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Yesterday I said that I had written three good essays this week, and published two of them. Today, I'm publishing the third. This one is not at all cheerful.
"So: given the data above, and the projected map above, the 'everyone dies' event projected by the Meteorological Office covers the triangle bounded by Plymouth-Norwich-Glasgow — and yes, that includes us here in Auchencairn."
Edit: I'm wrong. Correction pending.
#ExtremeHeat
#ClimateEmergency
#UKPol
#ScotPolhttps://www.journeyman.cc/blog/posts-output/2026-07-15-Everyone-dies-UK/
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Yesterday I said that I had written three good essays this week, and published two of them. Today, I'm publishing the third. This one is not at all cheerful.
"So: given the data above, and the projected map above, the 'everyone dies' event projected by the Meteorological Office covers the triangle bounded by Plymouth-Norwich-Glasgow — and yes, that includes us here in Auchencairn."
Edit: I'm wrong. Correction pending.
#ExtremeHeat
#ClimateEmergency
#UKPol
#ScotPolhttps://www.journeyman.cc/blog/posts-output/2026-07-15-Everyone-dies-UK/
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" #Burnham presents #Manchesterism as an antidote to the failures of the past four decades. It is intended to reverse what he calls the “four horsemen” of Britain’s apocalypse: deindustrialisation, #privatisation, #austerity, and #Brexit. In their place would come a “rewired Britain”, delivering prosperity in every postcode."
"The closest thing Britain already has to Manchesterism is not to be found in Manchester at all. It is Scotland."
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" #Burnham presents #Manchesterism as an antidote to the failures of the past four decades. It is intended to reverse what he calls the “four horsemen” of Britain’s apocalypse: deindustrialisation, #privatisation, #austerity, and #Brexit. In their place would come a “rewired Britain”, delivering prosperity in every postcode."
"The closest thing Britain already has to Manchesterism is not to be found in Manchester at all. It is Scotland."
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My old friend Andrew MacDonald is in his 80s now, but still as sharp as ever.
In his lifetime in Scotland's independence movement, Andy has watched various strands of indy thought swirl around him. He has debated with most of them. But Andy has stuck to the same principle: independence requires #sovereignty.
The older I get, the closer I get to Andy's view. And I love his 2017 song about his vision: "When Dawns The Day".
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My old friend Andrew MacDonald is in his 80s now, but still as sharp as ever.
In his lifetime in Scotland's independence movement, Andy has watched various strands of indy thought swirl around him. He has debated with most of them. But Andy has stuck to the same principle: independence requires #sovereignty.
The older I get, the closer I get to Andy's view. And I love his 2017 song about his vision: "When Dawns The Day".
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"DataVita, the Lanarkshire complex’s developer, says it will power the site in Airdrie with more than 1GW of renewable energy, including 400MW of solar power and 800MW of wind. This is more than one and half times the wind energy produced by Whitelee, the UK’s largest onshore windfarm... It is roughly the power needed to supply 800,000 Scottish homes."
The total number of homes (i.e. occupied dwellings) in Scotland is about 2.5 million.
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"DataVita, the Lanarkshire complex’s developer, says it will power the site in Airdrie with more than 1GW of renewable energy, including 400MW of solar power and 800MW of wind. This is more than one and half times the wind energy produced by Whitelee, the UK’s largest onshore windfarm... It is roughly the power needed to supply 800,000 Scottish homes."
The total number of homes (i.e. occupied dwellings) in Scotland is about 2.5 million.
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“There doesn’t seem to be appropriate scrutiny, public or otherwise, on these nationally significant projects. The figures and designs behind many schemes are at best indicative, and at worst complete bunk.”
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“There doesn’t seem to be appropriate scrutiny, public or otherwise, on these nationally significant projects. The figures and designs behind many schemes are at best indicative, and at worst complete bunk.”
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Andy #Burnham's coronation as UK Prime Minister is still a fortnight away. But already he has done a very thorough job of alienating Scotland & Wales.
