Ronnie MB (Ronnie MacLennan Baird)
@rmbflk.bsky.social
Clyde built/Falklands anchored: freelance journalist/broadcaster, lawyer, legislative drafter, public policy consultant and tour guide - we multitask here!
Not quite out: by my calculation, the deposit threshold for Stanley was 150 and four candidates including one incumbent lost their deposits:
Pete Biggs, Grant Budd, Chris Clarke and Clovis Kilmartin
Full Stanley #result for #FalklandsElection25, with due credit again to Falklands Radio:
Pete Biggs, Grant Budd, Chris Clarke and Clovis Kilmartin
Full Stanley #result for #FalklandsElection25, with due credit again to Falklands Radio:
December 12, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Not quite out: by my calculation, the deposit threshold for Stanley was 150 and four candidates including one incumbent lost their deposits:
Pete Biggs, Grant Budd, Chris Clarke and Clovis Kilmartin
Full Stanley #result for #FalklandsElection25, with due credit again to Falklands Radio:
Pete Biggs, Grant Budd, Chris Clarke and Clovis Kilmartin
Full Stanley #result for #FalklandsElection25, with due credit again to Falklands Radio:
I hope my news colleagues at Falklands Radio won’t mind me posting their fb graphic, duly credited (Good job, Olly!)
Jack Ford was an MLA for the second half of the last Assembly but is Stanley resident and a former FIG internal auditor
The other three candidates all live and work on Camp farms
Jack Ford was an MLA for the second half of the last Assembly but is Stanley resident and a former FIG internal auditor
The other three candidates all live and work on Camp farms
December 12, 2025 at 12:32 AM
I hope my news colleagues at Falklands Radio won’t mind me posting their fb graphic, duly credited (Good job, Olly!)
Jack Ford was an MLA for the second half of the last Assembly but is Stanley resident and a former FIG internal auditor
The other three candidates all live and work on Camp farms
Jack Ford was an MLA for the second half of the last Assembly but is Stanley resident and a former FIG internal auditor
The other three candidates all live and work on Camp farms
#FalklandsElection25 is today
I *had* to play this track on the Breakfast Show this morning
I *had* to play this track on the Breakfast Show this morning
December 11, 2025 at 11:13 AM
#FalklandsElection25 is today
I *had* to play this track on the Breakfast Show this morning
I *had* to play this track on the Breakfast Show this morning
The length of the supply chain meant that we still had chocolate Penguins rather than “chocolate” Penguins a bit late here in the Falklands
(We also have one or two real penguins as well!)
(We also have one or two real penguins as well!)
December 10, 2025 at 9:56 PM
The length of the supply chain meant that we still had chocolate Penguins rather than “chocolate” Penguins a bit late here in the Falklands
(We also have one or two real penguins as well!)
(We also have one or two real penguins as well!)
Well, it’s happening - indeed, up to 23 wells will be happening
Final Investment Decisions have been made, regulatory approval has been given and the Sea Lion project to extract oil from the North Falkland Basin is going ahead, after multiple false starts
#Falklands #FalklandIslands #FalklandsOil
Final Investment Decisions have been made, regulatory approval has been given and the Sea Lion project to extract oil from the North Falkland Basin is going ahead, after multiple false starts
#Falklands #FalklandIslands #FalklandsOil
December 10, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Well, it’s happening - indeed, up to 23 wells will be happening
Final Investment Decisions have been made, regulatory approval has been given and the Sea Lion project to extract oil from the North Falkland Basin is going ahead, after multiple false starts
#Falklands #FalklandIslands #FalklandsOil
Final Investment Decisions have been made, regulatory approval has been given and the Sea Lion project to extract oil from the North Falkland Basin is going ahead, after multiple false starts
#Falklands #FalklandIslands #FalklandsOil
The new FIFA peace prize is almost as prestigious as the one created by the Balkan Foundation in the 1960s
The foundation was taken in hand after a scandal not confined to its peace prize but the early history of the prize was summarised in an aside in a book about the IOS scandal:
The foundation was taken in hand after a scandal not confined to its peace prize but the early history of the prize was summarised in an aside in a book about the IOS scandal:
December 5, 2025 at 10:51 PM
The new FIFA peace prize is almost as prestigious as the one created by the Balkan Foundation in the 1960s
The foundation was taken in hand after a scandal not confined to its peace prize but the early history of the prize was summarised in an aside in a book about the IOS scandal:
The foundation was taken in hand after a scandal not confined to its peace prize but the early history of the prize was summarised in an aside in a book about the IOS scandal:
How I spent my fee for covering a committee meeting that actually was an email
The open section lasted 5 minutes and nothing was really added to the report published in advance and duly noted
The open section lasted 5 minutes and nothing was really added to the report published in advance and duly noted
December 4, 2025 at 5:25 PM
How I spent my fee for covering a committee meeting that actually was an email
The open section lasted 5 minutes and nothing was really added to the report published in advance and duly noted
The open section lasted 5 minutes and nothing was really added to the report published in advance and duly noted
Reminded by @ncdominie.bsky.social’s Angry Man in Local Newspaper that I possess a framed clipping of a letter in the Glasgow Evening News by Angry Firm of Surveyors in Local Newpaper
Messrs Kyle & Frew wrote to complain about mis-statement and incompleteness in an article about them … and kept it!
