Don McGrattan
@donmcgrattan.bsky.social
Veggie, yesser, leftist, cyclist. Co-owner of HMFC. I quite like the Clash. #MDANT
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Endless Restoration and the Soviet Clasp of Blairism bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/12/29/e...
Endless Restoration and the Soviet Clasp of Blairism
There’s a new wave of hyper-nostalgia for a mythical ‘Britain’ that needs addressing, because it’s based on a number of false, and often rotten assumptions, as the state dec…
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December 29, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Endless Restoration and the Soviet Clasp of Blairism bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/12/29/e...
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There's a new way to browse and find walks to do for 2026! A *much* requested feature - you can now browse a map of Scotland will ALL our route lines shown at once, to help you find the one you want to do (and easily see how they connect and intersect).
www.walkhighlands.co.uk/maps/big-map...
www.walkhighlands.co.uk/maps/big-map...
December 29, 2025 at 4:44 PM
There's a new way to browse and find walks to do for 2026! A *much* requested feature - you can now browse a map of Scotland will ALL our route lines shown at once, to help you find the one you want to do (and easily see how they connect and intersect).
www.walkhighlands.co.uk/maps/big-map...
www.walkhighlands.co.uk/maps/big-map...
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The press have always failed in their duty to hold Farage to account, he’s always been a wrong’un, and this story encapsulates just how wrong.
It’s way past time for this horrid little man to be shunned from political life.
Make amends, UK Press, keep reporting.
apple.news/AZFbK_7RzRKO...
It’s way past time for this horrid little man to be shunned from political life.
Make amends, UK Press, keep reporting.
apple.news/AZFbK_7RzRKO...
‘Of course he abused pupils’: ex-Dulwich teacher speaks out about Farage racism claims — The Guardian
Exclusive: Chloë Deakin tells how she wrote to Dulwich college master to argue against Farage’s nomination as prefect
apple.news
December 28, 2025 at 11:52 AM
The press have always failed in their duty to hold Farage to account, he’s always been a wrong’un, and this story encapsulates just how wrong.
It’s way past time for this horrid little man to be shunned from political life.
Make amends, UK Press, keep reporting.
apple.news/AZFbK_7RzRKO...
It’s way past time for this horrid little man to be shunned from political life.
Make amends, UK Press, keep reporting.
apple.news/AZFbK_7RzRKO...
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It has been 395 days of continuous demonstrations in Georgia’s capital, Tbilisi. Our citizens demand the resignation of Georgia's mostly illegitimate and pro-Russian government, the release of political prisoners, and the return to a pro-European course.
December 27, 2025 at 6:06 PM
It has been 395 days of continuous demonstrations in Georgia’s capital, Tbilisi. Our citizens demand the resignation of Georgia's mostly illegitimate and pro-Russian government, the release of political prisoners, and the return to a pro-European course.
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Trump’s bombing of Nigeria is showmanship for his evangelical base - Today’s in depth international read 👇
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2572526...
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2572526...
David Pratt: Trump’s bombing of Nigeria is showmanship for his evangelical base
It’s about ‘saving Christians’ says the US president, but as Foreign Editor David Pratt reports, it’s yet more proof that his administration…
www.heraldscotland.com
December 28, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Trump’s bombing of Nigeria is showmanship for his evangelical base - Today’s in depth international read 👇
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2572526...
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2572526...
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NEW: last night, the US govt launched an assault on the ‘global censorship industrial complex’, aka European tech researchers/campaigners.
It’s a deeply chilling move & speaks as to why we need international solidarity more than ever.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
It’s a deeply chilling move & speaks as to why we need international solidarity more than ever.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
A message to America: we are not your enemy
Last night, the US launched an all-out assault on the "global censorship industrial complex", I respond with some deep breaths, solidarity and a vibey video (it's all I have)
open.substack.com
December 24, 2025 at 11:52 AM
NEW: last night, the US govt launched an assault on the ‘global censorship industrial complex’, aka European tech researchers/campaigners.
It’s a deeply chilling move & speaks as to why we need international solidarity more than ever.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
It’s a deeply chilling move & speaks as to why we need international solidarity more than ever.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
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ORANGE SQUASHED
There’s your headline
There’s your headline
December 21, 2025 at 3:51 PM
ORANGE SQUASHED
There’s your headline
There’s your headline
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I’m laid up with the flu, but I had to peek my head out and say that this is *so* much worse than it seems.
And it’s already pretty fucking bad!
bsky.app/profile/gbbr...
And it’s already pretty fucking bad!
bsky.app/profile/gbbr...
