Derek Robertson
@hawickremembering.bsky.social
Compiler of 'Hawick & District and the Great War 1914 - 1918'. WW1 and general history geek. Golfer, genealogy, motorcyclist, walker - but not all at the same time. Red squirrel conservationist. Former Paramedic.
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Ben Jennings is bang on the money, again.
#COP30 is joke.
The #ClimateCrisis is already here, and we're arguing about taking even more fossil fuels out of the ground, and pretending that the halfhearted action we've taken so far is going to save our kids from suffering on burning planet.
#COP30 is joke.
The #ClimateCrisis is already here, and we're arguing about taking even more fossil fuels out of the ground, and pretending that the halfhearted action we've taken so far is going to save our kids from suffering on burning planet.
November 11, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Ben Jennings is bang on the money, again.
#COP30 is joke.
The #ClimateCrisis is already here, and we're arguing about taking even more fossil fuels out of the ground, and pretending that the halfhearted action we've taken so far is going to save our kids from suffering on burning planet.
#COP30 is joke.
The #ClimateCrisis is already here, and we're arguing about taking even more fossil fuels out of the ground, and pretending that the halfhearted action we've taken so far is going to save our kids from suffering on burning planet.
Once again this is pathetic if true.
What is the point of Labour?
What is the point of Labour?
November 11, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Once again this is pathetic if true.
What is the point of Labour?
What is the point of Labour?
Looks like it's been on the vodka.
November 11, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Looks like it's been on the vodka.
Exactly.
And the press never ever mentions when Johnson turns up like Wurzel Gummidge.
And the press never ever mentions when Johnson turns up like Wurzel Gummidge.
November 10, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Exactly.
And the press never ever mentions when Johnson turns up like Wurzel Gummidge.
And the press never ever mentions when Johnson turns up like Wurzel Gummidge.
Lettuce hope not 😉
November 9, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Lettuce hope not 😉
I remember the 'outrage' at Michael Foot's donkey jacket at the Cenotaph.
November 9, 2025 at 3:24 PM
I remember the 'outrage' at Michael Foot's donkey jacket at the Cenotaph.
We've still got flowering begonias. 😐
November 9, 2025 at 3:18 PM
We've still got flowering begonias. 😐
Indeed.
I've often struggled with the phrase "in perpetuity" and don't have an answer to the care of war graves going forward.
I've often struggled with the phrase "in perpetuity" and don't have an answer to the care of war graves going forward.
November 9, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Indeed.
I've often struggled with the phrase "in perpetuity" and don't have an answer to the care of war graves going forward.
I've often struggled with the phrase "in perpetuity" and don't have an answer to the care of war graves going forward.
I suspect the CWGC sites in Gaza will also need complete restoration.
November 9, 2025 at 9:08 AM
I suspect the CWGC sites in Gaza will also need complete restoration.
Go to the back of the class Mr Robertson 😉
a man with a wig and glasses is pointing at the camera .
ALT: a man with a wig and glasses is pointing at the camera .
media.tenor.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Go to the back of the class Mr Robertson 😉
Robertson is buried in Tyne Cot Cemetery. I pay my respects to him everytime I visit there.
November 7, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Robertson is buried in Tyne Cot Cemetery. I pay my respects to him everytime I visit there.
Absolutely 💯
November 6, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Absolutely 💯
Well, when looking at this abomination called the Labour Party, if they had a choice between doing something either good or bad, by default they do the bad thing. Every bluddy time.
It is pathetic every bluddy time. 😡
It is pathetic every bluddy time. 😡
November 6, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Well, when looking at this abomination called the Labour Party, if they had a choice between doing something either good or bad, by default they do the bad thing. Every bluddy time.
It is pathetic every bluddy time. 😡
It is pathetic every bluddy time. 😡
Infantino by name but also infantile by nature if he awards anything to the orange buffoon.
November 5, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Infantino by name but also infantile by nature if he awards anything to the orange buffoon.
And he's also dissed a hardback copy of 'Johnny Red', the Hurricane flying saviour of the Soviet Union.
Comics shaped my imagination but it's obviously not been hereditary 🙄
Comics shaped my imagination but it's obviously not been hereditary 🙄
November 5, 2025 at 9:30 PM
And he's also dissed a hardback copy of 'Johnny Red', the Hurricane flying saviour of the Soviet Union.
Comics shaped my imagination but it's obviously not been hereditary 🙄
Comics shaped my imagination but it's obviously not been hereditary 🙄
Nearby Fogo Churchyard provides the final resting place for 16 mainly airforce casualties from WW2 who would have died in activities around Charterhall airfield.
November 5, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Nearby Fogo Churchyard provides the final resting place for 16 mainly airforce casualties from WW2 who would have died in activities around Charterhall airfield.
Back again after 20 years and then quickly having to relearn all the military lessons that had been lost and/or ignored in that short time.
November 5, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Back again after 20 years and then quickly having to relearn all the military lessons that had been lost and/or ignored in that short time.
Mesmerising.......😬
November 3, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Mesmerising.......😬