Iris Duane

Public parks are spaces for local communities to enjoy spending time in. Everyone of us has the right to utilise these spaces safely and responsibly.

I would push to ensure that we are looking at the bigger picture and support residents to live in good, collegiate communities together.

I would question the relevant Scottish Government ministers at the first opportunity.

When speaking to students, they often feel as though their PBSAs were not good value for money, proving that the only people benefiting here are those who are profiting.

International student numbers are continuing to fall. It is hard to see the justification for continuing to build more and more PBSAs when existing ones are not at capacity.

Housing is meant to be for people, not absurd profits whilst regular families are struggling to get a good home.

Too often transnational corporations, who have never walked our streets, are plonking down PBSAs with little regard for those who already live there.

A lot has changed since 2017. The lack of joined-up thinking towards where we build PBSAs and who they are for is tearing apart local communities.

We have a moral duty as a country to help others in need, and maintain our status as a welcoming, kind and caring country that wants to see people succeed no matter whether they were born here or born in Palestine.

It is vital that these students are given the support and safe passage that they need to come and study here in Scotland now, not next year or in the future.

For many Palestinian students currently stuck in Gaza, a place in a Scottish university is a lifeline.

I think it says that people are tired with the establishment parties and that they’re really looking for something different.

I will be absolutely challenging the Government where appropriate to ensure that we get more houses built, that houses are cheaper, and that our rented sector is accessible to everyone.

There are people in this country that are waiting more than 10 years to get a social home.

The political climate has changed, and I think we absolutely need to acknowledge that.

I understand that this is a challenging physical environment and I will never push that away, but we need to understand that housing is a human right, and everyone deserves a good house.

I think it’s really disappointing that we’ve seen stuff like this guidance come into place when the UK Government didn’t need to do as such.

There are 65 new MSPs. We’re all very much going with the flow… and yes, I am transgender, but that’s never been the most interesting thing about my life, and often isn’t something that comes into everyday life.

Nobody, and I mean absolutely nobody, should be afraid of interacting with this fantastic city because of the colour of their skin.

It does make me feel quite sick.

This is against the wishes of that boy's family, they're already grieving, which is horrific.

You know that we really need to be calling out that this is an odious level of reactionary politics, and that's basically what it is.

We need to remember that this is the party that said the week of the election, if you vote Green, we're going to put detention camps in your areas.