Margaret Young

A tabby cat sitting on someone's lap although you cannot see the person. The cat has white whiskers and is fluffy with longish fur. His ears are pointing sideways suggesting he is not happy. The person is sitting on a blue seat. There is a cat tree and a window behind them.

I'm being given a warning look not to move as he's happily settled. #Caturday

Visit of the Prime Minister of Denmark 22nd Jawary 2026 We'll get by with a little help from our friends

Sky News: Danish PM Mette Freideriksen’s note in the visitors book when she visited UK today

Thank you. Both on the mend now.

A tabby cat cuddling with a woman wearing a black jumper. The cat is lying across the woman's body as she sits. The cat's eyes are about to close and the woman has her arm around him.

#Caturday cuddles. He's recovering from an operation and I am recovering from flu so cuddling together to feel better.

Watching FMQs. Women in the justice system are vulnerable and always have been systematically abused by men in power - police officers, prison staff, social workers, lawyers, probation officers etc. If only anti trans MSPs would raise the role of powerful men, it's core to women's abuse.

Scottish Child Payment | Food Insecurity | Deprivation New analysis shows the Scottish child payment sharply reduces child deprivation and food insecurity, with no evidence of work disincentives. Discover the findings.

New study from LSE, York & Glasgow universities shows the Scottish Child Payment is transforming lives.

Without it, 70,000 more children would face deprivation and food insecurity.

We will keep investing in families and lifting children out of poverty.

An adult (not me) who thought the Hebrides were pronounced the He-Brides.

Agree it's so wrong. However your own leader, the PM, is dancing to the tune of the racists. Instead of targeting and blaming people seeking asylum and refugees for the problems of the UK, he should be showing leadership and protecting these very vulnerable people.

More fitting would be a thank you to all the unpaid carers who save public finances millions every year.

'Racism sparked anti-asylum protests'.
There, I fixed that headline for you.

It's a great book. I read it when I was young. I hadn't been thinking of reading it but it was in a friend's house and I picked it up when they were getting ready. Couldn't put it down so borrowed it!

Far-right extremists outnumber Islamists in anti-terror programme referrals, data shows Total referrals reach record high, with 21% being due to ‘extreme rightwing concerns’ and 10% to Islamist ideology

Well, will you look at that completely expected piece of news.
The very same people who are so quick to blame migrants for all the ills of the world, are the ones posing more of a threat.
Watch likes of Goodwin try and explain this away and still blame migrants.

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

I'm living your dream Dani. Last year I also dressed up - as Batgran. This year, the weather put me off dressing up but I enjoyed the guising with Callan.

Conservatoire head hits out at glockenspiel ‘insult’ to music teaching Jeffrey Sharkey criticises East Ayrshire council director’s comments about ‘weans banging seven bells’ out of the instruments

“Music education is also about opening people’s minds to what’s possible for us as a society.”

Our Principal, Jeffrey Sharkey, has defended music education following remarks made by East-Ayrshire’s Director of Education.

www.thetimes.com/article/17a4...

Good to see Woman is progressing in her career even if Woman's marital status & number of children she has, is given before her career achievements. Note for Sky News, there is no Chief Nursing Officer of the UK. Woman did hold the important position of Chief Nursing Officer of England however.

Hope you both had a great time. My favourite pool! What a great thing that pools are offering this.

Colin Kaepernick pays for autopsy of Black student found hanging from tree Demartravion "Trey" Reed, 21, was a student at Delta State University.

NFL star and noted activist Colin Kaepernick is paying for an independent second autopsy for a Mississippi college student who was found hanging from a tree.

Beyond the hot takes and hatchet jobs: I returned to Lochee a month after Musk and Robinson spread misinformation about the Dundee district
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Sorry I missed you yesterday. By far the most realistic view I have seen reported. I thought there were a few poor souls on the anti immigration side. I recognised one of them as someone who lives in an area with an astoundingly low turnout even at Scottish & UK GEs. Maybe a story in itself.

As ever Dani, well reasoned comment. I was wondering if you think Brexit has an influence on behaviour towards Trump? As a result of the poor trading position the UK is in post Brexit, human and other rights are ignored to try to secure deals at any cost perhaps?

Why are even the most powerful so afraid of standing up to Donald Trump? Trump’s UK visit exposed a humiliating deference from Starmer, royals and politicians alike, says our multi award-winning opinion columnist Dani…

"The only thing that could've increased the humiliation would have been the holding up of a dog biscuit tho' a treat for rolling over was proffered in the form of a tech deal, which Starmer wolfed down with all the grateful tail-wagging the president demands." My @heraldscotland.bsky.social column.

This is residents in San Diego telling Ice-Gestapo agents to get TF out of their neighborhood. More of this please. 💙👊

If you could retweet my tweet below linking to my Etsy shop (2025 half calendars, July-Dec) it would put my shop in front of more eyes and would help more than you know. I'd appreciate it so much. Thankyou 🌿

No Sleep ‘til Dunners…

My cat checking out your schedule for the #NotMyCat duties.
Looking forward to coming along to see you myself too of course!

Excellent from @PeterGeoghegan on far right money and women's health care.

UN experts warn of legal uncertainty and rights implications following UK Supreme Court ruling GENEVA – A group of independent human rights experts* today expressed concern about the implications of the recent UK Supreme Court judgment interpreting the definition of “woman” under the Equality A...

The disgraceful EHRC misconduct is now drawing fire from the United Nations. www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

The Prime Minister’s anti-immigration policies are catastrophic for our economy, NHS and especially our care sector.

Yet another example of policies made at Westminster with zero regard for Scotland.

Yet again, Scotland treated as an afterthought.

ICYMI “The pushback has been really strong. Some stakeholders are saying they can no longer work with us. Loads of staff say they’re looking for other jobs”

Congratulations Dani and well deserved.