Paul Cruikshank
@pashanky.co.uk
🏴Scottish 🔰Glaswegian ⚖Lawyer ✝️Catholic 🗳️Politics 🌹Labour 🐝Co-op ⚜Scout
Warning, were it needed, that public ownership of services is not a panacea - Scotrail doing well again. Just such a consistently poor-vibes company.
Extra irksome because, while Returning officers are almost always Local Authoritiy Chief Executives, they (at least did and I believe still do) get an additional payment for it. One could say a task you always do but virtue of your job is part of your job...and that you should do it properly.
Ballot Box Scotland@ballotbox.scot · 3mo agoI don't know why councils occasionally do this. It's not legal to get up on stage and go "The winning candidate won this many votes, now go away until tomorrow if you want anyone else's figures", so why are they not taking the few extra seconds to add everyone's votes or a photo of the declaration?
This is mad - objectively mad. A 150+ seat majority 2 years ago, and we're here.
YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAS!!! But please...never again!!! #WorldCup26 #SCO🏴
WHAT LEGITIMATE CONCERNS! Anas should have resigned the minute he conceded in May; he now really shouldn't be given the privilege.
RDCK98@comradekenobi.bsky.social · 4mo agoUsed the ol' "legitimate concerns" about the pogrom last night
In Scotland, Labour led the charge to abolish Clasue 2A/s.28, against fierce and well-funded opposition, both political and social. And now, we're actively making life worse for people becuase it's tricky and difficult to make the arguement, and we are actively afraid of nuance.
Jordan@jordanpfot.bsky.social · 5mo ago‘Trans women must be barred from female toilets, changing facilities and sports teams, new official guidance is to state’ www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...
1 week after the Scottish Election, and the person who has benefitted most from the chaos and indecision of UK Labour is, undoubtedly, Anas Sarwar. There has been barely a public peep about his own leadership - which given the result 7 days ago, is long overdue.
Masterful attempt to invoke Rentoul's Law to perverse effect here. Fair play.
Twlldun@twlldun.bsky.social · 7mo agoMy “am I an extremist?” t shirt raises many questions answered by the t shirt
Oh all the issues I have had with the string of Justice secretaries (including Agenla Constance) this..isn't one of them?
Daily Record@dailyrecord.co.uk · 8mo agoEXCLUSIVE: Angela Constance has been criticised over the decision to release Dundee sex offender William Cox on compassionate grounds.
The scars carried byt the Corbyn years by those who stayed are deep and will take a long time to heal. It's an often understimated factor when trying to assess personal-relationships in the Labour Party.
Cat Neilan@catneilan.bsky.social · 9mo agoAnd yet, it could all backfire for Burnham. Even if he gets through all the hurdles, there's no guarantee he'll be welcomed. “Where was he in the Corbyn years?," says one MP. "I was in the trenches, dealing with all the abuse, with people in tears – and he swans off to be mayor of Manchester."
It will never end. The next 5 years will simply be constant re-litigation and concequence of the last 5 years.
Aileen McHarg@aileenmcharg.bsky.social · 9mo agoMore spin-off litigation from the Salmond Inquiry. www.heraldscotland.com/news/2575490...
He just announced an American Dictatorship in Venezuela! Astounding...but I'm not astounded!
I would hope the Democrats would step up, but they won't. They'll say he's flouting International and US Constitutional Law to distract from The Epstein Files.
Financial Times@financialtimes.com · 9mo agoBreaking news: Donald Trump said the US had captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and flown him out of the country after weeks of tension between the two nations ft.trib.al/Ulm525i