John MacMillan

An islander in the Central Belt. Work in learning design and digital pedagogy @GCU_ADSL. Learning Gàidhlig (very) slowly.
Rubhach. Guitarist. Photographer.

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Full album from the match is available on Flickr.
https://t.co/Gh1t5gRWFP

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A nice trip through to Edinburgh this weekend to see Camanachd Leòdhais progress to the next round of the Chieftan's Cup against Tayforth Camanachd. Lewis were 4:1 winners in the end after a closely contested match.
#shinty #iomain #camanachd #sport #ScottishSport

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That take isn’t uncharitable, it is ghoulish.

[ruth wishart @ruth_wishart]

Not to be uncharitable, but if you sign up for a show titled "Married at first sight" it's a safe bet that the groom is not Mr Nice Guy.

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Either the estate agent captured a magical blue van in this video, or they used GenAI and didn’t check the output.

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The full album is available on Flickr: https://t.co/l35JtZdVzs

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An injury hit Glasgow Mid Argyll were knocked out of the 2026 Balliemore Cup yesterday following a 4-0 loss to Beauly Shinty Club.
#shinty #iomain #camanachd

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As ever, I can't resist a few black and white edits.

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It would be quite funny if Burnham was allowed to be on the shortlist for a by-election and his opponent in the selection was David Miliband. Not good, but funny.

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To be fair, if I was Prime Minister and I knew my time was up, I would be inviting a random assortment of people to see the reaction.

“Why are Sean Dyche and Bradley Whitford from the West Wing at number 10?”

[Patrick Maguire @patrickkmaguire]

Chuka Umunna (????) just walked into No 10

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@DazzaY Glad it wasn’t just me who didn’t get anything. That feels like a pretty big oversight.

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Did Scottish Labour ever actually let members know the outcome of the votes to rank list candidates? I know the results were partially leaked to the press and were eventually added to the party’s website, but I can’t recall any message going out to members.

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“Defeated candidates did not take part” in the online meeting to identify what went wrong in the Scottish Labour campaign.

Examining what went wrong in a political campaign by asking only those who were elected doesn’t sound like a way to get useful answers.

[David Wallace Lockhart @BBCDavidWL]

Around 25 Scottish labour MPs and MSPs jumped on an online meeting today to discuss what went wrong with their election campaign.

I’ve been chatting to some involved, and here’s where they think the problems lie 👇

https://t.co/Niceq9uoeA

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When there are electoral failures (especially on this scale), simply “getting on with the job” instead of reflecting on what went wrong and acting accordingly is a dereliction of duty. If those at the top of the party aren’t willing or able to do that, they should step aside now.

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The Labour Party social media officers are retweeting messages telling members to shut up and accept the terrible results and terrible performances of the leadership (along with the failures of the various executive committees and policy forums). Disgraceful behaviour.

[Hugo Gye @HugoGye]

Starmer's plan to pick Labour back up after the elections:
*pivot from 'hero voters' to 'progressive block'
*more action on defence and environment
*drop the technocratic tone

Story @theipaper by Richard Vaughan: https://t.co/qnzcmeicbX

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A bit late for April Fool’s Day.

[The New Statesman @NewStatesman]

One crazy trick can rescue Keir Starmer

It won’t be for everyone, but Tony Blair would make a fine foreign secretary

@AnthonySeldon

https://t.co/GRciwjSaQX

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She didn’t talk about people drinking *after* work, she talked about people drinking alcohol *during* their working day. Embarrassing tweet.

[Chris Murray MP @ChrisMurrayMP]

The Greens’ world: you can’t have a pint after work but heroin is legal.

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Nacelle factory? Are we building the Enterprise?

[Ed Miliband @Ed_Miliband]

NEW: Vestas announces new nacelle factory in Scotland with up to 500 skilled jobs.

This is happening because of the UK Government’s record-breaking offshore wind auction and the confidence our clean energy mission has given industry to invest in Scotland.
https://t.co/GKQFJ1pYX7

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@SimonMiller316 Toska.

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@sweenyness Surely in true Gazzetta Football Italia style they could include a Gael with broadcast experience going through the papers in a cafe with a gelato. It wouldn't need to be La Gazzetta dello Sport that was used, it could be the Gazette or the Free Press.