Messrs Kyle & Frew wrote to complain about mis-statement and incompleteness in an article about them … and kept it!
November 30, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Reminded by @ncdominie.bsky.social’s Angry Man in Local Newspaper that I possess a framed clipping of a letter in the Glasgow Evening News by Angry Firm of Surveyors in Local Newpaper
Messrs Kyle & Frew wrote to complain about mis-statement and incompleteness in an article about them … and kept it!
Messrs Kyle & Frew wrote to complain about mis-statement and incompleteness in an article about them … and kept it!
“You just died: the 6th picture in your phone gallery is what killed you”
If mine is to be believed, it was not giving way to the penguins!
(I have always worried that the penguins outnumber the humans even more than the sheep!!!)
If mine is to be believed, it was not giving way to the penguins!
(I have always worried that the penguins outnumber the humans even more than the sheep!!!)
November 27, 2025 at 10:42 PM
“You just died: the 6th picture in your phone gallery is what killed you”
If mine is to be believed, it was not giving way to the penguins!
(I have always worried that the penguins outnumber the humans even more than the sheep!!!)
If mine is to be believed, it was not giving way to the penguins!
(I have always worried that the penguins outnumber the humans even more than the sheep!!!)
#FalklandsElection25
One of the more colourful aspects of a #Falklands election is that mobile polling teams spread out across the #FalklandIslands the day before polling taking ballot boxes out to voters on farms and in smaller settlements
Here are the routes for this election:
One of the more colourful aspects of a #Falklands election is that mobile polling teams spread out across the #FalklandIslands the day before polling taking ballot boxes out to voters on farms and in smaller settlements
Here are the routes for this election:
November 24, 2025 at 10:20 PM
#FalklandsElection25
One of the more colourful aspects of a #Falklands election is that mobile polling teams spread out across the #FalklandIslands the day before polling taking ballot boxes out to voters on farms and in smaller settlements
Here are the routes for this election:
One of the more colourful aspects of a #Falklands election is that mobile polling teams spread out across the #FalklandIslands the day before polling taking ballot boxes out to voters on farms and in smaller settlements
Here are the routes for this election:
The solution already exists:
In the original Casino Royale movie, the name had first been given to the Niven Bond’s successor and was then given to everyone else to confuse SMERSH
Casino Royale was *too much* for one James Bond, so why now limit themselves to one?
In the original Casino Royale movie, the name had first been given to the Niven Bond’s successor and was then given to everyone else to confuse SMERSH
Casino Royale was *too much* for one James Bond, so why now limit themselves to one?
November 11, 2025 at 7:20 PM
The solution already exists:
In the original Casino Royale movie, the name had first been given to the Niven Bond’s successor and was then given to everyone else to confuse SMERSH
Casino Royale was *too much* for one James Bond, so why now limit themselves to one?
In the original Casino Royale movie, the name had first been given to the Niven Bond’s successor and was then given to everyone else to confuse SMERSH
Casino Royale was *too much* for one James Bond, so why now limit themselves to one?
I liked this and found it useful
I was also reminded (once again) of what Jerome K Jerome’s former editor was quoted to have said
But it won’t all fit in this sheet … and, in the circumstances, I daren’t edit it!
I was also reminded (once again) of what Jerome K Jerome’s former editor was quoted to have said
But it won’t all fit in this sheet … and, in the circumstances, I daren’t edit it!
November 11, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I liked this and found it useful
I was also reminded (once again) of what Jerome K Jerome’s former editor was quoted to have said
But it won’t all fit in this sheet … and, in the circumstances, I daren’t edit it!
I was also reminded (once again) of what Jerome K Jerome’s former editor was quoted to have said
But it won’t all fit in this sheet … and, in the circumstances, I daren’t edit it!
It’s #LoveYourRedHairDay and today’s playlist for the Falklands Radio Breakfast Show was populated with songs by redhead artists by the red haired and red bearded presenter
November 5, 2025 at 11:43 AM
It’s #LoveYourRedHairDay and today’s playlist for the Falklands Radio Breakfast Show was populated with songs by redhead artists by the red haired and red bearded presenter
Up there (or down there) with the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council refusing permission to appeal in Geophysical Service Inc v Falkland Islands Government::
“Permission to appeal should be refused on the ground that the proposed appeal is wholly devoid of merit.”
“Permission to appeal should be refused on the ground that the proposed appeal is wholly devoid of merit.”
