Peter Dempsie
@peterdempsie.bsky.social
'Transformed politics in Scot & changed the UK forever' Ex YesScotland Staff #indyref ǀ Ex Remain Mgr in Scotland #EURef | Head of Comms | #CorpComms | #PublicAffairs |
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Implausibly, it appears that this “limited time” half price offer for #TheCutThroatTrial is still going strong.
If you haven’t yet exploited the opportunity to get 48% off a legal thriller described by one reviewer as “not for me”, then tuck in.
If you haven’t yet exploited the opportunity to get 48% off a legal thriller described by one reviewer as “not for me”, then tuck in.
So apparently #TheCutThroatTrial is currently Amazon’s bestselling legal thriller, ahead of John somebody.
Nothing at all to do with #TheCutThroatTrial being half price today as part of some crazed promotion.
No siree Bob.
Anyway, exploit it here: www.amazon.co.uk/Cut-Throat-T...
Nothing at all to do with #TheCutThroatTrial being half price today as part of some crazed promotion.
No siree Bob.
Anyway, exploit it here: www.amazon.co.uk/Cut-Throat-T...
September 24, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Implausibly, it appears that this “limited time” half price offer for #TheCutThroatTrial is still going strong.
If you haven’t yet exploited the opportunity to get 48% off a legal thriller described by one reviewer as “not for me”, then tuck in.
If you haven’t yet exploited the opportunity to get 48% off a legal thriller described by one reviewer as “not for me”, then tuck in.
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"Pretending to like you is EXTRA!"
September 24, 2025 at 2:24 PM
"Pretending to like you is EXTRA!"
Its arrived! @deaconbluemusic.bsky.social Tour Edition of The Great Western Road with bonus tracks.
September 19, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Its arrived! @deaconbluemusic.bsky.social Tour Edition of The Great Western Road with bonus tracks.
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Current state of UK political discourse.
September 2, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Current state of UK political discourse.
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If you have so far resisted the relentless self-publicity in the hope of grinding out a bargain, then your strategy was top notch.
Those fiends at Asda have #TheCutThroatTrial at nearly 50% off.
TEN GREAT BRITISH POUNDS.
Go on. Take food out of my publisher’s mouth.
www.asda.com/groceries/pr...
Those fiends at Asda have #TheCutThroatTrial at nearly 50% off.
TEN GREAT BRITISH POUNDS.
Go on. Take food out of my publisher’s mouth.
www.asda.com/groceries/pr...
September 2, 2025 at 6:44 PM
If you have so far resisted the relentless self-publicity in the hope of grinding out a bargain, then your strategy was top notch.
Those fiends at Asda have #TheCutThroatTrial at nearly 50% off.
TEN GREAT BRITISH POUNDS.
Go on. Take food out of my publisher’s mouth.
www.asda.com/groceries/pr...
Those fiends at Asda have #TheCutThroatTrial at nearly 50% off.
TEN GREAT BRITISH POUNDS.
Go on. Take food out of my publisher’s mouth.
www.asda.com/groceries/pr...
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We have scrapped peak rail fares across Scotland, for good.
It means cheaper, fairer fares - and more money in your pocket on your commute. ✅
It means cheaper, fairer fares - and more money in your pocket on your commute. ✅
September 1, 2025 at 6:41 AM
We have scrapped peak rail fares across Scotland, for good.
It means cheaper, fairer fares - and more money in your pocket on your commute. ✅
It means cheaper, fairer fares - and more money in your pocket on your commute. ✅
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Gig 50 is now Sold Out : The Saw Doctors at Glasgow Barrowland on Nov 15. There are approx 100 tickets left for Friday night at the Barras (Nov 14). Thanks a million to everyone who has supported The Saw Doctors in Scotland.
Friday Nov 14: tinyurl.com/f2ktfdfr
Friday Nov 14: tinyurl.com/f2ktfdfr
September 1, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Gig 50 is now Sold Out : The Saw Doctors at Glasgow Barrowland on Nov 15. There are approx 100 tickets left for Friday night at the Barras (Nov 14). Thanks a million to everyone who has supported The Saw Doctors in Scotland.
Friday Nov 14: tinyurl.com/f2ktfdfr
Friday Nov 14: tinyurl.com/f2ktfdfr
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Billy Connolly
Robbie Coltrane
Mel Gibson
Irvine Welsh
Kylie Minogue
Annie Lennox
Robbie Coltrane
Mel Gibson
Irvine Welsh
Kylie Minogue
Annie Lennox
List six famous people/ groups you’ve met but one is a lie.
