Dougiehihi
@dougiehihi.bsky.social
Specialist supporter of failed or failing football teams - currently Charlton Athletic (the clue to the other one’s in the username). Also keen on Scottish hills and glens, better local governance, Glasgow’s great Edwardian /Victorian buildings, and pies.
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Oxbow lakes! You won't read about them in the mainstream media.
November 17, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Oxbow lakes! You won't read about them in the mainstream media.
Excellent analysis by Peter Geoghan (Democracy for Sale) on howUK politics is already being successfully influenced by far right foreign sources. Well worth half an hour of your time. open.substack.com/pub/democrac...
Here’s what I told Parliament yesterday - now we need to act
From Trump’s BBC threats to Musk fuelling the far-right, we need to protect our democracy. Here’s how.
open.substack.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Excellent analysis by Peter Geoghan (Democracy for Sale) on howUK politics is already being successfully influenced by far right foreign sources. Well worth half an hour of your time. open.substack.com/pub/democrac...
Worth lobbying any political people you know about this. We’re very lucky to have the rights and freedoms we do have. But they’re in danger of being slowly (and sometimes quickly) eroded.
Quality trails = more healthy, happy walking people. 🚶
So we're shocked to learn that ScotGov’s post-Brexit farm subsidy system will fail to replace lost funding for paths and access. ➡️ www.ramblers.org.uk/post-brexit-...
Scotland will be left with the worst funding for outdoor access in Britain.🤦🏻♀️
So we're shocked to learn that ScotGov’s post-Brexit farm subsidy system will fail to replace lost funding for paths and access. ➡️ www.ramblers.org.uk/post-brexit-...
Scotland will be left with the worst funding for outdoor access in Britain.🤦🏻♀️
November 13, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Worth lobbying any political people you know about this. We’re very lucky to have the rights and freedoms we do have. But they’re in danger of being slowly (and sometimes quickly) eroded.
If Vladimir Putin or Xi Jinping threatened to sue the BBC for a billion dollars, would the UK Government respond by saying "This is a matter for the BBC." Just asking.
November 11, 2025 at 5:19 PM
If Vladimir Putin or Xi Jinping threatened to sue the BBC for a billion dollars, would the UK Government respond by saying "This is a matter for the BBC." Just asking.
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What you’re witnessing is a populist assault on the BBC.
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
November 10, 2025 at 10:52 AM
What you’re witnessing is a populist assault on the BBC.
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
Unbelievable....... wait a minute......All too believable headlines and reporting of racist white on BBC. Imagine if he'd been black / Muslim / supporter of Scottish Independence.
Wow - those are quite phenomenal headlines given the details of the story.
Ahh look, he’s just a ‘nerdy’ guy. No harm done.
You need to scroll down to paragraph 13 of the Sky piece to find the full story!
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Ahh look, he’s just a ‘nerdy’ guy. No harm done.
You need to scroll down to paragraph 13 of the Sky piece to find the full story!
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1/9
October 29, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Unbelievable....... wait a minute......All too believable headlines and reporting of racist white on BBC. Imagine if he'd been black / Muslim / supporter of Scottish Independence.
This sounds pretty accurate from
@iandunt.bsky.social
in his "Striking 13" Substack. "I sometimes get the sense that Labour politicians believe the public is innately reactionary and that any social progress has to therefore be made through subterfuge or communicative ingenuity."
@iandunt.bsky.social
in his "Striking 13" Substack. "I sometimes get the sense that Labour politicians believe the public is innately reactionary and that any social progress has to therefore be made through subterfuge or communicative ingenuity."
October 24, 2025 at 1:06 PM
This sounds pretty accurate from
@iandunt.bsky.social
in his "Striking 13" Substack. "I sometimes get the sense that Labour politicians believe the public is innately reactionary and that any social progress has to therefore be made through subterfuge or communicative ingenuity."
@iandunt.bsky.social
in his "Striking 13" Substack. "I sometimes get the sense that Labour politicians believe the public is innately reactionary and that any social progress has to therefore be made through subterfuge or communicative ingenuity."
