Alex Johnstone
@alexjohnstone01.bsky.social
Scotland & Inverness Caley fan.
Left leaning supporter of Scottish Independence.
Dad of 2 daughters, likes a dram.
Left leaning supporter of Scottish Independence.
Dad of 2 daughters, likes a dram.
Too many players are far too complacent in our team.
They are good players but far too many just get picked regardless of form: Hanley, Robbo, McTominay, McGinn especially, no one should be able to just coast through games & we do that so, so often.
We need to wake up
They are good players but far too many just get picked regardless of form: Hanley, Robbo, McTominay, McGinn especially, no one should be able to just coast through games & we do that so, so often.
We need to wake up
November 15, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Too many players are far too complacent in our team.
They are good players but far too many just get picked regardless of form: Hanley, Robbo, McTominay, McGinn especially, no one should be able to just coast through games & we do that so, so often.
We need to wake up
They are good players but far too many just get picked regardless of form: Hanley, Robbo, McTominay, McGinn especially, no one should be able to just coast through games & we do that so, so often.
We need to wake up
Just more SNP failure isn’t it, turning Scotland into the UK region with the highest performing productivity 😂
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
October 31, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Just more SNP failure isn’t it, turning Scotland into the UK region with the highest performing productivity 😂
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Not a Hearts fan but cheered their goals today, desperate to see anyone other than Rangers or Celtic win the league, 40 years, longer than I’ve been on this earth, is a ridiculous timeframe of dominance from two teams.
October 26, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Not a Hearts fan but cheered their goals today, desperate to see anyone other than Rangers or Celtic win the league, 40 years, longer than I’ve been on this earth, is a ridiculous timeframe of dominance from two teams.
I want us to play better & was one of the moaners & groaners last night at times (though I didn’t boo a win ffs) but I’m annoyed as we know we can do better & I want us to do better.
Performances have to improve in November and in Athens/home to Denmark we can’t just ride our luck but….
Performances have to improve in November and in Athens/home to Denmark we can’t just ride our luck but….
October 13, 2025 at 10:16 AM
I want us to play better & was one of the moaners & groaners last night at times (though I didn’t boo a win ffs) but I’m annoyed as we know we can do better & I want us to do better.
Performances have to improve in November and in Athens/home to Denmark we can’t just ride our luck but….
Performances have to improve in November and in Athens/home to Denmark we can’t just ride our luck but….
This is why I think the stock market in the US will crash, pretty much the majority of folk getting any use form AI right now are the utter weirdo’s and wrong-ins.
That’s not a way to build a profitable business in the long run
That’s not a way to build a profitable business in the long run
October 2, 2025 at 10:10 PM
This is why I think the stock market in the US will crash, pretty much the majority of folk getting any use form AI right now are the utter weirdo’s and wrong-ins.
That’s not a way to build a profitable business in the long run
That’s not a way to build a profitable business in the long run
The B team experiment in the challenge cup isn’t going too well, while the mighty Caley Jags are romping the first phase
I wonder if this will bring benefits to the young boys of the 10 Prem sides, as they are being hammered by League One & League Two teams
Championship teams arrive next round
I wonder if this will bring benefits to the young boys of the 10 Prem sides, as they are being hammered by League One & League Two teams
Championship teams arrive next round
September 25, 2025 at 12:48 PM
The B team experiment in the challenge cup isn’t going too well, while the mighty Caley Jags are romping the first phase
I wonder if this will bring benefits to the young boys of the 10 Prem sides, as they are being hammered by League One & League Two teams
Championship teams arrive next round
I wonder if this will bring benefits to the young boys of the 10 Prem sides, as they are being hammered by League One & League Two teams
Championship teams arrive next round
This is a great win for the Caley Jags.
Very poor match overall but it’s a long season and these are the sort of games we have to win if we want Inverness back to where we should be, at the very least, the Scottish Championship
Very poor match overall but it’s a long season and these are the sort of games we have to win if we want Inverness back to where we should be, at the very least, the Scottish Championship
September 13, 2025 at 6:23 PM
This is a great win for the Caley Jags.
Very poor match overall but it’s a long season and these are the sort of games we have to win if we want Inverness back to where we should be, at the very least, the Scottish Championship
Very poor match overall but it’s a long season and these are the sort of games we have to win if we want Inverness back to where we should be, at the very least, the Scottish Championship
Just listened to Roy Keane’s take on the Irish National team on the latest episode of Stick to Football & I just remembered a YouTube video that was recommended to me 2 years ago via the algorithm
The golden generation secret is so secret that not only do the fans don’t know, neither do the players
The golden generation secret is so secret that not only do the fans don’t know, neither do the players
September 12, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Just listened to Roy Keane’s take on the Irish National team on the latest episode of Stick to Football & I just remembered a YouTube video that was recommended to me 2 years ago via the algorithm
The golden generation secret is so secret that not only do the fans don’t know, neither do the players
The golden generation secret is so secret that not only do the fans don’t know, neither do the players
This is very long and goes into many different threads but I starting watching it yesterday and had to finish it today, expertly researched and incredibly hard hitting video essay youtu.be/QwpanShgOp4?...
