Alex Massie
@alexmassie.bsky.social
Columnist for The Times and The Sunday Times, specialising in Scottish affairs. Also, co-host of The Ponsonby & Massie podcast, available on all pod-platforms.
It hasn’t rained for a month. Which means it is time, once again, for ‘Scotland’, by Alastair Reid.
May 13, 2025 at 6:29 PM
It hasn’t rained for a month. Which means it is time, once again, for ‘Scotland’, by Alastair Reid.
Possibly! Then again, I think it's also fair to say that in every single other scenario that is even vaguely possible, the liberals would have merited a thorough defenestration...
April 29, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Possibly! Then again, I think it's also fair to say that in every single other scenario that is even vaguely possible, the liberals would have merited a thorough defenestration...
Good lord, hasn’t even California suffered enough?
April 21, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Good lord, hasn’t even California suffered enough?
Straight Outta the Cevennes.
April 17, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Straight Outta the Cevennes.
Trump is doing what he said he would do and reminding us, once again, that the moral of the fable of The Boy Who Cried Wolf is that, in the end, THERE IS ALWAYS A WOLF. alexmassie.substack.com/p/what-are-y...
April 8, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Trump is doing what he said he would do and reminding us, once again, that the moral of the fable of The Boy Who Cried Wolf is that, in the end, THERE IS ALWAYS A WOLF. alexmassie.substack.com/p/what-are-y...
Look, we have to take what entertainment we can these days. So, yes, it is important to note the names of all the very smart people who assured us Donald Trump would not do all the things he said he would do. Note their names and remember them. alexmassie.substack.com/p/what-are-y...
April 8, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Look, we have to take what entertainment we can these days. So, yes, it is important to note the names of all the very smart people who assured us Donald Trump would not do all the things he said he would do. Note their names and remember them. alexmassie.substack.com/p/what-are-y...
Kim Il Trump announces new Great Patriotic Initiative.
April 7, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Kim Il Trump announces new Great Patriotic Initiative.
New Washington Post op-ed page going VERY well.
April 3, 2025 at 7:16 PM
New Washington Post op-ed page going VERY well.
‘Wild fishing’, FFS.
April 1, 2025 at 7:27 PM
‘Wild fishing’, FFS.
The dear old place looking pretty swell today.
March 28, 2025 at 4:42 PM
The dear old place looking pretty swell today.
The headline here, buried by the Resolution Foundation, is that (according to them!) one third of the welfare savings will come from *middle-to-high* income families.
March 26, 2025 at 5:09 PM
The headline here, buried by the Resolution Foundation, is that (according to them!) one third of the welfare savings will come from *middle-to-high* income families.
This is an excellent intro. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
March 24, 2025 at 4:24 PM
This is an excellent intro. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
This is a decade old and from the Commons Library but it gives a useful, general, idea I think.
March 18, 2025 at 2:20 PM
This is a decade old and from the Commons Library but it gives a useful, general, idea I think.
I suppose it's possible there has been a thicker American president than Trump. It's just hard to think who that might be. He still appears to believe that foreign exporters write a cheque to the US government for the right to sell their goods in the United States. Er, no.
March 13, 2025 at 4:10 PM
I suppose it's possible there has been a thicker American president than Trump. It's just hard to think who that might be. He still appears to believe that foreign exporters write a cheque to the US government for the right to sell their goods in the United States. Er, no.
Always good to hear from the Won't Read people.
March 12, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Always good to hear from the Won't Read people.
But, but, but WHY ARE YOU WEARING A COSTUME? So much DISRESPECT.
February 28, 2025 at 8:52 PM
But, but, but WHY ARE YOU WEARING A COSTUME? So much DISRESPECT.
The most shameful day for the United States of America in any of our lifetimes.
February 28, 2025 at 6:28 PM
The most shameful day for the United States of America in any of our lifetimes.