Heart goes out to the poor people of York. In Edinburgh, we barely coped when we had to manage without a Duke when Philip died. It seemed like an age till we got a new one.
October 18, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Heart goes out to the poor people of York. In Edinburgh, we barely coped when we had to manage without a Duke when Philip died. It seemed like an age till we got a new one.
Always a great pit stop from highland forays. Best ice cream in Scotland (not including Glasgow of course), and top quality fish suppers too.
October 7, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Always a great pit stop from highland forays. Best ice cream in Scotland (not including Glasgow of course), and top quality fish suppers too.
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Chapter One
It was a beautiful Spring morning on the Serengeti and Skippy the lion had just taken four baby antelopes out of the equation.
It was a beautiful Spring morning on the Serengeti and Skippy the lion had just taken four baby antelopes out of the equation.
August 5, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Chapter One
It was a beautiful Spring morning on the Serengeti and Skippy the lion had just taken four baby antelopes out of the equation.
It was a beautiful Spring morning on the Serengeti and Skippy the lion had just taken four baby antelopes out of the equation.
Tariffs might be bad news for a few months, years, or even a bit longer, but a far bigger crisis is still slowly enveloping us all with immeasurably greater consequences www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Climate crisis on track to destroy capitalism, warns top insurer
Action urgently needed to save the conditions under which markets – and civilisation itself – can operate, says senior Allianz figure
www.theguardian.com
April 3, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Tariffs might be bad news for a few months, years, or even a bit longer, but a far bigger crisis is still slowly enveloping us all with immeasurably greater consequences www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Wise advice on the importance to the economy of investing in infrastructure that helps walkers enjoy our uniquely wonderful outdoors.
"The message is simple: walking & Scotland's outdoors are multi-billion pound assets. We must invest in that asset." 🚶♂️
Our @bjpaddy.bsky.social's opinion piece for @thirdforcenews.bsky.social, ahead of next week's VisitScotland visitor management summit, which the Deputy FM will open & close. ⬇️
Our @bjpaddy.bsky.social's opinion piece for @thirdforcenews.bsky.social, ahead of next week's VisitScotland visitor management summit, which the Deputy FM will open & close. ⬇️
Walking Scotland’s rural economy to a healthier future - TFN
Brendan Paddy highlights the immense financial gains walking brings to Scotland
tfn.scot
March 31, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Wise advice on the importance to the economy of investing in infrastructure that helps walkers enjoy our uniquely wonderful outdoors.
Great work as always. Can't understand why the political consensus continues to shy away from implementing serious changes to land ownership laws. For any governing party it would be an open goal, almost uniquely achieving economic benefits with the popularity they crave.
BLOG - Who Owns Scotland 2024. My annual analysis of who owns Scotland which reveals a growing concentration in the pattern of privately-owned rural landownership since 2012. andywightman.scot/2025/03/who-...
Who Owns Scotlands 2024 - Land Matters
Today I have published what I plan to be an annual analysis of who owns Scotland. The Who Owns Scotland 2024 report is based on an analysis of data from the Who Owns Scotland website as at 31 January ...
andywightman.scot
March 19, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Great work as always. Can't understand why the political consensus continues to shy away from implementing serious changes to land ownership laws. For any governing party it would be an open goal, almost uniquely achieving economic benefits with the popularity they crave.
Agreed - but my guess is that most of the US - Russia deal is already in place. The next bit is mainly about presentation - how to shaft a carved up Ukraine, and preparing the ground for doing the same in the Arctic. They've probably worked behind the scenes on this since before the 2016 election.
This'll be a disaster. We should prepare for the most obvious outcome, which is the US swinging behind Russian demands. Hope for a different result, plan for the worst.
⚡️ Update: Kremlin confirms Trump-Putin call on March 18.
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov confirmed the plans for a call between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin on March 18, state news agency TASS reported.
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov confirmed the plans for a call between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin on March 18, state news agency TASS reported.
