Alan Ferrier
@alanferrier.bsky.social
I live in Glasgow and my hobbies include arranging my CDs in alphabetical order, discovering new and exotic whiskies, sheep-spotting and flying my kite.
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Alan Ferrier
@alanferrier.bsky.social
· Nov 16
What frightens the British Establishment most is the prospect of an independent, progressive, prosperous Scotland being witnessed by the English electorate.
Welcome to the Epstein war.
January 3, 2026 at 10:57 AM
Welcome to the Epstein war.
Remembering Alasdair Gray as I’ll always remember him on what would have been his 91st birthday - surrounded by his own art and pissing himself laughing.
December 28, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Remembering Alasdair Gray as I’ll always remember him on what would have been his 91st birthday - surrounded by his own art and pissing himself laughing.
Reposted by Alan Ferrier
Born in Riddrie on this day in December 1934, Alasdair Gray became one of Scotland’s most visionary writers and artists, his words and images continue to shape our civic life. We honour his enduring legacy & are proud to continue to champion his legacy and creative spirit ❤️
December 28, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Born in Riddrie on this day in December 1934, Alasdair Gray became one of Scotland’s most visionary writers and artists, his words and images continue to shape our civic life. We honour his enduring legacy & are proud to continue to champion his legacy and creative spirit ❤️
Boxing Day is so named to commemorate the day Noddy Holder gets put away into cryogenic storage again for another eleven months.
December 26, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Boxing Day is so named to commemorate the day Noddy Holder gets put away into cryogenic storage again for another eleven months.
In Scotland, Christmas Day only became a public holiday in 1958 and Boxing Day in 1974.
blog.historicenvironment.scot/2016/12/time...
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December 25, 2025 at 3:06 PM
In Scotland, Christmas Day only became a public holiday in 1958 and Boxing Day in 1974.
blog.historicenvironment.scot/2016/12/time...
blog.historicenvironment.scot/2016/12/time...
The UK Conservative Party’s official Christmas card, 1938.
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December 24, 2025 at 5:47 PM
The UK Conservative Party’s official Christmas card, 1938.
blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/archivesandm...
blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/archivesandm...
France just jailed its former president for illegally funding his 2007 presidential campaign.
news.sky.com/story/too-la...
news.sky.com/story/too-la...
Too late to investigate Farage election expenses, Essex Police say
Allegations that Nigel Farage broke spending rules happened more than a year ago and can't be probed, the force has said. Election financing crimes must be reported within a year
news.sky.com
December 21, 2025 at 4:24 PM
France just jailed its former president for illegally funding his 2007 presidential campaign.
news.sky.com/story/too-la...
news.sky.com/story/too-la...
"Jewber" was right there...
December 16, 2025 at 4:11 PM
"Jewber" was right there...
Reposted by Alan Ferrier
As Professor Dorling of Oxford University put it when it was introduced “[The Scottish Child Payment] basically means that no child in Scotland should go cold or hungry by this Christmas. It’s a remarkable story and the second remarkable story is how it hasn’t been reported.” #MediaTumbleweed
December 16, 2025 at 2:56 PM
As Professor Dorling of Oxford University put it when it was introduced “[The Scottish Child Payment] basically means that no child in Scotland should go cold or hungry by this Christmas. It’s a remarkable story and the second remarkable story is how it hasn’t been reported.” #MediaTumbleweed
A research project from the Universities of York, Glasgow and the LSE has found “statistically significant reductions in both child material deprivation and food insecurity relative to England, after the introduction of the Scottish Child Payment.”
www.lse.ac.uk/news/depriva...
www.lse.ac.uk/news/depriva...
Scottish Child Payment | Food Insecurity | Deprivation
New analysis shows the Scottish child payment sharply reduces child deprivation and food insecurity, with no evidence of work disincentives. Discover the findings.
www.lse.ac.uk
December 16, 2025 at 2:35 PM
A research project from the Universities of York, Glasgow and the LSE has found “statistically significant reductions in both child material deprivation and food insecurity relative to England, after the introduction of the Scottish Child Payment.”
www.lse.ac.uk/news/depriva...
www.lse.ac.uk/news/depriva...
A vote for Reform is a vote to be ruled by the same old corrupt, incompetent arseholes you voted out in disgust last time.
December 12, 2025 at 4:24 PM
A vote for Reform is a vote to be ruled by the same old corrupt, incompetent arseholes you voted out in disgust last time.
Labour: abolishing the House of Lords since 1910.
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www.gov.uk/government/n...
December 11, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Labour: abolishing the House of Lords since 1910.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
www.gov.uk/government/n...
I still stand by this, with the proviso that "whatever remains of the Conservative Party" will already have joined Reform.
December 6, 2025 at 7:55 PM
I still stand by this, with the proviso that "whatever remains of the Conservative Party" will already have joined Reform.
