David Gow

Cup Final not a great advert for Scottish fitba’: poor gruel

Israel accused of ethnic cleansing after more than 140 killed in Gaza in 24 hours Israel says intensified bombings are part of campaign expansion to ‘achieve all of the war goals in Gaza’

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
Let’s be honest: Israel’s revenge bloodlust is insatiable

Israel is annihilating Palestinian children. Amer Rabea was one of them | Ahmad Ibsais This US citizen was shot by Israeli forces in April. There was no warning, no investigation but worst of all – no outcry from the west

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Justified rage

I thought you might be interested in the programme for Festival of Europe Scotland (3-11 May): festivalofeuropescotland.org/whats-on

Ed Miliband’s net zero obsession left British Steel on brink of extinction Ministers were more concerned with their environmental credentials than what it meant for the country

Ed Miliband’s net zero obsession left British Steel on brink of extinction

www.thetimes.com/article/b542...

Utter tosh: no mention that Thatcher closed down the coal industry thru an obsession with defeating the NUM

Israel strikes southern Lebanon amid calls for halt to ‘endless war’ - and by defence minister Katz for more territory aka Lebensraum

Given he has no truck with European Nato mbrs and wants to annexe Canada snd Greenland

The logic of Trump’s foreign policy is to reinvent the Warsaw Pact with US and Russia as co-leaders

What’s in this minerals deal - apart from extortion and personal/corporate gain for Mafia Don?

FT: Russia applauds Trump’s move (to suspend military aid to Ukraine): all you need to know

They are arguing, endlessly, that illegally inciting acts of terror online is ‘free speech’ while silencing dissent, targeting journalists & telling an invaded ally what he is & is not allowed to say during a live television broadcast are all fine.

The pandering to Trump must end — it only encourages his tyranny

The pandering to Trump must end — it only encourages his tyranny | ✍️ Matthew Syed

YouTube video by Steve Rosenberg Myfanwy - 'The greatest love song ever written" - cello and piano

For St David’s Day we present our latest Channel 4 News/BBC News long-distance musical collaboration. Ciaran Jenkins (cello) is in Glasgow and I’m in Moscow (on the piano). Together we play Myfanwy. @c4ciaran.bsky.social

America's New Enemy: Europe Where once Washington scolded its foes, now it despises its erstwhile friends

open.substack.com/pub/alexmass... excellent but “the wealthiest pensioners in British history”: evidence/stats? State or state plus private? Poor compared wjth W Europe…

Keir Starmer looks to link UK and EU emission trading schemes - great news!!

Would be nice to have some breathless media coverage about what this tells up about market perceptions of the state of the UK economy..

How Israel erased a town of 200,000 Old maps, illustrations and videos of destruction tell the story of refugee camp levelled in Gaza offensive

How Israel erased a town of 200,000 on.ft.com/4gRujEs

How Israel erased a town of 200,000 - a great piece of FT journalism

Is corporate America going Maga? Yes: craven, morally bankrupt capitalism drinks to Trumpism

Queen Elizabeth colluded in Russian spy cover-up The late monarch suspected her art curator Anthony Blunt of treachery a decade before he confessed to MI5, but did not sack him.

👉NEW -- Queen Elizabeth colluded in Russian spy cover-up

by Richard Norton Taylor

The late monarch suspected her art curator Anthony Blunt of treachery a decade before he confessed to MI5, but did not sack him.
www.declassifieduk.org/queen-elizab...

‘Fadi is fighting for his life’: Israel blocks evacuation of cameraman shot in Gaza - yet more shocking evidence of Israel’s onslaught on journalists

Over 60 German universities quit social media platform X Platform accused of failing to uphold values of diversity, freedom, and scholarship - Anadolu Ajansı

More and more organisations are going to follow them out the door. www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/ov...

Sarwar to harness Andy Burnham to 'do devolution better' if Labour win power in 2026 Anas Sarwar will learn lessons from Andy Burnham and other governments across Europe and the United States as Scottish Labour plan to “rejuvenate Scotland’s national, regional and local governments”.

Anas Sarwar will take inspiration from Andy Burnham and devolved and state governments across Europe and the United States as he draws up Scottish Labour's blueprint to "do devolution better" ahead of the 2026 Holyrood election.
www.scotsman.com/news/politic...

SNP urged to tax 'lavish lifestyles' of super-rich after pollution limit breached in just 10 days SNP ministers should target the “poster child of climate injustice” by introducing a private jet tax, campaigned have warned.

The appeal comes as campaigners warned the world’s wealthiest 1 per cent have already burned through their share of the annual global carbon budget this year.
www.scotsman.com/news/politic...

Go get him. 👏👏👏

Why Donald Trump wants Greenland - good explainer from @richardmilne.bsky.social

Is the NFU a signed up member of @conservatives.bsky.social as it organises yet more demos v Labour govt - over incomes loss largely caused by Brexit that was pursued/implemented by successive Tory govts without NFU protest

Michael Gove is sick.