I once persuaded my ex-girlfriend’s Californian pal who was visiting that you could see Denmark from Aberdeen beach (it was Boddam Power Station)
“Oh my GAWD I didn’t realise you were so close! It’s just over there!”
We’re a nation of wind-up merchants & it’s one of the few sports we excel at.
“Oh my GAWD I didn’t realise you were so close! It’s just over there!”
We’re a nation of wind-up merchants & it’s one of the few sports we excel at.
January 22, 2026 at 12:09 AM
I once persuaded my ex-girlfriend’s Californian pal who was visiting that you could see Denmark from Aberdeen beach (it was Boddam Power Station)
“Oh my GAWD I didn’t realise you were so close! It’s just over there!”
We’re a nation of wind-up merchants & it’s one of the few sports we excel at.
“Oh my GAWD I didn’t realise you were so close! It’s just over there!”
We’re a nation of wind-up merchants & it’s one of the few sports we excel at.
If the Greenlanders had a free & fair referendum on the matter and decided they wanted to join the US, that’d be just fine and dandy by me.
Your president & his administration have, however, fumbled this so *astonishingly* badly that they outright won’t now, on a point of principle.
Your president & his administration have, however, fumbled this so *astonishingly* badly that they outright won’t now, on a point of principle.
January 21, 2026 at 5:32 PM
If the Greenlanders had a free & fair referendum on the matter and decided they wanted to join the US, that’d be just fine and dandy by me.
Your president & his administration have, however, fumbled this so *astonishingly* badly that they outright won’t now, on a point of principle.
Your president & his administration have, however, fumbled this so *astonishingly* badly that they outright won’t now, on a point of principle.
I advocate for the Greenlanders.
Leaving aside my own instinctive dislike for the idea of a nation of 350m people bullying one of 60k - do you *genuinely* believe the American people’s best interests are served by torching your international relations, and probably trade, by picking this fight?
Leaving aside my own instinctive dislike for the idea of a nation of 350m people bullying one of 60k - do you *genuinely* believe the American people’s best interests are served by torching your international relations, and probably trade, by picking this fight?
January 21, 2026 at 5:18 PM
I advocate for the Greenlanders.
Leaving aside my own instinctive dislike for the idea of a nation of 350m people bullying one of 60k - do you *genuinely* believe the American people’s best interests are served by torching your international relations, and probably trade, by picking this fight?
Leaving aside my own instinctive dislike for the idea of a nation of 350m people bullying one of 60k - do you *genuinely* believe the American people’s best interests are served by torching your international relations, and probably trade, by picking this fight?
I don’t think anyone’s ever described me as a ‘progressive’ before 😂 I just dislike bullies. But if you do want the link, here’s it.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cj...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cj...
Trump wants 'immediate negotiations' to acquire Greenland but insists he 'won't use force'
In a wide-ranging speech to world leaders in Davos that lasted more than an hour, Trump insists taking Greenland from Denmark
www.bbc.co.uk
January 21, 2026 at 5:04 PM
I don’t think anyone’s ever described me as a ‘progressive’ before 😂 I just dislike bullies. But if you do want the link, here’s it.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cj...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cj...
Well, he saw fit to publicly row back from it today, so that’s good 👍🏻 looks like the people of Greenland are safe for now.
January 21, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Well, he saw fit to publicly row back from it today, so that’s good 👍🏻 looks like the people of Greenland are safe for now.
If Trump had simply written a law making an open offer to the people of Greenland of $100k each, he might have had a hearing.
A pro-US faction probably would have developed organically.
But he didn’t. He threatened to invade. No surer way to make Greenlanders say “nope”.
A pro-US faction probably would have developed organically.
But he didn’t. He threatened to invade. No surer way to make Greenlanders say “nope”.
January 21, 2026 at 1:57 PM
If Trump had simply written a law making an open offer to the people of Greenland of $100k each, he might have had a hearing.
A pro-US faction probably would have developed organically.
But he didn’t. He threatened to invade. No surer way to make Greenlanders say “nope”.
A pro-US faction probably would have developed organically.
But he didn’t. He threatened to invade. No surer way to make Greenlanders say “nope”.
