Politics (anti nationalist), football (Celtic), food, drink, nonsense! Comments&retweets dont always represent my own views or the views of my employer.
@kevinhollinrake@BBC Let me get this straight....you are complaining about the BBC's excessive expenditure while criticising them for not spending more? Are you in the running to be the next Chancellor of the Exchequer????
@alexmassie Even if Downing Street decided to save every last Pony in England, it will never be popular. Deeply held prejudice against a decent man, Keir Starmer, is the issue. This evening we find that so many are now against culling of Ponies whilst pro stag and fox hunting.
I’ve just seen the clip where Sturgeon tells Kuenssberg she didn’t see the mobile home that sat on her elderly mother-in-law’s drive for at least two years 🎬🎭🤣 #bbclaurak
It could have belonged to next door🤣
Great piece by @FraserNelson in today’s Times. This sentence in particular stood out:
“Left or right, nationalist or unionist, populist or centrist: all know that the welfare state needs to go back to what it was originally built upon. That is: support should be a bridge back into life, not a destination.”
Fraser deserves huge credit for championing this issue over many years, and I hope Alan Milburn’s interim report encourages all parties to begin focusing on a unified approach to welfare reform and tackling the NEETs crisis over the summer.
This is up there among my greatest concerns.
Nicola Sturgeon spent years telling the world Scotland was better governed, more transparent and morally superior.
Now, thanks to the culture that grew under her leadership, Scotland risks becoming known for secrecy, shut-down questions, closed ranks and corruption at the top.
That matters.
Countries compete for investment on trust, reputation and confidence. People invest where government is accountable - not where power appears concentrated among insiders and scrutiny is treated as an inconvenience.
Nicola Sturgeon did not just damage trust in politics. She damaged Scotland’s reputation.
https://t.co/RwBFtBXujS
The reason I became a “persistent critic” of the SNP leadership from 2017 onwards was that I became aware of ineptitude & a whiff of corruption behind the scenes. The backlash was very unpleasant but I’m proud to have been vindicated. It was worth it. https://t.co/lME8KZr3yC
I doubt you’d say it to Martin O’Neill’s face… what an embarrassing take anyway. Scottish people care about Scottish football and you can carry on not caring from London.
Can a fleet of ambulances please make their way tonight to Tynecastle and the Sky studio in aid of Kris Boyd? He is in clear need of cardio, emotional and psychological help. He is palpitating before the very nation. Is there a local priest handy to issue the last rites?
Good to hear that Sky will show the goals from Motherwell vs Celtic on Wednesday night BUT really disappointing despite their 12 Sports Channels and 99 streams on Sky Sports+ they couldn’t show both games simultaneously.
They have the rights to do so but just couldn’t be bothered to show them both.
One way traffic from the club, which has become the norm under this regime.
Fans have been asked to stump up for season ticket renewals and a new kit in the last week.
How did they prepare us for these launches? By staging an interview with the interim Chairman that was full of the usual waffle that insults the intelligence of the entire fanbase.
We don’t know who the new management team will consist of, or who the Chairman & Head of Football Operations will be.
We don’t know what the club is doing to improve our recruitment strategy or whether the CEO who has overseen the most dysfunctional season in recent memory will still be at the club.
They are relying on our love for Celtic outweighing our disdain for the Board.
Something’s got to give.