Ross McKenzie
@rosssmckenzie.bsky.social
Councillor for Gorgie-Dalry, Whitson, Stenhouse, Saughton Mains, Broomhouse, Sighthill, Parkhead and Longstone. Member of the Scottish Greens.
Labour's actual base - left-liberal, young, urban - won't forgive them throwing minorities under the bus just because the bus is publicly owned.
RDCK98@comradekenobi.bsky.social · last wk.I think there's a generational aspect at play here where a lot of the PLP simply don't understand how ingrained social liberalism is within under-40s and that no amount of economic "radicalism", real or otherwise, can compensate for being seen to be reactionary.
Wildfires sweep Scotland, even the very centre of Edinburgh, yet political debate is dominated by calls for more oil and gas from the North Sea. It’s insanity - because more drilling won’t lower prices. That claim is a lie. We’re like Nero fiddling while Rome burns In @heraldscotland.bsky.social
Drill, baby, drill: We’re like Nero fiddling while Arthur’s Seat burns
Wildfires sweep Scotland yet the political debate is all about extracting more oil and gas. It’s a total delusion, and believing it is an act of…
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🚴🏾♂️ Once again, here are the best and worst-rated restaurants and supermarkets to work with in Edinburgh. 👎🏾 👍🏾 Have a look at June 2026 list, voted by some people who know them very well: your delivery riders! #gigwork #deliverywork #gigeconomy
A 'Notice of Initiation' has been lodged for the commencement of development works on the former Booker site at 22 Inglis Green Rd, next to Sainsbury. Mixed-use residential and commercial development. Expected to commence from 22/06/26. @rosssmckenzie.bsky.social @drscottarthurmp.bsky.social
ca.May 1924 Edinburgh Corporation's 'popular chara-a-banc tours' and tram services from the city's Official Guide. The tours were the origins of the Transport Dept's popular sightseeing tours. The tramways show the recent conversion from cable & the merger with the Leith system. @threadinburgh.scot
![Edinburgh Corporation Tramways & Motors : advert : in : The Official Guide to Edinburgh : nd [ca.1924]. Two letterpress pages - tours on left, table of tramway services on right showing service numbers, routes and colours.
An interesting list of the "char-a-banc tours" and tramway services operated by Edinburgh Corporation Tramways and seen in an undated edition of the city's Official Guide. In terms of the 'chara' tours these were, of course, the early iterations of Transport Department's popular and profitable city coach tours, As can be seen various tours left St. Andrew Square daily taking in various parts of the recently expanded city including down to the seaside and river at Cramond.
In terms of the list of tramway services this was towards the end of a period when the city's tramways had undergone massive change. Not only had the neighbouring Leith's system been amalgamated upon annexation of that Burgh in 1920 but their electric car system had also finally seen off Edinburgh's increasingly antiquated cable operated tram services. These, one of the world's largest such systems, were converted in remarkable short order; the first conversion undertaken was 20 June 1922 and by 23 June 1923 the last cable was switched off. In addition through running, as seen here, of electric trams was now possible to Musselburgh and Port Seton.
In terms of dating; the 24 Waverley/St. Andrew St to Comely Bank is here and that, replacing bus service 4 that had covered for withdrawn cable trams, came into service on 18 November 1923. Route 23, that does not appear here, from Goldenacre to Tollcross was introduced on 8 June 1924. In addition the extension of service 1 to Liberton that occurred on 28 April 1924 does appear along with extensions to services 4 (Piershill), 5 (Churchhill) and 12 to Corstorphine that date to the same period are shown. All this roughly dates the advert to May 1924. The table also shows the coloured lights that were shown for each route at night.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:yqh2atawixxlb6ncx2fh73r6/bafkreienajzpurce377b3of5hcu5sbydwmkhsuc2bnqcghoau33umu5kqe)
ITV commentator Jon Champion felt strangely compelled to announce that Mexican President, Claudia Sheinbaum, is unpopular. This couldn't be further from the truth.
Edinburgh by-elections due on the 3rd of September. In 2022, Labour beat Greens by 2% after transfers. Given what happened last month, Greens should surely be ahead. If they win, that'd be only their second by-election win ever. Curveball: Lib Dems have a formidable local machine.
Ballot Box Scotland@ballotbox.scot · 3mo agoTwo by-elections coming up in Edinburgh following resignation as councillor of SNP MSPs Simita Kumar (in Southside and Newington, now Edinburgh South Western) and Kate Campbell (in Portobello and Craigmillar, now Edinburgh Eastern, Musselburgh and Tranent) theedinburghreporter.co.uk/2026/06/two-...
Rails to Trails: the thread about how North Edinburgh got its cycle paths On this day, 40 years ago, a councillor cut the ceremonial ribbon and opened a section of cycle path in north Edinburgh. This was a rather special bit of cycle path however as it hadn't been built by the council. It was…
Rails to Trails: the thread about how North Edinburgh got its cycle paths
On this day, 40 years ago, a councillor cut the ceremonial ribbon and opened a section of cycle path in north Edinburgh. This was a rather special bit of cycle path however as it hadn't been built by the council. It was built by direct citizen action: over the course of a single week it had been reclaimed from the trackbed of an old railway a group of volunteers. Wind the clock forward four decades and from these humble beginnings has grown a network of almost 20km (12 miles) of such paths in this part of the city. There's a good chance that you've cycled, walked, jogged or otherwise explored them. The credit for this their creation sits almost entirely with the relentless (and often thankless) hard work of a single, slightly anarchic organisation. This thread is the story of how the North Edinburgh Path Network came to be.
