I enjoyed our chat today,

Maybe Ben can get this closed Bus stop up and running outside 20 Great Juncyion St. Edinburgh Council are a dam joke. Feel free Ben to pop into the Opticians opposite the Bus Stop and I can update you.

Unite the YES movement It doesnae take a genius to see if they SNP win 62 constituency seats they may get 2 list seats. If they get over 64 constituency seats they will win zero list seats. Small parties dont win list seats……they are small parties because the SNP keep them there, apart from the Scottish Green Party. I totally support the SNP to control Holyrood but rather than hear unionist parties based in England getting seats in Holyrood I would like to see pro-independence MSPs holding the SNP to account. The SNP are not perfect, no party is, but the shit shows from England will ruin Scotland I'm trying to keep the unionists out of Holyrood, it won't happen if you waste 1,000,000 list votes due to party loyalty or closet devolutionists who are happy with another 5yrs. If you watched the leaders debate you would see the shit we will still have to put up with in Hollyrood Westminster under Labour, Conservative, Libdems or Reform will never allow another section 30 referendum due to Supreme Court ruling In 2007 the SNP got 633,611 list votes and 26 list seats. In 2011 the SNP got 876,421 list votes and 16 list seats. In 2016 the SNP got 953,587 list votes and 4 list seats. in 2021 the SNP got 1,094,374 list votes and only 2 list seats. In 2026 the SNP will get absolutely No list seats, even though we are on track to repeat the pattern. So, as you can see, the SNP’s list vote has risen from 633,611 in 2007 to over 1.09 million in 2021, yet our list seats have collapsed from 26 to just 2. That tells you everything about how the system works. The more dominant the SNP becomes in constituencies, the more the regional list punishes those same voters, effectively wasting hundreds of thousands of pro-independence votes and handing representation to unionist parties. So vote SNP in the constituency, that’s where the mandate is won. But on the list, vote strategically for other pro-independence parties like the Greens or Alliance to Liberate Scotland, and turn those wasted votes into seats. That’s how you move from a simple majority to a pro-independence supermajority, stop the system working against us, and make our move for independence! Cal Hilton Check out ALL the opinion polls here, or are they all wrong? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_polling_for_the_2026_Scottish_Parliament_election 2011……Will never happen again, stop living in the past, the SNP have moved on why can't you? The SNP are now longer the protest party of old they are the dominant party in Scotland. The D'Honte system is designed to spread the vote by allowing other parties to gain seats, the more constituency seats the SNP win the less regional list seats they will win. The SNP are so dominant, and I'm glad they are, that they are predicted to get zero list seats in May, the more constituency seats they win was different from 2011 as they only won 46 constituency seats but they got 23 regional seats giving them the 69 seat majority, the SNP would have to fail miserably in May to repeat the 2011 outcome, SNP 1&2 will never benefit the SNP again, it will only benefit the Unionist parties as they now the protest parties. Unless we support other pro independence parties the unionists will gain all the regional seats, that is something we will regret if we don't move on and give your regional list vote to another protest nationalist party to minimise the unionist seats Scotland has 73 constituency seats and 56 regional list seats — 129 total. The SNP dominates constituency votes, but under d'Hondt, every constituency win divides their list votes, making each SNP list vote worth a fraction of its face value. The +N numbers below show how many additional pro-independence MSPs would be elected compared to everyone voting SNP on the list, if 85% more SNP list voters instead backed a party with no constituency penalty. Same voters, same independence support — just mathematically smarter allocation. Don’t waste your vote. The intention is to maximise the pro-Independence seats in Holyrood this election. Enter your Postcode (and please share the link) to see what the best outcome is for your area: votewiser.scot/?fbclid=IwdGRzaARAVU5jbGNrBEBRtWV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAAB…

Vote tactically in the constituency vote to keep out the divisive SNats and 'Greens'

Get men out of women and girls spaces

He only doing his job as a msp for leith so if it had been another party representing leith he or her would do the same

He still wants to break up the UK's armed forces, just like the rest of the SNP nutters.

