Alan Ferrier
@alanferrier.bsky.social
I live in Glasgow and my hobbies include arranging my CDs in alphabetical order, discovering new and exotic whiskies, sheep-spotting and flying my kite.
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Alan Ferrier
@alanferrier.bsky.social
· Nov 16
What frightens the British Establishment most is the prospect of an independent, progressive, prosperous Scotland being witnessed by the English electorate.
Via @labourlewis.bsky.social at the other place.
February 9, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Via @labourlewis.bsky.social at the other place.
A senior Labour source messages: "Currently looks like Anas has gone over the top by himself."
February 9, 2026 at 5:00 PM
A senior Labour source messages: "Currently looks like Anas has gone over the top by himself."
“Idiocy, incoherent, and self-defeating. Anas does not have authority to speak on behalf of the Scottish party in this way. It’s a fucking shitshow.”
If Sarwar can't command the respect and co-operation of Scottish Labour then he himself must resign.
www.thenational.scot/news/2583922...
If Sarwar can't command the respect and co-operation of Scottish Labour then he himself must resign.
www.thenational.scot/news/2583922...
'Idiocy': Labour figures round on Anas Sarwar after he calls for Keir Starmer to quit
ANAS Sarwar has triggered enormous backlash after calling for Keir Starmer to resign
www.thenational.scot
February 9, 2026 at 4:48 PM
“Idiocy, incoherent, and self-defeating. Anas does not have authority to speak on behalf of the Scottish party in this way. It’s a fucking shitshow.”
If Sarwar can't command the respect and co-operation of Scottish Labour then he himself must resign.
www.thenational.scot/news/2583922...
If Sarwar can't command the respect and co-operation of Scottish Labour then he himself must resign.
www.thenational.scot/news/2583922...
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Douglas Alexander is both a cabinet member and *co-chair of the Scottish Labour election campaign*.
How do you run a campaign when your leader and the co-chair of your campaign disagree on whether the Labour PM should resign? How is that sustainable?
How do you run a campaign when your leader and the co-chair of your campaign disagree on whether the Labour PM should resign? How is that sustainable?
February 9, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Douglas Alexander is both a cabinet member and *co-chair of the Scottish Labour election campaign*.
How do you run a campaign when your leader and the co-chair of your campaign disagree on whether the Labour PM should resign? How is that sustainable?
How do you run a campaign when your leader and the co-chair of your campaign disagree on whether the Labour PM should resign? How is that sustainable?
Looks like we might be getting that change after all. But not the change that was promised.
February 9, 2026 at 3:06 PM
Looks like we might be getting that change after all. But not the change that was promised.
Reminder: it was a certain Gordon Brown who bestowed a peerage on Peter Mandelson and appointed him as Business Secretary in his cabinet. Mandelson had already been sacked twice from high office for scandalous behaviour and actions. Mr. Brown would prefer that we forget this.
February 7, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Reminder: it was a certain Gordon Brown who bestowed a peerage on Peter Mandelson and appointed him as Business Secretary in his cabinet. Mandelson had already been sacked twice from high office for scandalous behaviour and actions. Mr. Brown would prefer that we forget this.
I see Labour's promise of "change" and their much-vaunted vow to end corruption and sleaze is going well.
February 6, 2026 at 10:50 AM
I see Labour's promise of "change" and their much-vaunted vow to end corruption and sleaze is going well.
I don't know if Epstein was working for the Russians, as our media seems keen to persuade us, but I do know that a spy was once found dead folded inside a holdall in a bathtub and news outlets told us that he put himself in the bag and padlocked it from the outside.
February 3, 2026 at 5:05 PM
I don't know if Epstein was working for the Russians, as our media seems keen to persuade us, but I do know that a spy was once found dead folded inside a holdall in a bathtub and news outlets told us that he put himself in the bag and padlocked it from the outside.
“The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born: now is the time of monsters.”
―Antonio Gramsci
―Antonio Gramsci
January 24, 2026 at 8:51 PM
“The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born: now is the time of monsters.”
―Antonio Gramsci
―Antonio Gramsci
Reposted by Alan Ferrier
Well, that aged like a fine milk.
January 21, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Well, that aged like a fine milk.
If this goes ahead Glasgow City Council will have to spend as much time painting over giant graffitied cock and balls as they do in removing traffic cones from the Duke of Wellington's napper.
www.thenational.scot/news/2578067...
www.thenational.scot/news/2578067...
Plan for massive AI-generated mural in Glasgow given green light
AN AI-generated mural has been approved by a Scottish council, despite it including an American bald eagle
www.thenational.scot
January 21, 2026 at 10:20 AM
If this goes ahead Glasgow City Council will have to spend as much time painting over giant graffitied cock and balls as they do in removing traffic cones from the Duke of Wellington's napper.
www.thenational.scot/news/2578067...
www.thenational.scot/news/2578067...
Glasgow has world-class artists and some pretty astonishing murals already, so this is just - excuse the language - fucking stupid. What's that building? And why the American Bald Eagle? Back to the drawing board, lads.
www.thenational.scot/news/2578067...
www.thenational.scot/news/2578067...
Plan for massive AI-generated mural in Glasgow given green light
AN AI-generated mural has been approved by a Scottish council, despite it including an American bald eagle
www.thenational.scot
January 20, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Glasgow has world-class artists and some pretty astonishing murals already, so this is just - excuse the language - fucking stupid. What's that building? And why the American Bald Eagle? Back to the drawing board, lads.
www.thenational.scot/news/2578067...
www.thenational.scot/news/2578067...
