Norman McWhirter
@critsect.bsky.social
Don't be eating those Blaze. One of our labs got in to a tub of those and sparkly poos for the next week.
November 22, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Don't be eating those Blaze. One of our labs got in to a tub of those and sparkly poos for the next week.
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2/ The instructions are just… fascinating? Well, every piece of public record I’ve uncovered on this subject so far has been fascinating, but this paragraph is exceptional.
It contradicts the Supreme Court directly, comprehensively, and unequivocally.
It contradicts the Supreme Court directly, comprehensively, and unequivocally.
November 21, 2025 at 5:07 PM
2/ The instructions are just… fascinating? Well, every piece of public record I’ve uncovered on this subject so far has been fascinating, but this paragraph is exceptional.
It contradicts the Supreme Court directly, comprehensively, and unequivocally.
It contradicts the Supreme Court directly, comprehensively, and unequivocally.
Incidentally, the purpose of this section of testimony was to show that Wales wasn't any better than England.
Sometimes it's hard not to be a conspiracy theorist.
Sometimes it's hard not to be a conspiracy theorist.
November 22, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Incidentally, the purpose of this section of testimony was to show that Wales wasn't any better than England.
Sometimes it's hard not to be a conspiracy theorist.
Sometimes it's hard not to be a conspiracy theorist.
Do you remember the BBC reporting "no difference in outcomes" just before the Inquiry came up to Edinburgh? This table below was what was presented at the Welsh visit just a few weeks later. It wasn't reported in scotland.
November 22, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Do you remember the BBC reporting "no difference in outcomes" just before the Inquiry came up to Edinburgh? This table below was what was presented at the Welsh visit just a few weeks later. It wasn't reported in scotland.
Just to prove he has a head.
November 21, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Just to prove he has a head.
Respectfully, this is the most ridiculous dog
November 21, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Respectfully, this is the most ridiculous dog
Revisiting this and it seems like the inquiry thinks that the devolved administrations could have declared their own lockdowns in March 2020.
November 21, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Revisiting this and it seems like the inquiry thinks that the devolved administrations could have declared their own lockdowns in March 2020.
Would it have though? You can imagine another report in an alternate timeline saying "more visible leadership would have reassured"... I've only scanned it so far, was there anything on the effectiveness of the UK comms? (Although *more* Boris might not have been a good idea.)
November 21, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Would it have though? You can imagine another report in an alternate timeline saying "more visible leadership would have reassured"... I've only scanned it so far, was there anything on the effectiveness of the UK comms? (Although *more* Boris might not have been a good idea.)
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That was a scandal: deliberately undermining govt during public health crisis
Instead report chose to criticise Sturgeon:
"Sharing the burden of public health communications more widely among senior decision-makers & advisers would also reduce the risk of polarisation among members of the public"
Instead report chose to criticise Sturgeon:
"Sharing the burden of public health communications more widely among senior decision-makers & advisers would also reduce the risk of polarisation among members of the public"
November 21, 2025 at 4:14 PM
That was a scandal: deliberately undermining govt during public health crisis
Instead report chose to criticise Sturgeon:
"Sharing the burden of public health communications more widely among senior decision-makers & advisers would also reduce the risk of polarisation among members of the public"
Instead report chose to criticise Sturgeon:
"Sharing the burden of public health communications more widely among senior decision-makers & advisers would also reduce the risk of polarisation among members of the public"
Ha ha, that would be funny.
November 21, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Ha ha, that would be funny.
I think she's implying that more could have been before the lockdown, but I've not yet found what she thought the DAs could have been doing. Your point about the press is absolutely crucial. Even as I'm typing this the BBC is going full-on with the "all 4 governments" line.
November 21, 2025 at 9:02 AM
I think she's implying that more could have been before the lockdown, but I've not yet found what she thought the DAs could have been doing. Your point about the press is absolutely crucial. Even as I'm typing this the BBC is going full-on with the "all 4 governments" line.
The more I read the report the less I think this summary is justified.
November 20, 2025 at 10:19 PM
The more I read the report the less I think this summary is justified.
The more I read the report (scanning it really) the more I think that the headline "they're all bad" isn't supported in the text of the report.
November 20, 2025 at 10:13 PM
The more I read the report (scanning it really) the more I think that the headline "they're all bad" isn't supported in the text of the report.
Still shite, to be clear.
November 20, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Still shite, to be clear.
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52,000 people at Hampden and a broader nation of 5.5 million all cheering deliriously for hours created an area of unusually high pressure, I don’t know, I’m not Heather the weather.
November 20, 2025 at 8:54 AM
52,000 people at Hampden and a broader nation of 5.5 million all cheering deliriously for hours created an area of unusually high pressure, I don’t know, I’m not Heather the weather.
Che sarà, sarà...
November 19, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Che sarà, sarà...