March 17, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Agreed - but my guess is that most of the US - Russia deal is already in place. The next bit is mainly about presentation - how to shaft a carved up Ukraine, and preparing the ground for doing the same in the Arctic. They've probably worked behind the scenes on this since before the 2016 election.
We can be sure that this cover-up involves orders, rules of engagement, or (more likely) a culture spreading down from a very high level. If it was just young squaddies involved, they would likely be left just as high and dry as their Afghan colleagues.
February 17, 2025 at 2:01 PM
We can be sure that this cover-up involves orders, rules of engagement, or (more likely) a culture spreading down from a very high level. If it was just young squaddies involved, they would likely be left just as high and dry as their Afghan colleagues.
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The SGA claimed the programme caused "unfair reputation [sic] damage".
Nope, reputational damage is not being caused by the BBC reporting the evidence, it's being caused by criminal gamekeepers who continue to kill birds of prey.
#RaptorResearch
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/02/17/b...
Nope, reputational damage is not being caused by the BBC reporting the evidence, it's being caused by criminal gamekeepers who continue to kill birds of prey.
#RaptorResearch
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/02/17/b...
BBC rejects Scottish Gamekeepers Association’s complaint about programme that linked raptor persecution to land managed for gamebird shooting
Last November the BBC aired an episode of Highland Cops (Series 2, Episode 4) that featured a Police Scotland Wildlife Crime Officer, PC Dan Sutherland, investigating the suspicious disappearance o…
raptorpersecutionuk.org
February 17, 2025 at 10:14 AM
The SGA claimed the programme caused "unfair reputation [sic] damage".
Nope, reputational damage is not being caused by the BBC reporting the evidence, it's being caused by criminal gamekeepers who continue to kill birds of prey.
#RaptorResearch
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/02/17/b...
Nope, reputational damage is not being caused by the BBC reporting the evidence, it's being caused by criminal gamekeepers who continue to kill birds of prey.
#RaptorResearch
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/02/17/b...
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With all this chat about #Scotland just a wee reminder that our healthcare and prescriptions are free. NHS Scotland has spent millions treating my congenital heart condition from ‘cradle to grave’ - a sign of collective humanity ❤️🩹
February 16, 2025 at 8:04 PM
With all this chat about #Scotland just a wee reminder that our healthcare and prescriptions are free. NHS Scotland has spent millions treating my congenital heart condition from ‘cradle to grave’ - a sign of collective humanity ❤️🩹
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Yet again, if these were climate protestors, there'd have been multiple arrests, with some facing years in jail for "public nuisance". But farmers can block the road and drown out the Prime Minister and the police won't touch them.
The real #TwoTierPolicing
The real #TwoTierPolicing
February 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Yet again, if these were climate protestors, there'd have been multiple arrests, with some facing years in jail for "public nuisance". But farmers can block the road and drown out the Prime Minister and the police won't touch them.
The real #TwoTierPolicing
The real #TwoTierPolicing
I'm pretty sure that we all knew at the time that this sort of stuff would be going on. Always the same - nothing is changed until it's way too late, history is slowly being re-written (in small print rather than headlines), and the next phase of fooling us all is well under way.
“When I raised questions [within the Foreign Office] about the legal basis for our arms sales to Israel, I was met with hostility & stonewalling…. I was warned not to put my concerns in writing…. How could continued arms sales to Israel possibly be legal?”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I saw illegality and complicity with war crimes. That’s why I quit the UK Foreign Office | Mark Smith
Ministers and senior officials protected arms deals facilitating death and horror in Gaza and Yemen. I urge my former colleagues to resist them, says one-time Foreign Office policy adviser Mark Smith
www.theguardian.com
February 10, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I'm pretty sure that we all knew at the time that this sort of stuff would be going on. Always the same - nothing is changed until it's way too late, history is slowly being re-written (in small print rather than headlines), and the next phase of fooling us all is well under way.
Excellent piece on how we’re being force fed shit - and maybe how to avoid it.
Journalism is collapsing in the middle of the information war iandunt.substack.com/p/journalism...