There are two categories of Reform supporter: millionaires and fuckwits. Check your bank balance to discover the one to which you belong.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Scottish Conservative peer defects to Reform UK
Malcolm Offord appeared at a rally alongside Nigel Farage in Falkirk on Saturday to announce the move.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 6, 2025 at 7:09 PM
There are two categories of Reform supporter: millionaires and fuckwits. Check your bank balance to discover the one to which you belong.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Malcolm Offord of "Vote No Borders" infamy was also a vocal advocate of Leave during the #Brexit referendum. Parachuted into the HoL by Johnson on the unquestionably democratic pretext of making extremely generous donations to the Tory Party.
Snakes gonna snake.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Snakes gonna snake.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Scottish Conservative peer defects to Reform UK
Malcolm Offord appeared at a rally alongside Nigel Farage in Falkirk on Saturday to announce the move.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 6, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Malcolm Offord of "Vote No Borders" infamy was also a vocal advocate of Leave during the #Brexit referendum. Parachuted into the HoL by Johnson on the unquestionably democratic pretext of making extremely generous donations to the Tory Party.
Snakes gonna snake.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Snakes gonna snake.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
"...on top of 91 prisoners freed by mistake between April and October in England & Wales."
Imagine the Scottish Prison Service mistakenly released 103 prisoners. Imagine the newspaper front pages. Imagine Reporting Scotland. Imagine Newsnight. Imagine Scotland Today. Imagine Call Kaye.
Imagine the Scottish Prison Service mistakenly released 103 prisoners. Imagine the newspaper front pages. Imagine Reporting Scotland. Imagine Newsnight. Imagine Scotland Today. Imagine Call Kaye.
December 2, 2025 at 6:59 PM
"...on top of 91 prisoners freed by mistake between April and October in England & Wales."
Imagine the Scottish Prison Service mistakenly released 103 prisoners. Imagine the newspaper front pages. Imagine Reporting Scotland. Imagine Newsnight. Imagine Scotland Today. Imagine Call Kaye.
Imagine the Scottish Prison Service mistakenly released 103 prisoners. Imagine the newspaper front pages. Imagine Reporting Scotland. Imagine Newsnight. Imagine Scotland Today. Imagine Call Kaye.
This will drive all the right people bananas.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Gaelic and Scots now recognised as official languages
The milestone is one of a number of new measures taking effect on St Andrew's Day from the Scottish Languages Act.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 30, 2025 at 8:37 AM
This will drive all the right people bananas.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
If a person is working full-time and has to be on Universal Credit, then the "benefits scrounger" is their employer.
November 28, 2025 at 8:08 PM
If a person is working full-time and has to be on Universal Credit, then the "benefits scrounger" is their employer.
Perhaps they could also have their teeth checked for any gold fillings.
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Asylum seekers’ jewellery could be seized to pay for processing costs, says Home Office minister
Idea borrowed from Denmark is latest attempt to reduce number of people seeking asylum in UK
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Perhaps they could also have their teeth checked for any gold fillings.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
It was during the 1984-85 miners' strike that I first began to regard the BBC as an arm of the state. I've seen little to change my opinion since.
November 10, 2025 at 11:27 AM
It was during the 1984-85 miners' strike that I first began to regard the BBC as an arm of the state. I've seen little to change my opinion since.
Reminder that Tim Davie, who's just resigned as BBC Director-General, stood in an election for the Tories in Hammersmith, was deputy chairman of the Hammersmith and Fulham Conservative Party and in 2020 spent his first day in the job visiting BBC Scotland in Glasgow.
November 9, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Reminder that Tim Davie, who's just resigned as BBC Director-General, stood in an election for the Tories in Hammersmith, was deputy chairman of the Hammersmith and Fulham Conservative Party and in 2020 spent his first day in the job visiting BBC Scotland in Glasgow.
A proposal to require property developers to include at least one “swift brick” in every new home to save swifts, house martins, sparrows, and starlings - all of which are in rapid decline - at a mere cost of £35 per building has been rejected by UK Labour.
naturalworldfund.com/labour-block...
naturalworldfund.com/labour-block...
Labour blocks proposal for ‘swift bricks’ in all new homes - Natural World Fund
Labour Rejects Swift Brick Proposal for New Homes in England A proposal to require the inclusion of at least one “swift brick” in every new home built in England has been rejected by Labour at the com...
naturalworldfund.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:54 PM
A proposal to require property developers to include at least one “swift brick” in every new home to save swifts, house martins, sparrows, and starlings - all of which are in rapid decline - at a mere cost of £35 per building has been rejected by UK Labour.
naturalworldfund.com/labour-block...
naturalworldfund.com/labour-block...
“We do not want an independent Scotland because we dislike the English, but because we want separation from that Union of financial, military and monarchic establishments calling itself Great Britain.”
—Alasdair Gray, “Independence: An Argument for Home Rule”, 2014.
—Alasdair Gray, “Independence: An Argument for Home Rule”, 2014.
November 6, 2025 at 12:35 PM
“We do not want an independent Scotland because we dislike the English, but because we want separation from that Union of financial, military and monarchic establishments calling itself Great Britain.”
—Alasdair Gray, “Independence: An Argument for Home Rule”, 2014.
—Alasdair Gray, “Independence: An Argument for Home Rule”, 2014.