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Scott Wortley

@scottwortley.bsky.social

scottish law lecturer, TV viewer, accidental mental health advocate. Interested in legislative interpretation and Columbo (but proper Columbo - you know the stuff from the NBC years, and more infrequently ABC episodes)

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When people talk about great sitcom episodes I am always bemused why it isn't mentioned. So beautifully put together and the performances are superb

04.03.2026 19:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Iβ€˜m sure there was a law society survey at the time saying lots people joined the profession on the back of it . I bet they got a shock

04.03.2026 18:24 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Coupling, Series 2, Episode 1 - The Man with Two Legs | Watch on U Jeff falls for a fellow train passenger.

Coupling is on the U streaming thing including one of the great sitcom episodes

04.03.2026 17:41 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

they did an audio revival of Blake's 7 with Daniela Nardini as Servalan. She was pretty good in the role.

04.03.2026 17:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Poet claims she has been cancelled over gender-critical beliefs

Polly Clark, a writer from Argyll, says a glowing review of her work was removed by Gutter magazine because of her social media posts

04.03.2026 11:20 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

It was not as preposterously entertaining as Judge John Deed, which would have had a similar time factor

04.03.2026 17:27 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Used to spend time as a trainee lawyer watching This Life and switching off when something unfeasible in the legal profession would happen.
Longest we lasted in an episode was about 3 minutes

04.03.2026 17:26 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 2

I was meaning to imply that 7% standing in only 7 from 73 seats is misleading polling for constituency vote.

04.03.2026 13:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

the greens doing incredibly well given they are only standing in 7 seats (or perhaps that hasn't been picked up yet)

04.03.2026 13:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Kenith Trodd obituary: firebrand TV producer and Dennis Potter’s right-hand man Trodd, who has died aged 90, was the bold and influential producer behind Dennis Potter’s greatest works, championing radical drama and shaping British television with a lifelong commitment to creativ...

We lost Kenith Trodd last weekend, a brilliant producer and forward-thinking man who believed deeply in television and the British screen. He was ahead of his time in many ways. "A film is a film is a film."

My tribute is now up on the BFI website: www.bfi.org.uk/news/kenith-...

04.03.2026 12:59 β€” πŸ‘ 32    πŸ” 25    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 4

Is it really because the "Welsh Assembly" no longer exists?

04.03.2026 08:59 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Must be the secret oilfields from 2014

04.03.2026 09:05 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Reasonable choice

04.03.2026 08:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Who do you think they are writing for?
I am struggling to work it about in various cases (eg telegraph)

04.03.2026 08:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Hope they kept the eating the dog on the roof bit

04.03.2026 08:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

RESIGN!

(It's one of the less successful adaptations of JG Ballard #getscoat #runsaway #veryfast)

04.03.2026 08:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

you and your facts

03.03.2026 23:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Teaching Scottish legal system classes interesting to learn we apparently have new courts from the tango man

03.03.2026 21:12 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I would give it to someone like kirsty young

03.03.2026 20:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What you commented on initially was my linking to a substack which contained the correspondence. That made clear that a publicly funded publication pulled all reference to her work purely for her legitimately held views. And you commented that views had consequences.
Your position is clear enough

03.03.2026 18:36 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You don't see any problem with that at all?

03.03.2026 18:09 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

And your position seems to be that a publicly funded body can effectively suppress reference to the work of someone holding legitimate view (views which are legally protected in equality legislation) purely because they hold these views (which is what the emails Clark refers to indicate).

03.03.2026 18:09 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Your presumption is that the author by stating a sex realist position, that someone's sex matters in various aspects of life, is inherently discriminatory equivalent to racism. Really? Her view should mean that the work of someone else (views unknown), reviewing her book, should be suppressed?

03.03.2026 18:04 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Your position is that Robert Winston and Richard Dawkins and others who believe in a sex binary and that sex cannot be changed (and have said so) are wishful thinkers equivalent to flat earthers. What is your basis for saying they are scientifically illiterate?

03.03.2026 18:01 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Launch reading by Polly Clark, Cathy Galvin and Penelope Shuttle YouTube video by Bloodaxe Books

Some beautiful work from Polly Clark in this online launch.

03.03.2026 15:06 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

An interview with poet Polly Clark features in Issue 7 of @madridlitmag.bsky.social. She speaks about her new Bloodaxe retrospective, Afterlife: New & Selected Poems, out today, and shares a poem from the book.

26.02.2026 11:20 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Based on current experience the two small ferries could take up to eight years before still not being finished.

03.03.2026 14:56 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

In teaching originalism and dynamism in statutory interpretation comparatively you end up asking in relation to some US materials - what do you think would James Madison have made of the ipad

03.03.2026 13:50 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It's always Carol Ann Duffy. Why is it never Wendy Cope or Nina Cassian? Bloody typical

03.03.2026 09:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It's always Carol Ann Duffy. Why is it never Wendy Cope or Nina Cassian? Bloody typical

03.03.2026 09:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0