Ken Macdonald

This is both clever and desperately sad.

#Parrots
#Pets
#Birds

Angus graveyard visitors told not to leave alcohol Angus Council issued the warning after children were seen taking alcohol left by mourners as tributes.

I don't like graves which are made into shrines to the deceased (of any age) but I understand that some people may get solace from doing so.

Then there's this..

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Do you really think that Westminster wouldn't have invoked s35 if that had happened.

The toxicity has been generated in the main by Greens refusing to countenance other views and doing their level best to extinguish the concept of biological sex.

On Linkedin......

I note UK central bank interest rates are down from 4.25% to 4% splashed all over the media as good news!
Meanwhile, in the EU, interest rates are 2%.
Furthermore, inflation is 3.4% in the UK, BUT ONLY HALF THAT IN THE EU.
Another brexit bonus, eh?

Why Reform UK’s conspiracism should worry you Reform UK appear to embrace conspiracism as an ideology to gain power but it brings an underlying threat to UK democracy

Why Reform UK’s conspiracism should worry you

Reform UK appear to embrace conspiracism as an ideology to gain power but it brings an underlying threat to UK democracy | Dean Conway

@centralbylines.co.uk

Rupert Lowe mistakes charity rowers for illegal migrants Rupert Lowe mistakes charity rowers for illegal migrants

Rupert Lowe mistakes charity rowers for illegal migrants

The independent MP alerted the coastguard about a small boat off Great Yarmouth, which was crewed by a team of four including a former Royal Marine

@heraldscotland.bsky.social - it's "Maree", not "Marie" but you seem to be uncertain which.

BIG NEWS: For the first time in six years, Britain's rarest breeding bird has successfully nested in the UK!

A pair of Montagu's Harriers have raised four healthy chicks, all of which have taken their first flights.

It's hardly a town. Township, perhaps, but town definitely not!!!

I wouldn't boast about that response. It's one of the most poorly written which I've seen - did senior management sign it off?

That's fine, but you're here and I realised that you weren't on Twitter, hence why I flagged it up with you. Anyway, the others will have seen it and I leave it for them to follow up.

Ok. Anyway, the original poster copied in all councillors for the ward so I would hope that at least one of them might follow-up themselves.

Thanks, Claire - but as an elected member, can you not do that check yourself (or ask an officer to do so)?

Máire McCormack (Moy-ra) on X: "Good grief @Edinburgh_CC what is going on in Haddington Place./Leith Walk. The lovely book shop McNaughtons @mcnbooks is now positioned under #BlackpooI Illuminations. How on earth did this get through planning? https://t.co/2d7cSTSHO4" / X Good grief @Edinburgh_CC what is going on in Haddington Place./Leith Walk. The lovely book shop McNaughtons @mcnbooks is now positioned under #BlackpooI Illuminations. How on earth did this get through planning? https://t.co/2d7cSTSHO4

@cllrcmiller.bsky.social

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“this £85 billion represents a direct transfer of value from the public to private owners — a sum extracted while storm overflows proliferated, leakage targets were missed, and river health declined”

Genius! Bravo Scotland!

Rupert Lowe, MP for Great Yarmouth, is holding an event in Parliament about child exploitation and grooming gangs. | Clive Evans Rupert Lowe, MP for Great Yarmouth, is holding an event in Parliament about child exploitation and grooming gangs. Yet not once - not a single time - has he responded to Sue Lambert Trust when we&#39...

What a surprise (NOT).

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How trains are leased from big business at exorbitant rates which gouge the taxpayer Inside story on private firms feasting on Scotland's nationalised trains

Think Scotland’s trains are nationalised? Think again. It’s a mirage

Our trains are owned by big business and we have to lease them at eye watering rates: 25% of every ticket sold goes to private firms

If we dumped them, we could build a world class railway www.heraldscotland.com/news/2532679...

"European style". That must be bad and it must also show that we're returning to the EU in all but name.

Politicising the monarchy by Starmer.

Thatcher has a lot to answer for. Promoting mass share ownership was a cover for gross profiteering from the exploitation of the vulnerable. "Look after number one" has led to an uncaring society. Referring to the wealth takers as wealth creators diminishes those who do the work. Etc, etc

The Twelfth: Little drummer boys practice all year for parades The future of loyalist bands relies on new, younger, members coming through, like two-year-old Teddy and eight-year-old Ronnie.

"it's a really proud moment when you're walking alongside your children or other family members".....knowing that you're bringing them up as bigots

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It's not obvious, and it just makes you look stupid by not stating that it is per capita.

It's actually not obvious. Apologies for the capital letters which were there to stress rather than shout.

Memes need to be accurate. If not, they'll be used against your cause.

I think whoever drew that up means a higher number of nurses, doctors and GPs PER CAPITA !!! There's definitely not higher numbers in total.

DJ: "Benny, now that you've nominated me for the Nobel Peace Prize, you'll have to help me to win it......"

This should be unbelievable but, because it's Netanyahu and Trump, sadly it isn't.

Village Bay, #StKilda

My maternal great-great grandfather was from St Kilda and moved to Harris back in the 1820s. I visited it last year - what a beautiful, peaceful place it is.

UK must impose sanctions on Israel to meet legal obligations, say more than 800 lawyers Exclusive: Letter to PM signed by retired supreme court justices among others says lack of action will imperil international legal system

✍️ Letter to PM signed by retired supreme court justices among 800 others…

…says lack of action will imperil international legal system.

Starmer *MUST* impose sanctions on Israel.