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*Telfer Subway will be closed from Monday 15th June for 5 days* Work at the subway end of Orwell Terrace is the final phase of junction improvements in the Dalry and will be followed by road resurfacing.
There is, and never has been, any practical justification for a Sheriffhall flyover. It's well established that added road capacity is ultimately self-defeating as it just creates demand. Miles Briggs needs to go on a transport planning course. www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/new-tra...
New Transport Secretary told Sheriffhall flyover must be top of to-do list
Another letter to another minister ‘feels like Groundhog Day’ says Miles Briggs
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Always a joy to see the northern marsh orchids return to Hailes Quarry Park every year. 👌
The fun thing about what Edgerton is saying here is: it isn’t even contentious. This is what they themselves said they were doing, and what their cheerleaders explained was absolutely excellent shit that the public would love.
An amazing result for Edinburgh and Lothians East! Not only Edinburgh's first constituency win but also the first time we've had 4 MSPs in the region. This is a massive tribute to our remarkable volunteers. A huge thanks to everyone who voted Green- now is the time to join! greens.scot/join
With BP posting soaring profits off the back of the Iran war, it’s important to remember that the British state is a vital part of this corporate parasite’s support network: open.substack.com/pub/abolishw...
Britain enables BP's soaring profits
From its tax havens to its defence policy, the British state is a vital prop to the booming oil industry
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Yes: these clowns were hired on the clear understanding that they would pursue cruel welfare cuts and now it’s clear they cannot do that, they are surplus to requirements. The search is now on for someone who will.
For the avoidance of doubt, following the publication of the explicitly transphobic Scottish Labour manifesto this morning, I will not be campaigning for any Scottish Labour candidates in the upcoming election, and I will not be voting Scottish Labour either. #NoVotesLabourInMay #TransRightsNow
Scottish Labour Against Bigotry@slabcampaign.bsky.social · 4mo agoAt Scottish Labour Conference in Feb 2025, a leadership-backed motion to adopt a transphobic policy on single-sex spaces in schools was defeated. Party members and affiliates voted it down. Today Scottish Labour's leadership put that transphobic policy into its manifesto for May's election anyway.
Faiza Shaheen: "Theres a big gap between the [govt] rhetoric we're hearing & the reality.. we are allowing the US to load their planes with bombs on UK bases & they are bombing Iran. This defensive/offensive doesn't play out in reality, the govt think they can play the public.."
Today is a Full Council meeting in Edinburgh and our Green Group have a busy agenda including discussing: 🤖Data Centres and AI 🟰Equality for traveller communities 🏘️Short-term lets enforcement 🪺Protecting nesting skylarks 👶Affordable childcare and more! democracy.edinburgh.gov.uk/ieListDocume...
𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝘃𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝘂𝘁 𝗟𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗮𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗯𝘆 𝟰𝟬% 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗶𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗵𝗮𝗺 𝗕𝗶𝗻 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗸𝗲. @unitetheunion.bsky.social members are coming to the end of the line as far Labour is concerned. 1/3 READ MORE ⤵️
For folks in Edinburgh: Colleagues at Edinburgh Napier are still under threat of compulsory redundancy. There is a rally in front of the Scottish Parliament, Thursday 5 March 10:30am for 11:00am start. We're crushing a sector that supports our city and region. Why?
I did enjoy finding out that a former pupil of Jimmy Clark's was John Gollan (1911-72), general secretary of the Communist Party of Great Britain. ⚒️⭐🇬🇧 He got 6 months in 1931 for handing out socialist pamphlets (“The Soldier’s Voice” and “The Organ of Communist Soldiers“) at Redford Barracks 🧑⚖️
Andy Arthur💃🏰⚓🦌 Threadinburgh 🧵@threadinburgh.scot · 6mo agoJimmy’s: the thread about the school on St Leonard’s Crag St Leonard's Crag is the romantic sounding name for a quarried-out promontory where Holyrood Park meets the old district of St Leonard's. Perched atop it is a handsome old building whose striking feature is a grand corner tower on which…
This is the Edinburgh Disc Golf Community course layout in Hailes Quarry Park showing where the start for each hole/basket is. Marked up with yellow on the ground at present.
This image from @ballotbox.scot neatly shows how the boundary of Edinburgh Central has changed to give the Scottish Greens a genuine chance of winning the seat. The Tory vote has since collapsed and they might not even keep their deposit. 🟢Both Votes Green in Edinburgh Central🟢
The Cabinet Secretary is still publicly misrepresenting the state of play in his substantially redrawn constituency. Not only is the Conservative horse not in the race due to that party's collapse in support, but the boundary changes euthanised the poor thing.
Angus Robertson@angusrobertson.bsky.social · 6mo ago🟡The first Walk-in GP service has opened in Edinburgh, and 14 more are on the way across Scotland. 🐎It’s a 2-horse race between the SNP and Tories in Edinburgh Central. 🗳️Vote SNP and Angus Robertson for Edinburgh Central to boost GP services in Edinburgh.
Today the Edinburgh Green Councillors proposed radical changes to the Tourist Tax allocation. Sadly other parties were not open to protecting services, affordable transport or creating safer community environments. 🌳 🚌 🤝
I’m sorry to see Angus Robertson continuing to share deliberately misleading false claims 🤥 Greens are polling to win the Central constituency 💚 with tories absolutely nowhere to be found Maybe he’s seen the polling and is scared to tell the truth?
