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Stanley Baxter, Scottish icon & national treasure has passed away aged 99. Stanley gave so many of us so much joy, laughter & love along with pleasure & taking the mickey out of pomposity. It is very sad that he never really knew how much people loved him & how important he was to so many of us.
December 12, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Stanley Baxter, Scottish icon & national treasure has passed away aged 99. Stanley gave so many of us so much joy, laughter & love along with pleasure & taking the mickey out of pomposity. It is very sad that he never really knew how much people loved him & how important he was to so many of us.
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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You have a tax on international students, you have less of them, huh, you have less revenue, and whoopsdaisy, you're back to the taxes you didn't want to hike and everyone is cross.
November 23, 2025 at 10:29 PM
You have a tax on international students, you have less of them, huh, you have less revenue, and whoopsdaisy, you're back to the taxes you didn't want to hike and everyone is cross.
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why are people on the left using "populist" in a positive way now, you shouldn't want your politicians to be populists, "populism" isn't good
October 24, 2025 at 10:40 PM
why are people on the left using "populist" in a positive way now, you shouldn't want your politicians to be populists, "populism" isn't good
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Honestly what is the point of a Labour government that won’t take a stand against mass revocation deportation of people with permanent settlement rights?
If you won’t stand against anything you stand for nothing.
If you won’t stand against anything you stand for nothing.
Worth saying that despite asking for more than 12 hours we’ve had nothing back from Labour on this
A Conservative MP tipped as a future party leader has been condemned for saying large numbers of legally settled families must be deported, in order to ensure the UK is mostly “culturally coherent”.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
October 20, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Honestly what is the point of a Labour government that won’t take a stand against mass revocation deportation of people with permanent settlement rights?
If you won’t stand against anything you stand for nothing.
If you won’t stand against anything you stand for nothing.
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Illinois governor JB Pritzker is essentially saying that Trump is using the military to overthrow democracy in the US.
Pritzker: "He wants to militarize major cities because he wants us to get used to the idea of troops on the streets. I believe he's gonna post people outside of polling places and if he needs to in order to control those elections, he'll assume control of the ballot boxes & count the votes himself"
October 8, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Illinois governor JB Pritzker is essentially saying that Trump is using the military to overthrow democracy in the US.
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It's ludicrous.
They have a huge majority and they're nearly 4 yrs out from at GE yet they're allowing the media and Farage to control the narrative as if the election is in November.
Stop dancing like marionettes to the pied cunt of Clacton's tune and get on with running UK PLC.
They have a huge majority and they're nearly 4 yrs out from at GE yet they're allowing the media and Farage to control the narrative as if the election is in November.
Stop dancing like marionettes to the pied cunt of Clacton's tune and get on with running UK PLC.
September 29, 2025 at 9:09 PM
It's ludicrous.
They have a huge majority and they're nearly 4 yrs out from at GE yet they're allowing the media and Farage to control the narrative as if the election is in November.
Stop dancing like marionettes to the pied cunt of Clacton's tune and get on with running UK PLC.
They have a huge majority and they're nearly 4 yrs out from at GE yet they're allowing the media and Farage to control the narrative as if the election is in November.
Stop dancing like marionettes to the pied cunt of Clacton's tune and get on with running UK PLC.
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It's incredible how close the Red Arrows fly together, must take nerves of steel
September 17, 2025 at 3:58 PM
It's incredible how close the Red Arrows fly together, must take nerves of steel
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FFS! In the midst of the dog-whistling howls, Thought For The Day today was a welcome relief. Calling out Jenrick for his brazen xenophobia and urging people to hold on to their empathy and not to let fear become cruelty.
It’s intolerable that the BBC apologised for that rare moment of decency.
It’s intolerable that the BBC apologised for that rare moment of decency.
August 13, 2025 at 7:03 PM
FFS! In the midst of the dog-whistling howls, Thought For The Day today was a welcome relief. Calling out Jenrick for his brazen xenophobia and urging people to hold on to their empathy and not to let fear become cruelty.
It’s intolerable that the BBC apologised for that rare moment of decency.
It’s intolerable that the BBC apologised for that rare moment of decency.
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Seeing Trump’s bullying tactics and blatant disregard for allies around the world, can you imagine how he treated the girls on Epstein Island or the Lolita Express, he would have been absolutely monstrous.
Release the #EpsteinFiles and stop protecting paedophiles.
Release the #EpsteinFiles and stop protecting paedophiles.
August 9, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Seeing Trump’s bullying tactics and blatant disregard for allies around the world, can you imagine how he treated the girls on Epstein Island or the Lolita Express, he would have been absolutely monstrous.
Release the #EpsteinFiles and stop protecting paedophiles.
Release the #EpsteinFiles and stop protecting paedophiles.
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The most jarring thing about the capitulation of American universities is that I used to think they’re defenders of free speech (tenure and all) but it turns out they’re just real estate and patent-generation empires scrapping their way through an amoral administration for narrow advantage.
$200 million from Columbia
$500 million from Harvard
$1 BILLION from UCLA?!
$500 million from Harvard
$1 BILLION from UCLA?!
August 9, 2025 at 3:43 PM
The most jarring thing about the capitulation of American universities is that I used to think they’re defenders of free speech (tenure and all) but it turns out they’re just real estate and patent-generation empires scrapping their way through an amoral administration for narrow advantage.