It's not just crassness about #indyref. #TheGuardian's Wales correspondent Bethan McKernan notes a consistent pattern of missteps on devolution and finance. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jul/06/celtic-leaders-burnham-devolution-wales-scotland-northern-ireland
These are all basic issues of how the UK is now structured. The pitfalls are clearly signed. Burnham is not paying attention to 🏴🏴.
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Andy #Burnham's coronation as UK Prime Minister is still a fortnight away. But already he has done a very thorough job of alienating Scotland & Wales.
It's not just crassness about #indyref. #TheGuardian's Wales correspondent Bethan McKernan notes a consistent pattern of missteps on devolution and finance. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jul/06/celtic-leaders-burnham-devolution-wales-scotland-northern-ireland
These are all basic issues of how the UK is now structured. The pitfalls are clearly signed. Burnham is not paying attention to 🏴🏴.
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"The Democracy Man". Mike Small in @BellaCaledonia on the coronation (street) of Andy #Burnham as another man with no answer to Scotland and Wales.
His rhetoric is of ‘local democracy’, which he will, apparently, impose from above. 🙄
Centralised Decentralisation.
It’s all very strange and strangely familiar.
It is a very British, and a very Labour response to a crisis of their own making.
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"The Democracy Man". Mike Small in @BellaCaledonia on the coronation (street) of Andy #Burnham as another man with no answer to Scotland and Wales.
His rhetoric is of ‘local democracy’, which he will, apparently, impose from above. 🙄
Centralised Decentralisation.
It’s all very strange and strangely familiar.
It is a very British, and a very Labour response to a crisis of their own making.
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"When it was announced in January, the government promised that an £8.2bn AI datacentre complex in Lanarkshire [...] would be powered entirely from on-site renewables.
"The Guardian obtained internal correspondence showing that the government and the site’s developers [...] were privately acknowledging that the site had an 'issue' with 'power provision' and that this would not happen."
The SNP now just another party that kowtows to corporate interests.
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"When it was announced in January, the government promised that an £8.2bn AI datacentre complex in Lanarkshire [...] would be powered entirely from on-site renewables.
"The Guardian obtained internal correspondence showing that the government and the site’s developers [...] were privately acknowledging that the site had an 'issue' with 'power provision' and that this would not happen."
The SNP now just another party that kowtows to corporate interests.
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"You'll have had your democracy, jock."
English bloke blocks #ScottishParliament's mandate to hold referendum on independence. Again. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/07/05/burnham-rules-out-second-scottish-referendum/
Scotland proclaimed the principle of popular sovereignty in the 1320 #DeclarationOfArbroath. Seven centuries later #AndyBurnham is the latest wannabe-leader of England to uphold the English tradition of #ParliamentarySovereignty.
#Burnham wears cool t-shirts, for an ageing dad. But he's not cool with democracy.
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"You'll have had your democracy, jock."
English bloke blocks #ScottishParliament's mandate to hold referendum on independence. Again. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/07/05/burnham-rules-out-second-scottish-referendum/
Scotland proclaimed the principle of popular sovereignty in the 1320 #DeclarationOfArbroath. Seven centuries later #AndyBurnham is the latest wannabe-leader of England to uphold the English tradition of #ParliamentarySovereignty.
#Burnham wears cool t-shirts, for an ageing dad. But he's not cool with democracy.
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Meanwhile in #Scotland. 🏴 🙄
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Meanwhile in #Scotland. 🏴 🙄
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@RickiTarr and guess what? Our main parties here, #UKLabour and the #Tories, are funded by the exact same class and very often the exact same individuals. The only difference for Scotland is that our #SNP is not yet funded by the #Kleptocrat class — but is nevertheless sucking up to them in the hopes that it will soon be.
When the rich can buy politicians, #democracy is broken, and voting is more or less useless.
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@RickiTarr and guess what? Our main parties here, #UKLabour and the #Tories, are funded by the exact same class and very often the exact same individuals. The only difference for Scotland is that our #SNP is not yet funded by the #Kleptocrat class — but is nevertheless sucking up to them in the hopes that it will soon be.
When the rich can buy politicians, #democracy is broken, and voting is more or less useless.