Hideous party full of sex pests, embezzlers and now a benefit cheat.

Vote SNP and this is what you get, at a time when girls in scotland are being given rape alarms to protect them from refugees

SNP + Sinn Fein = mates with murderers. Be careful they do not come back to bite you. Karma never sleeps.

Good luck

Reform for me

Siding up with IRA i hear

John swinney for Prime Minister

Not both votes snp1 another Indy party 2

Who are his "p.a.l.s." In the snp?

Swinney.

SNP for me

SCOTLAND The best performing country in the UK with the lowest unemployment. The best inward foreign investment in the UK outside London for a decade and the best educated workforce in Europe. Scottish babies start life with a baby box, £420 of essentials to give every child an equal start in life, 319,000 delivered to date. Free school meals to primary five, £26.50 Scottish child payment lifting 100,000 kids out of poverty and hailed by the Child Poverty Alliance to be the biggest game changer in child poverty for 40 years. A family with three children would receive almost £5,500 more a year in household income than their English counterpart. Peak time train fares abolished saving working people hundreds of £s per year in these cash strapped times. Free bus passes to age 22 and best of all free university education. 690,000 Scots have graduated without student debt since 2007 making Scots the best educated workforce in Europe and gaining for Scotland the best foreign investment in the UK for the fifth year in a row. Lowest unemployment in the UK at 3.3 percent. Under the SNP the Queensferry Crossing and AWPR was built, the Royal Jubilee and the ECC at the ARI was built, Edinburgh Royal Infirmary was refurbished and reopened. £35 million teaching lab at Aberdeen University, 45 heart transplants a year. This year, a centre has already opened two orthopaedic theatres, allowing approximately 4800 planned procedures, mostly hip and knee replacements, to be carried out by March 2025. Alford, Inverurie, Ellon and Longside Academies were built, 1000 schools were refurbished and upgraded. New £56.6m Hawick High School given the green light. New £150 million Tay Crossing, Destiny Bridge was opened, joining the A9 to the A93 and A94. ScotRail brought into public ownership and 500 miles of new track laid. The Borders Railway was the longest new railway built in the UK for over a hundred years. Borders Light Railway and Levenmouth were built, Laurencekirk and Kintore stations were built and Inverness Airport railway station was built. Troon station was rebuilt. Between April 1st 2023 and March 31st 2024 to help tackle climate change there were 30,000,000 million trees planted in Scotland and that was 73% of all new woodland planted in the UK in that year. Maybe you'd like to pay bridge tolls? In England motorists pay more than £360 million annually on tolls. The cost of toll roads has increased significantly since 2020, with drivers paying an additional £2,462 per year on average for their daily commute. Scotland has had 16 Nobel laureates, and has the third highest number of Nobel laureates per capita of any country, after Sweden and Switzerland. ……. Of course nothing is perfect. No government delivers perfection. But Scots can and should be proud of a country that has progressed for nearly 20 years. We ARE the SNP. We ARE the future for SCOTLAND. LET'S GET OUT AND GET THE VOTES! p.s. Ireland’s economy is thriving, with strong growth in 2025 (nearly 5% domestic growth, >12% GDP) driven by multinational corporations, a skilled workforce, and high-tech FDI, placing it among the most prosperous EU nations.

The SNP is going to waste even more taxpayers money. THE SNP will set up a Scottish scholarship for students from Gaza if re-elected on May 7, First Minister John Swinney has said. The pledge comes alongside others – including establishing a Palestine Arts and Creatives Support Fund and greater support for the New Refugee Doctors Project – which the SNP leader said shows that Scotland will “always play our part in providing sanctuary for those who need it”. The First Minister made the commitments during a visit to Kenmure Street in Glasgow on Monday

No to snp

Need to be on benefits to benefit from an SNP government

I'm voting reform 🩵

All the very best

After Trump incident in America has Swinney got rolling blood money for Prestwick's US planes use in place with the US confirmed with any new admin ?he is depending on the cash for give away's !

