Trivia, the person who made the Beaverton advert animations is Angie Pollock, the very cool Scottish keyboardist for Terry Hall, The Lightning Seeds, Goldfrapp and others.

The Brewdog beer isn't actually awful, it just tastes awful because of the corporate culture prevading the experience in your mind.

I like the Williams brothers range, if you want to support smaller Scottish brewers.

He's giving it his best shot with fags and beer. The slowest ever Darwin award. Thatcher was awful but did what she said on the tin. I don't know where you are in the UK but England at least has 3 & 1/2 years before crunch time. Scotland and Wales have elections next year. The polls are not good.

But I do have concerns about how that would work for Scotland,, a hard border with our biggest customer and supplier, passport control at Gretna etc.
If the UK were to rejoin it would need to be on the back of another referendum. I don’t think we could win that the way Reform are motivating zealots

I would love us to rejoin. That is the UK. If we go indy, then as iScotland.

The SNP in Scotland spent more on a motorhome than they spent campaigning for REMAIN yet they dangle iScotland joining the EU as if it would happen tomorrow and sidestep any questions about interim currency, the austerity required to build reserves, backstop and freedom of movement within former UK.

And public interest... can be quite an elastic term.

I just worry about the important stories we wouldn't hear about if sources weren't protected as a principle.

I'm thinking of the betrayal of Sarah Tisdall by the Guardian etc.

My point is that you need to be careful when throwing out the bathwater that you do not also throw out the baby. I do agree with you up to quite a far point, a lot of of it is mischief making.
There is cipher.. I think everybody understands 'a source close to' just means the subject themselves etc

Because of whistleblower protection. It would be nice to think that wronged parties or vulnerable people could challenge power with impunity on a level playing field, but they cannot. I think the privilege is often abused, but I think we would all be worse off if it wasn’t available.

Yup squared.

As much as I hate Thatcher, she was explicit in what she wanted to achieve on all issues. Reform draw people in with immigration but barely anybody has read the small print, and Reform aren’t exactly shouting about their NHS Reforms or 4 month / 2 job offer benefits cap. People are in for a shock.

I've went cold on the license fee since Ken Bruce left Radio 2 and took Popmaster with him. Some fresh Jonathan Meades films might win me back.

There are Scottish Labour branches and Lords who follow McConnachie on Twitter. This really, really has to stop.

And no, I don't know what the Charlie Chuck ordered from Temu is all about.

All eyes on the E. Jean Carroll case.

I had stopped seeing their shite since I left Twitter. I had almost forgotten about them. Sub-ALBA shitehawkes. The Mephedrone man seemed to be one of their main agitators which tells you everything you need to know about them.

We've been lucky to see it a couple of times naked eye over the last couple of years. Arrochar on News Years Day was something, and then a year past in May down at Largs. It was apocalyptic!

You’re really going for the terf waspi intersection Dunc! You’re gonna gdt more fan mail!