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@Layan2002 @Rania @Nour_gaza_s @baraa1998 @lina19942810 @Manar_gaza @anghamrlkhalil
Well, I've had an unexpectedly quick response from Carol Mochan, the Labour MSP! She writes:
"Thank you for writing to me and sharing the testimonies of those you’ve spoken to or come across. Like many MSPs I have been truly appalled at the terrifying conditions Palestinians faced during the war in Gaza and in circumstances since the ceasefire..."
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@Layan2002 @Rania @Nour_gaza_s @baraa1998 @lina19942810 @Manar_gaza @anghamrlkhalil
Well, I've had an unexpectedly quick response from Carol Mochan, the Labour MSP! She writes:
"Thank you for writing to me and sharing the testimonies of those you’ve spoken to or come across. Like many MSPs I have been truly appalled at the terrifying conditions Palestinians faced during the war in Gaza and in circumstances since the ceasefire..."
/Continued
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@Layan2002 @Rania @Nour_gaza_s @baraa1998 @lina19942810 @Manar_gaza @anghamrlkhalil
This is the final letter, which I have now sent. Thank you to everyone who helped me to write it.
Now let's see whether it achieves anything.
Friends in #Scotland, please do not just copy my letter, because duplicate letters have much less effect. But please do write to your MSPs, in support.
https://www.journeyman.cc/~simon/tmp/gazaresettlment20260628.html
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@Layan2002 @Rania @Nour_gaza_s @baraa1998 @lina19942810 @Manar_gaza @anghamrlkhalil
This is the final letter, which I have now sent. Thank you to everyone who helped me to write it.
Now let's see whether it achieves anything.
Friends in #Scotland, please do not just copy my letter, because duplicate letters have much less effect. But please do write to your MSPs, in support.
https://www.journeyman.cc/~simon/tmp/gazaresettlment20260628.html
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@theferret writes:
"SaxaVord #Spaceport on the island of Unst is applying for a licence to start dropping large, disused rocket components into the sea north of Shetland over the next 12 months. The application reveals that there is a “significant risk” that the debris could hit tourist and fishing boats, posing a threat to life"Unst is a remote place with a vulnerable economy, but how much will a spaceport really benefit the island?
https://www.theferret.scot/spaceport-shetland-risk-tourism-fishing/
https://www.theferret.scot/spaceport-shetland-risk-tourism-fishing/ -
@theferret writes:
"SaxaVord #Spaceport on the island of Unst is applying for a licence to start dropping large, disused rocket components into the sea north of Shetland over the next 12 months. The application reveals that there is a “significant risk” that the debris could hit tourist and fishing boats, posing a threat to life"Unst is a remote place with a vulnerable economy, but how much will a spaceport really benefit the island?
https://www.theferret.scot/spaceport-shetland-risk-tourism-fishing/
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"Scottish Government 'stands ready' to support 10 more Gaza families"
But there are many thousands of desperately sick children in #Gaza, and although no one should be driven from their homes, they are being; and if no one will take them in, they will surely die.in #Israel's #FinalSolution.
Ten families is not nothing, but it is nowhere near enough. #Scotland offering more would put pressure on the #UK to do more.
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"Scottish Government 'stands ready' to support 10 more Gaza families"
But there are many thousands of desperately sick children in #Gaza, and although no one should be driven from their homes, they are being; and if no one will take them in, they will surely die.in #Israel's #FinalSolution.
Ten families is not nothing, but it is nowhere near enough. #Scotland offering more would put pressure on the #UK to do more.
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No great surprise that Scotland’s former deputy first minister #KateForbes shared the stage with right-wing influencers and #ReformUK MPs at the “anti-woke Davos” — the "Alliance for Responsible Citizenship" (ARC). https://archive.is/ZqbRP
But it's still a scandal that this #Taliban woman was ever allowed join the #SNP, let alone rise to near the top.
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No great surprise that Scotland’s former deputy first minister #KateForbes shared the stage with right-wing influencers and #ReformUK MPs at the “anti-woke Davos” — the "Alliance for Responsible Citizenship" (ARC). https://archive.is/ZqbRP
But it's still a scandal that this #Taliban woman was ever allowed join the #SNP, let alone rise to near the top.