Can’t vote for a party that is imposing the highest tax rates in the UK on hard working Scottish Families and then giving it to people who don’t work so they can have a better quality of life and more disposable income than the people who work full time…..make this make sense????

I will! 😁

Best of luck Ben.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿❤️

Good luck

Local man for local people 👍

Independence is normal 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

I won't

Paying for someone else to look after YOUR kids.

What tablets are you on

Nope.

#thickfucksforindy #snpfreebies #snpvotebuying

Will ye aye .

It's not what parents need that's the problem in Scotland. It's what they demand that's tricky to deliver. That the State should take responsibility for paying to bring up their children and to which they intend making as little contribution as possible.

I'll be voting for SNP this year because I love being taxed higher than the English to keep the benefits keep benefiting. it's alright though, I get 'free' prescriptions 👏👏🤡

SNP ALL THE WAY BELIEVE IN A BETTER SCOTLAND 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Is he a non-binary and can he define a woman? And is he friendly with terrorists?

Hey Ben, I'll be voting for you, but next time, leave the Kirkgate benches alone, man!

I know this lady. I have eaten in her restaurant on the Leith Walk. Once. Shame it is closed now.

Could have picked a better party.😂😂😂😂😂😂

Does backing independence mean handing her OBE back to the UK government? 🤷‍♂️ is not suitable, instead: Does supporting independence mean giving back the OBE?

He's SNP. Leopards and spots.

"Thanks Mum"

Good luck Ben 👍

It's interesting how our perennial pests claim the SNP has achieved little or nothing in using our taxes to provide a wide area of benefits. Perhaps the pests should refuse to accept any of these benefits to show what they themselves crawl for. SCOTLAND The best performing country in the UK with the lowest unemployment. The best inward foreign investment in the UK outside London for a decade and the best educated workforce in Europe. Scottish babies start life with a baby box, £420 of essentials to give every child an equal start in life, 319,000 delivered to date. Free school meals to primary five, £26.50 Scottish child payment lifting 100,000 kids out of poverty and hailed by the Child Poverty Alliance to be the biggest game changer in child poverty for 40 years. A family with three children would receive almost £5,500 more a year in household income than their English counterpart. Peak time train fares abolished saving working people hundreds of £s per year in these cash strapped times. Free bus passes to age 22 and best of all free university education. 690,000 Scots have graduated without student debt since 2007 making Scots the best educated workforce in Europe and gaining for Scotland the best foreign investment in the UK for the fifth year in a row. Lowest unemployment in the UK at 3.3 percent. Under the SNP the Queensferry Crossing and AWPR was built, the Royal Jubilee and the ECC at the ARI was built, Edinburgh Royal Infirmary was refurbished and reopened. £35 million teaching lab at Aberdeen University, 45 heart transplants a year. This year, a centre has already opened two orthopaedic theatres, allowing approximately 4800 planned procedures, mostly hip and knee replacements, to be carried out by March 2025. Alford, Inverurie, Ellon and Longside Academies were built, 1000 schools were refurbished and upgraded. New £56.6m Hawick High School given the green light. New £150 million Tay Crossing, Destiny Bridge was opened, joining the A9 to the A93 and A94. ScotRail brought into public ownership and 500 miles of new track laid. The Borders Railway was the longest new railway built in the UK for over a hundred years. Borders Light Railway and Levenmouth were built, Laurencekirk and Kintore stations were built and Inverness Airport railway station was built. Troon station was rebuilt. Between April 1st 2023 and March 31st 2024 to help tackle climate change there were 30,000,000 million trees planted in Scotland and that was 73% of all new woodland planted in the UK in that year. Maybe you'd like to pay bridge tolls? In England motorists pay more than £360 million annually on tolls. The cost of toll roads has increased significantly since 2020, with drivers paying an additional £2,462 per year on average for their daily commute. Scotland has had 16 Nobel laureates, and has the third highest number of Nobel laureates per capita of any country, after Sweden and Switzerland. ……. Of course nothing is perfect. No government delivers perfection. But Scots can and should be proud of a country that has progressed for nearly 20 years. We ARE the SNP. We ARE the future for SCOTLAND. LET'S GET OUT AND GET THE VOTES!