November 3, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Up there (or down there) with the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council refusing permission to appeal in Geophysical Service Inc v Falkland Islands Government::
“Permission to appeal should be refused on the ground that the proposed appeal is wholly devoid of merit.”
“Permission to appeal should be refused on the ground that the proposed appeal is wholly devoid of merit.”
#FalklandsElection25 starts today
The Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly has been dissolved this morning
Nominations are now open and close three weeks today (21 November)
Voting takes place on 11 December
#Falklands #FalklandIslands
The Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly has been dissolved this morning
Nominations are now open and close three weeks today (21 November)
Voting takes place on 11 December
#Falklands #FalklandIslands
October 31, 2025 at 3:33 PM
#FalklandsElection25 starts today
The Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly has been dissolved this morning
Nominations are now open and close three weeks today (21 November)
Voting takes place on 11 December
#Falklands #FalklandIslands
The Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly has been dissolved this morning
Nominations are now open and close three weeks today (21 November)
Voting takes place on 11 December
#Falklands #FalklandIslands
I’m not kidding about the cheese shortage in the #Falklands:
October 30, 2025 at 5:46 PM
I’m not kidding about the cheese shortage in the #Falklands:
“Formally” dressed in a Black Tie t shirt at Falklands Radio for live coverage of the final session of the #FalklandIslands Legislative Assembly before 11 December’s General Election here in the #Falklands
#FalklandsElection25
#FalklandsElection25
October 30, 2025 at 12:18 PM
“Formally” dressed in a Black Tie t shirt at Falklands Radio for live coverage of the final session of the #FalklandIslands Legislative Assembly before 11 December’s General Election here in the #Falklands
#FalklandsElection25
#FalklandsElection25
As Mary Schmich wrote a few years later:
“You will not understand the power and beauty of your youth until they’ve faded. But trust me, in 20 years, you’ll look back at photos of yourself and recall in a way you can’t grasp now how much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked.”
“You will not understand the power and beauty of your youth until they’ve faded. But trust me, in 20 years, you’ll look back at photos of yourself and recall in a way you can’t grasp now how much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked.”
October 27, 2025 at 7:55 PM
As Mary Schmich wrote a few years later:
“You will not understand the power and beauty of your youth until they’ve faded. But trust me, in 20 years, you’ll look back at photos of yourself and recall in a way you can’t grasp now how much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked.”
“You will not understand the power and beauty of your youth until they’ve faded. But trust me, in 20 years, you’ll look back at photos of yourself and recall in a way you can’t grasp now how much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked.”
See what I mean!
October 27, 2025 at 2:03 PM
See what I mean!
Going through some of my “stuff” today … and it’s a bit like the Can Highgate Air Bike Handle Light story from My Word!
This morning’s distractions have been a virtual nature trail in Linn Park and musing that stubbing out a cigarette in a coronation ashtray might have been treasonous
This morning’s distractions have been a virtual nature trail in Linn Park and musing that stubbing out a cigarette in a coronation ashtray might have been treasonous
October 26, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Going through some of my “stuff” today … and it’s a bit like the Can Highgate Air Bike Handle Light story from My Word!
This morning’s distractions have been a virtual nature trail in Linn Park and musing that stubbing out a cigarette in a coronation ashtray might have been treasonous
This morning’s distractions have been a virtual nature trail in Linn Park and musing that stubbing out a cigarette in a coronation ashtray might have been treasonous
Not sure how that worked out in the end for MTV
Pride cometh before a fall?, an unkilled radio “star” asks
(Autocorrect didn’t like unkilled and suggested “unskilled” and “unliked” instead - harsh!)
Pride cometh before a fall?, an unkilled radio “star” asks
(Autocorrect didn’t like unkilled and suggested “unskilled” and “unliked” instead - harsh!)
October 17, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Not sure how that worked out in the end for MTV
Pride cometh before a fall?, an unkilled radio “star” asks
(Autocorrect didn’t like unkilled and suggested “unskilled” and “unliked” instead - harsh!)
Pride cometh before a fall?, an unkilled radio “star” asks
(Autocorrect didn’t like unkilled and suggested “unskilled” and “unliked” instead - harsh!)
Plenty of dark humour in this excerpt, including quite the punchline:
![wired.com
How do you feel about becoming a political lightning rod?
People occasionally just flip me off or whatever, but nobody's come up to me and tried to make a statement about anything.
Personally, it's kind of dumb. It's just a vehicle.
So it's ironic that it would even become a political statement, but nonetheless it is.
[Editor's note: Taylor was arrested and convicted of conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding in the January 6 attack on the Capitol. He was later pardoned by President Trump.]
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October 16, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Plenty of dark humour in this excerpt, including quite the punchline:
One for the teenagers, inspired by yesterday’s #FalklandsElection25 post
October 14, 2025 at 8:52 PM
One for the teenagers, inspired by yesterday’s #FalklandsElection25 post