The Unforgivable Sin of Ms Rachel
YouTube video by Lindsay Ellis
youtu.be
August 31, 2025 at 10:57 AM
This is very long and goes into many different threads but I starting watching it yesterday and had to finish it today, expertly researched and incredibly hard hitting video essay youtu.be/QwpanShgOp4?...
Listening to Hibs on Sportscene, sounds like a great game, really invested in wanting Hibs to go through, pretty sick of Scottish glorious failure.
You could see this Hibs team getting through the league stage if they win tonight.
David Gray has done some job
You could see this Hibs team getting through the league stage if they win tonight.
David Gray has done some job
August 28, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Listening to Hibs on Sportscene, sounds like a great game, really invested in wanting Hibs to go through, pretty sick of Scottish glorious failure.
You could see this Hibs team getting through the league stage if they win tonight.
David Gray has done some job
You could see this Hibs team getting through the league stage if they win tonight.
David Gray has done some job
The latest GERS report coverage by The Fraser of Allander institute is good fraserofallander.org/gers-reactio...
I do always think that the key to understanding Scotland’s fiscal position now is the acknowledgement that policy choices can (and would change) in the advent of independence
I do always think that the key to understanding Scotland’s fiscal position now is the acknowledgement that policy choices can (and would change) in the advent of independence
GERS: deficit widens due to higher devolved spending | FAI
The estimates of Scotland’s net fiscal balance are out for 2024-25. As we previewed on Friday, there was deterioration of the fiscal balance…
fraserofallander.org
August 14, 2025 at 6:13 AM
The latest GERS report coverage by The Fraser of Allander institute is good fraserofallander.org/gers-reactio...
I do always think that the key to understanding Scotland’s fiscal position now is the acknowledgement that policy choices can (and would change) in the advent of independence
I do always think that the key to understanding Scotland’s fiscal position now is the acknowledgement that policy choices can (and would change) in the advent of independence
Seems insane this was 1 year ago today.
It was such an anti-climax. I’m still a bit shocked that Clarke survived in the role tbh.
It was such an anti-climax. I’m still a bit shocked that Clarke survived in the role tbh.
June 23, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Seems insane this was 1 year ago today.
It was such an anti-climax. I’m still a bit shocked that Clarke survived in the role tbh.
It was such an anti-climax. I’m still a bit shocked that Clarke survived in the role tbh.
Scotland really could do with a convincing win tonight & if I was Clarke I’d use tonight as a way to try something new + send a message to a cohort of players who have been unconvincing, at best, for a while: Robbo, McGinn & Hanley, all should be dropped tonight as all have been pretty poor lately
June 9, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Scotland really could do with a convincing win tonight & if I was Clarke I’d use tonight as a way to try something new + send a message to a cohort of players who have been unconvincing, at best, for a while: Robbo, McGinn & Hanley, all should be dropped tonight as all have been pretty poor lately
Very happy that the assisted dying bill has passed first reading at Holyrood today.
Liam McArthur deserves great credit for the way he has approached this subject & got this important legislation through.
I believe people deserve choice but obviously there needs to be the necessary safeguards
Liam McArthur deserves great credit for the way he has approached this subject & got this important legislation through.
I believe people deserve choice but obviously there needs to be the necessary safeguards
May 13, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Very happy that the assisted dying bill has passed first reading at Holyrood today.
Liam McArthur deserves great credit for the way he has approached this subject & got this important legislation through.
I believe people deserve choice but obviously there needs to be the necessary safeguards
Liam McArthur deserves great credit for the way he has approached this subject & got this important legislation through.
I believe people deserve choice but obviously there needs to be the necessary safeguards
This article moved me. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
We are really are not remembering the right things with the war. Sheila Hancock here has captured this beautifully
We are really are not remembering the right things with the war. Sheila Hancock here has captured this beautifully
My VE Day was nothing like our image of it today. I hope we can honour what it really meant | Sheila Hancock
Our street party tea was a muted celebration, full of uncertainty. Then, as now, we faced a long struggle towards a better world, says actor and writer Sheila Hancock
www.theguardian.com
May 3, 2025 at 8:23 AM
This article moved me. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
We are really are not remembering the right things with the war. Sheila Hancock here has captured this beautifully
We are really are not remembering the right things with the war. Sheila Hancock here has captured this beautifully
Not saying I support it but could easily envision Steve Clarke taking us to the World Cup in 2026 then leaving at the end of his contract & if Falkirk have. A good season in the top flight the SFA hiring John McGlynn.
