John MacDonald
@1johnmacdonald.bsky.social
Abrach. Formerly: lecturer, director, international affairs. Currently: family, books, shinty, hills, wine.
The Trump administration withdraws the United States from the Group of States against Corruption, or GRECO, a top European anti-corruption watchdog. Only two other countries have left GRECO before — Russia and Belarus. www.independent.co.uk/news/council...
US withdraws from European anti-corruption panel in latest shift away from global groups
The Trump administration has withdrawn the United States from a top European anti-corruption watchdog
independent.co.uk
Apolitical observation: using your father's death to score political points in a conference speech is both crass and cynical.
'O, Lochabair, mo Lochabair fhein gu bràth.' From Alice C. MacDonell's 'Lochabair Gu Bràth'. Amen.
This London-based landowner is putting the iconic Glenelg to Skye ferry at risk. Please support the local community - not millionaire financiers - and save the world famous Glenelg to Skye ferry by joining me and signing the petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...
Save the Glenelg - Skye ferry!
This ten minute crossing is famous around the world - and is believed to be the last turntable style ferry anywhere. It's an iconic part of Skye's history, but it's under threat thanks to a wealthy la...
you.38degrees.org.uk
Apolitical point on Swinney World Cup travel - - Yes, FM should represent 🏴 on world stage. - No, he shouldn't travel alone. - Yes, travel's expensive. - No, he shouldn't travel economy and (critics) 'make us look cheap.' I've previously written this in defence of Jack McConnell too.
Excellent conditions at Spean today for the Lochaber v Skye game. I took this picture from the Roy Bridge end, just before Skye scored their fourth. #shinty
What I've learnt from being on this platform today. Time for a beer.
"No other world leader can claim to have survived and thrived on the enmity of both Trump and Vladimir Putin" giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
Zelenskyy may have the last laugh over Trump
Ukraine’s president increasingly looks as if he holds the future of the west in his hands
giftarticle.ft.com
Charting the plummeting percentages. As unedifying as our football. Just get us home. 🏴 ⚽
The attacks in Edinburgh, in which an armed bare-chested white man terrorised Muslims, leaving five people injured, don't feature on a single newspaper front page this morning. Two tier journalism
You can embrace it, lie about it or ignore it, but the Brexit impact is indisputable. Scotland's passivity over an outcome it rejected is, frankly, astonishing. 🏴 #Brexit
Trump opens Medal of Honor event: "The stock market just hit an all-time high" (note the total silence of the audience 😬)
'There is now a broad consensus that Brexit has made the UK economy 2–6% smaller... Yet Labour’s proposed ‘EU reset’ is unlikely to add more than half a percent to UK GDP over fifteen years.' Ten years on: What next for UK-EU relations? ukandeu.ac.uk/reports/ten-...
Ten years on: What next for UK-EU relations? - UK in a changing Europe
This report highlights the ‘stark divide’ between the economic impact of Brexit and the government’s proposed response, and sets out a ‘staircase’ of options for the future relationship.
ukandeu.ac.uk
'Alone amongst the mountains a man can have dignity.' 🏔️
Sad to hear of the passing of Angus Grant, a Lochaber great and true champion of the Gàidhealtachd. His wonderful legacy can be measured in red tassels and much more. Check out this interview with the great man - youtu.be/1no0zqhx-4k?si…
