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Homer Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenberger retweeted
“Arabs don’t produce literature” is really something you can only say if you’ve never had a moment’s contact with genuine civilization. A mind totally consumed by television and self-help books.
Split Fife between Tayside, Edinburgh and FV, and Borders between Edinburgh and South, plus punt Moray across to Aberdeen (for Health Board reasons).
Job done!
Clearly there were two stories the Scottish press pack could lead with in the aftermath of Burnham's speech...
a. The biggest reform to pensions in a generation.
b. A claim that Swinney inadvertently hurt the PM's feelings.
No contest really!
Scotland’s Economy Doesn’t Stop at Council Boundaries meanwhilescotia.medium.com/s…
How Scotland is governed matters as much as the who. The SNP's proposed local government plans would be the greatest centralisation of the devolution era & modern Scotland. My weekend essay now on my site.
gerryhassan.com/blog/how-sco…
For 23 years the UK has been discussing building a 2km stretch of tarmac.
No end in sight.
“Principally, it’s a matter for London”
Prime Minister Andy Burnham refuses to commit to building a third runway at Heathrow airport and says “you’ve got to hear the voice of people [in London] first”
#BBCLauraK
bbc.co.uk/news/live/cj4zwkp2…
My one takeaway from thinking about local authority reorganisation in Scotland is, that Fife should no longer exist..
Homer Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenberger retweeted
A mini reunion of THE WIRE last night as we gathered at the premiere of WAR, the new HBO series starring Dominic West and Sienna Miller @hbomax 25 years and counting….
The UK is screwed...
Pretty depressing that in modern Britain it takes three years and £237m to build something like... this.
As @BritainRemade have pointed out, the Faroe Islands opened the Sandoy Tunnel in 2023 after spending £99m (£107m in today's money) over about four years. It is 10 kilometres long.
When every answer is mined for a gotcha, every disagreement reduced to a row and every nuance punished as weakness, politicians quickly learn to stick to the script.
You can’t complain about rehearsed politics while rewarding it.
Not meaning to have a go, but shops selling vapes and vape shops are two different things.
There certainly aren't 250 vape shops in Dundee for example.
Homer Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenberger retweeted
An excellent piece this. A good reminder --- however awkward it may be --- that Scotland's economic overperformance of the rest of Britain since the late 1990s is overwhelmingly thanks to the success of just two cities and their economic city regions.
Scotland’s route to growth runs through our two principal cities - Donald Anderson trib.al/NU4lso6
💰🌹 Want to be Scottish Labour leader? It’ll cost you £5,000 just to be a candidate.
Story 👇
itv.com/news/border/2026-08-…
Homer Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenberger retweeted
It would be classic Scottish Labour if a former Baroness replaced a Lord as their next leader.
Sounds interesting, but doesn’t a rumour like this risk paralysing the housing market until it is either confirmed or ruled out?
Who is going to willingly pay thousands in Stamp Duty now if they could then be hit with an annual tax later?
Buyers may simply hold off.