"Has feminism failed women brought to you by bank of america" is my MKULTRA sleeper agent activation phrase
December 20, 2025 at 10:56 PM
I’m laid up with the flu, but I had to peek my head out and say that this is *so* much worse than it seems.
And it’s already pretty fucking bad!
bsky.app/profile/gbbr...
And it’s already pretty fucking bad!
bsky.app/profile/gbbr...
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📺PREDICTED XI | How will Derek McInnes set up? | 3 key battles in Hearts v Rangers
@craigcairns.bsky.social goes looks at how McInnes could set up on Sunday before getting the view from the opposition
▶️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=uY_mIRJCB50
@craigcairns.bsky.social goes looks at how McInnes could set up on Sunday before getting the view from the opposition
▶️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=uY_mIRJCB50
PREDICTED XI | How will Derek McInnes set up? | 3 key battles in Hearts v Rangers
YouTube video by Hearts Standard
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December 19, 2025 at 1:17 PM
📺PREDICTED XI | How will Derek McInnes set up? | 3 key battles in Hearts v Rangers
@craigcairns.bsky.social goes looks at how McInnes could set up on Sunday before getting the view from the opposition
▶️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=uY_mIRJCB50
@craigcairns.bsky.social goes looks at how McInnes could set up on Sunday before getting the view from the opposition
▶️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=uY_mIRJCB50
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"Tommy Robinson's nothing more than a f*cking little grifter, it's all it's about, 'send me money, send me money, send me money!'" Billy Bragg commenting on Tommy Ten Names "Unite the Kingdom Xmas Rally" in central London, last Saturday.
He's not wrong.
He's not wrong.
December 15, 2025 at 9:54 AM
"Tommy Robinson's nothing more than a f*cking little grifter, it's all it's about, 'send me money, send me money, send me money!'" Billy Bragg commenting on Tommy Ten Names "Unite the Kingdom Xmas Rally" in central London, last Saturday.
He's not wrong.
He's not wrong.
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Caledonia Screaming in IT
Caledonia Screaming
Scotland, the Underground, and the Punk That Wasn’t Meant to Exist
internationaltimes.it/caledonia-sc...
Grant McPhee
Scotland, the Underground, and the Punk That Wasn’t Meant to Exist
internationaltimes.it/caledonia-sc...
Grant McPhee
December 14, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Caledonia Screaming in IT
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Caledonia Screaming
Scotland, the Underground, and the Punk That Wasn’t Meant to Exist
internationaltimes.it/caledonia-sc...
Grant McPhee
Scotland, the Underground, and the Punk That Wasn’t Meant to Exist
internationaltimes.it/caledonia-sc...
Grant McPhee
December 14, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Caledonia Screaming
Scotland, the Underground, and the Punk That Wasn’t Meant to Exist
internationaltimes.it/caledonia-sc...
Grant McPhee
Scotland, the Underground, and the Punk That Wasn’t Meant to Exist
internationaltimes.it/caledonia-sc...
Grant McPhee
Gotta love what the new Celtic manager is doing with the club - absolutely smashing it! Sensational stuff!
December 14, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Gotta love what the new Celtic manager is doing with the club - absolutely smashing it! Sensational stuff!
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There will be a couple of launch events for Tonight The Music Seems So Loud next year, in different parts of the country, but the first will be at The Hay Festival on the afternoon of Saturday May 30th. Come along! We can talk about 80s hair! Songwriting! Immigration! Link via: sathnam.com/events
December 8, 2025 at 8:42 AM
There will be a couple of launch events for Tonight The Music Seems So Loud next year, in different parts of the country, but the first will be at The Hay Festival on the afternoon of Saturday May 30th. Come along! We can talk about 80s hair! Songwriting! Immigration! Link via: sathnam.com/events
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Thank you Hearts x
Last day in my 30s 😱 If Hearts could not ruin it, that'd be great x
December 7, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Thank you Hearts x
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This time of year is so bloody expensive…
Must be those bloody migrants again
Making our food shops extortionate
Rinsing us for heating our homes
Privatising the shit out of our childcare
Creaming off our mortgages and rent
Bastards.
Must be those bloody migrants again
Making our food shops extortionate
Rinsing us for heating our homes
Privatising the shit out of our childcare
Creaming off our mortgages and rent
Bastards.
December 6, 2025 at 8:33 PM
This time of year is so bloody expensive…
Must be those bloody migrants again
Making our food shops extortionate
Rinsing us for heating our homes
Privatising the shit out of our childcare
Creaming off our mortgages and rent
Bastards.