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Today, our article "The entities enabling scientific fraud at scale are large, resilient, and growing rapidly" is finally published in PNAS. I hope that it proves to be a wake-up-call for the whole scientific community.
reeserichardson.blog/2025/08/04/a...
reeserichardson.blog/2025/08/04/a...
A do-or-die moment for the scientific enterprise
Reflecting on our paper “The entities enabling scientific fraud at scale are large, resilient, and growing rapidly”
reeserichardson.blog
August 4, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Today, our article "The entities enabling scientific fraud at scale are large, resilient, and growing rapidly" is finally published in PNAS. I hope that it proves to be a wake-up-call for the whole scientific community.
reeserichardson.blog/2025/08/04/a...
reeserichardson.blog/2025/08/04/a...
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COLBERT: You warned everyone…he would prosecute political enemies, cut Medicaid, alienate our allies, give tax cuts to the rich. I know you're not here to say 'I told you so' but would you like to?
HARRIS: You're correct. I did predict a lot of that. But what I did not predict was the capitulation.
HARRIS: You're correct. I did predict a lot of that. But what I did not predict was the capitulation.
August 1, 2025 at 12:06 PM
COLBERT: You warned everyone…he would prosecute political enemies, cut Medicaid, alienate our allies, give tax cuts to the rich. I know you're not here to say 'I told you so' but would you like to?
HARRIS: You're correct. I did predict a lot of that. But what I did not predict was the capitulation.
HARRIS: You're correct. I did predict a lot of that. But what I did not predict was the capitulation.
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Friday afternoon quiz: What city has the highest GDP per capita in the world?*
* 2021. OECD Met Area database. USD Constant Prices, PPP
* 2021. OECD Met Area database. USD Constant Prices, PPP
July 25, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Friday afternoon quiz: What city has the highest GDP per capita in the world?*
* 2021. OECD Met Area database. USD Constant Prices, PPP
* 2021. OECD Met Area database. USD Constant Prices, PPP
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Love this rather beautiful chalk drawing I came across in Kelvingrove Park in Glasgow this morning.
#glasgow #streetart #kelvingrovepark #glasgowstreetart #glasgowtoday
#glasgow #streetart #kelvingrovepark #glasgowstreetart #glasgowtoday
July 12, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Love this rather beautiful chalk drawing I came across in Kelvingrove Park in Glasgow this morning.
#glasgow #streetart #kelvingrovepark #glasgowstreetart #glasgowtoday
#glasgow #streetart #kelvingrovepark #glasgowstreetart #glasgowtoday
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What the latest Trump tariff shenanigans should remind us is that the top priority should be disentangling ourselves from
dependence on the U.S.
dependence on the U.S.
July 12, 2025 at 2:36 PM
What the latest Trump tariff shenanigans should remind us is that the top priority should be disentangling ourselves from
dependence on the U.S.
dependence on the U.S.
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The UK could have developed an AD Bill informed by the successes AND difficulties encountered around the world, informed by the world's best palliative/EoL care providers. Instead, a poor bill has been progressively diluted rather than improved.
Time to stop.
Think.
Start afresh.
Do better.
Time to stop.
Think.
Start afresh.
Do better.
Sharing this on the eve of tomorrow's vote.
I am a palliative care doctor who is not opposed to AD. But enshrining in law a state-funded right to die, while not enshrine a similar right to the palliative care that might make life worth living, is so very wrong.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I am a palliative care doctor who is not opposed to AD. But enshrining in law a state-funded right to die, while not enshrine a similar right to the palliative care that might make life worth living, is so very wrong.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
MPs have personal beliefs, but also solemn duties: that’s why they must reject the assisted dying bill this week | Gordon Brown
Our obligations to each other are ill served if laws focus unduly on those who want assisted dying. The priority should be the best palliative care, says former prime minister Gordon Brown
www.theguardian.com
June 19, 2025 at 1:33 PM
The UK could have developed an AD Bill informed by the successes AND difficulties encountered around the world, informed by the world's best palliative/EoL care providers. Instead, a poor bill has been progressively diluted rather than improved.
Time to stop.
Think.
Start afresh.
Do better.
Time to stop.
Think.
Start afresh.
Do better.
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Sherbrooke Castle Hotel from Sherbrooke Avenue in Pollokshields, Glasgow. Originally called Rhuadsgeir, it was built in 1896 in a Scots Renaissance style for the contractor John Morrison and was designed Thomson and Sandilands.
#glasgow #architecture #architecturephotography
#glasgow #architecture #architecturephotography
May 21, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Sherbrooke Castle Hotel from Sherbrooke Avenue in Pollokshields, Glasgow. Originally called Rhuadsgeir, it was built in 1896 in a Scots Renaissance style for the contractor John Morrison and was designed Thomson and Sandilands.
#glasgow #architecture #architecturephotography
#glasgow #architecture #architecturephotography
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If a government with over 400 seats and 4 years left to govern cannot summon the courage to level with the public on social care then I despair at the capacity of our political system to ever deliver the change we need.
May 11, 2025 at 6:14 PM
If a government with over 400 seats and 4 years left to govern cannot summon the courage to level with the public on social care then I despair at the capacity of our political system to ever deliver the change we need.
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I've worked out who he reminds me of, it's both of the Krankies combined.
April 26, 2025 at 9:45 PM
I've worked out who he reminds me of, it's both of the Krankies combined.