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We now know that Peter #Murrell was stealing from the #SNP since at least 2010, probably earlier. We know that he proposed to, and married, Nicola #Sturgeon in 2010. So he was almost certainly stealing from the party before he married her.
Say what you will about Sturgeon, I believe that she was honestly committed to her party. I cannot believe she knew about his thefts, at least until just before she resigned.
There's something very psychologically dark and disturbing there.
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We now know that Peter #Murrell was stealing from the #SNP since at least 2010, probably earlier. We know that he proposed to, and married, Nicola #Sturgeon in 2010. So he was almost certainly stealing from the party before he married her.
Say what you will about Sturgeon, I believe that she was honestly committed to her party. I cannot believe she knew about his thefts, at least until just before she resigned.
There's something very psychologically dark and disturbing there.
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It was inevitable, I am surprised that it has taken Labour this long! I bet the McCrone report or ‘The Vow’ will not be referenced anywhere.
“SNP MSP Alyn Smith told The National: “If Andy Burnham is so intent on scrapping the Barnett Formula why doesn't he instead transfer the full fiscal powers to the Scottish Parliament? “#ScotPol #UkPol #Labour #Burnham #Scotland #Burnham #ScottishIndeoendence
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It was inevitable, I am surprised that it has taken Labour this long! I bet the McCrone report or ‘The Vow’ will not be referenced anywhere.
“SNP MSP Alyn Smith told The National: “If Andy Burnham is so intent on scrapping the Barnett Formula why doesn't he instead transfer the full fiscal powers to the Scottish Parliament? “#ScotPol #UkPol #Labour #Burnham #Scotland #Burnham #ScottishIndeoendence
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Why prison?
#PeterMurrell led away after being jailed for 5 years & 3 months over #SNP embezzlement. https://i.stv.tv/4eXYriL
No surprise. It fits #sentencing guidelines for a major theft and deep betrayal of trust by a very senior person.
This is a serious crime, but it's a non-violent crime. #Prison brutalises people, and destroys lives.
Non-violent crimes should get non-violent sentences. Why not say 1,000 hours of community service instead of each year in prison?
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Why prison?
#PeterMurrell led away after being jailed for 5 years & 3 months over #SNP embezzlement. https://i.stv.tv/4eXYriL
No surprise. It fits #sentencing guidelines for a major theft and deep betrayal of trust by a very senior person.
This is a serious crime, but it's a non-violent crime. #Prison brutalises people, and destroys lives.
Non-violent crimes should get non-violent sentences. Why not say 1,000 hours of community service instead of each year in prison?
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#LaraBird is the new #SNP MP for Arbroath & Broughty Ferry. Before her oath, Bird said:
“I take this oath only so that I can serve the people of Arbroath & Broughty Ferry. My first allegiance is, and always will be, the sovereign people of 🏴 Scotland.” 👏👏
Then when swearing her oath to King Charlie3, she crossed her fingers. 👍
AFAICS, most SNP MPs do something similar. But AFAIK no Labour or English MPs qualify their oath.
It's long past time for more anti-monarchism.
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#LaraBird is the new #SNP MP for Arbroath & Broughty Ferry. Before her oath, Bird said:
“I take this oath only so that I can serve the people of Arbroath & Broughty Ferry. My first allegiance is, and always will be, the sovereign people of 🏴 Scotland.” 👏👏
Then when swearing her oath to King Charlie3, she crossed her fingers. 👍
AFAICS, most SNP MPs do something similar. But AFAIK no Labour or English MPs qualify their oath.
It's long past time for more anti-monarchism.
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What a life.
Connoisseurs of the Scottish devolution settlement will appreciate this especially. #Scotpol
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jun/19/lady-ramsay-of-cartvale-obituary
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What a life.
Connoisseurs of the Scottish devolution settlement will appreciate this especially. #Scotpol
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jun/19/lady-ramsay-of-cartvale-obituary
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@MiaMarkTwo Thank you, whoever did this.
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@MiaMarkTwo Thank you, whoever did this.
