I'm not on BlueSky these days as I seem to be spending a lot of my time fighting the politics of the likes of the hideous Rupert Lowe on LinkedIn. Here's one group there worth following www.linkedin.com/company/prag... and here's one which makes Lowe look left wing www.linkedin.com/company/logi...

If you're a member of the FoH, please consider giving Dougie your vote linktr.ee/dougies

This is both clever and desperately sad. #Parrots #Pets #Birds

I don't like graves which are made into shrines to the deceased (of any age) but I understand that some people may get solace from doing so. Then there's this.. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

On Linkedin......

I note UK central bank interest rates are down from 4.25% to 4% splashed all over the media as good news! Meanwhile, in the EU, interest rates are 2%. Furthermore, inflation is 3.4% in the UK, BUT ONLY HALF THAT IN THE EU. Another brexit bonus, eh?

Why Reform UK’s conspiracism should worry you Reform UK appear to embrace conspiracism as an ideology to gain power but it brings an underlying threat to UK democracy | Dean Conway @centralbylines.co.uk

Rupert Lowe mistakes charity rowers for illegal migrants The independent MP alerted the coastguard about a small boat off Great Yarmouth, which was crewed by a team of four including a former Royal Marine

@heraldscotland.bsky.social - it's "Maree", not "Marie" but you seem to be uncertain which.

BIG NEWS: For the first time in six years, Britain's rarest breeding bird has successfully nested in the UK! A pair of Montagu's Harriers have raised four healthy chicks, all of which have taken their first flights.

@cllrcmiller.bsky.social x.com/soundings200...

“this £85 billion represents a direct transfer of value from the public to private owners — a sum extracted while storm overflows proliferated, leakage targets were missed, and river health declined”

Genius! Bravo Scotland!

What a surprise (NOT). www.linkedin.com/posts/clivee...

Think Scotland’s trains are nationalised? Think again. It’s a mirage Our trains are owned by big business and we have to lease them at eye watering rates: 25% of every ticket sold goes to private firms If we dumped them, we could build a world class railway www.heraldscotland.com/news/2532679...

"it's a really proud moment when you're walking alongside your children or other family members".....knowing that you're bringing them up as bigots www.bbc.com/news/article...

This should be unbelievable but, because it's Netanyahu and Trump, sadly it isn't.

✍️ Letter to PM signed by retired supreme court justices among 800 others… …says lack of action will imperil international legal system. Starmer *MUST* impose sanctions on Israel.

Counter-protesters have gathered to demonstrate against a far-right group in Glasgow city centre

Good grief. I can't tell which rose is the flower and which is the princess. www.bbc.com/news/article...

@heraldscotland.bsky.social, is there a problem with the app?

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NEW: Suspended Reform UK MP Rupert Lowe has had his gun collection seized by police

Le Pen's ban from running for office is neither an attack on democracy nor a boon for the far-right. It is a move by an independent judiciary to uphold the rule of law, protect the public from political corruption, and shore up French liberal democracy. My latest for @heraldscotland.bsky.social:

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Oh my.....how we wish we had been there to witness Led By Donkeys hijacking Nigel Farage's Reform conference in our very own Birmingham 'Which world leader do I most admire? Vladimir Putin' - Nigel Farage @ledbydonkeys.org

🚨 Outrage as 20 police officers break into Westminster Quaker Meeting House and arrest six. 🚨 This shocking violation of a place of worship is a direct result of crackdowns on protest and dissent - freedom of speech, assembly and democracy are at risk.🕊️ 👉 www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...

Welby justifies his inaction on the @churchofengland.org abuse scandal on scale of the problem saying that was "a reason – not an excuse". Unbelievable. Wholly unbelievable ! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Trump's obversifications were tracked during his first term by the Washington Post. They documented 30,573 lies or misleading claims, an average of 21 per day. He’s now on course to break his own record.

In 25 years of covering national security, I’ve never seen a story like this: Senior Trump officials discussed planning for the U.S. attack on Yemen in a Signal group--and inadvertently added the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

Andrew Tate and his brother are appearing in court tomorrow in Romania. If you want them both to be locked up, like. If you really want them to be locked up, RT.

If she was the first person to be awarded a PhD, then it goes without saying that she also was the first of either (not "any") gender to be awarded it.

Come on, @heraldscotland.bsky.social - surely you know that the beach is at Luskentyre, Harris (not Luskintyre, Lewis)? www.heraldscotland.com/news/2500376...

Richard Tice came to Glasgow today to reveal Reform UK’s latest defectors. It did not go well. Got stuck when the Daily Mail’s Tom Gordon asked him for their names.

Can you imagine what the Reform MPs would be saying if they saw any other public servant with the number of bottles of booze which 30p Lee has on his office shelf ?

Reform MP wanting Trump to interfere in British political decisions. They don't believe in British democracy. www.linkedin.com/posts/rupert...

You have to wonder why an individual gifts £20k to Rupert Lowe, a millionaire MP for Reform. You also have to wonder why that millionaire MP accepts it, especially when he makes such a song and dance about donating his net Parliamentary income to charity. 🤔🤔🤔

St Martin-in-the-Fields is raising money for its International Group which supports homeless migrants by providing hot food, showers, laundry, emergency needs etc .If you'd like to support this valuable work then you can make a donation through www.justgiving.com/campaign/stm...

@rupertlowe.bsky.social That's a great survey. I have it from a reliable source that the immigrant seagulls follow the request he makes in his multilingual sign, but the rare English gull which ventures into town pay no attention. Can you raise this in one of your PQs, please?

On Linkedin......🙈🙈🙈🙈

Government efficiency #Trump and #Elon style......

Ardhasaig looking towards Bunavoneader, North Harris, about 30 minutes before the sun set on Saturday 15 February. A glorious day. #Ardhasaig #Bunavoneader #Airdasaig #BunAbhainnEadarra #Harris #NaHearadh #WesternIsles #OuterHebrides

Congratulations all !!!! 😀😃😄😁😅😆🤣😂😇😇🤗🤗🤩🤩🙂 You did it ... Now the hard work begins on advocacy. See the newsletter for details of what’s next ... mailchi.mp/69bdf192979b... #RejoinEU #Brexit

@scottwwright.bsky.social @heraldscotland.bsky.social An error like this is enough to drive a Scotch whisky drinker to drink!!

@anassarwar.bsky.social was struggling a bit. Don't make promises you can't keep..... x.com/STVColin/sta...

Pete Buttigieg responds to Trump:

How low can this man get? He's now trying to make political capital out of the Washington plane crash by blaming EDI... news.sky.com/story/trump-...

@heraldscotland.bsky.social, why the misleading title for an article about Network Rail on your home page but not for the article itself ? www.heraldscotland.com/news/2488774...