New hat.

Go all in defending the bad decision that will eventually and inevitably be reversed. Classic comms strategy.

Alex Partridge@alexpartridge87.bsky.social · 2h ago

Joshua Bonehill-Paine steps back from being a Conservative council candidate following backlash

Every day I wake up to another charity telling me they also use this database company that has been breached and all my data has been stolen.

“Legitimate concerns”, I gather.

Oxford Clarion@oxfordclarion.bsky.social · yesterday

Leaders of flag-raising group Raise the Colours Oxfordshire placed trackers on highway workers’ cars to find out their home addresses, the High Court has heard. RTC then attempted to intimidate the highway staff into no longer removing flags by repeating their addresses to them.

I swear to god there are people giving exam day advice to children on LinkedIn.

Brilliant letter from Stuart Thompson to Jeremy Clarkson about his comments that benefit claimants should write weekly thank you letters to tax payers detailing how they spend their benefits each week.

I guess he's just lucky there's no record of him supporting Net Zero

Further mulling the future of the Commonwealth Games, and besides the various sporting arguments in favour - of which there are many - I think the case can be made most simply by asking: why *wouldn’t* you want people from all over the world to come together and have fun in this political moment?

🚨 NEW: @danneidle.bsky.social claims Scotland’s 48% tax rate has lost public revenue. But is this actually true? My new deep-dive says no – Dan’s analysis doesn’t prove anything. It’s a long read, so buckle up 🧵

Bemz looked properly chuffed there, class.

Watching the athletes wearing cone hats at the closing ceremony in line with the current trend and for the record the TIOB logo has featured a coned duke since 2006.

I never thought I’d say this but I’m worried that I’m starting to feel like the cone thing has gone too far.

This is obviously good and the right thing to do but how could it possibly have been the case that 52 of the 55 European associations, including all of the home nations, were willing to support him until this week?

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 3d ago

Pressure on Gianni Infantino increases as Uefa members prepare to oppose re-election

There’s something profoundly unsettling about how confident Josh Kerr, a Scotsman, is.

So pleased for Jaz Sawyers, what a champ. Been through so much and looked so genuinely happy last night.

Let’s go!

The very nice people at Chaat and Bites, by the Clyde at the squiffy bridge, saw the scene in the first photo and gave Taco his own dosa.

The Copyrights are the best pop punk band in history.

lil miss big boy@lighter.bsky.social · 5d ago

Post your hottest music take. Mine is New Order is better than Joy Division.

It’s really starting to grind me down

Been to two bits of sport and seen two Scottish medals. Tonight it was Megan Keith with a fine bronze in the 5000m.

With apologies to those who were at the athletics the last couple of evenings.

the four stages: 1. Allister Heath's columns are not real 2. Allister Heath's columns are not serious 3. OK, they are real and serious but it's too late to do anything about them 4. Our only hope is to find a way of adapting to Allister Heath's columns

Liz Truss appointed David Goodhart as a Commissioner of the EHRC.

Jonathan Portes@jdportes.bsky.social · last wk.

Peak Goodhart: literally the first citation in this is to Matt Goodwin's discredited "Great Replacement" fantasy. If you're trying to push your sanitised "non-racist" preference/ethnonationalism, perhaps don't start by linking to a far-right racist grifter? www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/07...

ANGHARAD FUCKING EVANS.

Watching an artist present the Lord Provost with a painting of the Duke and his cone and reflecting on how the Council’s relationship with this particular Glasgow icon has changed over the last 15 years or so.

"3,061 terrorism-related arrests in the year ending 31 March 2026, a 1,186% increase compared with previous year". Did terrorism in the UK grow by 12 times in one year? No. The govt started treating protesters as terrorists. 92% terror arrests linked to Palestine Action. www.gov.uk/government/s...

Wow.

Gareth Davies@garethtbij.bsky.social · last wk.

False reports about migrant care workers came from Conservative party 'research' The Times was forced to issue a correction after claiming 12 workers from Cameroon brought 180 dependants to UK

We simply do not have dry athletics at Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.

Not as good as McGinn.

The Associated Press@apnews.com · last wk.

Zinedine Zidane has been hired as coach of France's national soccer team.

I’m at Team Wales House this morning and Stereophonics were playing as I walked in.