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Dave Lord
@sundaypostdave.bsky.social
National Editorial Director at DC Thomson & Co Ltd. Dad of 5. Husband. Runner.
All views mine (but probably yours as well).
Gosh you get to say a lot more in your profile here than you do on X.
Even starting to bore myself now…
Email: [email protected]
Once, Tice, thrice no….
Reform’s deputy leader has a (net) zero tolerance approach to climate targets.
A far from sunny disposition with regard to solar
Blowing hot and cold - mostly cold to be fair - on wind
Swimming against the tide on wave power…I could go on.

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Net zero is driving Britain into decline – and AR7 will finish the job
Richard Tice MP responds to Trevor Hutchings' claims that Reform UK’s renewable stance is ‘unpatriotic and uneconomical’.
www.energyvoice.com
August 21, 2025 at 3:28 PM
On Sunday I’m doing the Dundee Kiltwalk for the peerless Help For Kids charity.
My ducks are not in a row - in fact I don’t even know where some of them are….(back issues preventing me from running, ripped a toenail off this week etc..😭) BUT I WILL NOT BE DETERRED!
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Dave and Caroline's fundraiser for Help for Kids
Help Caroline Lord raise money to support Help for Kids
www.justgiving.com
August 13, 2025 at 11:38 AM
“Ugly windmills” and “drill baby drill”…. @energyvoice.com’s @ryan-duff.bsky.social reflects on The Donald’s various outspoken views on the UK’s energy industry ahead of his controversial visit to Scotland….
Wonder what he’ll say this time… 🤔

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A brief history of Donald Trump and offshore wind
Summary of Trump's offshore wind views as he visits Aberdeen to meet Keir Starmer and John Swinney to discuss UK energy policy.
www.energyvoice.com
July 25, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Sad story, stunning design.
Don’t miss your @sundaypost.com this week (or ever in fact…)
June 1, 2025 at 8:00 PM
“This Christmas could be my last, so I’m going to make myself a nice dinner and look forward to the friendship call I know I’m going to get from Age Scotland.
“It will make my day.”

Alex Wilson speaks to the @sundaypost.com about our Big Braw Community campaign.

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Half of Scotland’s over-65s want a phone call from a friend or loved one for Christmas
Shock survey reveals over 618k of over-65s are at risk of being lonely during this festive period and 64k have no one to swap presents with on big day.
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December 16, 2024 at 12:36 PM
Scotland’s retail loss is England’s gain?
Thirsty Scots flooding across the border to pick up cheap booze as 65p minimum unit price bites….

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December 15, 2024 at 5:37 PM
Want to know what you’ll be paying?
Breakdown of proposed council tax hikes for every local authority exclusively revealed
Plus the socialite murderer who hopes to cash in on a Scottish distillery
And if you need more exclusives, we reveal 254 ‘supervised’ sex offenders managed to commit more crime
December 8, 2024 at 12:12 AM
A stellar @sundaypost.com feat a councillor who sits on a board overseeing council tax who owes her council hundreds….in unpaid council tax 🤦‍♂️

And we feast on festive fare including sticky toffee pudding cheese (so you don’t have to)…

Plus a jolly big rumpus over LEZs

PLUS SWF awards pull-out.
November 30, 2024 at 9:46 PM
Reposted by Dave Lord
I spend an unusual amount of time worrying about the future of this clock.
I think it's because we were born a few months apart.
Something psychological going on about the relentless march of time/deep rooted fear I'd be haunted by the mechanical lion.
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What will happen to Wellgate Clock as Dundee and Angus College plots shopping centre takeover?
The famous nursery rhyme clock has been a fixture of the centre for more than four decades.
www.thecourier.co.uk
November 25, 2024 at 9:42 AM
Great to see the Dundee tapestry at the V&A tonight, featuring one of my favourite headlines from my time as editor of the @eveningtelegraph.bsky.social
#nocturnalknickerknockernicked
November 21, 2024 at 7:19 PM
Which celebrity break-up was saddest – the untimely uncoupling of Love Island stars Molly-Mae and Tommy Fury, or the brutal breakdown of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn’s marriage?
Plus….was Anne of Cleves “a minger”?

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The History Gossip: ‘Mingers and stinkers’ make past come to life
Katie Kennedy's TikTok series The History Gossip has inspired new book, which looks at 'mingers and stinkers' that bring the past to life.
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November 21, 2024 at 12:45 PM
Winners of the amazing Sunday Post 2024 short story competition revealed THIS WEEK.
Rather exciting.
Judges include the peerless Sir Alexander McCall Smith and
Bloody Scotland crime-writing founders Lin Anderson and Alex Gray.
Winners all to be published in our mag.
Oh, and hello Bluesky, hiya pal…
November 21, 2024 at 11:44 AM