Good Dug

Citizen. Scot. European. Scunnert, mostly. Sport. Politics, the usual. 'Were you at the game, caller?' Tongue often located in cheek.

[Good Dug @Civis_Scotticus]

@Oh_its_deez @MarkAmesExiled I'm confident I wouldn't enjoy living in a Houthi administration.
I suspect that if the Houthis in Yemen had a military budget similar to the US, they probably be arming Palestine. But they ca't afford jets, attack helicopters and aircraft carriers, so they do what they can.

[Good Dug @Civis_Scotticus]

@JamesJo64540595 Hmmm. There's 'flags in your profile' = instant mute.
Then there's 'flags in a photo with cosplaying thrown in = disbarred from high office.

[Good Dug @Civis_Scotticus]

@BBCScotlandNews A nation fooled by lies on the side of a bus, a nation that voted in a blond buffoon by a landslide, I'm sure our democracy has nothing to fear!

[Good Dug @Civis_Scotticus]

@BBCScotlandNews The mysteries of land ownership in those Perthshire estates?
Too hard?

Well, there's always something cute on how a council-funded group wove a tapestry that ended up hanging in the V&A. Safe.

[Good Dug @Civis_Scotticus]

@FluffAnecdote @msjlindsay My position is that any policy that undermines womens' confidence, well-being and security is highly dubious. And in light of the ongoing lack of basic women's rights globally, the (Western, affluent) focus on this niche is an affront.

[Good Dug @Civis_Scotticus]

@msjlindsay Not sure the world needs another bloke speaking for women. All I'll add is that, looking at women's rights around the world - Afghanistan, Iran, the rollback of Roe v Wade - the waste of energy and huge focus on trans issues (important as they may be) seems very disproportionate.

[Good Dug @Civis_Scotticus]

@cleans_letsrun Fair play to the FIM for banning him - one of only around 25 MotoGP riders. One of the 20 most 'famous' moto riders still active - can you imagine the same happening in football? He served his ban and presumably will find a team. Everyone deserves a second chance, even a twat.

[Good Dug @Civis_Scotticus]

@Football_Scot He's right. Scotland has a population of 6 million and 42 senior clubs. Greater Manchester has a population of just three million and only six (City, United, Bolton, Wigan, Stockport, Salford City) senior clubs.
How can our population and economy generate quality football?

[Good Dug @Civis_Scotticus]

@TheGaryFairley Assembled by ChatGPT.

[Good Dug @Civis_Scotticus]

@scottdougal @seaningle Isn't the shortlist drawn up by the BBC?
It'd be fascinating to see the voting numbers and viewer figures from the mid 1980s when it felt like SPOTY was something like the 'Strictly' of its time.

[Good Dug @Civis_Scotticus]

@dhothersall Retweeted by Director of the CPS think tank, editor of CapX, and Sunday Times columnist Robert Colville. I mean, you'd think he'd no better, right? Needless to say the comments below made no effort to correct the gross distortion.

[Good Dug @Civis_Scotticus]

@alexmassie @KennyFarq From each, according to ability, to each, according to need. Broad shoulders to bear the heaviest burden, etc, etc.
(They should have raised council tax and - imagine - unfreezing fuel duty for the first time in 13 years...)

[Good Dug @Civis_Scotticus]

Scotland needs a strong Labour party to keep SNP and Green parties on their toes. Listening to @michaeljmarra on #BBCGMS, it's clear we don't have that. Like his party leader Starmer, a politician incapable of giving a straight answer, saying nothing that might scare the voters.

[Good Dug @Civis_Scotticus]

@dhothersall "He interviewed me once, about #indyref. Nice fella."

Ah.

You don't understand how that 'nice' journo who shared part of your own political identity turned out to be a 'baddie'? In spite of the fact he was a Tory - which looks like a clue to me.

[Good Dug @Civis_Scotticus]

@J_Bloodworth @soniasodha @tomowolade @InayaFolarin Sounds good, but "...just dropped"?

Come on, resist that American import, you're not DJ Kool Herc.

[Good Dug @Civis_Scotticus]

Funny how many of these crooks, gropers, liars and incompetents you remember when you see their faces, isn't it?

[Poptunes @Catofbengals]

Hello Tory MPs do you ever wake up in the morning and realise you have screwed up the country, because you should #r4today

[Good Dug @Civis_Scotticus]

How anyone with a heart could eagerly promote the car-crash Rwanda immigration policy and then casually disregard the 15-year experience of a care home manager is beyond me. Arrogance, disdain and a lack of humanity in one Tory package. #r4today

[Good Dug @Civis_Scotticus]

The idea that any Scotland team would want to do *any* England team a favour is utterly absurd. This Scotland team is simply dire. That's all there is to it. Sorry Cloggie chums, no conspiracy here. #SCOENG

[Good Dug @Civis_Scotticus]

@Arabdeen @FollowMeltdowns Never! Neh-vurrr! NEHVURRRRR!!