Ken MacIntyre

@Footballtweet 'Football hooligans? There's 92 club chairmen for a start.'

🗣️ "We had a good team on paper, but unfortunately the game is played on grass." 🗣️ "I wouldn't say I was the best manager in the business, but I was definitely in the top one." 🗣️ “Rome wasn’t built in a day. But I wasn’t on that particular job.” 🗣️ “Players lose you games, not tactics. There’s so much crap talked about tactics by people who barely know how to win at dominoes.” 🗣️ “When my players disagree with me, we talk about it for twenty minutes and then we decide I was right.” Remembering Brian Clough on what would have been his 91st birthday. RIP.🕊️

Trump's principal advisers are 'Israeli assets', Jonathan Powell UK National Security Adviser.

@oakroyd The old Queen Street station prominent, associated with my trips to the big city. Before 1966 it was Buchanan Street, just out of shot.

George Square and central #Glasgow, 1931. (HES)

@YesterdaysBrit1 Two Ronnies' bar sketch. Impeccable precision and comic timing. From the Golden Age when comedians were funny. youtu.be/LjlnFJIiF2U?si…

It would be on a Thursday night that a few work colleagues and myself would take ourselves to the pub, to have a few drinks to celebrate the fact that the weekend was almost upon us. Then we'd have a bite to eat in a simple restaurant. Basic enough pleasures, and above all, back in the eighties those nights out were affordable. Fast forward forty years, and eating and drinking out has become impossible for many people, even if our earnings have increased. Well, yes, they have improved, but they haven't kept up with the neverending rising cost of living and inflation. Our money went further back in the past, and there's no denying it. And what people don't realise is that when the whole country partied on the 31st December, 1999, to see in the new millennium, they were in fact seeing in a new millennium of nothing much to write home about!

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CALLING OUT PROPAGANDA No.17 FALSE ALLEGATIONS OF ANTISEMITISM are a powerful propaganda tool. They can have three propaganda purposes. They undermine the credibility of a person criticising Israel, they distract attention from the actual criticism that has been made, and they act as a warning against anyone else who might criticise Israel. The response to Joe Kent is the latest example. Joe Kent resigned yesterday as the Director of the US National Counterterrorism Center. He published his resignation letter addressed to President Trump in which he wrote, “I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran. Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation, and it is clear that we started this war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby.” Since Kent’s statement there has been a barrage of attacks, accusing him of being antisemitic, from politicians, media and others in the US and in Israel. Almost every serious criticism of Israel is met with this same accusation, even when there is no evidence to support the accusation beyond the fact of the criticism of Israel itself. Supporters of Israel will want the conversation now to be about whether Kent is antisemitic rather than about the very serious allegations he has made. There are good grounds for taking what Kent said seriously. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, for example, admitted the US had indeed been dragged into the war by Israel: “We knew that there was going to be an Israeli action, we knew that that would precipitate an attack against American forces, and we knew that if we didn’t pre-emptively go after them before they launched those attacks, we would suffer higher casualties."

CALLING OUT PROPAGANDA No.1 This is the start of what will be a long thread We are all manipulated by propaganda and this fact is central to how our world operates Being smart and well educated is no defence to manipulation by propaganda. Every single one of us is affected I want to help people combat propaganda for themselves and to understand how it works on other people Each day I will point out an example (current or otherwise) and explain how it works Some people will strongly object to some of what I say. That is inevitable

@Daisy3554781631 He relied on the view of unnamed independent experts that Horizon was reliable. See his witness statement. He was not called to give evidence. postofficehorizoninquiry.org.uk/sites/default/…

What did #Mandleson base that conclusion on? He should have been at the Inquiry

Britain here refers to England & Wales. Scottish education does not have A levels.

@ClarkeMicah I did not have A levels when starting university because I was educated in Scotland where the equivalent is Highers.

Everything in Britain is comprehensive now. In all fields of life we pay the painful price for destroying rigorous education 60 years ago. From the Daily Mail today..

Harold Wilson was a brilliant man who as director of economics and statistics at the wartime Ministry of Fuel and Power at 27 was awarded the OBE for his services. In 1947, he became a Cabinet (average age 62) member at just 31.

@TimesRadio Trump: 'I've dug myself into a hole and it's your responsibility to get me out.' Why?

“To have no contingency plans [to keep the Strait of Hormuz open] and then come running to the allies to say, you need to help us - no wonder he’s not been backed.” Donald Trump starting a war with Iran without having contingency plans to keep the Strait of Hormuz open “beggars belief”, says Times Radio presenter @afneil

50 years ago this day. Harold Wilson resigned as Labour leader. Michael Foot was one of six political heavyweights who contested the post. They included a theorist, two biographers, a diarist, and five out of six were war veterans. No one today comes anywhere near any of them.

@Janetsk20073533 @Paulthebass @ThompsonMinor @MCosovich @CastletonLee 'I believe the only sensible choice is to proceed with the Horizon project.' Peter Mandelson, Dec 1998 just before his first resignation. postofficehorizoninquiry.org.uk/evidence/cbo00…

@Paulthebass @ThompsonMinor @MCosovich @CastletonLee The case began the day it was rolled out. It is a cross party government. Prosecutions began in 2000 under Labour, Second sight investigation, 2012 under a coalition government.

Totally Innocent Seema Mistra Jailed while pregnant, in Post Office Scandal , still waits for Settlement, Not Compensation as it was her money they took. Meanwhile top P.O. Execs waltz away scott free. British Justice in action?

@nickwallis The consequence of prioritising internal feelings over objective reality is social chaos.

Is the new culture war going to be people pretending to be disabled? Charlotte offers: TERDs vs the transdisabled. It’s actually slightly less madder than what’s already happened to sex.

