David Gow

#Holyrood26 typically brill analysis by Prof Walter Humes of the dead hand cabalistic politics stifling our Scottish schools sceptical.scot/2025/09/scotti…

#AI and its impact for good or ill on creativity and humanity explored in a great 3-part series by @dougalperman about Scotland but also elsewhere sceptical.scot/2025/10/ai-cre…

Time to stand up for journalists’ safety

@leeharris Look more like psychopaths in uniform

Entitled, far-left, pro-Palestine hate protestors attempt to break through a police line in Ireland. Police immediately start hitting them with batons and pepper spray them all in the face. This is how you deal with Hamas supporters. ZERO tolerance. Wonderful.

#Gaza why @BBCr4today is the main item at 0810 today (Saturday) not the prospect of peace in the Middle East but another (after many) aspect of the appalling synagogue attack? Poor news judgment

Unbelievable gesture Rory

@Keegan_Bradley is simply a bad loser and sourpuss of the Trumpian school of diplomacy

Anyone surprised? “Former Welsh leader of Reform has pleaded guilty to bribery charges”. Such a patriot he took money to talk pro-Russian propaganda bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Europe’s astonishing drop in illegal migration (from @TheEconomist) economist.com/international/…: lessons for UK?

Presumably the same right-wing pro-Israeli protagonists denouncing Starmer over Palestinian recognition will applaud the illegal annexation of the West Bank when it happens

Some other polling figures for a “grieving” ⁦@matthewsyed⁩ who evidently rates the death of 1250 Israelis as infinitely more significant politically/morally than that of 60-odd thousand Gazans yougov.co.uk/politics/artic…

Via @DSanderson_85 - don’t often get this level of detail and depth in Scottish political journalism

Why MSPs are falling out of love with Holyrood: excellent analysis! thetimes.com/article/bce38a…

#bbcrugby four English interviews et pas une francaise: un peu trop, non!?!

⁦@IDF⁩ just loves killing journos - and press freedom theguardian.com/world/2025/sep…

#Tokyo how come USA wins a helluva lot of event, mmmh?

Scotland has six out of the top 25 on this scale, underlining how excellent its HE sector is thetimes.com/uk-university-…

#inflation moral of today’s fig: rejoin EU/join the euro (French inflation 1%, eurozone 2%)

Supreme Court Lets Trump Fire Consumer Product Safety Regulators nytimes.com/2025/07/23/us/… via @NYTimes More like the Supine Court

#PlayOffs ridiculous outcome in @TheVanaramaNL where side finishing fifth on 73 pts is promoted while one finishing second with 96 (+23) faces another season outside efl: no purpose in being runner-up with GD 37 higher