I realize that "hustle culture" is all the rage, but what about "sit in front of a cracking fire in a Scottish Highlands cottage whilst reading, sipping tea, and eating scones" culture?
Mark Carney, a prime minister seeking to free Canada from US dominance
youtu.be/_AIRdU6CPf0?..., apposite, relevant, timely, sublimely, could be our fate, hope it’s not too late. Time to switch on the lights.
Brian Eno: anyone who'd leave the UK because they have to pay a bit more tax arent the least community minded
Lord Bethell: "but they are the wealth creators"
"They're not the wealth creators. The wealth creators are the people who make things.. who keep society running"
Well said Brian!
There are 4 separate NHS bodies in the UK
There is no such thing as “the NHS”
I assume you are referring to NHS England which has many layers of repetition in procurement, is being further privatised by Labour and like all is crippled by Labour and Tory PFI payments
It's only England that's broken.
VAT payments in Scotland are projected to be £14 billion, in 2026. Up a third, in just 5 years. Growing exponentially.
Scottish Tourism had a record year, in 2025. It's absolutely Booming.
Independent Scotland will be one of the Richest Countries in Europe.
"It's A Wonderful Life" isn't just a feel-good holiday classic (and my favorite movie of all time).
It's also a warning about what happens when greed runs the economy.
Someone’s got it in for me, they’re planting stories in the press. Whoever it is, I wish they’d cut it out quick, but when they will, I can only guess.
First he’s in the background, then he’s in the front, both eyes looking like they’re on a rabbit hunt, open.spotify.com/track/4rTdJY...
By all means do what you have to do to survive in a toxic environment but please, I beg you, don’t suck up to bullies. Don’t inflate their egos. This encourages them to bully more people. Survive them not nourish them. There’s a difference.
Lots of people are angry - and they have every right to be.
The chancers in Reform want that anger directed at refugees and other vulnerable groups, not the greedy landlords, tax avoiders and billionaires actually making life so difficult for everyone else.
EXCLUSIVE: The SNP Government has been challenged to use its Land Reform Bill to combat landowners 'nibbling away' at Scots’ right to roam
When you use an Oxford comma, you're doing your part to make the world beautiful, meaningful, and understandable.
I don’t think a moving vehicle needs to be motorised in this definition. I believe the rule is designed to stop pedestrians being obscured from view or endangering them (method of propulsion perhaps irrelevant).
Highway Code rule 191 notes.
You MUST NOT park on a crossing or in the area covered by the zig-zag lines. You MUST NOT overtake the moving vehicle nearest the crossing or the vehicle nearest the crossing which has stopped to give way to pedestrians.
I would say England’s three main parties.
Sorry I keep talking about this but I’m genuinely alarmed by the growing narrative that poverty is a cause of racism. First it’s super insulting of people on low incomes. Second it normalises & excuses racist takes. And third it deters real action on racism by shifting the whole focus to economics.
How Much I Dislike the Daily Mail I would rather eat Quavers that are six weeks stale, blow dry the man bun of Gareth Bale, listen to the songs of Jimmy Nail, than read one page of the Daily Mail. If I was bored in a waiting room in Perivale, on a twelve-hour trip on Network Rail, halfway through a circumnavigational sail, I would not read the Daily Mail. I would happily read the autobiography of Dan Quayle, 1001 Things You Can Do With Kale, selected scripts from Emmerdale, if it meant I didn’t have to read the Daily Mail. Far better to stand outside in a storm of hail, scratch a blackboard with a fingernail, be swallowed by a humpback whale, than have to read the Daily Mail. If I was blind and it was the only thing in Braille, I still would not read the Daily Mail. Brian Bilston
Today’s poem is called ‘How Much I Dislike the Daily Mail’.
National paper.
❌ Donald Trump is no ally of our country and Scotland’s vision for a fairer and more equal world. No matter where you sit on the political spectrum, we can all agree that we condemn any man who has bragged about sexually assaulting women.
This also applies to Scotland.
“Creative work needs solitude. It needs concentration, without interruptions. It needs the whole sky to fly in, and no eye watching until it comes to that certainty which it aspires to, but does not necessarily have at once. Privacy, then."
Mary Oliver.
Bob, most definitely better than ever. Last album in the profound category.
Former police box at corner of Waverley Bridge and Market Street. CC-by-NC-SA 2.0, Ian T. Edwards via Flickr.
2025 is the centenary of the appointment of Ebenezer James Macrae as Edinburgh City Architect. Dubbed "the man who shaped modern Edinburgh", his work characterised by a blend of modern form and function with traditional style. A uniquely splendid example is the Edinburgh Police Box
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When ah haver.
Never mind National Service, everyone should have to do Community Service, not as some sort of punishment, but just a few hours a month to make everyone a bit more humble, & appreciative of others & their community.
My pref choices 😃
Librarian
Icy pavement gritter
Magnet fishing junk out the harbour
In 1970 the UK and Norway were roughly equal, almost no debt, and owned all their Public Services.
Now the UK owns nothing and has £3tn of debt.
While Norway still owns everything and has the equivilant of £10tn.
That's how privatisation 'works'.
Today I’ve set out my Programme for Government for the year ahead – a plan focused on delivering a stronger NHS, putting more money in your pocket, and delivering on Scotland’s priorities.
Here’s what it means for you. 🧵