Another promise that won't see the light of day.

Another useless clueless SNP propaganda mouthpiece in full motion, NHS is crumbling before our eyes Police and fire services decimated SNP justice completely failing the Scottish people,NHS is crumbling before our eyes Police and fire services decimated SNP justice completely failing the Scottish people, Scottish children homeless and hungry, SNP response, schoolbags, Swinneys now the problem not the solution his weak leadership has allowed weak government after 19yrs SNP failure Scotland is broken

SCOTLAND THE PEOPLE'S COUNTRY WHERE THE PEOPLE ARE SOVEREIGN.

Am thinking that independence is probably unattainable with the SNP and Greens so might condider voting for someone and a party who will deliver on important issues such as youth crime, social housing, social care and later life provision

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Unpaid numpties while you try to get on the gravy train

All the best for the 7th May

Can anyone answer these questions?

18 years of failure what is it with the snp and gender and death

Well Done Folks…

🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🖕

Helping the nonce party snp

I have come to the conclusion that supporting the snp is not good for your hairline.

What a joke

Even the obligatory wee scabby dug never showed up 🤣

They'res never enough to fill a campervan

How many more

Teenage girls being handed rape alarms because of concerns they are being stalked by male migrants should be a "wake up call", John Swinney has been told as it was revealed that schoolchildren in Dumfries had been handed the devices after asylum seekers in a hotel were seen leering at them. But SNP leader and First Minister John Swinney does not want to discuss the issue of immigration after previously claiming that the "rhetoric" around immigration was feeding "intolerance, prejudice, division, and hatred". He also branded Scots with concerns about immigration "racist". It comes as polling suggests immigration is a top three issue in this year's Scottish election.

This got delivered to us,, Oh the irony 😂😂😂😂

Oh yawn The unionistas are out

Do you have any hustings taking place? I’d like To know more about how you deal with issues as a politician in my local constituency. It’s my major vote in Scotland. I want to use it wisely. I’d rather 💩 in my 🖐🏻🖐🏻 and 👏🏼 than vote reform.

Ben Macpherson SNP for Edinburgh North Eastern and Leith I would love to vote for you, but the manifesto commitment to conversion therapy is a deal breaker for me. Indy supporting, and I have no party I can vote for with a clear conscience.

What are you going to do about feral youths

What is your commitment on the subjects of youth crime and later life care

What are the SNP gonna do about decriminalizing /legalizing all cannabis products and regulate and tax Some food for thought the Scottish government could potentially generate between £15 million and £100 million+ annually in direct tax, though higher estimates exist depending on the market capture and tax structure. More food for thought Scottish Potential: A conservative estimate for Scotland, based on Canadian provincial tax data, suggests direct taxes could be around £15m–£20m per year. However, more optimistic models that account for a high-value, legalised industry similar to the whisky sector suggest the economic impact could be much higher.

You only see them when it's election time.

Already voted snp 1and 2

Your are a very good local MSP Ben but I cannot vote for you/the SNP.

1st time in my life I don’t know who I’m voting for. It would Be interesting to hear his thoughts on the teens terrorising the area.

I want to see Scotland in Europe and no Royal Family.

Hard working MSP shame he is SNP won’t be getting our vote.

Good. Luck. Sir. Xox.

