Euan Healey
@euanhealey.bsky.social
PhD historian and archaeologist of labour, subsistence, fisheries and environment.
Antifascist & trade unionist. Baggies, Jags, Warriors, Canucks. Pilgrim through this barren land. he/him.
Antifascist & trade unionist. Baggies, Jags, Warriors, Canucks. Pilgrim through this barren land. he/him.
Charging you to work with your own book? What are they, an academic publishing house?
February 4, 2026 at 1:34 PM
Charging you to work with your own book? What are they, an academic publishing house?
Well they are going to lose the by election anyway because they killed any possible momentum by very publically choosing to not pick the best candidate, but you get what I mean
February 4, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Well they are going to lose the by election anyway because they killed any possible momentum by very publically choosing to not pick the best candidate, but you get what I mean
Unsure whether that is a vindication for the jury conscience campaigners, or possibly that the GBH *with intent* was a high bar sought by cps
February 4, 2026 at 1:02 PM
Unsure whether that is a vindication for the jury conscience campaigners, or possibly that the GBH *with intent* was a high bar sought by cps
Euan, why haven't you done any work today? I'm sorry I had to watch the downhill skiing training session. I had no choice in the matter.
February 4, 2026 at 12:15 PM
Euan, why haven't you done any work today? I'm sorry I had to watch the downhill skiing training session. I had no choice in the matter.
It's landlordism all the way down
February 4, 2026 at 11:54 AM
It's landlordism all the way down
Reposted by Euan Healey
Scotland's unjust transition is taking the form of a steady set of layoffs and closures in oil and gas and disappointments in renewables too. The pace of closure in oil and gas is being dictated by multinationals like Exxon and Petroineos, not by government.
February 3, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Scotland's unjust transition is taking the form of a steady set of layoffs and closures in oil and gas and disappointments in renewables too. The pace of closure in oil and gas is being dictated by multinationals like Exxon and Petroineos, not by government.
Hmm I wonder if there have been any consequences for Labour for telling their base to piss off? I'm sure the activists remain motivated.
February 2, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Hmm I wonder if there have been any consequences for Labour for telling their base to piss off? I'm sure the activists remain motivated.
That's probably a fair point. I'm just envisaging 2 months of poorly managed hostile "PM is incriminated in corruption scandal featuring pedophile"
February 2, 2026 at 5:14 PM
That's probably a fair point. I'm just envisaging 2 months of poorly managed hostile "PM is incriminated in corruption scandal featuring pedophile"
I suspect it moves the date for the leadership challenge up, possibly even for the day after Gorton and Denton
February 2, 2026 at 5:09 PM
I suspect it moves the date for the leadership challenge up, possibly even for the day after Gorton and Denton
Fascinated to understand why anyone in our division would want him - the rumour is Boro? WHY??
February 2, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Fascinated to understand why anyone in our division would want him - the rumour is Boro? WHY??
It is not beyond the realms of possibility that McSweeney or others knew of the scale of these connections and corruptions but didn't care
February 2, 2026 at 4:41 PM
It is not beyond the realms of possibility that McSweeney or others knew of the scale of these connections and corruptions but didn't care
When a butterfly flaps its wings (the Crowne Plaza is selected as filming location for Home Alone 2: Lost in New York), the breeze is felt around the world (the UK abolishes the House of Lords)
February 2, 2026 at 3:38 PM
When a butterfly flaps its wings (the Crowne Plaza is selected as filming location for Home Alone 2: Lost in New York), the breeze is felt around the world (the UK abolishes the House of Lords)
It would be ultimately quite funny if frustrations at how Mandy's bad press was making him look bad led him to bring about abolition (he won't do this, he doesn't do things, he doesn't want to be prime minister)
February 2, 2026 at 1:10 PM
It would be ultimately quite funny if frustrations at how Mandy's bad press was making him look bad led him to bring about abolition (he won't do this, he doesn't do things, he doesn't want to be prime minister)
I'm holding this comically large hammer for an unrelated reason, why do you ask?
February 2, 2026 at 12:57 PM
I'm holding this comically large hammer for an unrelated reason, why do you ask?
A, a fellow member of the Harry Milne appreciation society
February 2, 2026 at 11:58 AM
A, a fellow member of the Harry Milne appreciation society
*slamming table* Star Chamber! Star Chamber! Star Chamber!
February 2, 2026 at 10:58 AM
*slamming table* Star Chamber! Star Chamber! Star Chamber!