Tony Gurney
@tonygurney.bsky.social
Educator, innovator, technologist, SNP councillor, spider daddy.
Whenever you read a columnist in the papers, or listen to a correspondent on radio or TV, consider how they’ve reached the conclusions they are so confidently propounding.
November 13, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Whenever you read a columnist in the papers, or listen to a correspondent on radio or TV, consider how they’ve reached the conclusions they are so confidently propounding.
November 11, 2025 at 10:09 PM
There’s drag? In pantomimes? Stop the presses!
(Although I am inclined to believe that many BBC employees were fooled.)
(Although I am inclined to believe that many BBC employees were fooled.)
October 28, 2025 at 7:58 PM
There’s drag? In pantomimes? Stop the presses!
(Although I am inclined to believe that many BBC employees were fooled.)
(Although I am inclined to believe that many BBC employees were fooled.)
Some people are fighting back.
October 25, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Some people are fighting back.
We’re now at the point where the far right accuse the far left of being too right wing.
Make it stop.
Make it stop.
October 19, 2025 at 9:34 PM
We’re now at the point where the far right accuse the far left of being too right wing.
Make it stop.
Make it stop.
Everything it can?
October 19, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Everything it can?
My cat pretending to be stabbed to death for Halloween.
October 18, 2025 at 8:47 PM
My cat pretending to be stabbed to death for Halloween.
And we can still quote them now.
October 13, 2025 at 9:02 PM
And we can still quote them now.
And the difference between the Tories, Labour, and the LibDems is…?
October 11, 2025 at 6:00 PM
And the difference between the Tories, Labour, and the LibDems is…?
The man most famous for rowing back on accusing a bigoted woman of bigotry because it went against his latest focus group is now @theguardian.com expert on combating far right bigotry?
Give me peace.
Give me peace.
October 11, 2025 at 9:51 AM
The man most famous for rowing back on accusing a bigoted woman of bigotry because it went against his latest focus group is now @theguardian.com expert on combating far right bigotry?
Give me peace.
Give me peace.
For the “British” Broadcasting Corporation an England football friendly trumps a Scottish World Cup qualifier.
I mean, how could anyone object to that?
I mean, how could anyone object to that?
October 9, 2025 at 5:36 PM
For the “British” Broadcasting Corporation an England football friendly trumps a Scottish World Cup qualifier.
I mean, how could anyone object to that?
I mean, how could anyone object to that?
Over again a Westminster journalist completely misunderstands an outcome.
The SNP did not win because of process, indeed the process was designed to stop that, but because of policies.
Although @theguardian.com’s choice of a Blair speechwriter to read a Blair book hardly encourages understanding.
The SNP did not win because of process, indeed the process was designed to stop that, but because of policies.
Although @theguardian.com’s choice of a Blair speechwriter to read a Blair book hardly encourages understanding.
October 5, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Over again a Westminster journalist completely misunderstands an outcome.
The SNP did not win because of process, indeed the process was designed to stop that, but because of policies.
Although @theguardian.com’s choice of a Blair speechwriter to read a Blair book hardly encourages understanding.
The SNP did not win because of process, indeed the process was designed to stop that, but because of policies.
Although @theguardian.com’s choice of a Blair speechwriter to read a Blair book hardly encourages understanding.
According to @theguardian.com UK Labour, with the largest flags to people ratio in the western hemisphere, wanted to avert “nationalism”.
October 2, 2025 at 7:55 AM
According to @theguardian.com UK Labour, with the largest flags to people ratio in the western hemisphere, wanted to avert “nationalism”.
The irony of @theobserveruk.bsky.social evoking the memory of the Glasgow rent strike while being ignorants of the fact that in Scotland councils can already buy back houses is staggering.
Still, it’s not like it’s a serious paper serving the UK. It’s just another London local paper.
Still, it’s not like it’s a serious paper serving the UK. It’s just another London local paper.
September 28, 2025 at 12:31 PM
The irony of @theobserveruk.bsky.social evoking the memory of the Glasgow rent strike while being ignorants of the fact that in Scotland councils can already buy back houses is staggering.
