Severin Carrell
@severincarrell.bsky.social
Scotland editor for the Guardian. A personal account. Likes and reposts ≠ approval or endorsements (with thanks to Dr Seuss)
I once played in the second violins for the Edinburgh primary schools orchestra. Just once
I once played in the second violins for the Edinburgh primary schools orchestra. Just once
Scottish school cancels Christmas play which sympathised with Syrian child refugees after ‘racist and abusive’ messages targeting staff 👇🏴
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Scottish school cancels Christmas play after ‘racist and abusive’ messages
Show at Cauldeen primary school in Inverness had included a scene explaining hardship faced by Syrian refugees
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Scottish school cancels Christmas play which sympathised with Syrian child refugees after ‘racist and abusive’ messages targeting staff 👇🏴
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Will the UK Labour Party have the courage to become even more unpopular? reut.rs/48xQihH
Will the UK Labour Party have the courage to become even more unpopular?
British finance minister Rachel Reeves, who faces a make-or-break budget this week, should view her Labour government’s deep unpopularity as a gift. With more than three years remaining before the party must hold an election, there may be little to lose by acting boldly now – and potentially much to gain.
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November 25, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Will the UK Labour Party have the courage to become even more unpopular? reut.rs/48xQihH
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Earlier in 2025, the Arctic saw a record low sea-ice maximum. As of yesterday, Arctic sea-ice was 2nd lowest for the date on record.
Are we headed for an even lower sea-ice maximum in 2026? The Climate 8-ball is busy training its brain weasels.
Are we headed for an even lower sea-ice maximum in 2026? The Climate 8-ball is busy training its brain weasels.
November 25, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Earlier in 2025, the Arctic saw a record low sea-ice maximum. As of yesterday, Arctic sea-ice was 2nd lowest for the date on record.
Are we headed for an even lower sea-ice maximum in 2026? The Climate 8-ball is busy training its brain weasels.
Are we headed for an even lower sea-ice maximum in 2026? The Climate 8-ball is busy training its brain weasels.
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Twitter inadvertently unmasks fake influencers in new transparency feature that shows where an account was originally set up. Dozens of accounts based in Russia, India and Nigeria pretending to be Trump supporting Americans revealed in the process
www.thedailybeast.com/top-maga-inf...
www.thedailybeast.com/top-maga-inf...
Top MAGA Influencers Accidentally Unmasked as Foreign Actors
A new feature on Elon Musk’s X has given deeper insight into the online “America First” movement.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Twitter inadvertently unmasks fake influencers in new transparency feature that shows where an account was originally set up. Dozens of accounts based in Russia, India and Nigeria pretending to be Trump supporting Americans revealed in the process
www.thedailybeast.com/top-maga-inf...
www.thedailybeast.com/top-maga-inf...
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Jimmy Cliff, the charismatic reggae pioneer and actor who preached joy, defiance and resilience has died at 81.
Jimmy Cliff, reggae giant and star of landmark film 'The Harder They Come,' dead at 81
Jimmy Cliff, the charismatic reggae pioneer and actor who preached defiance, joy and endurance in such classics as “Many Rivers to Cross,” “You Can Get it If You Really Want” and “Vietnam” and starred in the landmark movie “The Harder They Come,” has died at 81.
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November 24, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Jimmy Cliff, the charismatic reggae pioneer and actor who preached joy, defiance and resilience has died at 81.
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A make-or-break budget: inside the Treasury before Labour’s crucial day
Big read by top economics editor @guardianheather.bsky.social & me
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/ng-i...
Big read by top economics editor @guardianheather.bsky.social & me
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/ng-i...
A make-or-break budget: inside the Treasury before Labour’s crucial day
From the outside, the run-up to Rachel Reeves’s announcement has looked chaotic, and many see the future of the chancellor and PM in the balance
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:48 AM
A make-or-break budget: inside the Treasury before Labour’s crucial day
Big read by top economics editor @guardianheather.bsky.social & me
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/ng-i...
Big read by top economics editor @guardianheather.bsky.social & me
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/ng-i...
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Britain to introduce $2 billion package to help switch to EVs reut.rs/44hCWUk
Britain to introduce $2 billion package to help switch to EVs
Britain's government is expected to introduce a 1.5 billion pound ($2 billion) package to accelerate a switch to electric vehicles, it said, including an extra 1.3 billion pounds for a grant scheme to buy new electric cars.
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November 22, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Britain to introduce $2 billion package to help switch to EVs reut.rs/44hCWUk
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🚨 SCOOP: Toyota and Aston Martin secretly lobbied a Conservative cabinet minister to weaken Britain’s climate policy.