The fact that Farage, a man who openly supported Putin, who campaigned for Trump and who rejoiced in the nickname "Mr. Brexit" is still considered to have any sort of political weight is a sorry indictment of the political landscape of the UK. And, possibly more tellingly, the media landscape.
January 20, 2026 at 1:47 PM
The fact that Farage, a man who openly supported Putin, who campaigned for Trump and who rejoiced in the nickname "Mr. Brexit" is still considered to have any sort of political weight is a sorry indictment of the political landscape of the UK. And, possibly more tellingly, the media landscape.
A majority in Denmark, France, Germany, Italy and Spain (63-75%) say they would support an independent Scotland joining the EU.
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
Europeans would welcome an independent Scotland into the EU | YouGov
A majority in Denmark, France, Germany, Italy and Spain would support allowing an independent Scotland to join
yougov.co.uk
January 19, 2026 at 4:27 PM
A majority in Denmark, France, Germany, Italy and Spain (63-75%) say they would support an independent Scotland joining the EU.
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
But not you, Scotland.
According to Nandy, the UK should ‘look to Catalonia’ for ways to ‘deal with divisive nationalism’.
The Catalan referendum led to violent clashes as police used batons and fired rubber bullets to prevent it with political leaders jailed for 9-13 years.
According to Nandy, the UK should ‘look to Catalonia’ for ways to ‘deal with divisive nationalism’.
The Catalan referendum led to violent clashes as police used batons and fired rubber bullets to prevent it with political leaders jailed for 9-13 years.
January 18, 2026 at 5:14 PM
But not you, Scotland.
According to Nandy, the UK should ‘look to Catalonia’ for ways to ‘deal with divisive nationalism’.
The Catalan referendum led to violent clashes as police used batons and fired rubber bullets to prevent it with political leaders jailed for 9-13 years.
According to Nandy, the UK should ‘look to Catalonia’ for ways to ‘deal with divisive nationalism’.
The Catalan referendum led to violent clashes as police used batons and fired rubber bullets to prevent it with political leaders jailed for 9-13 years.
Reposted by Alan Ferrier
I wrote this poem the day after Renee Good was murdered - it’s about how the media and politicians immediately dehumanised her. I have had a few people ask “who wrote it?” So I am putting it up again - written in anger
January 18, 2026 at 10:05 AM
I wrote this poem the day after Renee Good was murdered - it’s about how the media and politicians immediately dehumanised her. I have had a few people ask “who wrote it?” So I am putting it up again - written in anger
Reposted by Alan Ferrier
Not forgetting that the big countries in the EU are very much in favour of Scotland joining.
indyposterboy.scot/internationa...
indyposterboy.scot/internationa...
International Scotland - Indy PosterBoy
Did you know that nearly 75% of Scots support rejoining the EU, and that large majorities in Germany, France, Denmark, Italy, and Spain support us rejoining
indyposterboy.scot
January 18, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Not forgetting that the big countries in the EU are very much in favour of Scotland joining.
indyposterboy.scot/internationa...
indyposterboy.scot/internationa...
Scotland is a country that was forced to leave the EU against its will, and its will to rejoin is now even stronger.
www.heraldscotland.com/politics/wes...
www.heraldscotland.com/politics/wes...
Nearly three quarters of Scots would vote to rejoin the EU, poll finds
Nearly three quarters of Scots now say they would vote to rejoin the European Union, a new poll shows, underscoring deepening Brexit regret —…
www.heraldscotland.com
January 18, 2026 at 2:05 PM
Scotland is a country that was forced to leave the EU against its will, and its will to rejoin is now even stronger.
www.heraldscotland.com/politics/wes...
www.heraldscotland.com/politics/wes...
This is low, even by Labour standards.
www.hellorayo.co.uk/clyde/local/...
www.hellorayo.co.uk/clyde/local/...
Scottish Labour apologises after leaflet included 'made-up' quote
Anas Sarwar has apologised after Scottish Labour issued election leaflets...
www.hellorayo.co.uk
January 15, 2026 at 1:14 PM
This is low, even by Labour standards.
www.hellorayo.co.uk/clyde/local/...
www.hellorayo.co.uk/clyde/local/...
All the Better Together chickens are coming home to roost. In 2014 Unionists attempted to promote the UK as a progressive democratic force. Now Unionism, haunted by its own lies and failure, is brazen in its own corruption. Democracy is for sale and we know the price.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Nigel Farage names Lord Offord as Reform UK's Scottish leader
The former Conservative minister and Scottish Tory treasurer has been officially unveiled by Nigel Farage.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 15, 2026 at 12:37 PM
All the Better Together chickens are coming home to roost. In 2014 Unionists attempted to promote the UK as a progressive democratic force. Now Unionism, haunted by its own lies and failure, is brazen in its own corruption. Democracy is for sale and we know the price.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I went to school (Greenock Academy) with Offord's brother, who was a nice guy. I sincerely hope he's ashamed of him now.
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bsky.app/profile/bria...
There it is.
Farage and Reform would end our NHS.
Millions of people could not afford to be ill under a Reform government.
Farage and Reform would end our NHS.
Millions of people could not afford to be ill under a Reform government.
January 13, 2026 at 12:48 PM
I went to school (Greenock Academy) with Offord's brother, who was a nice guy. I sincerely hope he's ashamed of him now.
bsky.app/profile/bria...
bsky.app/profile/bria...
Reposted by Alan Ferrier
“We’re gonna need a bigger bus”
January 12, 2026 at 1:51 PM
“We’re gonna need a bigger bus”