Nothing says "he's a wrong 'un" quite like a pardon from Donald Trump. BBC News - Reform receives record £36m donation from crypto billionaire. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Ben Delo: Reform receives record £36m donation from cryptocurrency billionaire

Ben Delo's donation, the biggest single sum ever given to a political party in the UK, comes amid scrutiny of Reform's finances.

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As Sir Humphrey might have said in Yes Prime Minister, it was a very courageous decision of the far right in the UK to pose a binary question to the electorate. "Are you on the side of Tommy Robinson and his mates, or are you on the side of the RNLI?"

Dundee FC 1 Hibs 2. The Dark Blues never got going today and both teams ended up with what they deserved. My report for the Dee club website. dundeefc.co.uk/match/hibern...

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Dundee United 0 Dundee FC 2. Pleasing. I don't need to say any more.😊 My report for the club website. dundeefc.co.uk/match/dundee...

I was going through the desk of my mother, who is 98, and came across a wonderful informal photo I had never seen before. It was taken at my parents' wedding in December 1951 in Dundee. Dad was 28 and Mum was 23. They were very happily married for 49 years.

Here is an economically illiterate statement from History graduate Robert Jenrick. Economic theory doesn't care about nationality. "Forcing British workers to pay for the benefits of foreigners is not just economically illiterate but plain immoral." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Reform UK benefits ban for foreign nationals would include EU citizens

The move would require renegotiating the UK's Brexit deal and could risk stripping British expats living in the EU of similar rights.

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Aberdeen 3 Dundee FC 0. After an even first half the Dons settled the Premier Sports cup tie with three quick goals early in the second half and there was no way back for the Dee. My report for the club website. dundeefc.co.uk/match/aberde...

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Dundee were beaten 3-0 by Aberdeen in the Premier Sports Cup 2nd round tie at Pittodrie this afternoon. After an even first half the Dons settled the match with three quick goal early in the second ha...

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Dundee FC 2 Aberdeen 0. The Dons got off lightly today. Dundee were excellent, and Joe Bevan put in a sensational attacking performance. My report for the Dundee website. dundeefc.co.uk/match/182132/

We go to the Isle of Jura once or twice a year. This is one of my favourite Jura photos. Sometimes in Scotland you don't have to try very hard to spot the wildlife. You can just stop the car and take a photo.

Celtic 1 Dundee FC 0. Defeat in Glasgow, but a good team performance by the Dark Blues in the toughest fixture they could have been given to start the Premiership season. My report for the club website. dundeefc.co.uk/match/celtic...

Dundee FC 4 Clyde 0. That was an odd game in the Premier Sports Cup. The Dark Blues were slow to get going and were well off the pace for the first hour, but ended up running away with a game they might have won even more convincingly. My report for the club website. dundeefc.co.uk/match/clyde/

Ross County 1 Dundee FC 1. A poor performance in the Premier Sports Cup by the Dark Blues who were lucky to get a draw and can hardly complaing about losing the penalty shoot-out for the bonus point. My report for the club website. dundeefc.co.uk/match/ross-c...

Annan Athletic 0 Dundee FC 5. The Dark Blues dealt with Annan professionally in this Premier Sports Cup match and blew their hosts away in a blistering second half. My report for the club website. dundeefc.co.uk/match/annan/

Dundee FC 4 Airdrie 2. An entertaining League Cup game, with superb goals, and some poor defending. Both sides have reason to be happy with aspects of their performance, but Dundee will have to improve before the league campaign starts. My report for the club website. dundeefc.co.uk/match/airdri...

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Dundee beat Airdrieonians 4-2 in their opening Premier Sports Cup group D game at Dens Park this afternoon. The Diamonds took an early lead through an own goal by Harry Sharp. Charlie Reilly equalised...

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This really is not going down well in Scotland. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Restore Britain leader describes Dunblane tragedy as 'one murder'

Rupert Lowe criticised the ban of handguns in the UK, saying it was "because there was a murder in Dunblane".

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Farage is presenting a by-election as a contest between the electorate of Clacton and the rules applying to all MPs. He wants the by-election to supplant a parliamentary investigation. If he wins he will argue that a victory at the polls trumps the law. That is unacceptably dangerous.

The Trump/FIFA scandal showed something we all knew about Trump. There might be no appeal process for red cards in the World Cup, and a ban is mandatory, but rules and the law are for little people to worry about. Trump doesn't think they apply if you have the phone number of the FIFA President.

I reported this comment on Facebook. The response was that it was acceptable and would not be removed.

It's International Joke Day, so here is my favourite (and very ancient) Scottish joke. "What's the difference between Bing Crosby and Walt Disney?" "Bing sings and Walt disnae."

No previous president has ever manipulated American foreign and domestic policy in order to make himself a billionaire. Unprecedented www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Trump’s income topped $2 billion in 2025, boosted by crypto, coin ventures

Almost 1,000 pages of financial disclosure forms show that the president’s earnings far outpaced his $600 million total income in 2024.

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A reminder. Boris Johnson was lying, and still is, about the UK's Covid vaccince rollout being dependent on Brexit. It happened while we were still subject to EU laws.

Farrukh@implausibleblog.bsky.social · 3mo ago

2026: On the 10th anniversary of Brexit Boris Johnson repeats the lie that we got the covid vaccine first because of Brexit 2020: Dr June Raine (CEO of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency) explains we still were following EU rules at the time

I'm not sure the warning of extreme heat I just got from the Met Office is really justified.

This is an embarrassing image for the UK. A self-respecting British fox should be dragging Binface's contents out over the stage

Russia's war against Ukraine was supposed to be over by Sunday. It has now lasted two days longer than the First World War One and five months longer than the USSR's involvement in the Second World War.

IT professionals should feel free to speak up about things that are going wrong, which might require a culture change... 👉 [read]

Wonderfully, Red Kites are now almost a common sight round here in Perthshire.

Wildlife@worldwildlife.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Red Kite (Milvus milvus): This European, Asian and north African bird of prey utilises its wingspan of up to 179cm (70in) to great affect, soaring, drifting and when necessary acrobatically diving. In-flight photo taken by David Newman in the UK. #RedKite #kite #bird #birds #wildlife #nature #bsky

This is Tommy Robinson welcoming the support of Russian neo-Nazis, who do not believe Ukraine has a right to exist and the Russian invasion is fully justified. Still, they're white patriots, so that makes them ok.

"Of course we're not racist but..." There was a small* anti asylum seeker demo in Perth at the weekend. The report in today's Courier suggests that this little mob could do with some PR advice. * The protestors were outnumbered 3 to 1 by counter-demonstrators.

You could "solve" football's handball rule by using sensors to determine when the ball hits the hand. But that would completely transform the game. There is a similar risk elsewhere - that we penalise what is easiest to measure, not what matters most. www.aipolicyperspectives.com/p/the-world-...