We only know this because Democracy for Sale won a two-year legal fight to force the government to hand over the documents.
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We only know this because Democracy for Sale won a two-year legal fight to force the government to hand over the documents.
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/victory-we...
Victory! We’ve won major legal battle exposing car industry lobbying
After two years we can finally reveal “backdoor channels where corporate money hijacks our democracy.”
democracyforsale.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:57 AM
🚨 SCOOP: Toyota and Aston Martin secretly lobbied a Conservative cabinet minister to weaken Britain’s climate policy.
We only know this because Democracy for Sale won a two-year legal fight to force the government to hand over the documents.
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/victory-we...
We only know this because Democracy for Sale won a two-year legal fight to force the government to hand over the documents.
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/victory-we...
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Quite the correction by the Telegraph. The publication in question is @freemovement.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Quite the correction by the Telegraph. The publication in question is @freemovement.bsky.social
Without the slightest hint of irony, this, from @washingtonpost.com
So lucky Bezos is a hands off, silent proprietor 👇🏾🇺🇸
So lucky Bezos is a hands off, silent proprietor 👇🏾🇺🇸
November 21, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Without the slightest hint of irony, this, from @washingtonpost.com
So lucky Bezos is a hands off, silent proprietor 👇🏾🇺🇸
So lucky Bezos is a hands off, silent proprietor 👇🏾🇺🇸
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Did the bombshell BBC memo misquote the misquote? on.ft.com/485zOMr Spoiler alert: it did. Panorama edited Trump to make him look bad. But Prescott edited Trump to make the BBC look bad.
Did the bombshell BBC memo misquote the misquote?
Wording used by Michael Prescott was itself an edit of Trump’s actual words
on.ft.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Did the bombshell BBC memo misquote the misquote? on.ft.com/485zOMr Spoiler alert: it did. Panorama edited Trump to make him look bad. But Prescott edited Trump to make the BBC look bad.
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UK public service journalism heroes recognised at British Journalism Awards. Express, FT, Guardian, The i, Standard and Eastern Eye make public service shortlist. pressgazette.co.uk/press-gazett...
UK public service journalism heroes recognised at British Journalism Awards
Express, FT, Guardian, The i, Standard and Eastern Eye make public service shortlist.
pressgazette.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 12:34 PM
UK public service journalism heroes recognised at British Journalism Awards. Express, FT, Guardian, The i, Standard and Eastern Eye make public service shortlist. pressgazette.co.uk/press-gazett...
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Iceland Climate Minister Johannsson: "It is a direct threat to our national resilience and security. (This) is the first time a specific climate-related phenomenon has been formally brought before the National Security Council as a potential existential threat."
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Iceland deems possible Atlantic current collapse a security risk
Iceland has designated the potential collapse of a major Atlantic Ocean current system a national security concern and an existential threat, enabling its government to strategize for worst-case scenarios, the country's climate minister told Reuters.
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November 18, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Iceland Climate Minister Johannsson: "It is a direct threat to our national resilience and security. (This) is the first time a specific climate-related phenomenon has been formally brought before the National Security Council as a potential existential threat."
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Please read, listen, and share widely. www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
‘I never wanted to sing into a vacuum’: Scottish folk pioneer Dick Gaughan’s fight for his lost music
A skilled interpreter and social justice champion, Gaughan is a hero to the likes of Richard Hawley and Billy Bragg. Yet much of his work has been stuck in limbo for decades – until a determined fan s...
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November 19, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Please read, listen, and share widely. www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
November 19, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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This battle to get these recordings released is important just for admirers of Dick Gaughan’s music, but for music fans in general. www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
‘I never wanted to sing into a vacuum’: Scottish folk pioneer Dick Gaughan’s fight for his lost music
A skilled interpreter and social justice champion, Gaughan is a hero to the likes of Richard Hawley and Billy Bragg. Yet much of his work has been stuck in limbo for decades – until a determined fan s...
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:42 PM
This battle to get these recordings released is important just for admirers of Dick Gaughan’s music, but for music fans in general. www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
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Next time someone says there's no point in the UK cutting CO2 emissions if no-one else does it too... Show them this.
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The world’s carbon emissions continue to rise. But 35 countries show progress in cutting carbon
In 2025 the world has fallen short, again, of peaking and reducing its fossil fuel use. But there are many countries on a path to greener energy.
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November 19, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Next time someone says there's no point in the UK cutting CO2 emissions if no-one else does it too... Show them this.
theconversation.com/the-worlds-c...
theconversation.com/the-worlds-c...
