Ian Cumming

CEO of @ErskineCharity and its #VeteransVillage. Seeking a kinder, fairer society 🤷🏻‍♂️💜 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 My views! 🌱🍷 ☕️

[Ian Cumming @IanCMBE]

@247_endurance Brilliant! Well done Caroline. Incredibly impressive time. Although…. not as impressive as @BBCScotlandNews just misquoted in Radio Scotland: 3 hours 21 minutes ⚡️⚡️⚡️🤯😉

[Erskine Veterans Charity @ErskineCharity]

This week marks Volunteers' Week, a national celebration of the incredible contribution volunteers make across the UK.

Erskine's volunteers play a vital role in helping us create welcoming, supportive and vibrant communities, and we're hugely grateful for the support.

[Ian Cumming @IanCMBE]

@rashielee Bonnie lass ☺️ Billy clearly holds a special place in her heart 💕

[Ian Cumming @IanCMBE]

@ErskineCharity Happy Birthday John 🫡🎂

[Erskine Veterans Charity @ErskineCharity]

Please join us in wishing RAF Veteran John a very happy 100th birthday! 🥳🎈

John attends our activity centre in Forres, and enjoys sharing tales of his full life including decades of service in the Royal Air Force.

[Ian Cumming @IanCMBE]

Cheeky wee corner drill from Scotland. Shankland owned that👌🏻2:1 #scocuw

[Erskine Veterans Charity @ErskineCharity]

There's something truly special about seeing the connection between generations when our Veterans meet servicemen and women 🎖️

Recently, Edinburgh residents enjoyed a visit to Edinburgh Castle. where they were joined by the Ships Company.

[Ian Cumming @IanCMBE]

Just saw @PlayPiePint perform #EverybodyToKenmureStreet Brilliant! 3 actors projecting a 1000- strong community crowd and the voice of a city. Recommended 👌🏻#PeopleMakeGlasgow

[Erskine Veterans Charity @ErskineCharity]

Everyone at our Forres activity centre has been enjoying hot meals recently following the kitchen’s refurbishment 👏👏👏

With a generous grant award of £50,000 from The MacRobert Trust, the kitchen has been refitted and fully equipped.

[Ian Cumming @IanCMBE]

@Justacarehomeg1 Incredible! That doesn’t really place them in a strong position to complain about any political decision which impacts their lives…. 🤦🏻

[Ian Cumming @IanCMBE]

Just voted ☺️ Please make time to do the same today, for the #HolyroodElections 🗳️ 💪🏻

[Ian Cumming @IanCMBE]

A really vital role that will change #Veterans’ lives in #Moray! 👌🏻 #CommunitySupport

[Erskine Veterans Charity @ErskineCharity]

We're hiring for a truly rewarding role at our Forres activity centre: Welfare Rights Officer 🎖️

💰£33,820 - £38,049 (pay award pending)

For more information: https://t.co/iiTuF7xML4

[ALASTAIR CAMPBELL @campbellclaret]

Excellent speech by King Charles. So good to hear the clarion cry for Ukraine, for NATO, for nature and the environment, for democracy and the checks on power. JFK mentioned more than Trump. Starmer directly quoted. Europe mentioned several times. Vance looked ill. I loved it. Loved the confidence in British and European values

[Ian Cumming @IanCMBE]

@ErskineCharity Dawn ceremony at Western Necropolis 🫡

[Ian Cumming @IanCMBE]

As always - a privilege to represent @ErskineCharity at Glasgow’s dawn remembrance ceremony on #ANZACDay 🫡

[Ian Cumming @IanCMBE]

Great job in a brilliant charity 🫡🎖️💜 https://t.co/CRe7jtNK5f

[Erskine Veterans Charity @ErskineCharity]

Defence Gardens Scheme workshops offer supportive, nature‑based activities for the Armed Forces community. Join us at our Forres activity centre 10:30am Mon 27th to get away from the noise & into the greenery 🌻

📍1 Tytler St

📩 [email protected] to confirm your place

[ALASTAIR CAMPBELL @campbellclaret]

Absolutely horrific night in Ukraine last night - 44 ballistic missiles and 659 drones fired from Russia. Deaths in Kyiv, Odessa and Dnipro. Not even bothering to hide the fact that it is residential areas under attack. Barely on the news outside Ukraine. And @JDVance says he is proud that USA has pulled its support so the aggressor can keep aggressing. Disgusting. But Europe has to do even more now

[Ian Cumming @IanCMBE]

Oh dear 🤨

[Ed Krassenstein @EdKrassen]

Wow this is embarrassing!

Pete Hegseth quoted a fake Bible verse from Pulp Fiction at a Pentagon speech and prayer session yesterday.

The prayer was an adaptation of the monologue delivered by Samuel L. Jackson’s character. In the movie, the character falsely attributes it to Ezekiel 25:17 before a killing, saying:

“The path of the downed aviator is beset on all sides by the iniquities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who, in the name of camaraderie and duty, shepherd the lost through the valley of darkness, for he is truly his brother’s keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to capture and destroy my brother. And you will know my call sign is Sandy 1 when I lay my vengeance upon thee.”

[Greg Bagwell @gregbagwell]

I thought I would do a thread on the reporting of air operations. Why it’s so contentious, how it is handled and why it matters. Before I do so, let’s declare my interests & conflicts up front: 🧵1/24