Mashy Potato
@masheypotato.bsky.social
A person who exists somewhere in the universe (Glasgow)
FFS Kilmarnock. Get it together.
December 20, 2025 at 4:14 PM
FFS Kilmarnock. Get it together.
Scotland really didn't make that easy for themselves or my heart.
November 18, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Scotland really didn't make that easy for themselves or my heart.
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At the very least the EU can embargo Kaliningrad and sever the shipping route from the exclave to Belarus. Oh, and just constantly buzz it with drones. Make it expensive for the Russians.
September 10, 2025 at 10:57 AM
At the very least the EU can embargo Kaliningrad and sever the shipping route from the exclave to Belarus. Oh, and just constantly buzz it with drones. Make it expensive for the Russians.
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I am afraid this is coldly right.
The UK, Australia and Canada are particularly vulnerable because of our shared language and culture with the US.
We, meaning everyine, and the UK government need to act accordingly.
The UK, Australia and Canada are particularly vulnerable because of our shared language and culture with the US.
We, meaning everyine, and the UK government need to act accordingly.
god I hate this I hate this I hate it I hate it, I hate that the mainstream right has gone this mad and racist and radicalised, I hate that no one seems to know how to stop it from getting worse, it worries me so much and I hate it all
August 22, 2025 at 9:35 PM
I am afraid this is coldly right.
The UK, Australia and Canada are particularly vulnerable because of our shared language and culture with the US.
We, meaning everyine, and the UK government need to act accordingly.
The UK, Australia and Canada are particularly vulnerable because of our shared language and culture with the US.
We, meaning everyine, and the UK government need to act accordingly.
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It's simple, if you throw paint on a plane then you get proscribed and any 80 year olds defending you get arrested.
If you ask people to burn down hotels, and they try, you get an interview in the Telegraph and positive coverage in the BBC.
That's sensible, proportionate policing.
If you ask people to burn down hotels, and they try, you get an interview in the Telegraph and positive coverage in the BBC.
That's sensible, proportionate policing.
August 23, 2025 at 10:23 AM
It's simple, if you throw paint on a plane then you get proscribed and any 80 year olds defending you get arrested.
If you ask people to burn down hotels, and they try, you get an interview in the Telegraph and positive coverage in the BBC.
That's sensible, proportionate policing.
If you ask people to burn down hotels, and they try, you get an interview in the Telegraph and positive coverage in the BBC.
That's sensible, proportionate policing.
This is really excellent
My latest, a deep dive into the Stewart report into HS2.
HS2 and the slow decay of Britain
“I have tried to ascertain where design decisions get made... I have struggled to get to a definite answer.”
open.substack.com
June 23, 2025 at 11:16 AM
This is really excellent
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"Be calm when the unthinkable arrives. Modern tyranny is terror management."
snyder.substack.com/p/the-next-t...
snyder.substack.com/p/the-next-t...
The Next Terrorist Attack
And What Comes After
snyder.substack.com
June 7, 2025 at 2:32 PM
"Be calm when the unthinkable arrives. Modern tyranny is terror management."
snyder.substack.com/p/the-next-t...
snyder.substack.com/p/the-next-t...
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Get that Europeans? We both don't help Ukraine enough because we're excessively pacifist and the US does all the work, but also help them too much and spoil the chances of ending the war because we're warmongers.
Support for Ukraine is a moral imperative, a matter of survival for a free Europe.
Support for Ukraine is a moral imperative, a matter of survival for a free Europe.
The Economist reports that Pentagon officials have reached out an unspecified allied state, telling them to put an end to their continued arms supplies to Ukraine.
The allied state rejected the request.
Some Trump aides are reportedly “fed up” with Europe’s Ukraine support
The allied state rejected the request.
Some Trump aides are reportedly “fed up” with Europe’s Ukraine support
April 17, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Get that Europeans? We both don't help Ukraine enough because we're excessively pacifist and the US does all the work, but also help them too much and spoil the chances of ending the war because we're warmongers.
Support for Ukraine is a moral imperative, a matter of survival for a free Europe.
