Janet Thomson

Angus content editor and senior news reporter in a previous life; now retired after six amazing years with the NHS. Proud mum and granny. Views my own.

[Joanna Cherry KC @joannaccherry]

Peter Murrell was not a criminal mastermind he just took advantage of a system devoid of adequate checks & balances and a culture where scrutiny and questioning were demonised. That culture has infected the Scottish government, our Parliament & our civic life. It needs to change.

[Women o' Scotland @WomenOScotland]

Several SNP and Green Party MSPs laughed and walked out of the chamber at the Scottish Parliament yesterday while MSP Amanda Lindsay was giving her excellent speech on child safeguarding, biological reality, and women’s rights. This appallingly rude and unprofessional behaviour has no place in Parliament. It sends a worrying message that those MSPs will most likely refuse to engage in any serious debate on the rights of women and girls. Their bullying activist tactics won’t work in Parliament, they will have to grow up and engage.

[Joanna Cherry KC @joannaccherry]

Is this a joke?

[Chay Bowes @BowesChay]

My close friend and colleague Steve Sweeney @SweeneySteve is nearly killed by an Israeli strike in Lebanon.

Their vehicles are clearly marked as Press. They wear Press markings.

He's alive. What more can we say.

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

Today marks exactly four years since Putin started his three-day push to take Kyiv. And that says a great deal about our resistance, about how Ukraine has fought all this time. Behind those words stand millions of our people, immense courage, incredibly hard work, endurance, and the long path Ukraine has been pursuing since February 24.

Looking back at the beginning of the invasion and reflecting on today, we have every right to say: we have defended our independence, we have not lost our statehood; Putin has not achieved his goals. He has not broken Ukrainians; he has not won this war. We have preserved Ukraine, and we will do everything to secure peace and justice. Glory to Ukraine!

[Janet Thomson @JAThomson74]

@ZelenskyyUa Glory to Ukraine. What an incredible message from an incredible leader. Respect.

[Victoria Loaiza-Bateman @vloaiza]

This list includes my husbands name & those of many of his friends… there’s no greater love than to lay down one’s life for your friends”

[VeryBritishProblems @SoVeryBritish]

“Good news! Your parcel has been delivered!”

That’s good. I hope whoever has it enjoys it.

[Alasdair Clark @alasdair_clark]

Powerful leader in today’s @thecourieruk after we learned NHS Tayside destroyed 40 log books with information about Eljamel. It’s horrifying but worst of all unsurprising. The lack of care shown to those harmed by Eljamel is the one constant in this story. @julesmrose

[Janet Thomson @JAThomson74]

@BBCScotWeather Good “Crieff”!

[Michelle Dewberry @MichelleDewbs]

I am currently on a train to Kings Cross from the North. Travelling the exact route of the train that was attacked. It’s extra busy as many of us changed our tickets from yesterday (us included).

I note talk of ‘increased police presence’, but I’m yet to see any.

I’m sitting here watching passengers come through the door, as they do, from the loo, or the buffet or wherever.

There is a split second between the door opening & that person reaching you. You’re wedged in with armrests & bags etc. Literally a sitting duck, with barely no way of defending yourself.

Stats will say that attacks are rare & thankfully they are, but the damage is done. For many (including me), things have changed & there will now a behavioural shift. The train is a place of higher-alert now, as opposed to a method that ‘took the strain’.

I will choose seats in the middle of a carriage, not by the door as I am right now. I immediately made mental note of where the emergency alarm is etc & I am more mindful of others around me. I will probably decide to drive instead.

We shouldn’t have to live like this, in a state of high alert - The job of the government is to keep us safe. Yet time & time again we are left unsafe and that old saying “lessons will be learnt” will be uttered, while you guessed it, nothing changes.

Inch by inch, life is becoming unrecognisable from the way it used to be.

My thoughts are with everyone who was on that train, especially those injured. I hope they make a full recovery.

[Janet Thomson @JAThomson74]

@weatherblether Aw Calum - 10/10 for your lunchtime weather report- “buffeting broomsticks” - superb 👌

[Janet Thomson @JAThomson74]

@weatherblether Lovely seeing you back in front of the camera, Calum. We’ve missed you. You’re a breath of fresh air, if you’ll pardon the pun. Sorry to hear you’ve not been well. Hope all’s good with you now. Welcome back!

[Janet Thomson @JAThomson74]

@JamesBlunt Ha! Just been listening to it in the car - beautiful indeed.

[Janet Thomson @JAThomson74]

@BBCNews Slightly misleading. Almost 211,000 were seen within 28 days. Of the 9,000 people waiting, could they have received advice/care from a pharmacy. Did they need urgent medical attention?

[Jules Rose 💜 @julesmrose]

🔥”10 yrs of blood sweat and tears” and we ARE NOT accepting omission of UK governing bodies from the #EljamelInquiry.
We call on @mspliz @JimFairlieLogie @willie_rennie @michaeljmarra @jackiebmsp @LiamKerrMSP to intervene and support this potential whitewash in the making!

[Janet Thomson @JAThomson74]

@JamesBlunt Whooft. He should try an Al Stewart concert. Trust me, saw the superbly talented @JamesBlunt in Glasgow last month. He was absolutely brilliant. Saw Al Stewart in Edinburgh a few years ago - not enough exits for my liking.

[Academy Medical Centre @ForAcademyMed]

NEW APPOINTMENT OPTIONS
For over 9 years, we've provided phone triage slots where patients received a call back for assessment by a clinician. Starting 17 March, we're excited to offer Face-to-Face appointments with our ANPs, Nurse Practitioners & Locums:

https://t.co/GOmATbI0Hv

[Janet Thomson @JAThomson74]

@BBCBreakfast I hope everyone in Burnley and beyond buys a burger from 17-year-old Harry! What a hardworking knowledgeable young man. I wish his business every success.

[Jim Spence @JimSpenceDundee]

I’m going to retweet the shite out of this for every windbag who rushed to condemn the officers under attack. You couldn’t walk a yard never mind a mile in their shoes. And if you’re one of the ACAB mob just unfollow now and save me blocking.