Michael Gambon
Richard Griffiths
Ken Loach
Bruce Springsteen
David Suchet
Alan Bates
Michael Gambon
Richard Griffiths
Ken Loach
Bruce Springsteen
David Suchet
Alan Bates
List six famous people/ groups you’ve met but one is a lie
Harlan Ellison
Clive Barker
Mstislav Rostropovich
Colm Feore
Daniel Barenboim
Robertson Davies
Harlan Ellison
Clive Barker
Mstislav Rostropovich
Colm Feore
Daniel Barenboim
Robertson Davies
April 12, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Billy Connolly
Robbie Coltrane
Mel Gibson
Irvine Welsh
Kylie Minogue
Annie Lennox
Robbie Coltrane
Mel Gibson
Irvine Welsh
Kylie Minogue
Annie Lennox
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Thank you @petergeoghegan.bsky.social for the opportunity to write for Democracy for Sale about our @oxunipress.bsky.social
@tenaprelec.bsky.social Tom Mayne book #IndulgingKleptocracy.
@tenaprelec.bsky.social Tom Mayne book #IndulgingKleptocracy.
🔴 Donald Trump has rolled back decades of anti corruption efforts
Meanwhile 40% of the world’s dirty money flows through London
Must read from @jheathershaw.bsky.social @tenaprelec.bsky.social and Tom Mayne in Democracy for Sale
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/how-we-sti...
Meanwhile 40% of the world’s dirty money flows through London
Must read from @jheathershaw.bsky.social @tenaprelec.bsky.social and Tom Mayne in Democracy for Sale
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/how-we-sti...
John Heathershaw (@jheathershaw.bsky.social)
Professor @cais-exeter.bsky.social University of Exeter, UK. Author of "Security After Christendom" (2024) and "Indulging Kleptocracy" (2025). Academic freedom by/for/of academics.
jheathershaw.bsky.social
April 5, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Thank you @petergeoghegan.bsky.social for the opportunity to write for Democracy for Sale about our @oxunipress.bsky.social
@tenaprelec.bsky.social Tom Mayne book #IndulgingKleptocracy.
@tenaprelec.bsky.social Tom Mayne book #IndulgingKleptocracy.
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Kamala Harris warned the American people that this would happen . . .
April 3, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Kamala Harris warned the American people that this would happen . . .
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He’s tanking the economy, destroying our standing in the world, depriving women and LGBTQ communities of their fundamental rights, attacking the environment, disappearing legal immigrants, gutting Veteran’s benefits and Social Security. And he’s making you pay for his golf trips while he’s at it.
April 4, 2025 at 11:48 PM
He’s tanking the economy, destroying our standing in the world, depriving women and LGBTQ communities of their fundamental rights, attacking the environment, disappearing legal immigrants, gutting Veteran’s benefits and Social Security. And he’s making you pay for his golf trips while he’s at it.
Neil Mackay: "Labour’s betrayal of its heritage fuels indy as much as repulsion at Tory cruelty."
www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...
www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...
I'm cured of my Labour nostalgia. Now I know it's indy for me
Occasionally, we find ourselves without the necessary words to express an emotion or idea because the language hasn’t yet been invented.
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March 18, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Neil Mackay: "Labour’s betrayal of its heritage fuels indy as much as repulsion at Tory cruelty."
www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...
www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...
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NEW: The UK Government has refused to say anything at all after Trump berated Zelenskyy on the world stage.
Culture Secretary Angus Robertson called the silence 'appalling', pointing to other European leaders speaking out
Read more: www.thenational.scot/news/2497356...
Culture Secretary Angus Robertson called the silence 'appalling', pointing to other European leaders speaking out
Read more: www.thenational.scot/news/2497356...
February 28, 2025 at 9:57 PM
NEW: The UK Government has refused to say anything at all after Trump berated Zelenskyy on the world stage.
Culture Secretary Angus Robertson called the silence 'appalling', pointing to other European leaders speaking out
Read more: www.thenational.scot/news/2497356...
Culture Secretary Angus Robertson called the silence 'appalling', pointing to other European leaders speaking out
Read more: www.thenational.scot/news/2497356...
