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Graeme Cowie

@woodstockjag

Constitutional pedant, Partick Thistle-supporting masochist, atrocious recreational golfer. Director and Secretary @thejagsfoundation.bsky.social

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Lagophobes are multiplying like, well...

10.03.2026 17:41 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Fuck VAR

08.03.2026 20:04 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The HD Remaster is excellent too. More user friendly without compromising on difficulty. Very faithful to the original.

08.03.2026 18:20 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Grim Fandango is an excellent choice in there.

08.03.2026 17:30 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

VAR needs to get in the bin. It just doesn't work in football. It ruins it. This isn't rugby or cricket. Don't pretend like it is.

07.03.2026 20:36 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It's the most Scotland to ever Scotland if a Grand Slam and Six Nations title is squandered because of a defeat to Italy in the rain.

07.03.2026 16:08 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

This is turning into a bit of a 7s match.

07.03.2026 15:54 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

There was a Senedd committee that developed proposals in the 2016-2021 Senedd though, and the Labour and Plaid manifestos in 2021 committed to bring forward proposals for electoral reform developing on that work.

No analogue exists for electoral system reform in this UK Parliament.

07.03.2026 15:44 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Kermit, yer pals are boiled.

07.03.2026 15:31 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Right that's time ref.

07.03.2026 14:20 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Stop trying to make the History Boys’ parcel metaphor a football one, Stephen.

02.03.2026 11:36 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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a man is sitting on a couch with his hands on his face and the words pretends to be shocked above him ALT: a man is sitting on a couch with his hands on his face and the words pretends to be shocked above him

Scottish and Welsh voters looking on as England rediscovers the concept of a three way marginal.

26.02.2026 22:59 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I think we are in a state of animated agreement

21.02.2026 21:34 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Are MSPs undermining the rule of law in Scotland? How a very political court case sparked a huge row - and questions about the separation of powers.

Some really good, impartial, explanatory journalism here from @bbcphilipsim.bsky.social

Most of the debate on the dual role has focused on β€œperceptions” of independence. That’s clearly important

But not all of the current distrust of these institutions is healthy

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

21.02.2026 19:34 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

*very limited

19.02.2026 17:03 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That a response like that to a question about voting intention surprises some political people immediately tells me they (those political people) have had very experience of real human beings operating in non-party-political community settings.

19.02.2026 16:00 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

It would appear that Monikie, very much a boi and pronounced how the village in Angus is, has become some sort of feminine French royalty, if said woman is to be believed.

19.02.2026 15:30 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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150 years of Partick Thistle today.

From that first 1–0 at Overnewton Park to everything we’ve ridden out since, the fans have kept this club standing. Your love and your graft matter more than you know.

Now, as a fan‑owned club, we get to write the next 150 together πŸ”΄πŸŸ‘

19.02.2026 15:08 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

An extroverted lady on the train keeps mispronouncing the name of my cat after gently being corrected about it twice and I am not coping.

19.02.2026 15:07 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œThis hot take was last updated when Sue Gray was still head of the Northern Ireland civil service”

10.02.2026 13:21 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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09.02.2026 17:27 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.

"There's no such thing as ministerial advice, they're just having a chat"

07.02.2026 20:11 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2

This is a bit too Leslie Knope for me.

06.02.2026 20:44 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

It's partly about trade-offs. But it's also about people not making peace with what our starting position is.

So even among those who do engage seriously with the notion that policy trade-offs are necessary, they can't agree on how much of a trade-off is unavoidable, or how to draw the line.

06.02.2026 14:21 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If your company paid to have an in-game advert during the Six Nations I am now going to boycott you.

06.02.2026 13:33 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Tim Apple gotchu.

03.02.2026 09:37 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Scotland's first deputy first minister Lord Jim Wallace dies, aged 71 The former Scottish Liberal Democrat leader was undergoing a procedure at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh.

Really sad to learn of this. Jim was a really kind man. Generous with his time, and driven by duty. Steely in an understated way. A real loss.

I came across Jim in several capacities. Political. Legal. Spiritual. Academic. Always unfailingly decent and fair minded. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

29.01.2026 20:16 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Blackheath: Dominic Cooper and Sarah Hadland oppose housing plan Lewisham Council faces calls to reconsider 45 new homes planned for Blackheath station car park.

Ah yes, Blackheath. Probably the least densely built on bit of Lewisham and Greenwich combined.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

27.01.2026 09:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Deserved.

23.01.2026 21:50 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Link seems broken, not sure why, here's the working one: committees.parliament.uk/publications...

23.01.2026 16:33 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0