Must be those bloody migrants again
Making our food shops extortionate
Rinsing us for heating our homes
Privatising the shit out of our childcare
Creaming off our mortgages and rent
Bastards.
“…I am on Bluesky because I refuse to finance fascism. I refuse to participate in it…”
Thank God for Bluesky: A little love letter to the people who would not compromise with Nazis iandunt.substack.com/p/thank-god-...
Thank God for Bluesky
Yes, it's eager. Yes, it's censorious. But it has the very considerable advantage of not being fascist.
iandunt.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:06 PM
“…I am on Bluesky because I refuse to finance fascism. I refuse to participate in it…”
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A tent for winter conditions. #hiking youtu.be/eGb2T3qYloQ
A Look At The Hilleberg Soulo
YouTube video by Chris Townsend Outdoors
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December 5, 2025 at 10:40 PM
A tent for winter conditions. #hiking youtu.be/eGb2T3qYloQ
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I'm thrilled that Upon A White Horse is going to be Radio 4's Book Of The Week. The first episode, which is on Stonehenge, will be on December 8 at 11.45am – and then there will be a reading from a different part of the book every day up to and including December 12. I hope you'll enjoy listening.
December 1, 2025 at 8:59 AM
I'm thrilled that Upon A White Horse is going to be Radio 4's Book Of The Week. The first episode, which is on Stonehenge, will be on December 8 at 11.45am – and then there will be a reading from a different part of the book every day up to and including December 12. I hope you'll enjoy listening.
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Scotland’s future is up to people who live in Scotland, not Rachel Reeves, Keir Starmer or any other Westminster politician.
November 27, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Scotland’s future is up to people who live in Scotland, not Rachel Reeves, Keir Starmer or any other Westminster politician.
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🧵 Westminster politicians have said some wild stuff over the years about Scotland…
Here are just a few of their real quotes – and a reminder of why Scotland needs the power to choose its own future.
Here are just a few of their real quotes – and a reminder of why Scotland needs the power to choose its own future.
October 31, 2025 at 12:33 PM
🧵 Westminster politicians have said some wild stuff over the years about Scotland…
Here are just a few of their real quotes – and a reminder of why Scotland needs the power to choose its own future.
Here are just a few of their real quotes – and a reminder of why Scotland needs the power to choose its own future.
Reform UK both ugly and racist, says Don McGrattan;
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Reform MP's comments 'ugly' but intention was not racist, Farage says
Sarah Pochin apologised after complaining about adverts being
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October 28, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Reform UK both ugly and racist, says Don McGrattan;
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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O'Neill and Maloney, wearing sunglasses and black pork pie hats chapping at the door of Bobo Balde's retirement village:
"We're putting the band back together"
"We're putting the band back together"
October 27, 2025 at 10:33 PM
O'Neill and Maloney, wearing sunglasses and black pork pie hats chapping at the door of Bobo Balde's retirement village:
"We're putting the band back together"
"We're putting the band back together"
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Starmer’s illiberal protest curbs would have killed the Labour party at birth.
The rights we enjoy in the UK, and the movement the PM purports to lead, were built on protest. Those rights are in dire peril.
@georgemonbiot.bsky.social on point as ever.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The rights we enjoy in the UK, and the movement the PM purports to lead, were built on protest. Those rights are in dire peril.
@georgemonbiot.bsky.social on point as ever.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Here’s what you need to know about Starmer’s illiberal protest curbs: they would have killed the Labour party at birth | George Monbiot
The rights we enjoy in the UK, and the movement the PM purports to lead, were built on protest. Those rights are in dire peril, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
October 14, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Starmer’s illiberal protest curbs would have killed the Labour party at birth.
The rights we enjoy in the UK, and the movement the PM purports to lead, were built on protest. Those rights are in dire peril.
@georgemonbiot.bsky.social on point as ever.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The rights we enjoy in the UK, and the movement the PM purports to lead, were built on protest. Those rights are in dire peril.
@georgemonbiot.bsky.social on point as ever.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Westminster caused this cost of living crisis - and they’re unable and unwilling to fix it.
Independence is how we raise your living standards, grow our economy and make Scotland’s energy wealth work for the people who live here.
Independence is how we raise your living standards, grow our economy and make Scotland’s energy wealth work for the people who live here.
October 12, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Westminster caused this cost of living crisis - and they’re unable and unwilling to fix it.
Independence is how we raise your living standards, grow our economy and make Scotland’s energy wealth work for the people who live here.
Independence is how we raise your living standards, grow our economy and make Scotland’s energy wealth work for the people who live here.