MSP.

Exclusive Bring back district and regional councils, say Scottish Greens

A lorne sausage roll

Bid for the Scottish morning roll to be given Unesco status

Scottish Green Party MSP Q Manivannan at the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh

Crisis centres condemn Green MSP’s rape ‘spectrum’ comments

Former first minister Nicola Sturgeon

Nicola Sturgeon urges SNP not to shift on North Sea oil and gas

Direct Scotland-Europe Channel Tunnel Sleeper trains plan revived

Calls are being made to film the next series of Doctor Who in Scotland.

Should the next Doctor Who be filmed in Glasgow?

Scottish Greens co-leader Gilliam Mackay (left) with Cara McKee

Green MSP to take medical leave of absence from Holyrood

Glasgow Pride brought the city centre to a standstill on Saturday (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

17 pictures from Glasgow Pride 2026 parade as city parties on

Former first minister Nicola Sturgeon, supporting the TIE (Time for Inclusive Education) Campaign, takes part in Pride Glasgow. PIC: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Nicola Sturgeon joins thousands for Glasgow Pride

The charities say the proposals at the UK Parliament do not go far enough

LGBT charities tell SNP ministers to introduce conversion therapy ban

Holly Bruce MSP

Exclusive Holly Bruce: I want a public toilet named after me

Scottish Green Party MSP Q Manivannan at the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh

The friendly face of gender ideology is still misogyny Jenny Lindsay

Former SNP chief executive Peter Murrell

Westminster committee delays decision on launching Murrell inquiry

Queen Street Gardens

Bid for Edinburgh's private gardens to be opened to public rejected

First Minister John Swinney celebrating the SNP's election victory.

Alex Cole-Hamilton: Pro-indy parties 'gamed the system' at election

Protesters outside the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh call on the government to enforce the Supreme Court ruling on gender in September 2025

'Awkward' adolescence and alarming push for 'conversion therapy' bill Jenny Lindsay

The For Women Scotland ruling means “sex” is defined by biological sex

Scottish parliament drops 'sex' category as two trans MSPs elected

Q Manivannan MSP

Trans MSP Q Manivannan escorted by security over safety concerns

Scottish Green Party MSP Lorna Slater (centre) celebrates with party colleagues after winning the Edinburgh Central constituency in the 2026 Holyrood elections at the Royal Highland Centre in Edinburgh

Campaigners 'deeply sad' as fewer women elected to Holyrood

Indyref wrangling risks five more years of failure Scotsman comment

Scottish Greens vow to support trans MSP with Visa renewal

Euan McColm: Greens will squeeze as much as they can get out of SNP Euan McColm

John Swinney after he was re-elected in his Perthshire North constituency

Swinney falls short of SNP majority as Reform and Labour tie in second

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage at a campaign rally in Aberdeen last month

Greens accuse Reform UK of planning 'concentration camps' in Scotland

First Minister John Swinney and Political Correspondent Rachel Amery enjoy Civerino's pizza on Portobello Beach

Swinney: 'Doom-monger' opponents are 'dull, boring and uninspiring'

Reform UK Scottish leader Malcolm Offord

Entrepreneur defends Malcolm Offord over his 'six houses' comment

SNP candidate John Beare, who loves a photo with his glasses on his head

Election Diary: 'Intergrity', political vision and superheroes

Sor the paladin, Celaena the druid and Azara the wizard - also known as Scottish Green co-leader Ross Greer, Political Correspondent Rachel Amery, and co-leader Gillian Mackay.

Scottish Greens co-leaders on extremism, wealth and Dungeons & Dragons

Professor Sir John Curtice

Holyrood election: John Curtice gives his verdict with a week to go

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