February 7, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Excellent piece on how we’re being force fed shit - and maybe how to avoid it.
Shocking failure by Local Authorities to fulfil their statutory obligations in protecting our hard won access rights. Email your Councillor and MSP now to help stop these rights being gradually chipped away.
Walkers urged to fight cuts to access funding at local authorities, as complaints about blocked paths increasingly go unanswered.
www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news/walkers...
@ramblersscotland.bsky.social
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@ramblersscotland.bsky.social
Walkers urged to fight cuts to local access funding
Ramblers Scotland is calling on walkers to urgently email local councillors to ensure upcoming budgets safeguard investment in walking, paths and outdoor access.
The charity says that most Scottis...
www.walkhighlands.co.uk
January 27, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Shocking failure by Local Authorities to fulfil their statutory obligations in protecting our hard won access rights. Email your Councillor and MSP now to help stop these rights being gradually chipped away.
This is a good read on looming dangers posed by Trump, and the Chinese reaction; and a well balanced look at how the liberal left (specifically in the UK and Europe has failed to prepare for the damage that might be caused.
This isn’t the same Trump that won in 2016: it’s an altogether different beast
From territory takeovers to far-right alliances — his return threatens peace, prosperity and the planet
My long-read for @opendemocracy.net:
From territory takeovers to far-right alliances — his return threatens peace, prosperity and the planet
My long-read for @opendemocracy.net:
Trump 2.0 could herald a new age of authoritarian capitalism
Trump’s weaponisation of US power poses a threat to peace, prosperity and the planet. It must be strongly resisted
www.opendemocracy.net
January 27, 2025 at 2:17 PM
This is a good read on looming dangers posed by Trump, and the Chinese reaction; and a well balanced look at how the liberal left (specifically in the UK and Europe has failed to prepare for the damage that might be caused.
Nice afternoon sky on way back down from Swanston to Dreghorn via Allermuir today. We’re so lucky in Edinburgh - 20 minutes each way on no. 16 bus - 9 minutes total waiting time
January 12, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Nice afternoon sky on way back down from Swanston to Dreghorn via Allermuir today. We’re so lucky in Edinburgh - 20 minutes each way on no. 16 bus - 9 minutes total waiting time
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Jimmy Carter, a visionary on ending fossil fuels, put solar panels on the White House. Big Oil-backed Ronald Reagan ousted Carter in 1980 and ripped them out
Tonight, as Carter lies in in state in the Capitol, a climate-fueled wildfire is destroying Reagan's former hometown of Pacific Palisades
Tonight, as Carter lies in in state in the Capitol, a climate-fueled wildfire is destroying Reagan's former hometown of Pacific Palisades
January 8, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Jimmy Carter, a visionary on ending fossil fuels, put solar panels on the White House. Big Oil-backed Ronald Reagan ousted Carter in 1980 and ripped them out
Tonight, as Carter lies in in state in the Capitol, a climate-fueled wildfire is destroying Reagan's former hometown of Pacific Palisades
Tonight, as Carter lies in in state in the Capitol, a climate-fueled wildfire is destroying Reagan's former hometown of Pacific Palisades
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First Bluesky post! We're Scottish members of Red Rope, mostly from Edinburgh & Glasgow but also across Scotland. We enjoy hillwalking, climbing, cycling, swimming, cake ...
We post about our monthly weekend trips. We also do regular day walks from Edinburgh & sometimes Glasgow.
Please join us!
We post about our monthly weekend trips. We also do regular day walks from Edinburgh & sometimes Glasgow.
Please join us!
December 24, 2024 at 5:33 PM
First Bluesky post! We're Scottish members of Red Rope, mostly from Edinburgh & Glasgow but also across Scotland. We enjoy hillwalking, climbing, cycling, swimming, cake ...
We post about our monthly weekend trips. We also do regular day walks from Edinburgh & sometimes Glasgow.
Please join us!
We post about our monthly weekend trips. We also do regular day walks from Edinburgh & sometimes Glasgow.
Please join us!