Excellent analysis by Peter Geoghan (Democracy for Sale) on howUK politics is already being successfully influenced by far right foreign sources. Well worth half an hour of your time. open.substack.com/pub/democrac...

Worth lobbying any political people you know about this. We’re very lucky to have the rights and freedoms we do have. But they’re in danger of being slowly (and sometimes quickly) eroded.

If Vladimir Putin or Xi Jinping threatened to sue the BBC for a billion dollars, would the UK Government respond by saying "This is a matter for the BBC." Just asking.

What you’re witnessing is a populist assault on the BBC. This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting. iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...

Unbelievable....... wait a minute......All too believable headlines and reporting of racist white on BBC. Imagine if he'd been black / Muslim / supporter of Scottish Independence.

This sounds pretty accurate from @iandunt.bsky.social in his "Striking 13" Substack. "I sometimes get the sense that Labour politicians believe the public is innately reactionary and that any social progress has to therefore be made through subterfuge or communicative ingenuity."

Heart goes out to the poor people of York. In Edinburgh, we barely coped when we had to manage without a Duke when Philip died. It seemed like an age till we got a new one.

Always a great pit stop from highland forays. Best ice cream in Scotland (not including Glasgow of course), and top quality fish suppers too.

Chapter One It was a beautiful Spring morning on the Serengeti and Skippy the lion had just taken four baby antelopes out of the equation.

Tariffs might be bad news for a few months, years, or even a bit longer, but a far bigger crisis is still slowly enveloping us all with immeasurably greater consequences www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Wise advice on the importance to the economy of investing in infrastructure that helps walkers enjoy our uniquely wonderful outdoors.

Great work as always. Can't understand why the political consensus continues to shy away from implementing serious changes to land ownership laws. For any governing party it would be an open goal, almost uniquely achieving economic benefits with the popularity they crave.

Agreed - but my guess is that most of the US - Russia deal is already in place. The next bit is mainly about presentation - how to shaft a carved up Ukraine, and preparing the ground for doing the same in the Arctic. They've probably worked behind the scenes on this since before the 2016 election.

We can be sure that this cover-up involves orders, rules of engagement, or (more likely) a culture spreading down from a very high level. If it was just young squaddies involved, they would likely be left just as high and dry as their Afghan colleagues.

The SGA claimed the programme caused "unfair reputation [sic] damage". Nope, reputational damage is not being caused by the BBC reporting the evidence, it's being caused by criminal gamekeepers who continue to kill birds of prey. #RaptorResearch raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/02/17/b...

With all this chat about #Scotland just a wee reminder that our healthcare and prescriptions are free. NHS Scotland has spent millions treating my congenital heart condition from ‘cradle to grave’ - a sign of collective humanity ❤️‍🩹

Yet again, if these were climate protestors, there'd have been multiple arrests, with some facing years in jail for "public nuisance". But farmers can block the road and drown out the Prime Minister and the police won't touch them. The real #TwoTierPolicing

I'm pretty sure that we all knew at the time that this sort of stuff would be going on. Always the same - nothing is changed until it's way too late, history is slowly being re-written (in small print rather than headlines), and the next phase of fooling us all is well under way.

Excellent piece on how we’re being force fed shit - and maybe how to avoid it.

Shocking failure by Local Authorities to fulfil their statutory obligations in protecting our hard won access rights. Email your Councillor and MSP now to help stop these rights being gradually chipped away.

This is a good read on looming dangers posed by Trump, and the Chinese reaction; and a well balanced look at how the liberal left (specifically in the UK and Europe has failed to prepare for the damage that might be caused.

Nice afternoon sky on way back down from Swanston to Dreghorn via Allermuir today. We’re so lucky in Edinburgh - 20 minutes each way on no. 16 bus - 9 minutes total waiting time

Jimmy Carter, a visionary on ending fossil fuels, put solar panels on the White House. Big Oil-backed Ronald Reagan ousted Carter in 1980 and ripped them out Tonight, as Carter lies in in state in the Capitol, a climate-fueled wildfire is destroying Reagan's former hometown of Pacific Palisades

First Bluesky post! We're Scottish members of Red Rope, mostly from Edinburgh & Glasgow but also across Scotland. We enjoy hillwalking, climbing, cycling, swimming, cake ... We post about our monthly weekend trips. We also do regular day walks from Edinburgh & sometimes Glasgow. Please join us!

www.nationalgalleries.org/visit/resear... Just visited this fantastic resource at the Scot Nat Modern Art Gallery 2. Open to all for booking visits. We went to look at Cadell's WW1 drawings to illustrate a book (Jack and Tommy) for the Red Cross. Tessa the archivist was incredibly knowledgeable /..

Indeed. And I wonder if we'll ever hear about any backroom discussions that might influence any changes before the Bill goes through.

🔴NEW: More than three million pheasants and partridges were imported into Scotland throughout the most severe bird flu outbreak in history – a move critics say risked endangering native birds. Find out more: theferret.scot/millions-gam...

Dartmoor visitor centre to close as National Park Authority cannot afford to renew lease from Duchy National Parks are facing 12% budget cuts - not a great way for Labour to celebrate the 75th anniversary of their creation & why is Duchy charging at all? www.tavistock-today.co.uk/news/nationa...

Best steak pie and pint in Edinburgh - Thomsons Bar, Morrison Street

Simple message. Needs repeating over and over till cloth gets removed from powerful ears

New to BlueSky. My profile and posts showing an “invalid handle.” Don’t know what this means, but doesn’t look helpful. Anyone know how to correct it?

Great day out in Cairngorms with @redrope.bsky.social pals on Saturday. A wee bit cold, but a good (mainly) sheltered route picked out by @helenrambler.bsky.social