Alex Massie
@alexmassie.bsky.social
Columnist for The Times and The Sunday Times, specialising in Scottish affairs. Also, co-host of The Ponsonby & Massie podcast, available on all pod-platforms.
At least you have a train! Two in fact. My Waverley line train just didn’t appear.
May 4, 2025 at 1:26 PM
At least you have a train! Two in fact. My Waverley line train just didn’t appear.
Though, yes, getting out the way he did allows for a small uptick in legacy considerations etc.
April 29, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Though, yes, getting out the way he did allows for a small uptick in legacy considerations etc.
Sure, but hard to look back on his time in office as a success?
April 29, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Sure, but hard to look back on his time in office as a success?
Possibly! Then again, I think it's also fair to say that in every single other scenario that is even vaguely possible, the liberals would have merited a thorough defenestration...
April 29, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Possibly! Then again, I think it's also fair to say that in every single other scenario that is even vaguely possible, the liberals would have merited a thorough defenestration...
Pretty sure Edinburgh has above average productivity too.
April 27, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Pretty sure Edinburgh has above average productivity too.
Not at all. And if it is an extreme example it is nevertheless one I encountered on the Glasgow-Edinburgh train a few weeks ago.
April 24, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Not at all. And if it is an extreme example it is nevertheless one I encountered on the Glasgow-Edinburgh train a few weeks ago.
Well, yes, and there are plenty of others who might do well to do likewise. I mean, John Swinney was saying that of course men can't get pregnant in the same week his government was arguing in court they can and do.
April 23, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Well, yes, and there are plenty of others who might do well to do likewise. I mean, John Swinney was saying that of course men can't get pregnant in the same week his government was arguing in court they can and do.
Please purchase and report back.
April 22, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Please purchase and report back.
A respectable sweet spot.
April 21, 2025 at 3:34 PM
A respectable sweet spot.
Some, but there are lots who only mouth the words. If you force them to declare whether a TW is just the same as their mother/wife/sister etc then they go rather quiet. Deep down they don’t actually believe it.
April 21, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Some, but there are lots who only mouth the words. If you force them to declare whether a TW is just the same as their mother/wife/sister etc then they go rather quiet. Deep down they don’t actually believe it.