Peter Jackson
@pjdelacour.bsky.social
Co-Director, Scottish Council on Global Affairs.
Chair and Professor of Global Security, University of Glasgow.
International History, Security and Basketball. All views my own etc.
Chair and Professor of Global Security, University of Glasgow.
International History, Security and Basketball. All views my own etc.
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Peter Jackson
@pjdelacour.bsky.social
· Oct 3
L'essor du renseignement moderne. une histoire mondiale de... - Librairie Eyrolles
Recrutements d’espions à l’étranger, campagnes de désinformation sur les réseaux, exécutions extrajudiciaires, agences techniques procédant à des écoutes dans le monde entier : les déclinaisons du...
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New book on the history of intelligence and international relations.
www.eyrolles.com/Loisirs/Livr...
www.eyrolles.com/Loisirs/Livr...
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Border wars: a football match in 1599 between men of Bewcastle, England, and Armstrongs of Whithaugh, Scotland, was followed by ‘drynkyng hard’. Final score was two dead, 30 taken prisoner ‘and many sore hurt, especially John Whytfeild, whose bowells came out, but are sowed up againe’.
November 14, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Border wars: a football match in 1599 between men of Bewcastle, England, and Armstrongs of Whithaugh, Scotland, was followed by ‘drynkyng hard’. Final score was two dead, 30 taken prisoner ‘and many sore hurt, especially John Whytfeild, whose bowells came out, but are sowed up againe’.
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Link to further details & to sign up for this seminar is below. The picture in the previous post is the cover of Prof Anna Feigenbaum's book - "Tear Gas: From the Battlefields of World War I to the Streets of Today". #WarStudies @uofgsocsci.bsky.social www.tickettailor.com/events/scott...
Select tickets – “Is Tear Gas as British as Tea? An Examination of the UK’s Historical Role in the Marketing and Deployment of Tear Gas" – Humanities Research Hub, 1 University Gardens, Room 102
“Is Tear Gas as British as Tea? An Examination of the UK’s Historical Role in the Marketing and Deployment of Tear Gas" – Humanities Research Hub, 1 University Gardens, Room 102, Thu 20 Nov 2025 - Thu...
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November 14, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Link to further details & to sign up for this seminar is below. The picture in the previous post is the cover of Prof Anna Feigenbaum's book - "Tear Gas: From the Battlefields of World War I to the Streets of Today". #WarStudies @uofgsocsci.bsky.social www.tickettailor.com/events/scott...
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“When I was [at the BBC], at the height of Boris Johnson’s strength, that fear was ubiquitous. Scripts were sometimes written with a view not solely to their impartiality or truth, but the management of perception of impartiality from one side of the spectrum.“ @lewisgoodall.com
The truth about impartiality at the BBC
And the hysteria of the current "crisis"
goodallandgoodluck.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:21 PM
“When I was [at the BBC], at the height of Boris Johnson’s strength, that fear was ubiquitous. Scripts were sometimes written with a view not solely to their impartiality or truth, but the management of perception of impartiality from one side of the spectrum.“ @lewisgoodall.com
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Tuesday’s results explain why Trump and the GOP are so focused on undermining free and free elections in 2026. Please, stay informed and take action. There is no better way to start than by signing up for Democracy Docket. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
November 8, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Tuesday’s results explain why Trump and the GOP are so focused on undermining free and free elections in 2026. Please, stay informed and take action. There is no better way to start than by signing up for Democracy Docket. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
A fantastic article by the excellent @leaskyd.bsky.social
The David Hume Institute has investigated the the legacy of the philosopher who gave it its name. The results are well worth your time.
www.thetimes.com/article/c4b0...
www.thetimes.com/article/c4b0...
David Hume ‘ignored evidence that countered his racist views’
The Edinburgh think tank that bears the philosopher’s name is looking anew at his legacy
www.thetimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:28 PM
A fantastic article by the excellent @leaskyd.bsky.social
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What are you doing? Just end the interview. He literally lied to your face about the geographic whereabouts of the president, which is as observable to you & us as the sunrise.
Don’t. Print. Lies. In. The. Newspaper.
Don’t. Platform. Lying. Liars. To. Performatively. Lie. On. Your. Teevee. Shows.
Don’t. Print. Lies. In. The. Newspaper.
Don’t. Platform. Lying. Liars. To. Performatively. Lie. On. Your. Teevee. Shows.
TAPPER: Where is President Trump right now?
REP. BUDDY CARTER: He's in Asia. He's negotiating trade deals. He's negotiating world peace.
TAPPER: Well, he's at Mar-a-Lago technically right now.
REP. BUDDY CARTER: He's in Asia. He's negotiating trade deals. He's negotiating world peace.
TAPPER: Well, he's at Mar-a-Lago technically right now.
November 2, 2025 at 2:57 PM
What are you doing? Just end the interview. He literally lied to your face about the geographic whereabouts of the president, which is as observable to you & us as the sunrise.
Don’t. Print. Lies. In. The. Newspaper.
