David Gow
@gowdav.bsky.social
Ex-Guardian journo. European. FRSE. DHI trustee. Co-editor Sceptical Scot. Editorial consultant Delors Centre Berlin/Bxl.
Cup Final not a great advert for Scottish fitba’: poor gruel
May 24, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Cup Final not a great advert for Scottish fitba’: poor gruel
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
Let’s be honest: Israel’s revenge bloodlust is insatiable
Let’s be honest: Israel’s revenge bloodlust is insatiable
Israel accused of ethnic cleansing after more than 140 killed in Gaza in 24 hours
Israel says intensified bombings are part of campaign expansion to ‘achieve all of the war goals in Gaza’
www.theguardian.com
May 17, 2025 at 3:48 PM
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
Let’s be honest: Israel’s revenge bloodlust is insatiable
Let’s be honest: Israel’s revenge bloodlust is insatiable
I thought you might be interested in the programme for Festival of Europe Scotland (3-11 May): festivalofeuropescotland.org/whats-on
What’s On – Events – Festival of Europe Scotland
festivalofeuropescotland.org
April 30, 2025 at 9:24 AM
I thought you might be interested in the programme for Festival of Europe Scotland (3-11 May): festivalofeuropescotland.org/whats-on
Ed Miliband’s net zero obsession left British Steel on brink of extinction
www.thetimes.com/article/b542...
Utter tosh: no mention that Thatcher closed down the coal industry thru an obsession with defeating the NUM
www.thetimes.com/article/b542...
Utter tosh: no mention that Thatcher closed down the coal industry thru an obsession with defeating the NUM
Ed Miliband’s net zero obsession left British Steel on brink of extinction
Ministers were more concerned with their environmental credentials than what it meant for the country
www.thetimes.com
April 15, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Ed Miliband’s net zero obsession left British Steel on brink of extinction
www.thetimes.com/article/b542...
Utter tosh: no mention that Thatcher closed down the coal industry thru an obsession with defeating the NUM
www.thetimes.com/article/b542...
Utter tosh: no mention that Thatcher closed down the coal industry thru an obsession with defeating the NUM
Israel strikes southern Lebanon amid calls for halt to ‘endless war’ - and by defence minister Katz for more territory aka Lebensraum
March 22, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Israel strikes southern Lebanon amid calls for halt to ‘endless war’ - and by defence minister Katz for more territory aka Lebensraum
The logic of Trump’s foreign policy is to reinvent the Warsaw Pact with US and Russia as co-leaders
March 8, 2025 at 2:48 PM
The logic of Trump’s foreign policy is to reinvent the Warsaw Pact with US and Russia as co-leaders
What’s in this minerals deal - apart from extortion and personal/corporate gain for Mafia Don?
March 4, 2025 at 2:15 PM
What’s in this minerals deal - apart from extortion and personal/corporate gain for Mafia Don?
FT: Russia applauds Trump’s move (to suspend military aid to Ukraine): all you need to know
March 4, 2025 at 10:40 AM
FT: Russia applauds Trump’s move (to suspend military aid to Ukraine): all you need to know
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They are arguing, endlessly, that illegally inciting acts of terror online is ‘free speech’ while silencing dissent, targeting journalists & telling an invaded ally what he is & is not allowed to say during a live television broadcast are all fine.
March 1, 2025 at 9:30 AM
They are arguing, endlessly, that illegally inciting acts of terror online is ‘free speech’ while silencing dissent, targeting journalists & telling an invaded ally what he is & is not allowed to say during a live television broadcast are all fine.
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The pandering to Trump must end — it only encourages his tyranny | ✍️ Matthew Syed
The pandering to Trump must end — it only encourages his tyranny
www.thetimes.com
March 2, 2025 at 8:01 AM
The pandering to Trump must end — it only encourages his tyranny | ✍️ Matthew Syed
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For St David’s Day we present our latest Channel 4 News/BBC News long-distance musical collaboration. Ciaran Jenkins (cello) is in Glasgow and I’m in Moscow (on the piano). Together we play Myfanwy. @c4ciaran.bsky.social
Myfanwy - 'The greatest love song ever written" - cello and piano
YouTube video by Steve Rosenberg
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March 1, 2025 at 8:02 AM
For St David’s Day we present our latest Channel 4 News/BBC News long-distance musical collaboration. Ciaran Jenkins (cello) is in Glasgow and I’m in Moscow (on the piano). Together we play Myfanwy. @c4ciaran.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/alexmass... excellent but “the wealthiest pensioners in British history”: evidence/stats? State or state plus private? Poor compared wjth W Europe…
America's New Enemy: Europe
Where once Washington scolded its foes, now it despises its erstwhile friends
open.substack.com
February 18, 2025 at 4:31 PM
open.substack.com/pub/alexmass... excellent but “the wealthiest pensioners in British history”: evidence/stats? State or state plus private? Poor compared wjth W Europe…
Keir Starmer looks to link UK and EU emission trading schemes - great news!!