“This piece deals also with ecology, with justice and with corruption, with the organisation of society... it’s a piece that is able to put in a nutshell many of the great issues of our day”
Three European festivals resurrect Ibsen's Enemy of the People 👇
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Three European festivals resurrect Ibsen's Enemy of the People 👇
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Wagner Moura to lead Ibsen update in unique festival collaboration
Brazilian actor will star in The Trial: Enemy of the People, which examines modern political and environmental conflicts
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:16 PM
“This piece deals also with ecology, with justice and with corruption, with the organisation of society... it’s a piece that is able to put in a nutshell many of the great issues of our day”
Three European festivals resurrect Ibsen's Enemy of the People 👇
www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/n...
Three European festivals resurrect Ibsen's Enemy of the People 👇
www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/n...
The Scottish government said it was “fully committed to playing its full part” in the defence of the UK and its allies, but that “we are not aware of these plans, and Scottish government officials are engaging urgently with the MoD to understand further detail of what is being proposed”
The MoD has identified disused oil refineries and chemical plants as possible sites for their £1.5bn rearmament plans to make more bombs and ammunition, including Grangemouth, Southampton and Teesside - with @theferret.scot 👇
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MoD identifies possible UK sites for making explosives and ammunition
Disused refineries and chemical plants considered as part of a multibillion-pound investment in defence
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:48 AM
The Scottish government said it was “fully committed to playing its full part” in the defence of the UK and its allies, but that “we are not aware of these plans, and Scottish government officials are engaging urgently with the MoD to understand further detail of what is being proposed”
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MoD identifies possible UK sites for making explosives and ammunition including Grangemouth and Teeside - @severincarrell.bsky.social reports
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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MoD identifies possible UK sites for making explosives and ammunition
Disused refineries and chemical plants considered as part of a multibillion-pound investment in defence
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:20 AM
MoD identifies possible UK sites for making explosives and ammunition including Grangemouth and Teeside - @severincarrell.bsky.social reports
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
The MoD has identified disused oil refineries and chemical plants as possible sites for their £1.5bn rearmament plans to make more bombs and ammunition, including Grangemouth, Southampton and Teesside - with @theferret.scot 👇
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
MoD identifies possible UK sites for making explosives and ammunition
Disused refineries and chemical plants considered as part of a multibillion-pound investment in defence
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:46 AM
The MoD has identified disused oil refineries and chemical plants as possible sites for their £1.5bn rearmament plans to make more bombs and ammunition, including Grangemouth, Southampton and Teesside - with @theferret.scot 👇
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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The UK wants to emulate Denmark’s hardline asylum model – but what does it actually look like?
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The UK wants to emulate Denmark’s hardline asylum model – but what does it actually look like?
Denmark has slashed asylum numbers by granting only short-term status and by targeting ‘ghettoes’, which critics say has damaged the country’s values
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:42 PM
The UK wants to emulate Denmark’s hardline asylum model – but what does it actually look like?
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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vital public interest stuff from me & @ramshodgson.bsky.social
a gov figure told FT that the Cycle to Work scheme was "tax breaks to high earners buying £4,000 e-bikes for weekend rides in the Surrey Hills"
so for fun here's some charts on the £120 to £2,996 bikes being bought by gov employees
a gov figure told FT that the Cycle to Work scheme was "tax breaks to high earners buying £4,000 e-bikes for weekend rides in the Surrey Hills"
so for fun here's some charts on the £120 to £2,996 bikes being bought by gov employees
November 14, 2025 at 10:33 AM
vital public interest stuff from me & @ramshodgson.bsky.social
a gov figure told FT that the Cycle to Work scheme was "tax breaks to high earners buying £4,000 e-bikes for weekend rides in the Surrey Hills"
so for fun here's some charts on the £120 to £2,996 bikes being bought by gov employees
a gov figure told FT that the Cycle to Work scheme was "tax breaks to high earners buying £4,000 e-bikes for weekend rides in the Surrey Hills"
so for fun here's some charts on the £120 to £2,996 bikes being bought by gov employees
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I think we as journalists must do a better job communicating what it is we do, how it happens and how it doesn't. Emily's thread here is very useful in that direction.
As a former member of NYT’s finance team & the co-author of this story exposing the relationship between Epstein & Bill Gates as well as one on Epstein & JPMorgan, I am really frustrated to see people claiming that NYT sat on publishable info about Trump and Epstein 🧵 www.nytimes.com/2019/10/12/b...
Bill Gates Met With Jeffrey Epstein Many Times, Despite His Past (Published 2019)
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November 13, 2025 at 4:28 PM
I think we as journalists must do a better job communicating what it is we do, how it happens and how it doesn't. Emily's thread here is very useful in that direction.