Kenny Farquharson

Columnist with @thetimes in Scotland. Editor of The Jaggy Thistle substack. Orwell Fellow. I've been a puppet, a pauper, a pirate, a poet, a pawn and a king.

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If you enjoy my work on Twitter you might like a project I have called The Jaggy Thistle. It's a deep dive into Scottish politics and Scottish culture. There's a link in my Twitter bio. I explain more in this short video.

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@petermacmahon 😆

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I am in Dublin and I am perplexed.

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@rogerboyle1962 A ruined temple, Roger, like in Greece.

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This season I will mostly be wearing slacks.

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@bethsy Free in the hotel room.

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Presumably from the Lake of Innisfree.

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Campaign for actual woven badges on football jerseys.

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@JohnWhyte83060 Yeah, I think that was one of his last.

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Architecture geeks! The Basil Spence building in St Andrew’s Square - a former insurance HQ - has now partially reopened as a hotel. The lobby is looking fab, but they have still to restore the wonderful boardroom, panelled in cream leather, one of the best rooms in Edinburgh.

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@MrF472 Let’s hope so!

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@BudBoo79 It’s pure Bond lair.

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@mrjamesmack I didn’t know that!

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@JimSlaven Totally agree, Jim. Such variety in his work.

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@iainmacwhirter @alexmassie @PlasFron Am entirely in favour of better (and for wealthier people higher) property taxes.

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To whoever needs to hear it: increasing income tax on higher earners is not a wealth tax. The clue is in the name. A wealth tax is levied on assets, not income.

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@DalgetySusan @thetimes No. Since when did small-n nationalism mean political independence?

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NEW: Labour can keep losing or change and embrace nationalism

My column in @TheTimes

https://t.co/o0319X9nLH

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@kmacraeplockton @thetimes Nobody’s saying Labour should support independence. But it has to engage with the half of the country who do.

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From my latest column:

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@alexmassie @iainmacwhirter @PlasFron I think pensions generally are a distraction in this debate. Property, on the other hand..

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@iainmacwhirter @PlasFron A wealth tax on employees' occupational pensions ain't gonna happen.

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@bill1webster @thetimes Even fewer for everyone else.