Still, it’s not like it’s a serious paper serving the UK. It’s just another London local paper.
Still, it’s not like it’s a serious paper serving the UK. It’s just another London local paper.
And who could possibly have foreseen that etc. etc.
September 20, 2025 at 11:50 AM
And who could possibly have foreseen that etc. etc.
To no one’s surprise @theguardian.com thinks that the Union flag is also the flag of England.
Still, Britain, England, it’s all the same innit?
Still, Britain, England, it’s all the same innit?
September 15, 2025 at 7:15 AM
To no one’s surprise @theguardian.com thinks that the Union flag is also the flag of England.
Still, Britain, England, it’s all the same innit?
Still, Britain, England, it’s all the same innit?
You’ll never guess which far right xenophobe is being promoted by the BBC. Again.
September 6, 2025 at 5:32 PM
You’ll never guess which far right xenophobe is being promoted by the BBC. Again.
Bonus "I read it so you don't have to" post about @theguardian.com
In their risible piece on flying the Saltire the "expert" Scottish correspondents attempt to refute the statement from an elected member of the Scottish Parliament by quoting, and I kid you not, from an anonymous Facebook account.
In their risible piece on flying the Saltire the "expert" Scottish correspondents attempt to refute the statement from an elected member of the Scottish Parliament by quoting, and I kid you not, from an anonymous Facebook account.
September 6, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Bonus "I read it so you don't have to" post about @theguardian.com
In their risible piece on flying the Saltire the "expert" Scottish correspondents attempt to refute the statement from an elected member of the Scottish Parliament by quoting, and I kid you not, from an anonymous Facebook account.
In their risible piece on flying the Saltire the "expert" Scottish correspondents attempt to refute the statement from an elected member of the Scottish Parliament by quoting, and I kid you not, from an anonymous Facebook account.
Serendipity. @merriam-webster.com can give you the definition.
September 3, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Serendipity. @merriam-webster.com can give you the definition.
The increasingly tedious Observer asserts that “British” transport would be revolutionised by connecting a few English cities.
Still, Britain, England, it’s all the same innit?
Still, Britain, England, it’s all the same innit?
August 31, 2025 at 10:10 AM
The increasingly tedious Observer asserts that “British” transport would be revolutionised by connecting a few English cities.
Still, Britain, England, it’s all the same innit?
Still, Britain, England, it’s all the same innit?
Man, I’d hate to be the kind of pathetic prime minister who bent the knee to Trump so that they might, possibly, be bullied less only to find that I’d been making deals with a convicted felon who had yet again been acting illegally.
August 29, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Man, I’d hate to be the kind of pathetic prime minister who bent the knee to Trump so that they might, possibly, be bullied less only to find that I’d been making deals with a convicted felon who had yet again been acting illegally.
We’re only doing the decent thing by platforming both sides scream the fact checkers.
August 6, 2025 at 8:26 PM
We’re only doing the decent thing by platforming both sides scream the fact checkers.
I’ve refrained from commenting on the Observer’s new incarnation on the basis that if you can’t say anything nice don’t say anything at all.
However this grossly ill informed piece from one of their hereditary columnists, ironically about misinformation, deserves highlighting.
However this grossly ill informed piece from one of their hereditary columnists, ironically about misinformation, deserves highlighting.
August 3, 2025 at 11:21 AM
I’ve refrained from commenting on the Observer’s new incarnation on the basis that if you can’t say anything nice don’t say anything at all.
However this grossly ill informed piece from one of their hereditary columnists, ironically about misinformation, deserves highlighting.
However this grossly ill informed piece from one of their hereditary columnists, ironically about misinformation, deserves highlighting.
No one will be surprised to hear that this project has nothing to do with the Labour Westminster government and they’ve delivered nothing whatsoever.
July 31, 2025 at 10:02 PM
No one will be surprised to hear that this project has nothing to do with the Labour Westminster government and they’ve delivered nothing whatsoever.