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Calum Steele @calumsteele.bsky.social · Aug 6

What do the fire at Windsor Castle, the death of Princess Diana, and the Challenger Space Shuttle disaster all have in common? You can find out here in today’s @heraldscotland.bsky.social www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...

Police Scotland has lost the plot: it can't even log the sex of suspects properly

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Dougie Comrie @woodycrombie.bsky.social · Jun 11

What a sorry state Police Scotland is in. This is a very important read from @calumsteele.bsky.social

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After costing the Scottish taxpayer £18 million in compensation pay-outs in the last few years, a smidgen of openness shouldn’t be demanded from…

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The Herald @heraldscotland.bsky.social · May 7

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The Herald @heraldscotland.bsky.social · May 7

'Quite simply this island’s lifeline doesn’t matter' ⛴️

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Calum Steele @calumsteele.bsky.social · May 7

“Unto the Lord belongs the earth, and all that it contains – except the Kyles and Western Isles for they are all MacBraynes” My latest for @heraldscotland.bsky.social here. www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...

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Calum Steele @calumsteele.bsky.social · May 7

I’ll repost - but try this www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...

Why did Police Scotland allow itself to play politics with Swinnney?

Calum Steele @calumsteele.bsky.social · Apr 30

Good morning all. In today’s @heraldscotland.bsky.social I look back at John Swinney’s anti-Farage summit last week and ask why the hell the polis were there? www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...

The police service of today is so blinded by sloganeering that it often misses wider issues of substance

Look around you: you'll see we are in the age of the imbecile

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Calum Steele @calumsteele.bsky.social · Apr 23

Look around you - we are living in the age of the imbecile.

My latest piece for @heraldscotland.bsky.social out today

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Our nation is suddenly awash with imbeciles in positions of power and influence whose decisions now have a disproportionate influence on our daily…

The 'what is a woman' verdict is due. But how did it come to this?

Calum Steele @calumsteele.bsky.social · Apr 16

Seems as good a day as any to post this photo.

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Calum Steele @calumsteele.bsky.social · Apr 15

An early online showing for my @heraldscotland.bsky.social piece ahead of the ruling in the ForWomenScot case vs the Scottish Ministers. If you can’t wait to buy the paper tomorrow - it’s worth the subscription on its own today. www.heraldscotland.com/politics/hol...

Everyone knows the story of when John F Kennedy visited the NASA space centre that was to later bear his name, and his encounter there with a…

Starmer is selling fake solutions to mass migration - and he knows it

Calum Steele @calumsteele.bsky.social · Apr 3

Will Keir Starmer’s Organised Immigration Crime Summit work? No - but it should be welcomed nonetheless.

Want to know why? Read my thoughts on this in today’s @heraldscotland.bsky.social

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Sir Keir Starmer’s Organised Immigration Crime Summit that took place in London over the past two days may turn out to be little more than a…

Calum Steele: Our justice system is broken, and you and I are the victims

Calum Steele @calumsteele.bsky.social · Mar 19

Why the presumption of liberty has simply added more problems to an already broken system. My musings in today’s @heraldscotland.bsky.social (and at £20 for a years subscription that’s less than 5 1/2p a day) www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/2501...

Rather than fix the problems of remand our legislature has decided to create new ones to avoid having to do so.

With Police Scotland in such dire straits, could we keep Trump safe?

Calum Steele @calumsteele.bsky.social · Mar 5

Quick question.

In today’s environment and you’re an earning a £140,000 salary - should you get a £21,500 pay rise?

And to see why I’m asking - read my latest for @heraldscotland.bsky.social here

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The pay rise for Assistant Chief Constables has created an overt display of a them and us divide in policing, and it will hammer any belief that the…

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Calum Steele @calumsteele.bsky.social · Mar 5

I wonder why no one from the Scottish Government, the Scottish Police Authority, or the Police Service itself made any public announcement on this 😳

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The pay rise for Assistant Chief Constables has created an overt display of a them and us divide in policing, and it will hammer any belief that the…

With Police Scotland in such dire straits, could we keep Trump safe?

Calum Steele @calumsteele.bsky.social · Mar 5

“Last Friday was genuinely jaw-dropping. Naked self-interest and dripping contempt were on full show and nothing short of ritual humiliation was required to put the plebian in his place.” What am I talking about? Find out in today’s @heraldscotland.bsky.social www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...

The pay rise for Assistant Chief Constables has created an overt display of a them and us divide in policing, and it will hammer any belief that the…

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Calum Steele @calumsteele.bsky.social · Feb 12

There’s only one show in town and my @heraldscotland.bsky.social column this week looks at how failure in public sector leadership has led to cases like Sandie Peggie vs NHS Fife (not on herald website yet but you can get it here or buy a paper) pressreader.com/article/2820...

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Calum Steele @calumsteele.bsky.social · Feb 11

A magnificent blend of stunning scenery - silent story telling, and a simply outstanding Gaelic soundtrack make this one of the best short videos I’ve seen in a very long time. youtu.be/Pp2KOx6ejzc?...

Stalking Red Deer on Knoydart | Loch Hourn Boat Hunt

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Calum Steele @calumsteele.bsky.social · Feb 11

I know another South Uist croft that has a not too dissimilar gate caused by an identical incident

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Calum Steele @calumsteele.bsky.social · Jan 29

a man in a suit and tie is smiling and making a funny face .

ALT: a man in a suit and tie is smiling and making a funny face .

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Calum Steele @calumsteele.bsky.social · Jan 26

After the storm. Pure Nae Bad.

Calum Steele @calumsteele.bsky.social · Jan 26

There’s a lot to digest in this story by @martynmcl.bsky.social but how the police service is able to determine the allegations are “inaccurate, misleading, and defamatory” without an investigation being undertaken is the stand out of all of them www.scotsman.com/news/scottis...

Endless inquiries won't prevent another Katie Allan or William Brown

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Dougie Comrie @woodycrombie.bsky.social · Jan 22

One of these days we'll get an inquiry that blames the right people, the MPs who fail us constantly. Great stuff from @calumsteele.bsky.social www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...

Despite all the statements, pronouncements, head tilts, and hushed and sombre tones when talking about Katie Allan and William Brown last week, the…