Don McGrattan

Tbf, we all keeched oor breeks the odd time at school.

Unbeatable fitba. I love it!

KFC, Nando's, and others ditch chicken welfare pledge as demand soars Wingstop, Burger King, and others have walked away from an industry commitment to avoid using fast-growing chickens

As if there wiz any any doubt, capitalism is shite:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Got a good pal in Aylesbury so might stay over at his bit - make a proper night o it.

Top night oot that.

Haha! Dook me noo!

Holy guaca!

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The US coup: one year on I re-publish my piece from a year ago. It's not yet over. But it's nearly there...

NEW: ‘It’s a coup’.

One year on from when DOGE entered the US treasury & Trump’s blitzkrieg on the rule of law began, I’ve republished an article I wrote then about what the headlines weren’t saying.

NB: They’re still not.
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open.substack.com/pub/broligar...

Stick in, Gez.

*even worse at the English than the English.

C’mon, person. I ken you ken how tae spell the word “maths”.

Reform have totally let the cat out of the bag about who they are.

Zia Yusuf lecturing that poverty and peoples everyday struggles with rising bills and rent is exaggerated.

A party of the failed status quo, funded and representing big corporate interests.

Probably quite a guid night. Would’ve gone if I wisnae 11, 350 miles away and had never heard o them at that point. Genuinely doubt masel sometimes.

Top work, gramps, I’m impressed.

They look genuinely stunning. Did you used to work for Factory?

Honkin stuff but 3 points and a lot to laugh about.

Loved his woolly bunnet

Red ones or blue ones?

President Trump is about as Christian as Pontius Pilate

Such a beautiful thang.

Jackie Kay once hugged me and I cannae lie, twas a highlight of my adult life.

Israel’s border tech is a tool for ethnic cleansing In the West Bank, we are the unwilling test subjects for digital advancements in methods of population control

www.opendemocracy.net/en/israel-bo...

Left: Why were Zuckerberg, Musk and Theil having dinner with Epstein in 2015? They must all have known he pled guilty to child abuse in 2008...

Right: Zack Polanski criticising the UK gov for repeated contracts with Theil's Palantir

No way. Labour have blown it by pandering to the far right and only Greens can beat that same far right in Gorton and Denton.

Maybe he overcooked the rice. Dreadful bad luck.

Former Scottish health secretary Jeane Freeman dies aged 72 The former SNP politician was a key figure in the Scottish government's response to the Covid pandemic.

The world has lost a great woman.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

A few right wrong ins have slipped through Zia’s net.

All the very best for your op, Rosie.

Probably my favourite occasional tipple. Sleep well

Correspondence with Noam Chomsky This is supporting material for the article See No Evil.

1. Noam Chomsky's response to the first tranche of Epstein docs - arrogant, high-handed, obfuscatory and, we now know, dishonest - reminded me of something: his response to my questions about genocide denial, 15 years ago. 🧵
www.monbiot.com/2012/05/21/2...