January 28, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Keir Starmer looks to link UK and EU emission trading schemes - great news!!
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Would be nice to have some breathless media coverage about what this tells up about market perceptions of the state of the UK economy..
UK 10 year gilts nearly back to where they started at the beginning of the year.
January 17, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Would be nice to have some breathless media coverage about what this tells up about market perceptions of the state of the UK economy..
How Israel erased a town of 200,000 - a great piece of FT journalism
January 14, 2025 at 10:02 PM
How Israel erased a town of 200,000 - a great piece of FT journalism
Is corporate America going Maga? Yes: craven, morally bankrupt capitalism drinks to Trumpism
January 14, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Is corporate America going Maga? Yes: craven, morally bankrupt capitalism drinks to Trumpism
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👉NEW -- Queen Elizabeth colluded in Russian spy cover-up
by Richard Norton Taylor
The late monarch suspected her art curator Anthony Blunt of treachery a decade before he confessed to MI5, but did not sack him.
www.declassifieduk.org/queen-elizab...
by Richard Norton Taylor
The late monarch suspected her art curator Anthony Blunt of treachery a decade before he confessed to MI5, but did not sack him.
www.declassifieduk.org/queen-elizab...
Queen Elizabeth colluded in Russian spy cover-up
The late monarch suspected her art curator Anthony Blunt of treachery a decade before he confessed to MI5, but did not sack him.
www.declassifieduk.org
January 14, 2025 at 8:30 AM
👉NEW -- Queen Elizabeth colluded in Russian spy cover-up
by Richard Norton Taylor
The late monarch suspected her art curator Anthony Blunt of treachery a decade before he confessed to MI5, but did not sack him.
www.declassifieduk.org/queen-elizab...
by Richard Norton Taylor
The late monarch suspected her art curator Anthony Blunt of treachery a decade before he confessed to MI5, but did not sack him.
www.declassifieduk.org/queen-elizab...
‘Fadi is fighting for his life’: Israel blocks evacuation of cameraman shot in Gaza - yet more shocking evidence of Israel’s onslaught on journalists
January 14, 2025 at 8:50 AM
‘Fadi is fighting for his life’: Israel blocks evacuation of cameraman shot in Gaza - yet more shocking evidence of Israel’s onslaught on journalists
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More and more organisations are going to follow them out the door. www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/ov...
Over 60 German universities quit social media platform X
Platform accused of failing to uphold values of diversity, freedom, and scholarship - Anadolu Ajansı
www.aa.com.tr
January 12, 2025 at 2:21 PM
More and more organisations are going to follow them out the door. www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/ov...
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Anas Sarwar will take inspiration from Andy Burnham and devolved and state governments across Europe and the United States as he draws up Scottish Labour's blueprint to "do devolution better" ahead of the 2026 Holyrood election.
www.scotsman.com/news/politic...
www.scotsman.com/news/politic...
Sarwar to harness Andy Burnham to 'do devolution better' if Labour win power in 2026
Anas Sarwar will learn lessons from Andy Burnham and other governments across Europe and the United States as Scottish Labour plan to “rejuvenate Scotland’s national, regional and local governments”.
www.scotsman.com
January 12, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Anas Sarwar will take inspiration from Andy Burnham and devolved and state governments across Europe and the United States as he draws up Scottish Labour's blueprint to "do devolution better" ahead of the 2026 Holyrood election.
www.scotsman.com/news/politic...
www.scotsman.com/news/politic...
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The appeal comes as campaigners warned the world’s wealthiest 1 per cent have already burned through their share of the annual global carbon budget this year.
www.scotsman.com/news/politic...
www.scotsman.com/news/politic...
SNP urged to tax 'lavish lifestyles' of super-rich after pollution limit breached in just 10 days
SNP ministers should target the “poster child of climate injustice” by introducing a private jet tax, campaigned have warned.
www.scotsman.com
January 10, 2025 at 8:58 AM
The appeal comes as campaigners warned the world’s wealthiest 1 per cent have already burned through their share of the annual global carbon budget this year.
www.scotsman.com/news/politic...
www.scotsman.com/news/politic...
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Go get him. 👏👏👏
January 8, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Go get him. 👏👏👏