Gav

Sometime fencing coach, writer and photographer. Full time nerd. Flippancy all mine.

[Gav @Antihippy]

"Nothing but the best and brightest"

[Channel 4 News @Channel4News]

The former Conservative leader Lord William Hague has been elected as Oxford University's next Chancellor.

Lord Hague will start a ten-year term as the University's 160th Chancellor.

[Gav @Antihippy]

I'm wondering if Scotland has an band equivalent to KNEECAP?

[Gav @Antihippy]

Correct

[Luke Smith @LukeDTSmith]

Labour have:

- Taken away the Winter Fuel Payment.
- Underfunded the Scottish Parliament to the tune of £200m accounting for UK Parliament tax rises.
- Demanded the Scottish Parliament reinstates the Winter Fuel Payment.

They just don't get Scotland.

[Down's Syndrome Scotland @DSScotland]

Check out the latest short film from @ScotLDO following on from #ThisIsMe22 & sharing some of the work @UofGlasgow & partners have been doing to continue to tackle inequalities & barriers to inclusion faced by people with #learningdisabilities https://t.co/0DOsSWRdBW

[Gav @Antihippy]

This is bullshit.

[PoliticsJOE @PoliticsJOE_UK]

"The inheritance tax may mean the I'm the last generation farmer."

Farmer Judith says Labour's inheritance tax plan could be the end of her family farm.

[Dr Rachel Clarke @doctor_oxford]

I simply cannot believe that the time available to MPs to debate a decision that could led to thousands of people receiving state assistance in ending their lives prematurely is… 5 hours.

Nor that an argument currently doing the rounds in parliament to win over uncertain MPs is that we “already have” outstanding palliative care in the UK, so nobody fails to receive the best care. We do not. We are so, so far from it. UK palliative care in 2024 is a desperately under-resourced Cinderella service and this is causing untold avoidable suffering for patients who sometimes long to end their lives because WE failed to fund the care that might make life still worth living.

Fix that first - please - then talk about assisted dying.

Please don’t ignore or disbelieve what those of us who work in palliative care witness daily.

[The Guardian @guardian]

Why the Guardian is no longer posting on X https://t.co/j4fRgzSYde

[George Monbiot @GeorgeMonbiot]

I once believed that the Israeli government's slaughter of civilians was indiscriminate. I was completely wrong. It is deliberate, massive and plainly genocidal.

[Gav @Antihippy]

Quite.

[BBC Newsnight @BBCNewsnight]

“How would anyone know if someone had been coerced [into assisted dying]?”

@vicderbyshire presses Christine Jardine, Lib Dem MP for Edinburgh West and supporter of the latest assisted dying bill, about the safeguards for the proposed new law.

#Newsnight

[The Bell @theglasgowbell]

🗞️Midweek read!

🚶‍♀️The upper end of High Street sees hundreds of thousands pass by every year on their way to Glasgow Cathedral. It should be stuffed with independent shops and cafes.

Instead traders say they've literally been left to rot. But, by who? https://t.co/FKF5poT6UZ

[Gav @Antihippy]

@CivicLilly1 @JohnWMacPherson Do you think he asked for a refund?

[Gav @Antihippy]

@JohnWMacPherson @DanKaszeta They lack fenetre.

[Gav @Antihippy]

That only people from a demographic can write about it. I think it's a pretty destructive pov.

Btw the term 'leftist' is fucking bullshit too

[Kittenfish💖 @Kittenfish817]

As a leftist, is there anything you’ve seen that can be considered woke that you actually think is bad?

[Gav @Antihippy]

@kavanpstafford Also that art is it's own reward. You see this belief held sincerely, as opposed to a means of exploitation & oppression, a lot more in left circles than right

[Gav @Antihippy]

@dy0b1 Ironically Adam clearly doesn't read that well

[Gav @Antihippy]

Weird how our associations are built up. Most people associate silent film as just amusing comedy & short films of trains

[Silent Movie GIFs @silentmoviegifs]

J'accuse (1919)
Directed by Abel Gance

[Gav @Antihippy]

@SeanCrutchfiel6 Nearly every creative, especially authors & photographers, on the planet.

[Gav @Antihippy]

@JohnWMacPherson @CivicLilly1 Tbh I'm unsure. I think it's the colourisation that makes it look fake (cos it is). Although I could be wrong... I'd have to reverse image search but I'm on my phone & it's just before I send the little darlings to bed!

[Gav @Antihippy]

@JohnWMacPherson @CivicLilly1 I believe it's a colourised one. And it's not Halloween it's a historical folk festival. Although I can't remember which & which country. Bavarian maybe, I've seen the image before

[Gav @Antihippy]

That is sad af news. Bought ny first jumping beans here

[Being Scottish @BeingScots]

Tam Shepherds, a Glasgow institution since 1886, have closed their joke shop, believed to be the world's oldest, due to high costs and redevelopment in the area. The good news is their online shop remains open. I'm sure many of you have fond memories of visiting this wee place.