Ellie Gomersall

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Ellie Gomersall is a campaigner and activist for the Scottish Green Party, currently serving as a campaign manager for the Glasgow branch, and having previously served as co-chair of the party's National Executive Committee. She was elected as president of the National Union of Students in Scotland in 2022, serving for a two-year term.

Ellie Gomersall is a campaigner and activist for the Scottish Green Party, currently serving as a campaign manager for the Glasgow branch, and having previously served as co-chair of the party's National Executive Committee. She was elected as president of the National Union of Students in Scotland in 2022, serving for a two-year term.

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Caroline Lucas is living proof of the worth of a Green vote, writes Ellie Gomersall

COMMENT Ellie Gomersall: Why the FM was wrong when he said a Green vote will be wasted

HUMZA Yousaf said last week that putting your cross next to a Scottish Greens candidate at the upcoming Westminster election would be a “wasted” vote. It’s no surprise that the leader of a rival political party would say such a thing so as to encourage voters to vote for his party instead, but Yousaf couldn’t be more wrong.

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Glasgow City Council is among those considering the feasibility of its employees moving to a four-day working week

COMMENT Ellie Gomersall: Easter break brings home benefits of four-day week

TODAY will be the first day back at work for many readers after a long Easter weekend and doesn’t it feel good, having had proper time to rest and recuperate?

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Demonstrators dressed as chickens protest opposite Downing Street in London as Labour is calling on Rishi Sunak to name the General Election date

comment Ellie Gomersall: Tories might be wise to rip off the plaster and call an election

IT'S the question on everyone’s minds: when will the General Election take place? Will the Tories cut their losses and call it before yet another scandal can happen, or will they hold on to power for as long as possible, inflicting as much damage as they can before they go?

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The rise in transphobia in Scotland and internationally in recent years is deeply damaging to all women, writes Gomersall

COMMENT Ellie Gomersall: Misogyny and transphobia are prejudices that are inherently linked

TODAY’S issue of The National is historic – the first Scottish newspaper to be produced and contributed to exclusively by women in my lifetime. And what an honour it is to be a part of it.

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I don’t deny for a moment the challenges presented to the Scottish Government with this year’s budget

comment Ellie Gomersall: Scottish Government needs to rethink its education budget slashing

TOMORROW at 1pm, I’ll be joining students from across Scotland, as well as politicians, trade unionists and others, outside the Scottish Parliament to rally for our education and call for a reversal of the devastating cuts to tertiary education planned in the Scottish Budget for 2024-25.

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The Question Time panel from the broadcast in Glasgow on Thursday, February 1

COMMENT Why BBC's choice of Question Time panellists in Glasgow is an outrage

"PATRICK Harvie vs The United Forces of Conservatism [popcorn bucket emoji]”, tweeted Mark Ruskell MSP in advance of last Thursday’s episode of BBC Question Time.

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Voters arrive at a polling station in Glasgow

comment Ellie Gomersall: SNP and Labour shouldn’t be taking any votes for granted

I SURELY can’t be the only one pretty bored and depressed by the state of our politics just now.

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Brian Souter should be nowhere near any government which calls itself progressive

comment Humza Yousaf ‘reaching out’ to Brian Souter is a gut punch for LGBT+ people

Irreparable damage was done to the lives of not only the generation of queer people who lived under Section 28, but to generations since.

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Trans rights campaigners

COMMENT Democracy in Scotland is under threat – not just from Westminster

IT’S the last day of 2023, and I doubt I’m the only person who will be glad to see the back of it.

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Cuts, cuts and more cuts were the theme of the Budget the SNP delivered last week

COMMENT Ellie Gomersall: Scotland needs new left-wing opposition with Greens in government

IN any coalition or co-operation agreement, there will always be particular benefits and drawbacks for each party involved – and the Bute House Agreement is no exception. For the SNP, a safety-net government majority but at the risk of alienating those on the right of the party. For the Greens, an opportunity to shape government policy, to transform radical ideas into reality, but with all the risk and challenges of being a junior party of government.

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