Meanwhile @ciaranm.bsky.social has written a brilliant column why the British government (let me take this opportunity to make the same case for the German government) to stop using X. Just leave. There is life after Twitter. I should know. www.thetimes.com/article/e895...

Finally terminating the X account I have barely used for months. Elon Musk’s latest attempts to divide and destroy the country I love were the final straw. Only sorry that my attempts to persuade Parliament and its committees to leave X, or at least to post here too, have not so far succeeded.

I shall watch this with interest. There's no way to get 60% of kids actively travelling to school without disrupting current patterns of car-based mobility. This includes making all urban streets safer, not just those right outside schools www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

The report made numerous false claims about the use of AI by organisations including UBS, claiming the Swiss bank 'integrates AI agents across investment advisory, risk management and compliance monitoring'. ft.trib.al/clkVSb6

Fancy joining the committee that shapes our work? Our Strategic Committee offers advice, expertise and constructive challenge, to ensure we are delivering for Scotland's walkers. 🥾 We'll co-opt 2 new members straight away. And we want to hear from candidates who can start next March. Apply! 👇🏽

English commentators need to stop analysing Northern Ireland through an English lens! When you see anti-immigrant riots in Belfast, Ballymena or Larne and immediately reach for "Britain's far-right problem", you're missing half the story. This isn't just racism. It's loyalist terrorism. 1/

The scenes we saw in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Ayr last night are unacceptable. Scotland is a welcoming nation and those who choose to make their lives here are valued members of our communities. Racism, hatred and intimidation have no place in Scotland. We must stand against it.

X owner Elon Musk has reposted his Sept 2025 call that pre-emptive inter-ethnic violence (civil war) is necessary for 'self-defence "Elon Musk was always right "You either fight back, or you die."

Particularly today I can't help feeling that the biggest social media threats to young people are the far right lies & incitements to racist violence that their parents and grandparents are being exposed to on Twitter and Facebook www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Let's not be under any illusions about who we're dealing with here

As the land warms up at this time of year, we get an onshore breeze, irrespective of the wind direction. This drops the ambient temps considerably, but (at this location at least) deters all midges! Yesterday's time-lapse demonstrates the breeze in action. (This wan't the prevailing wind direction).

Alternative headline: moon landing delayed after Musk & Bezos shit the bed www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Top tips for travelling to the US for the World Cup: - remember to be white - your political posts on social media are fine (provided you have never said anything remotely critical of Trump) - don't book anything in advance since your ESTA could be cancelled at any time inews.co.uk/sport/footba...

I thought people were kidding, turns out Elon really did axe the screwworm containment program back in March 25. fucking imbecile www.agri-pulse.com/articles/226...

Morocco is one of the co-hosts in 2030. Interesting to see what happens if US get drawn to play there. www.thecanary.co/global/world...

Congratulations to the USA on managing to be worse hosts that Qatar and Russia. Quite the achievement.

Earnings are driving the US stock market - column here from Goldman’s chief US strategist Ben Snider. Gains are spurred by the strength of profits rather than rising valuations or speculative fervour www.ft.com/content/81dc...

Together with almost 140 fellow Labour MPs, I have written to the Foreign Secretary to call for a ban on trade with illegal Israeli settlements. Our group includes every Labour select committee chair. It’s time to be clear that settlements have no viable economic future (1/2)

Beginning as a pop-up pandemic-era intervention in the summer of 2021, Bristol's bustling Princess Victoria Street emerged as a permanent pedestrian space within four years; offering a compelling case of how such measures can reshape public opinion, local economies, and the future of urban streets.🧵

Spent the day in parts of Ashton and Orrell where Labour canvassers are targeting the 16% of undecided voters in Makerfield by-election. A few observations (from a single day) I found surprising - A lot of people who voted Reform just weeks ago say they are prepared to vote for Burnham

We're all trying to find the guy who did this

Got into an argument on Sky a few weeks about about banning social media for teens. "But parents want it!" Sure, but that doesn't mean it will work or is a good idea! How about a serious conversation about what social media is doing to all of us, adults included? Or is that too difficult?

Wired - European governments, companies and other organizations begin to end their reliance on US Big Tech. www.wired.com/story/all-the-w...