Would have had 3 good seasons in a row, crucially cheap & the SFA are also lazy
Would have had 3 good seasons in a row, crucially cheap & the SFA are also lazy
May 2, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Not saying I support it but could easily envision Steve Clarke taking us to the World Cup in 2026 then leaving at the end of his contract & if Falkirk have. A good season in the top flight the SFA hiring John McGlynn.
Would have had 3 good seasons in a row, crucially cheap & the SFA are also lazy
Would have had 3 good seasons in a row, crucially cheap & the SFA are also lazy
Some job John McGlynn has done at Falkirk.
Back to back titles is insanely difficult to do.
Back to back titles is insanely difficult to do.
May 2, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Some job John McGlynn has done at Falkirk.
Back to back titles is insanely difficult to do.
Back to back titles is insanely difficult to do.
I think Brian Leishman here is 100% correct in his analysis but this could be sadly clearly seen before Keir won the election.
He’s a man who seem to hold no actual convictions, affirming positions that are convenient for the audience in front of him at the time.
He’s a man who seem to hold no actual convictions, affirming positions that are convenient for the audience in front of him at the time.
May 2, 2025 at 8:15 AM
I think Brian Leishman here is 100% correct in his analysis but this could be sadly clearly seen before Keir won the election.
He’s a man who seem to hold no actual convictions, affirming positions that are convenient for the audience in front of him at the time.
He’s a man who seem to hold no actual convictions, affirming positions that are convenient for the audience in front of him at the time.
SNP Cathcart & Pollok branch candidate voting opened today.
My first preference was for Zen Ghani to represent the party in the constituency.
May 2026 will come up fast and there is a pretty big chance that the SNP will retain the first minister position
My first preference was for Zen Ghani to represent the party in the constituency.
May 2026 will come up fast and there is a pretty big chance that the SNP will retain the first minister position
April 22, 2025 at 1:32 PM
SNP Cathcart & Pollok branch candidate voting opened today.
My first preference was for Zen Ghani to represent the party in the constituency.
May 2026 will come up fast and there is a pretty big chance that the SNP will retain the first minister position
My first preference was for Zen Ghani to represent the party in the constituency.
May 2026 will come up fast and there is a pretty big chance that the SNP will retain the first minister position
There’s folk in Scotland that would happy see Holyrood closed down.
There are significantly less children in poverty than would be otherwise the case if the SNP weren’t in government.
There are significantly less children in poverty than would be otherwise the case if the SNP weren’t in government.
March 27, 2025 at 9:09 PM
There’s folk in Scotland that would happy see Holyrood closed down.
There are significantly less children in poverty than would be otherwise the case if the SNP weren’t in government.
There are significantly less children in poverty than would be otherwise the case if the SNP weren’t in government.
Could tell instantly when the teams were released last night we maybe in trouble, they’d changed half their team after a hard game on Thursday, we made just the one change.
The lack of freshness was apparent, especially with our players who are the wrong age of 30.
The defeat is on Clarke.
The lack of freshness was apparent, especially with our players who are the wrong age of 30.
The defeat is on Clarke.
March 24, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Could tell instantly when the teams were released last night we maybe in trouble, they’d changed half their team after a hard game on Thursday, we made just the one change.
The lack of freshness was apparent, especially with our players who are the wrong age of 30.
The defeat is on Clarke.
The lack of freshness was apparent, especially with our players who are the wrong age of 30.
The defeat is on Clarke.
That YouTube caption couldn’t be better worded
March 13, 2025 at 7:06 AM
That YouTube caption couldn’t be better worded
Well on the way for this to happen .
Pretty, pretty funny seeing all that paper wealth Musk has evaporate
Pretty, pretty funny seeing all that paper wealth Musk has evaporate
March 10, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Well on the way for this to happen .
Pretty, pretty funny seeing all that paper wealth Musk has evaporate
Pretty, pretty funny seeing all that paper wealth Musk has evaporate
Is Munich the go to place for western countries to screw over smaller states? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I’m sure Trump will declare these talks a success, that there will be “peace in our time”
I’m sure Trump will declare these talks a success, that there will be “peace in our time”
Trump announces three-way talks on Ukraine war in Munich - BBC News
But a Ukrainian official says talks with Russia "are not expected" and Moscow does not comment.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 14, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Is Munich the go to place for western countries to screw over smaller states? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I’m sure Trump will declare these talks a success, that there will be “peace in our time”
I’m sure Trump will declare these talks a success, that there will be “peace in our time”