Don’t. Platform. Lying. Liars. To. Performatively. Lie. On. Your. Teevee. Shows.
Don’t. Print. Lies. In. The. Newspaper.
Don’t. Platform. Lying. Liars. To. Performatively. Lie. On. Your. Teevee. Shows.
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What is the point or journalistic value of hosting these people, week after week, to performatively lie in response to your softball non-questions. What is the definition of insanity?
TAPPER: Obama's comments came within a day of Trump hosting a Gatsby-themed Halloween party at Mar-a-Lago while SNAP benefits are set to run out. Your response?
BESSENT: I believe President Obama played a record amount of golf of any president, so I'm not sure why he's out there throwing stones
BESSENT: I believe President Obama played a record amount of golf of any president, so I'm not sure why he's out there throwing stones
November 2, 2025 at 2:51 PM
What is the point or journalistic value of hosting these people, week after week, to performatively lie in response to your softball non-questions. What is the definition of insanity?
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Big tech is showing Trump and corrupt rulers every where that it can help destroy autocracy’s opponents
Piece from me on the merger of tech and power
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Piece from me on the merger of tech and power
open.substack.com/pub/nickcohe...
The thug-nerd pact will get us in the end
When paranoid fantasies come true
open.substack.com
November 2, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Big tech is showing Trump and corrupt rulers every where that it can help destroy autocracy’s opponents
Piece from me on the merger of tech and power
open.substack.com/pub/nickcohe...
Piece from me on the merger of tech and power
open.substack.com/pub/nickcohe...
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New York Times editorial board has compiled "a list of 12 markers of democratic erosion." www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
This is what "not the odds, but the stakes" was all about.
During the 2024 campaign, those 12 markers could have been in place and operating to guide news coverage everywhere.
This is what "not the odds, but the stakes" was all about.
During the 2024 campaign, those 12 markers could have been in place and operating to guide news coverage everywhere.
October 31, 2025 at 2:36 PM
New York Times editorial board has compiled "a list of 12 markers of democratic erosion." www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
This is what "not the odds, but the stakes" was all about.
During the 2024 campaign, those 12 markers could have been in place and operating to guide news coverage everywhere.
This is what "not the odds, but the stakes" was all about.
During the 2024 campaign, those 12 markers could have been in place and operating to guide news coverage everywhere.
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UN Charter pledged us to save generations from scourge of war, defend human rights and justice.
Amid horror of El Fasher we must return to those words as rebuke for international failure, and challenge that world can do better.
My remarks: bit.ly/47n75Ck
Amid horror of El Fasher we must return to those words as rebuke for international failure, and challenge that world can do better.
My remarks: bit.ly/47n75Ck
October 30, 2025 at 10:59 PM
UN Charter pledged us to save generations from scourge of war, defend human rights and justice.
Amid horror of El Fasher we must return to those words as rebuke for international failure, and challenge that world can do better.
My remarks: bit.ly/47n75Ck
Amid horror of El Fasher we must return to those words as rebuke for international failure, and challenge that world can do better.
My remarks: bit.ly/47n75Ck
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As poor as Canada’s relations with the U.S. have been under President Trump, they are even worse with the world’s other superpower, China. The leaders of Canada and China are set to meet for the first time in eight years to try to reset relations after years of acrimony.
Canada’s Other Superpower Problem
The leaders of Canada and China will meet for the first time in eight years to try to reset relations after years of acrimony.
nyti.ms
October 31, 2025 at 6:00 AM
As poor as Canada’s relations with the U.S. have been under President Trump, they are even worse with the world’s other superpower, China. The leaders of Canada and China are set to meet for the first time in eight years to try to reset relations after years of acrimony.
The Raptors are looking even worse on the defensive end tonight. They just look lost and unable to score.
October 29, 2025 at 11:12 PM
The Raptors are looking even worse on the defensive end tonight. They just look lost and unable to score.
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We’re delighted that UofG has been shortlisted for several categories at the 2025 @UKCISA #WeareInternational Awards, including Institution of the Year!
As the only Scottish university nominated, we’re proud to celebrate our commitment to supporting international students.
gla.ac/4oL3GEO
As the only Scottish university nominated, we’re proud to celebrate our commitment to supporting international students.
gla.ac/4oL3GEO
October 28, 2025 at 1:13 PM
We’re delighted that UofG has been shortlisted for several categories at the 2025 @UKCISA #WeareInternational Awards, including Institution of the Year!
As the only Scottish university nominated, we’re proud to celebrate our commitment to supporting international students.
gla.ac/4oL3GEO
As the only Scottish university nominated, we’re proud to celebrate our commitment to supporting international students.
gla.ac/4oL3GEO
Raptors can’t guard at all. Cannot.
October 28, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Raptors can’t guard at all. Cannot.
I believe the contemporary term for interventions like those is someone “spitting facts”. And he is …
"You left Europe because you wanted less boats, you have more boats. You left Europe because you wanted more investment. You have less investment."
