DrMacAndDog
@iainmacandog.bsky.social
Interested in Medicine, Science, Politics, but mainly larks
What isn’t rare is Michael Gove on the BBC. No one has done Britain more harm while declaring we must be stronger.
January 10, 2026 at 9:05 AM
What isn’t rare is Michael Gove on the BBC. No one has done Britain more harm while declaring we must be stronger.
The British Establishment gives Johnson a free pass because he is an eager servant, but also because to critically assess the product of its finest institutions would be unpalatable.
December 30, 2025 at 9:18 AM
The British Establishment gives Johnson a free pass because he is an eager servant, but also because to critically assess the product of its finest institutions would be unpalatable.
I know a few guys like that. They come, they fix stuff, we have coffee, my wife bakes them a cake and it’s the easiest money I ever spend..
December 23, 2025 at 11:08 AM
I know a few guys like that. They come, they fix stuff, we have coffee, my wife bakes them a cake and it’s the easiest money I ever spend..
What’s more baffling to we cricket ignoramuses is why Australia are usually brilliant and England are rubbish and yet the English press approach this as if England are going to smash it. I shall ask my Yorkshire cricket loving pal when we go out for a drink tomorrow night.
December 20, 2025 at 8:00 PM
What’s more baffling to we cricket ignoramuses is why Australia are usually brilliant and England are rubbish and yet the English press approach this as if England are going to smash it. I shall ask my Yorkshire cricket loving pal when we go out for a drink tomorrow night.
It won’t be a real Defend Brexit campaign until that wee pipsqueak calls himself a Spartan, puffs out his belly and tells us pork pies are under threat from the EU.
December 18, 2025 at 7:10 AM
It won’t be a real Defend Brexit campaign until that wee pipsqueak calls himself a Spartan, puffs out his belly and tells us pork pies are under threat from the EU.
That might be the most shocking thing he’s ever said
December 15, 2025 at 3:35 PM
That might be the most shocking thing he’s ever said
Because our country does not support Russia, indeed it supports Ukraine. Who would be protesting against?
December 15, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Because our country does not support Russia, indeed it supports Ukraine. Who would be protesting against?
Very much so. The populist right has been nurturing transgression like a dealer offering a free hit.
December 15, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Very much so. The populist right has been nurturing transgression like a dealer offering a free hit.
Reform voters: remember when you were promised that everything would be better if only we kicked out the Eastern Europeans. How did that work out? Maybe they weren’t the problem after all.
December 15, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Reform voters: remember when you were promised that everything would be better if only we kicked out the Eastern Europeans. How did that work out? Maybe they weren’t the problem after all.
I am a bit disappointed in the BBC. One of its great strengths was that it didn’t feel obliged to kowtow to mob reactions. It seems enfeebled now.
December 13, 2025 at 2:57 AM
I am a bit disappointed in the BBC. One of its great strengths was that it didn’t feel obliged to kowtow to mob reactions. It seems enfeebled now.
And Paul Simon is a really good guitar player
December 12, 2025 at 10:27 AM
And Paul Simon is a really good guitar player
Saw them in Glasgow tonight. Fantastic.
December 8, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Saw them in Glasgow tonight. Fantastic.
In fairness they have Trump to thank for getting Netanyahu to agree to it.
October 13, 2025 at 8:04 PM
In fairness they have Trump to thank for getting Netanyahu to agree to it.
I’m not sure that you really need to be all that clever to dislike having Tom Harwood’s faeces thrown at you.
October 11, 2025 at 1:06 PM
I’m not sure that you really need to be all that clever to dislike having Tom Harwood’s faeces thrown at you.
Saw her last summer in London. Still amazing. Still head and shoulders above everyone else. The wonderful PJ Harvey
October 10, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Saw her last summer in London. Still amazing. Still head and shoulders above everyone else. The wonderful PJ Harvey
It is bewildering. We seem to be on the brink of abundant, cheap, clean energy, but there is a large group of the usual suspects who act as if this is a disgrace.
October 7, 2025 at 9:45 AM
It is bewildering. We seem to be on the brink of abundant, cheap, clean energy, but there is a large group of the usual suspects who act as if this is a disgrace.
Andrew Neil used to regularly post when the wind wasn’t blowing and turbines contributed little to electricity generation. Of course he never posted when the opposite occurred.
October 7, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Andrew Neil used to regularly post when the wind wasn’t blowing and turbines contributed little to electricity generation. Of course he never posted when the opposite occurred.
At least Melanie Phillips is right about something: you really don’t want to hitch your wagon to Tommy Robinson.
October 6, 2025 at 12:57 PM
At least Melanie Phillips is right about something: you really don’t want to hitch your wagon to Tommy Robinson.
These old people have been told absolute nonsense in The Mail, The Express and now online. As far as they believe we will all get richer if we get rid of electric cars and wind turbines.
October 2, 2025 at 12:13 PM
These old people have been told absolute nonsense in The Mail, The Express and now online. As far as they believe we will all get richer if we get rid of electric cars and wind turbines.