I've had reason to contact Ben on several occasions, & always with a great responce, he's helped me get double glazing from the Social services who own my home, I went 19 years with single glazing in a council flat. He always answers when I post asking him where he stands on Gazza, Europe,& Scotland in general. I'll be voting for Ben again this time. Whilst I'm not the greatest advocate these days for an independent Scotland, I don't think now is the right time for another referendum, but the SNP are by far the best party for our country.

Ben Macpherson SNP for Edinburgh North Eastern and Leith what experience ?

URGENT AIPORT TOLLS This situation is nothing short of disgraceful. Airports are charging extortionate fees for pick-ups and drop-offs, squeezing both customers and the small transport companies that rely on these services to survive. These relentless price increases are not justified they are exploitative. They drive up costs across the board, forcing businesses to pass the burden onto ordinary people, who are already struggling with rising living expenses. This is not just poor policy; it is a clear abuse of power by a private operator prioritising profit over fairness. Families, travellers, and small businesses are all being penalised by a system that lacks transparency and accountability. Calling it a “service charge” does not change the reality—it feels like a sanctioned form of robbery. The government cannot continue to ignore this. Authorities in Scotland must step in, investigate these practices thoroughly, and introduce firm regulations to prevent such exploitation. There should be caps on fees, protections for small transport operators, and a fair pricing structure that reflects actual service costs not excessive profit margins. If no action is taken, this will only worsen, driving small companies out of business and placing an even heavier financial strain on everyday people. It is time for accountability, fairness, and decisive intervention. The impact goes far beyond frustration—it directly damages both tourism and the wider transport sector. For tourism, these excessive airport charges create a poor first impression. Visitors arriving in places like Scotland or specifically Edinburgh and Glasgow are immediately faced with inflated transfer costs. That first experience matters. When tourists feel overcharged the moment they land, it sets a negative tone for their entire trip. Over time, this can damage the destination’s reputation, making it seem expensive and unwelcoming compared to competing destinations in Europe. It also affects spending behaviour. If visitors are forced to pay more just to get to and from the airport, they naturally cut back elsewhere restaurants, hotels, tours, and local attractions all lose out. In the long run, that means less money circulating in the local economy. For companies—especially small transfer businesses like yours—the impact is even more direct. These rising fees: Reduce competitiveness: Smaller operators cannot absorb the costs like large corporations, so prices increase and customers look for cheaper alternatives (often ride-sharing or public transport). Shrink margins: Either you pass the cost to the client and risk losing business, or absorb it and reduce your profit. Limit growth: High operational costs discourage expansion, hiring, and investment. Create unfair competition: Large companies or airport-linked providers often get preferential conditions, pushing independent operators out. There’s also a wider economic risk. Tourism depends on accessibility and smooth logistics. When transport becomes expensive and complicated, destinations lose their competitive edge. Airports should be gateways that encourage movement—not barriers that extract maximum profit at the expense of the entire ecosystem. If these pricing policies continue unchecked, the likely outcome is fewer bookings for small operators, reduced tourist satisfaction, and ultimately a weaker tourism sector overall.

I didn't know he was there today. I was in the kirgate earlier today

Why is no party pledging to fix the roads? Have you seen the state of the ‘capital’? Have you driven over Abbeyhill past Holyrood? The infrastructure is appalling- we’re not getting that basic thing right. Fix the roads. I’d vote for that party

When have you helped leith as they are closing the hub down.

Sorry, you let the SNP overturn the council rejection of the Jock’s Lodge development. Now, against overwhelming public opposition, the student flats are being built. The SNP is your party so you’re to blame.

I'll be voting reform

Fat chance Ben! Only Reform will get my vote until Rupert Lowe is in full contention.

Voted… #SNP1and2

Ben. Teach snp voters the voting system because they are voting snp 1 and 2 and you know the system and how this will be detrimental. Explain it to yoir voters… unless you dont really want indy.

Good luck Ben. 👍🏻

Are you advocating #BothVotesSNP? I am! 👍😀