alexmassie

Columnist for The Times & The Sunday Times. Substack Newsletter: Co-host of the Ponsonby & Massie podcast: @ponsonbymassie

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Allan Massie, 1938-2026
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@StewartMcDonald Time for an inquiry into that.

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Good to see the Pope throwing shade at Cristiano Ronaldo.

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

The World Cup begins tomorrow, and many will watch the matches. Soccer reminds us of something we must not forget: life is not a race to show off on our own, but a path we learn to walk together. Anyone who does not know how to pass the ball, even if they have talent, has not yet understood the game. Anyone who does not know how to live with and for others has not yet understood life. #ApostolicJourney

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@dvdih Precisely.

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Tremendous to see CalMac allowing here for the possibility of "planned breakdowns".

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@ford_ford6 I am impressed you know how I voted.

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Scotland’s new finance secretary has never heard of the Scottish government’s Tax Advisory Group. Which suggests she doesn’t know about @DanNeidle either. Which is a shame, since he’s a member of the group.
Nevertheless, she should heed his good advice.
https://t.co/o6WyO74pXL

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@ford_ford6 Is that a fact?

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@paulhutcheon That bad, eh?

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The VAT threshold is *either* much too high or much too low at present. It's probably slightly better to reduce it to, say, £50,000 than to increase it. But increasing it to £150,000 is a lot better than leaving it where it is at present (£90K).

[Daniel Sugarman @Daniel_Sugarman]

"Ok, now that he's ticked the 'Keep me logged in' box, I want you to immediately log him out."

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100% THIS.

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Imagine if we played the entire World Cup in SEC and BIG 10 stadiums instead of soulless NFL corporate slop stadiums.

THIS is the real America.
Not some parking lot in Arlington.

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Makerfield, Aberdeen South, Arbroath & Broughty Ferry by-elections are all on 18th June. They are a bellwether for the parties at Westminster and Holyrood, and could instigate a process that sees a new Prime Minister in No10.

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Didn't know until today that Copilot is actually Scottish.

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“The Scottish Green Party isn’t a bright new political force, it’s the SNP’s “free-from” range.”

My @MailOnlineScot column on phoney radical Ross Greer’s rejection of calls for an inquiry into the Murrell scandal: https://t.co/BOFAfWnKNy

[Helen Lewis @helenlewis]

Turns out Chesterton's Fence was keeping out the screwworms.

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Who’s going to tell him, eh?

[Theo Bertram @theobertram]

Why does Scotland have the highest rates of local misinfo on X by a mile?

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@ginadavidsonlbc Well, the finance committee won't be causing the government any difficulties this session. 🤦

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Wait! Last week, John Swinney confirmed that the referendum appeal money had been spent on other things but this was no kind of a problem.
This week: OK, yes it was a problem and we've spent years lying to our own supporters. Next time we'll do better!
(But - wait, again! - the money Murrell stole was *not* the same money as the money given to the referendum appeal fund which the party now says it spent incorrectly.)

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Quite a life; quite a lady.

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