@thomsonchris 'Countries have agency, and even peoples have agency. This was never the case under colonialism. What empires do to colonies is to de-historisize them. Not only by destroying the knowledge of the history there was, but by not creating a new one.' Branko Milanovic.

The tide is turning. Not a dream, but the approaching end of a long, discredited colonial order. Scotland, treated for centuries as an English colony through annexation, extraction, territorial alienation & political domination, has begun a process of decolonisation through engagement with United Nations mechanisms. A reality long obscured by English imperial, colonial narratives is entering the international arena. Once such scrutiny advances, the English colonial state will also face the implications of its commitments elsewhere. Under the Good Friday Agreement, the British government is legally bound to organise a referendum when conditions indicate support for reunifying the island of Ireland. The consequences extend beyond Ireland & Scotland. As the colonial structures within the British Isles come under increasing international examination, Wales will inevitably draw strength from the same historical reckoning. What appears today as a stable constitutional arrangement begins to resemble something else: the final phase of an ageing imperial, colonial system. For centuries the English imperial project expanded outward from colonial domination within the archipelago itself. Control over Scotland, Ireland, and Wales helped construct the imperial, colonial machinery through which England projected power across the globe. That expansion shaped a global order whose hierarchies still endure today, an order in which many nations remain marginalised from meaningful participation in global governance. Dismantling the English colonial architecture created by that English colonial project therefore begins where it started: within the British Isles. The decolonisation of Scotland, Ireland, and Wales would not simply redraw a regional map. It would challenge one of the foundational pillars of the present international system. Such a transformation would inevitably reverberate through global institutions, including the United Nations Security Council, whose composition reflects the political realities of a colonial era now increasingly contested. The English colonial state's position will be untenable on the UN Security Council, forcing reform. England will need to live by itself from its own work and identity instead of always stealing everything from others.

What if it was all just a dream?

youtu.be/bAQof6mmdvo?si… Farewell Ken Peplowski, 1959 - 2026

@Derek959Derek @georgegalloway @britishstandd @LindsayHoyle_MP Why does Westminster still use antiquated voting lobbies instead of electronic voting as the Scottish Parliament and Welsh Senedd do? A Victorian relic from the days when politics was a rich man's hobby, it is time consuming and wide open to this sort of nonsense.

@LindsayHoyle_MP I've been interested in and followed politics all my adult life im 75 now and i have never seen the HOCs so bad. MPs on their phones during debate's the standard of dress sorry to say from some of the women MPs is appalling (not all) i hasten to add,the Ungentlemanly behaviour towards each other of other parties. A PM that will not answer directly questions put to him at PMQs, the standards have dropped into the gutter the mother of all parliaments has descended into a shit show,just like the country as a whole.

🚨Speaker LIVID as Labour deliberately ’BLOCK door’ To STOP MPs VOTING!

🚨 AMERICA JUST LOST THE MIDDLE EAST → AND NOBODY IS TALKING ABOUT IT While everyone is watching the bombs fall on Iran, something FAR more dangerous just happened behind closed doors. Reuters confirms Gulf states are now "reassessing their security dependence on Washington" and actively considering new regional security arrangements — with IRAN. Let that sink in. The countries America SWORE to protect are now planning to partner with the country America is currently bombing. 💀 Gulf states realized the U.S. CANNOT protect their oil, gas, or sovereignty during wartime 💀 The cost to Gulf economies described as "STAGGERING" 💀 Saudi Arabia's Gulf Research Center says the U.S. failed to secure a SINGLE guarantee for its allies 💀 They're now accelerating diversification of ALL security partnerships — away from Washington ⚠️ The U.S. has had military bases in the Gulf since 1991 — 35 YEARS of "protection" — GONE ⚠️ America's ENTIRE Middle East strategy depends on Gulf cooperation ⚠️ If the Gulf pivots to Iran, Russia, and China — U.S. dollar dominance in oil is FINISHED The media is showing you missile strikes and aircraft carriers. They're NOT showing you America's closest allies quietly walking out the back door. Here's how this ends. Step by step: Step 1 → Gulf states sign bilateral security deals with China and Russia. Already in progress. Step 2 → Saudi Arabia starts accepting yuan for oil. The petrodollar dies. Step 3 → U.S. military bases in Qatar, Bahrain, UAE get "reviewed" — diplomatic language for EVICTION. Step 4 → Iran gets rehabilitated as a regional partner instead of an enemy. Step 5 → America loses its grip on the most energy-rich region on Earth — PERMANENTLY. You don't "reassess security dependence" on your protector when you feel safe → You reassess when your protector just started a war on your doorstep WITHOUT asking you → And you only talk to the ENEMY when you've already decided your protector is the bigger threat. Trump wanted to project strength. Instead he proved to every Gulf nation that America is an unreliable partner who will torch the entire region for its own agenda. The Gulf isn't diversifying. They're building an EXIT PLAN. And once that door opens, it CANNOT be closed. Prepare accordingly. 🚨🚨🚨 This post is being throttled. Like + RT to keep it alive. ⚠️

The great Roy Budd. Probably accompanied by Pete Morgan and Chris Karan but can't find the details.

@trainsongsbook Roy Budd was a brilliant jazz pianist and composer. Here is his 1976 Plays Sondheim album prompted by your post. youtube.com/playlist?list=…

"Is there a Mr Carter in the room?" On this day in 1971 the film 'Get Carter' (featuring the best train song instrumental of all time in the form of 'Main Theme - Carter Takes A Train' by Roy Budd) went on general release in the UK.

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The fire that ripped through a historic building in central Glasgow has caused travel chaos for city residents and commuters – as well as sparking calls for regulation of vape shops But, do the people of Glasgow think vape shops should be banned? 💨