Same reason as I can’t just annex my neighbour’s drive even after I’ve cleared the snow from it.
It doesn’t belong to me.
It doesn’t belong to me.
January 21, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Same reason as I can’t just annex my neighbour’s drive even after I’ve cleared the snow from it.
It doesn’t belong to me.
It doesn’t belong to me.
Would add: you should be able to prove residency & citizenship in the country whose politics you’re trying to influence.
Democracy only means something if it isn’t full of loopholes that foreign tyrants can drive articulated lorries through.
Democracy only means something if it isn’t full of loopholes that foreign tyrants can drive articulated lorries through.
January 20, 2026 at 9:07 AM
Would add: you should be able to prove residency & citizenship in the country whose politics you’re trying to influence.
Democracy only means something if it isn’t full of loopholes that foreign tyrants can drive articulated lorries through.
Democracy only means something if it isn’t full of loopholes that foreign tyrants can drive articulated lorries through.
I’d need to start keeping a list of missing things for when she’s back this side of the moon.
Which I’d promptly lose.
Which I’d promptly lose.
January 19, 2026 at 4:20 PM
I’d need to start keeping a list of missing things for when she’s back this side of the moon.
Which I’d promptly lose.
Which I’d promptly lose.
Rare opportunity for a Buckie fisherman wi a drill, a pump, & a *really* lang hosepipe tae dae the funniest thing iver
January 13, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Rare opportunity for a Buckie fisherman wi a drill, a pump, & a *really* lang hosepipe tae dae the funniest thing iver
Think Michael Marra might have just taken the most performative huff I’ve ever seen in Holyrood & that’s saying something
January 13, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Think Michael Marra might have just taken the most performative huff I’ve ever seen in Holyrood & that’s saying something
For the second & third, some of them are *hardcore*, but as I say, won’t vote SNP.
January 12, 2026 at 3:44 PM
For the second & third, some of them are *hardcore*, but as I say, won’t vote SNP.
For the first category, pretty much.
January 12, 2026 at 3:42 PM
For the first category, pretty much.
They either don't think it's an important enough issue; they don't believe the SNP can deliver it; or, at some point in nearly two decades of governing, the SNP's done something that annoys them enough that they won't consider voting for it, irrespective
January 12, 2026 at 2:50 PM
They either don't think it's an important enough issue; they don't believe the SNP can deliver it; or, at some point in nearly two decades of governing, the SNP's done something that annoys them enough that they won't consider voting for it, irrespective
Lot of folk pro-indy without being pro-SNP
January 12, 2026 at 2:35 PM
Lot of folk pro-indy without being pro-SNP
“Ok, we’ve just about recovered from that absolute demographic catastrophe in the 1870s, thank God.”
(Twiddles thumbs)
“FUCK YOU, BOLIVIA”
(Twiddles thumbs)
“FUCK YOU, BOLIVIA”
January 10, 2026 at 7:15 PM
“Ok, we’ve just about recovered from that absolute demographic catastrophe in the 1870s, thank God.”
(Twiddles thumbs)
“FUCK YOU, BOLIVIA”
(Twiddles thumbs)
“FUCK YOU, BOLIVIA”
Personal favourite dictator, if you remove all morality from the equation.
Fascinating character.
A guy who turned “if you want something done right, you’ve got to do it yourself” into a state ideology
Fascinating character.
A guy who turned “if you want something done right, you’ve got to do it yourself” into a state ideology
January 10, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Personal favourite dictator, if you remove all morality from the equation.
Fascinating character.
A guy who turned “if you want something done right, you’ve got to do it yourself” into a state ideology
Fascinating character.
A guy who turned “if you want something done right, you’ve got to do it yourself” into a state ideology
Oh - and my absolute fave - PARAGUAY. Wildest ride you can take through the 19th century.
January 10, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Oh - and my absolute fave - PARAGUAY. Wildest ride you can take through the 19th century.
(This is entirely sincere, in case it came over as sarcastic)
January 10, 2026 at 6:48 PM
(This is entirely sincere, in case it came over as sarcastic)
Get some Liberian history on the go. Fascinating stuff.
January 10, 2026 at 6:47 PM
Get some Liberian history on the go. Fascinating stuff.