Support for Ukraine is a moral imperative, a matter of survival for a free Europe.
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If the Starmer government doesn't understand that grovelling towards Trump will just make the UK look ridiculous towards the EU and China without any gains with the US then Labour is going to lose the respect of Right as well as Left wing UK voters too
April 6, 2025 at 3:57 PM
If the Starmer government doesn't understand that grovelling towards Trump will just make the UK look ridiculous towards the EU and China without any gains with the US then Labour is going to lose the respect of Right as well as Left wing UK voters too
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The effort was great. The question should be what was the purpose of all of the UK government efforts towards the US? We never appeared to be the target, and weren't. It just looked like knee-jerk special-relationship-ism.
And that's been a story of the last 9 years.
And that's been a story of the last 9 years.
Despite a mammoth charm offensive, Britain’s search for a tariffs carve-out has so far been a disappointment.
But could its strategy with Donald Trump eventually pay off?
But could its strategy with Donald Trump eventually pay off?
Donald Trump doesn’t do special relationships. Britain will keep trying anyway.
POLITICO delves into the frenetic tactics Britain was — and still is — employing to win a carve-out from Donald Trump’s tariffs. No one yet knows if the president will listen.
www.politico.eu
April 3, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The effort was great. The question should be what was the purpose of all of the UK government efforts towards the US? We never appeared to be the target, and weren't. It just looked like knee-jerk special-relationship-ism.
And that's been a story of the last 9 years.
And that's been a story of the last 9 years.
Just watched Rachel Reeves on Sky News talking about negotiating a trade deal with the USA as if it's still a normal country.
Everywhere else in Europe recognises the MAGA changes for what they are and are derisking - British Government has lost the plot I think.
Everywhere else in Europe recognises the MAGA changes for what they are and are derisking - British Government has lost the plot I think.
March 23, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Just watched Rachel Reeves on Sky News talking about negotiating a trade deal with the USA as if it's still a normal country.
Everywhere else in Europe recognises the MAGA changes for what they are and are derisking - British Government has lost the plot I think.
Everywhere else in Europe recognises the MAGA changes for what they are and are derisking - British Government has lost the plot I think.
Great things are happening on Google.
March 5, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Great things are happening on Google.
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London summit on Sunday all the more urgent.
- Keep pressing Trump on guarantees, even if prospect fading
- Do all possible to avoid Trump blaming Ukr and/or Europe for a no-deal
- No alt. to rearmament in every scenario
- Prepare to keep Ukr armed to best poss. degree e.g. what can ROK/Turkey sell?
- Keep pressing Trump on guarantees, even if prospect fading
- Do all possible to avoid Trump blaming Ukr and/or Europe for a no-deal
- No alt. to rearmament in every scenario
- Prepare to keep Ukr armed to best poss. degree e.g. what can ROK/Turkey sell?
February 28, 2025 at 7:42 PM
London summit on Sunday all the more urgent.
- Keep pressing Trump on guarantees, even if prospect fading
- Do all possible to avoid Trump blaming Ukr and/or Europe for a no-deal
- No alt. to rearmament in every scenario
- Prepare to keep Ukr armed to best poss. degree e.g. what can ROK/Turkey sell?
- Keep pressing Trump on guarantees, even if prospect fading
- Do all possible to avoid Trump blaming Ukr and/or Europe for a no-deal
- No alt. to rearmament in every scenario
- Prepare to keep Ukr armed to best poss. degree e.g. what can ROK/Turkey sell?
America is gone.
February 28, 2025 at 7:42 PM
America is gone.
