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Miriam Brett
@MiriamBrett
~ on maternity leave ~ Co-director @FutureEconScot | Board @GNDRising | Advisory panel @Cmmonwealth | My own views | she/her
Shetlander in Glasgow
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    Miriam Brett
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    May 10, 2023
    Some ~ professional news ~ Last year, me and @L__Macfarlane took a leap in the dark and left our jobs with a vision of starting a new Scottish think tank. Today, that vision comes to life.
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    Future Economy Scotland
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    May 10, 2023
    Today we are proud to launch Future Economy Scotland 🚀 We are a non-partisan think tank that aims to create a new economy that is democratic, sustainable and just. Watch our video to find our more about our vision and mission:
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    Miriam Brett
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    May 13, 2021
    They messed with the wrong city.
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    Miriam Brett
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    May 14, 2021
    Lakhvir Singh: “I’m so happy that my fate brought me to Glasgow where they’ll come out on to the streets to help one of their own.”
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    Miriam Brett
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    Mar 10, 2021
    “Text me when you get home safe” is something I say to women I know before we part ways, and I’ve never thought about it. When I’m actually saying is that I worry something awful might happen to them and I won’t stop worrying until I know they’re safe. It shouldn’t be this way.
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    Miriam Brett
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    Nov 2, 2021
    His net worth is $193 billion, he paid no federal income tax between 2007 and 2011, and his workers were forced to sleep in tents near the Amazon warehouse less than an hour’s drive from where he made this speech.
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    Sky News
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    Nov 2, 2021
    'We must conserve what we still have and restore what we've lost.' Amazon founder Jeff Bezos announces a $2 billion pledge allocated directly to restoring nature, as part of a $10 billion commitment to tackle climate change. #COP26 trib.al/pTvfgrb
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    Miriam Brett
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    Mar 3, 2021
    Your regular reminder that women are not responsible for the behaviour of men.
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    Miriam Brett
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    Nov 25, 2021
    South Africa was one of the many countries calling for vaccine patent waivers, but states like the U.K. blocked it, leaving poorer countries locked out of obtaining adequate supplies of vaccines, hampering the global rollout, and heightening the chances of new variants.
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    Miriam Brett
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    May 13, 2021
    The Home Office is rotten to its core. Glasgow showed them the door today, but they’ll double down now because they’ve been humiliated and defeated by community power. We all need to find the strength, power and solidarity we saw today. Glasgow showed us how it’s done.
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    Miriam Brett
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    Jan 31, 2024
    You may have heard of Up Helly Aa, Shetland’s viking fire festival. What you might not know is that for decades, people have campaigned to allow women and girls to be participate in the main festival. This year, for the first time, women and girls participated. Just wonderful.
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    Miriam Brett
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    Jan 4, 2021
    Just some of the measures that should be taken now: - Freeze rent - Ban evictions - Increase sick pay - Support for carers - Scrap the two child cap - Support for single parents - Provide internet connection for all
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    Miriam Brett
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    Jul 25, 2022
    Why nationalise railways when you could simply pay for profit firms to deliver dismal services yet still get bailed out by the taxpayer, while enriching their shareholders and overseeing real term pay cuts for staff? 🙃
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    Miriam Brett
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    May 12, 2025
    Pandering to the far right will only normalise the far right, and nobody but the far right wins. All you do is compromise what you’re meant to stand for and throw marginalised and demonised communities under the bus in the process. It’s cowardly - and electorally futile.
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    Miriam Brett
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    May 8, 2021
    Well that’s me in tears. More amazing women making history. Congratulations, @GlasgowPam!
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    Miriam Brett
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    Dec 1, 2021
    It’s December, which means it’s time to say Merry Christmas to this wee guy and this wee guy only.
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