Prime Minister Edi Rama of Albania on the UK's decision to leave the European Union.
Watch in full ➡️ bit.ly/4qkZnS0
Prime Minister Edi Rama of Albania on the UK's decision to leave the European Union.
Watch in full ➡️ bit.ly/4qkZnS0
October 25, 2025 at 8:50 PM
I believe the contemporary term for interventions like those is someone “spitting facts”. And he is …
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‘Readers need to realise that the supposedly refined and respectable British Conservatives are now more extreme than Trump’.
The Conservatives plans to deport hundreds of thousands of legal residents of the UK are far more extreme than anything Donald Trump is proposing
Piece from me on the horror show of the right morphing into the far right
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Piece from me on the horror show of the right morphing into the far right
open.substack.com/pub/nickcohe...
"Respectable" racism and the mass deportation of our neighbours
How the British right out-Trumps Trump
open.substack.com
October 25, 2025 at 7:09 PM
‘Readers need to realise that the supposedly refined and respectable British Conservatives are now more extreme than Trump’.
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This is horrifying stuff.
The challenge for all decent people, relentlessly, is to make sure ‘not polling well with the public’ is combined with ‘ensuring the public is fully aware of what a vote for the Tories would mean’.
The challenge for all decent people, relentlessly, is to make sure ‘not polling well with the public’ is combined with ‘ensuring the public is fully aware of what a vote for the Tories would mean’.
Stephen Bush on the extraordinary draft legislation which Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp, Matt Vickers, Katie Lam and backbench colleagues have proposed in parliament
It is a proposal that would seek to deport around 5% of the resident population, including over a quarter of a million with ILR
It is a proposal that would seek to deport around 5% of the resident population, including over a quarter of a million with ILR
October 23, 2025 at 11:43 AM
This is horrifying stuff.
The challenge for all decent people, relentlessly, is to make sure ‘not polling well with the public’ is combined with ‘ensuring the public is fully aware of what a vote for the Tories would mean’.
The challenge for all decent people, relentlessly, is to make sure ‘not polling well with the public’ is combined with ‘ensuring the public is fully aware of what a vote for the Tories would mean’.
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"Brexit damaged us. There is no aspect of Scottish life which has been helped by Brexit." Ian Forrester KC, speaking at the launch of the Brussels branch of the European Movement in Scotland.
October 19, 2025 at 9:46 AM
"Brexit damaged us. There is no aspect of Scottish life which has been helped by Brexit." Ian Forrester KC, speaking at the launch of the Brussels branch of the European Movement in Scotland.
Excellent. Congratulations!
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October 16, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Excellent. Congratulations!
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A bold and balanced re-appraisal of Tony Blair's years in power, pre-order 'New Labour, New Britain?' by historian @gsoh31.bsky.social with 25% OFF on the Waterstones website and app until Friday.
Enter discount code OCTOBER25 at checkout: www.waterstones.com/book/new-lab... #booksky
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New Labour, New Britain? by Glen O’Hara | Waterstones
Buy New Labour, New Britain? by Glen O’Hara from Waterstones today! Click and Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK delivery on orders over £25.
www.waterstones.com
October 16, 2025 at 5:24 PM
A bold and balanced re-appraisal of Tony Blair's years in power, pre-order 'New Labour, New Britain?' by historian @gsoh31.bsky.social with 25% OFF on the Waterstones website and app until Friday.
Enter discount code OCTOBER25 at checkout: www.waterstones.com/book/new-lab... #booksky
Enter discount code OCTOBER25 at checkout: www.waterstones.com/book/new-lab... #booksky
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Except ofc Pogrund. DPP explained to C’tee tonight what happened. They asked DNSA to go further than confines of Tory view of China at relevant time. He refused. They asked him again. He emphasised it’s still no. Gabriel added 2+2 and got 12 - and instead of apologising now insists his sums add up.
October 15, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Except ofc Pogrund. DPP explained to C’tee tonight what happened. They asked DNSA to go further than confines of Tory view of China at relevant time. He refused. They asked him again. He emphasised it’s still no. Gabriel added 2+2 and got 12 - and instead of apologising now insists his sums add up.
It is always worth paying attention to David Henig.
My argument in summary - technology driven globalisation brought unprecedented change to politics and economics driving many of today's challenges from the rise of populism to slow growth, creating an age of insecure delivery that is difficult to escape
October 15, 2025 at 2:17 PM
It is always worth paying attention to David Henig.
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Useful Art by John Byrne
Lying abroad by Carol Chillington Rutter
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Policing the beats by Lambros Fatsis
The trouble with freedom by @melissa-geog.bsky.social
Useful Art by John Byrne
Lying abroad by Carol Chillington Rutter
AIDS in Soviet Russia by Rustam Alexander
New Labour, New Britain? by @gsoh31.bsky.social
Policing the beats by Lambros Fatsis
October 14, 2025 at 9:43 AM
You can now pre-order my book on New Labour for a mere fifteen quid! That's got to be a bargain... Details below. 👇