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“When the kids at school found out your parents were away, news spread like wildfire. ‘Oh I hear you’re having a party.’ Having is probably the wrong word to use…you’re GETTING a party." Kevin Bridges
January 29, 2025 at 1:38 PM
“When the kids at school found out your parents were away, news spread like wildfire. ‘Oh I hear you’re having a party.’ Having is probably the wrong word to use…you’re GETTING a party." Kevin Bridges
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Today’s show was my last at CNN. My closing message: It’s never a good time to bow down to a tyrant… don’t give in to the lies. Don’t give in to fear. Hold on to the truth… and hope.
January 28, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Today’s show was my last at CNN. My closing message: It’s never a good time to bow down to a tyrant… don’t give in to the lies. Don’t give in to fear. Hold on to the truth… and hope.
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Word of the day is ‘matutolypea’: extreme grumpiness in the morning.
From the Latin ‘Matuta’, Roman goddess of the dawn, and the Greek ‘lype’, ‘grief’. Put them together and you get ‘morning grief’.
From the Latin ‘Matuta’, Roman goddess of the dawn, and the Greek ‘lype’, ‘grief’. Put them together and you get ‘morning grief’.
January 26, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Word of the day is ‘matutolypea’: extreme grumpiness in the morning.
From the Latin ‘Matuta’, Roman goddess of the dawn, and the Greek ‘lype’, ‘grief’. Put them together and you get ‘morning grief’.
From the Latin ‘Matuta’, Roman goddess of the dawn, and the Greek ‘lype’, ‘grief’. Put them together and you get ‘morning grief’.
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Here it is:
Out today: ‘How We Remember It’. Listen here: dblue.lnk.to/HWRI
‘How We Remember It’ is the latest track taken from our new album, ‘The Great Western Road’.
‘How We Remember It’ is the latest track taken from our new album, ‘The Great Western Road’.
January 23, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Here it is:
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"An independent Scotland won’t be magically better. It will be down to how well it’s governed, and the political choices people make: the difference is it will be our choices"
www.ft.com/content/2f91...
www.ft.com/content/2f91...
Nicola Sturgeon: ‘The independence movement has proven itself resilient’
The former Scottish first minister on SNP scandals, falling out with Alex Salmond — and why pressure for a new referendum will return
www.ft.com
January 11, 2025 at 2:38 PM
"An independent Scotland won’t be magically better. It will be down to how well it’s governed, and the political choices people make: the difference is it will be our choices"
www.ft.com/content/2f91...
www.ft.com/content/2f91...
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UK citizens used to have one of the most prized passports in the world.
Now it's behing Singapore, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Austria, Denmark, Ireland, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway and Sweden.
Yes. Behind 11 leading EU nations.
www.cnn.com/2025/01/08/t...
Now it's behing Singapore, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Austria, Denmark, Ireland, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway and Sweden.
Yes. Behind 11 leading EU nations.
www.cnn.com/2025/01/08/t...
The world’s most powerful passports for 2025 | CNN
An Asian island country is top of the ranking in a newly released report on travel freedoms worldwide.
www.cnn.com
January 8, 2025 at 10:06 PM
UK citizens used to have one of the most prized passports in the world.
Now it's behing Singapore, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Austria, Denmark, Ireland, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway and Sweden.
Yes. Behind 11 leading EU nations.
www.cnn.com/2025/01/08/t...
Now it's behing Singapore, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Austria, Denmark, Ireland, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway and Sweden.
Yes. Behind 11 leading EU nations.
www.cnn.com/2025/01/08/t...
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Word of the day is ‘pavonise’ (19th century): to strut about like a peacock, all puffed up with conceit.
January 8, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Word of the day is ‘pavonise’ (19th century): to strut about like a peacock, all puffed up with conceit.
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EXC: A distillery on a Scottish island is leading the way in how the industry thinks about creating whisky 🥃
Annabel Thomas, the owner of Nc'nean Distillery – nestled beside the Sound of Mull in Drimnin on the Morvern peninsula – has managed to mix the perfect blend of heritage with sustainability
Annabel Thomas, the owner of Nc'nean Distillery – nestled beside the Sound of Mull in Drimnin on the Morvern peninsula – has managed to mix the perfect blend of heritage with sustainability
December 28, 2024 at 12:10 PM
EXC: A distillery on a Scottish island is leading the way in how the industry thinks about creating whisky 🥃
Annabel Thomas, the owner of Nc'nean Distillery – nestled beside the Sound of Mull in Drimnin on the Morvern peninsula – has managed to mix the perfect blend of heritage with sustainability
Annabel Thomas, the owner of Nc'nean Distillery – nestled beside the Sound of Mull in Drimnin on the Morvern peninsula – has managed to mix the perfect blend of heritage with sustainability