Ruth Watson

Scotland's reputation for agricultural excellence is recognised and valued at home and across the world.

It pays to #keepScotlandTheBrand

#FoodAndDrink
#Farming
#SeedPotatoes

Jayme Lawson from Sinners hit the nail on the head and said how I felt with the whole BAFTAs situation.

If real patriotic reforms do not start in Russia now, the situation will become simply unpredictable. Our allies are being systematically destroyed one by one. It is clear who is next and it is clear what negotiations with such an enemy mean. I believe that the strategy of creating an image that everything is fine in Russia and that peaceful life is going on as usual has exhausted itself. We are next. In a global sense, everything depends on how long the IRGC (Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps) holds out. If Iran holds, everything could go in the opposite direction. If it collapses, we are next.

Russian political philosopher Aleksandr Dugin - the man whose thinking guides Putin - is getting worried.

They're on dad's back!
#Frogs

Labour must stop channelling Reform and unite with progressives. That’s the lesson from Gorton and Denton | Sadiq Khan The threat to the party in some parts of our country is now existential. But we can progress, as we have in London, by being bold and strong in our core beliefs, says London mayor Sadiq Khan

"Trying to compete with Reform not only feels inauthentic... but a betrayal of what Labour is supposed to represent. We must address the concerns and fears of voters, not play on them."

Damning stuff from Sadiq Khan

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres: “Military action carries the risk of igniting a chain of events that no one can control in the most volatile region of the world"

Live: Iran confirms supreme leader Khamenei is dead after US, Israeli attacks The United States and Israel launched the most ambitious attack on Iran in decades on Saturday, and Iranian state media has confirmed said Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei had been killed.

Khamenei is dead.

Iran confirms supreme leader Khamenei is dead after US, Israeli attacks.

www.reuters.com/world/iran-c...

At least 85 girls killed in strike on school in southern Iran Eyewitness tells MEE girls aged between seven and 12 seen lying dead across their school

Monstrous. How will they justify their murders? By claiming little girls were building nuclear bombs?

Belgium issues rabies warning after dog’s death in Germany Belgium issues rabies warning after dog's death in Germany

Rabies is one of the deadliest viruses for animals and humans, killing around 60,000 people every year.

Really unsure about this headline. The SCOOP poll found Reform up 1 point in the constituency vote and 1 point on the list, i.e. not significant change.

If anyone "surged" it was the Scottish Greens, up 3 points in the constituency vote and 6 on the list.

The cess pit of bigotry is being stoked by the worst people.

Good for Pep Guardiola for speaking out.

Statement from Turkiye's President Erdoğan:

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This map shows widely dispersed dots representing the guesses of US survey respondents about the location of Iran on a world map. 23% placed a dot in the correct area.

Where is Iran?
Each dot represents an American's guess.
pro.morningconsult.com/articles/can... 🌐

Oh…

Justice must be served.
Across the world, rich men know what they did.
#EpsteinFiles

Wife of Starmer’s comms chief had direct knowledge of Labour Together’s investigation into journalists Tory and SNP chiefs call for Labour minister Simons to ‘come clean’ as we reveal new details of PR firm’s campaign to discredit journalists

Wow. Josh Simons has resigned as govt minister

Follows weeks of reporting by Democracy for Sale and others about how he paid PR firm to smear journalists investigating Labour Together

Huge thanks to all our supporters. Couldn’t have done it without you
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/starmer-al...

A true American leader speaks.

I wish Starmer had been as clear.

Resignations?

The whole need to be investigated for any participation in, or knowledge of, the horrific abuse of women and girls.

There needs to be accountability.

Justice

#EpsteinFiles

Le monde serait meilleur si les vieux hommes méchants étaient en prison, et non dans des palais.

Just your regularly scheduled share of this masterpiece by @tomgauld.bsky.social

The Iranians are being attacked in an unprovoked act of war while peace negotiations were ongoing.

Keir Starmer's speech was without spine or integrity.

The only decent thing Starmer said was that no UK bases had provided support, but the Chagos islands seem to be right in the frame.

Keir Starmer, demonstrating clearly why so many thousands of people turned out to support the Greens yesterday.

Footage from Minab, Iran, shows the aftermath of an Israeli-US strike on a girls' elementary school that reportedly killed more than 50 people.

Oman's FM Badr Albusaidi, who has been mediating the recent rounds of indirect talks between the US and Iran, has reacted to today's attacks by the US and Israel on Iran.

🔴 LIVE updates: aje.news/x068qe

Sam Altman picked a hell of a day to basically urge the world to trust the morality and legal restraint of the Department of Defense

Rwanda: Génocide des Tutsis - Claude Muhayimana condamné à 14 ans de réclusion en appel à Paris Comme en première instance, l'ancien chauffeur franco-rwandais, aujourd'hui âgé de 65 ans, a été reconnu coupable de complicité de génocide et complicité de crime contre l'humanité pour avoir transporté des gendarmes et des miliciens Interahamwe sur des lieux de massacres de populations tutsis en 1994.

Rwanda: Génocide des Tutsis - Claude Muhayimana condamné à 14 ans de réclusion en appel à Paris

You want more climate and environmental journalists in your feed.

Worries new rules will heap pressure on renters in a city already seeing 'concerning trends' It’s almost a year since the state’s private rental watchdog flagged mounting issues in Galway’s rental sector.

Almost one year ago, the rental watchdog highlighted what it called "concerning trends" in Galway due to how intensely costs were rising.

But many renters and homeless services are bracing for further steep increases due to rental rules.
www.thejournal.ie/galway-rents...

Schoolgirls.

At least 40 killed in Israeli strikes on girls primary school in Minab, says Iranian province Governor

www.tribuneindia.com/news/world/a...