Yesterday I was reading posts about Trump’s power fading. Overnight Netanyahu ignored him. Highly unstable situation de-stabilising further. Dangerous times.

The BBC 10 o’clock news says the right wing idea of ethnic minorities being given preferential treatment in criminal justice is likely to become a “growing fault line in our politics” WITHOUT POINTING OUT THAT IT IS SIMPLY NOT TRUE. What’s the point of the news if it doesn’t correct disinformation?

Makerfield byelection: odds shift Labour from 64% to 80-85% prospect Reform 35-40% dip to about 15% - Burnham local presence/record + change pitch landing - Reform candidate controversy (trail heavily with women, competitive among men) - Restore look like taking 1/6 Reform votes (prob not 1/4)

Frontrunners declaring for proportional representation crystallises the growing support in the Labour Party electoral-reform.org.uk/frontrunners...

New Scottish Independence poll, Norstat 27-29 May (changes vs 27-30 Apr): Yes ~ 49% (-3) No ~ 45% (+2) Don't Know ~ 5% (nc) Excluding Don't Knows (/ vs 2014): Yes ~ 52% (-3 / +7) No ~ 48% (+3 / -7)

New Scotland Only Westminster poll, Norstat 27-29 May (vs 27-30 Apr): SNP ~ 34% (+5) RUK ~ 17% (-1) LAB ~ 16% (-3) CON ~ 10% (-4) GRN ~ 10% (+2) LD ~ 9% (-1) No Holyrood figures in this (for a mercy from my perspective of "do I have the time"...)

New Survation poll of Makerfield has Burnham 10 points up. LAB: 49% (+6) REF: 39% (-1) RTR: 8% (+1) GRN: 2% (-1) LDEM: 1% (-3) CON: 1% (-1)

In a detail which will surprise no one, the first of the "patriots" to plead guilty to offences connected to the rioting in Southampton on Tuesday night has a criminal record as long as your arm, including.... possessing a knife.

The idea of "anti-white bias" as a basis for claims of "two tier policing" is a well known far right talking point which can be shattered by evidence. The stats are clear that minorities are more likely to face discrimination if there is two tier policing. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Just noting that when Sarah Everard was kidnapped and murdered by a police officer and a vigil held for her on Clapham Common, Farage urged people not to attack men or the police.

The WFP's People's Portal which was set up in partnership with Palantir ...

The Paul Foot Awards are always a riot, but was extra special to see top hack and all round good bloke @petergeoghegan.bsky.social take home the top prize last night for his bombshell scoops with Khadija Sharife on Labour Together. Here we are enjoying some light refreshments in Soho afterwards...

A statement from Sikh MPs on the murder of Henry Nowak.

It's easy to underestimate @spokes.org.uk's contribution to cycling today in Edinburgh. City would be much poorer without them. threadinburgh.scot/2026/06/01/r...

It is good to see someone as respected as @edwardluce.bsky.social saying this. And it is not just young Americans who are compelled to reject the extreme American capitalism that has driven inequality and corruption in this country. www.ft.com/content/d6b1...

I am once again wondering whether "no, the legitimate concerns racists don't have a point, fuck off, they're racist" might have been a better way of combating the far right.

The East Lothian coast once again demonstrating that grey really isn't a great synonym for boring or depressing

First train from Edinburgh to London cancelled this morning and I'm afraid the suggestion we check the cesspit formally known as Twitter for updates is just adding insult to injury @nationalrail.bsky.social

Scottish Westminster Voting Intention: SNP: 34% (+2) RFM: 17% (-6) LAB: 16% (-1) CON: 10% (-1) GRN: 10% (+2) LDM: 9% (+2) Via Norstat, 27-29 May, Changes w/ 10-13 Feb.

'The real question is how dire will the consequences of a world with weaker rules, weaker institutions and weaker forms of cooperation become before governments recognise the costs of allowing disorder to spread unchecked', writes David Miliband in the latest RUSI Commentary.

Since the author can't say it, I will. Careless People is not just eye-opening but also frequently bleakly hilarious www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Increasingly finding my much loved Meindl Bhutan boots were battering my toes on multi-day walks, especially with a full pack, so switching to a Hanwag Banks SF for an even wider toe box. Was feeling bad about retiring the Meindls 'early' before I realised they'd done 10 hard years