'mon the Killie 🥳
February 26, 2025 at 8:18 PM
'mon the Killie 🥳
Lololololololololololololololol
February 9, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Lololololololololololololololol
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I’m on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme (c1hr18:30) talking about @joemenn.bsky.social’s scoop that 🇬🇧 gov’t has apparently ordered Apple to unlock encrypted cloud services
I try to explain why, as well as provoking a needless 🇺🇸backlash, it probably can’t even work 1/4
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
I try to explain why, as well as provoking a needless 🇺🇸backlash, it probably can’t even work 1/4
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Today - 08/02/2025 - BBC Sounds
Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 8, 2025 at 9:25 AM
I’m on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme (c1hr18:30) talking about @joemenn.bsky.social’s scoop that 🇬🇧 gov’t has apparently ordered Apple to unlock encrypted cloud services
I try to explain why, as well as provoking a needless 🇺🇸backlash, it probably can’t even work 1/4
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
I try to explain why, as well as provoking a needless 🇺🇸backlash, it probably can’t even work 1/4
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Crazy driving a vehicle like that over a high bridge in this weather
Pictures shows HGV overturned on Glasgow's M8 leaving busy motorway closed
Glasgow's M8 has been closed due to an overturned lorry amid Storm Eowyn.
www.glasgowtimes.co.uk
January 24, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Crazy driving a vehicle like that over a high bridge in this weather
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The people pushing these lies want more kids to be murdered so they can have a fun day out & people shouldn’t be afraid to point that out
21-24% of Britons falsely believe that Axel Rudakubana is a Muslim, an immigrant to the UK, and was motivated by religious terrorism – and this figure has grown since the summer
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
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January 24, 2025 at 12:06 PM
The people pushing these lies want more kids to be murdered so they can have a fun day out & people shouldn’t be afraid to point that out
There's a red alert for storm winds, roofs are being lifted off of buildings...and I've just seen a guy wearing shorts out walking his dog. Glasgow cannot be defeated.
January 24, 2025 at 2:45 PM
There's a red alert for storm winds, roofs are being lifted off of buildings...and I've just seen a guy wearing shorts out walking his dog. Glasgow cannot be defeated.
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It's not finished. This is just the outline. But I wrote about why North England is poor. Which it really really is. tomforth.co.uk/whynorthengl...
Why North England is poor.
And why Thatcher is partly to blame, but not in the way most people argue.
tomforth.co.uk
January 23, 2025 at 11:19 PM
It's not finished. This is just the outline. But I wrote about why North England is poor. Which it really really is. tomforth.co.uk/whynorthengl...
Don't know how this seer thing is going to work. Removes the jeopardy if a faithful gets it and uncovers a traitor. #thetraitors
January 23, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Don't know how this seer thing is going to work. Removes the jeopardy if a faithful gets it and uncovers a traitor. #thetraitors
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I got hacked on Twitter, and things turned out to be way worse (and funnier, somehow) than I imagined. Read for free and please distribute to raise awareness of my predicament! lol
www.cartoonshateher.com/p/im-off-twi...
www.cartoonshateher.com/p/im-off-twi...
January 22, 2025 at 12:42 PM
I got hacked on Twitter, and things turned out to be way worse (and funnier, somehow) than I imagined. Read for free and please distribute to raise awareness of my predicament! lol
www.cartoonshateher.com/p/im-off-twi...
www.cartoonshateher.com/p/im-off-twi...
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Agree that Farage may end up misreading how much anti-Americanism is a potential factor even on the UK Right.
But the UK government is also misreading MAGA politics even if Mandelson manouevres his way around this.
Trump's Washington is not about dealmaking, it's about bullying and submission.
But the UK government is also misreading MAGA politics even if Mandelson manouevres his way around this.
Trump's Washington is not about dealmaking, it's about bullying and submission.
Farage needs to be careful if he's not going to start looking a bit Lord Haw-Haw-ish even to his supporters.
Sorry so the whole thing is because Farage’s feelings are hurt people didn’t come to his shitty party? That seems like the lead. You can’t run foreign policy by tantrum
January 19, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Agree that Farage may end up misreading how much anti-Americanism is a potential factor even on the UK Right.
But the UK government is also misreading MAGA politics even if Mandelson manouevres his way around this.
Trump's Washington is not about dealmaking, it's about bullying and submission.
But the UK government is also misreading MAGA politics even if Mandelson manouevres his way around this.
Trump's Washington is not about dealmaking, it's about bullying and submission.
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Reeves: It's not her fault, but it is her problem
January 14, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Reeves: It's not her fault, but it is her problem