Our media rightly rages about the already-disgraced Mandelson and Andrew but wrongly fails to hold others in that murky moneyed network to account. Our democracy is under attack from these dismal people right now. Do not be exposing that a decade too late. www.middleeasteye.net/news/steve-b...

Smashing it to the "elites" indeed. Same idiots who thought Boris Johnson was a man of the people will probably vote for this bunch of grifters. www.lbc.co.uk/article/refo...

A month in 4 photos January 2026 1. The Thread that Pulls exhibition, Edinburgh 2. Extremely good tail management 3. Woman dyeing wool at the Burrell, Glasgow 4. Colour planning for a big project

A little timeline cheer. This little boat will be arriving in Antigua in the next hour. Milli is just about to complete a solo unsupported row across the Atlantic as part of The World's Toughest Row. She's just about to turn 50, 5 foot tall, and only took up rowing about a year ago. What a gal. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

L O L Love where I live.

The wonderful Diana Henry strikes again. Sausages onions and apples in cider from Simple, with mash and Savoy cabbage and I am so full I think I might pop, but that was just the ribsticker I needed on a cold night.

Then let us pray that come it may, As come it will for a’ that, That Sense and Worth, o’er a’ the earth Shall bear the gree an’ a’ that. For a’ that, an’ a’ that, It’s comin yet for a’ that, That Man to Man the warld o’er Shall brithers be for a’ that share.google/NXCcpMvKUIKP...

My brother served in Afghanistan (more than once). Before deployment, he had to get his troops to write a letter, to be sent to their families if they died. I assume he wrote one too, but he was lucky enough to get back ok. Hundreds weren't so lucky. Trump is a truly despicable human being.

457 British troops. You evil, senile bastard.

Spreading this before they get a chance to take it down and revise the story

Found this website this morning, useful as a starting point if you’re trying to boycott American goods and services, which we absolutely all should! https://www.goeuropean.org

Robert Jenrick says the Tories "broke Britain," so he's joined a party that includes: Nadhim Zahawi, Nadine Dorries, Jonathan Gullis, Ben Bradley, Danny Kruger, Jake Berry, Marco Longhi, Aiden Burley, Anne Marie Morris, Lee Anderson and Andrea Jenkyns.

@Grok Add a Bikini Atoll

Ah, nothing says "smashing the metropolitan elites" like recruiting the guy who got taxpayers to pay for the heating of his stables.

It's a shame this dude isn't a Traitor because nobody seems to have noticed that he's even in the castle. He hasn't been mentioned by anybody, at all. I didn't even know what his name was. #TheTraitorsUK

Telling isn't it that all the "protect our girls" people are still on X despite what Grok is doing.

I am extremely confused as to why the UK government and police are saying Grok’s mass-scale CSAM generation is an issue for Ofcom. This isn’t about X failing to moderate CSAM, which is an Online Safety Act issue. It is about the company and its technology being actively involved in its generation.

*struts in triumphant circle round the room* Head removed from sand ✔️ Tax return submitted ✔️

The #traitors hashtag is a strange mix tonight of delight at the unmasking of a reality gameshow villain and the terrifying actions of a reality gameshow villain.

I guess Infantino would be feeling a bit sheepish this morning if that "Peace Prize" was an actual peace prize and not a shameful display of toadying.

What are Scottish people eating at Hogmanay that involves such vast amounts of cream that the shelves are always cleaned out by the 30th?

How lovely. A warm and merry Christmas to all. 🎄🌲🎄🌲🎄🌲

I'm extremely invested in these absolute lunatics, who are currently ROWING across the Atlantic Ocean. Particularly the legend Milli Abrams, who is 5 foot tall, rowing solo, and will turn 50 in the middle of the Atlantic.

We have reached the "let's eat all the unidentified frozen cubes in our freezer to clear some space" stage of the Xmas preparations. It's like Russian roulette, but with stew/soup/whatever this red stuff is.

This purring fluffalump is helping me overcome the dismay of spending a lifetime wanting a set of twinkle lights for our roof, having them for one Xmas then discovering they no longer work when retrieved from the loft for this Xmas. 😭😭😭🌲

The person of the year is just outside of the frame, sawing through the girder.

This is an excellent thread about current media hysteria about flu.

Walking advice from an AI bot that would, if followed, take the walker over the side of a crag. I'm so tired of this being shoved down our necks.

We seem to be rapidly approaching a point where search engines like Google are becoming useless. I assume it's down to AI, but the results seem to be getting noticeably worse and worse every week. It's like watching technology go backwards, something I don't think I've ever seen.

Watching Lucy Worsley on the Black Death. To absolutely nobody's surprise, it was guess whose fault?

Why are the panellists on #GQT talking about the Black Isle as somewhere on the west coast of Scotland? It's very much on the east coast. Good old BBC London centrism on steroids 🙄

Annabel's in London has really gone the extra mile with their decorations this year 😍

Guy Fawkes signature before and after watching this World Cup Draw

Please hold. There is *ONE* person in front of you in the queue

My phone does not do justice to the extraordinary rainbow that just appeared outside my window. Layers and layers of rainbow (and a hint of a double rainbow).

Today we’ll get latest net immigration figures - They’ll show immigration for work is plummeting. Why is this not part of the discussion on Rachel Reeves balancing her books & stalled growth? For every 100,000 drop in net immigration, the OBR adds £7bn to the deficit. #r4today

It's not too late for a handmade Christmas present. Aberlemno is quick to work up into a beautiful mosaic crochet cushion. Row by row photo tutorial with every pattern purchase. Available in UK and US terms. 🧶 share.google/Huo9ZApwphva...

Go us!

www.instagram.com/reel/DRaJa61... Teenagers get a lot of grief, but I bloomin love them.

A mural of Isabella Elder on a junction box on Elderpark on Glasgow. Created by @scotsuffragettes.bsky.social, it celebrates the life of a woman who did an amazing amount for the people of Govan and Glasgow. Cont./ #glasgow #glasgowhistory #isabellaelder #streetart #mural

This is the 2nd time in a couple of weeks I've stumbled on Marakatt-Labba's work. It's really astonishing. I'd love to see it face-to-face.

Just got an ad popup for a "Black Friday sale, 17th-19th November only". Which as far as I can tell doesn't feature any Fridays, let alone Black Friday.

I'm reminded of the brief moment in 1998 when we were 1 up against Brazil. Well done Scotland!!! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

The Duke looks so weird without a hat.

Personal note: London has been home for a very, very long time, but as of today, I am also officially a Brit - that is to say, a British citizen. I feel relieved and I feel grateful - but not, perhaps, in the forelock-tugging way GB News/Starmer expect a new immigrant to be.

Edinburgh on Armistice Day.

Is it just me, or have Google searches become really diabolically bad in the last few months? Not just because of AI - even if you get rid of that the rest of the results are absolutely useless now. It's like they threw the baby out with the bathwater.

Oh they are SO terrible at this. "I just don't think either of them are traitors" says Alan when he JUST VOTED FOR DAVID #CelebrityTraiors

What is Nick's logic there? He thought Cat was a traitor too??? #CelebrityTraitors

I feel like Holger is perhaps regretting his life choices here #GameOfWool