Siobhain McDonagh, Labour, on Politics Live last year. She confirms Labour have been told to vote Tory over the SNP or they're out. Labour have made deals around Scotland with the Tories to take over various councils. She also confirms this is Starmer's doing.
Heading off for the evening, and leaving you with one of the most Scottish photos I have, to compensate for having had a bit of a moan and spread my annoyance around earlier.
Have the best of cows standing in front of our biggest mountain, with sun shining while the rain hammers down.
#Gruoch was barking at something in the garden. Upon investigation I discovered this chap(ess) sitting on the garden fence.
I know, I know, Grey Squirrels are two a penny in the city. However, still nice when they come to the garden. Not his/her fault they are an invasive species.
It comes after a paper from political consultancy Eurasia Group cited “senior Labour insiders” as saying the party would seek to revive a high-alignment deal in a bid to boost economic growth, according to the Financial Times.
Beaches are places of intertidal liminality. Transient, impermanent and ever changing. To be the first person to walk on the sands as the tide retreats, is to find the world remade.
"#Starmer, despite later attempts to deny it, clearly told an interviewer on LBC that Israel has the right to withhold power and water from #Gaza. #Sarwar considers it a breach of international law to do so. Which #Labour Party would #Scotland be voting for in the General Election? Come on ... you know the answer to that one" – Richard Walker
I've not been doing very well with #PhotoJanuary2024 - just haven't managed to get into the swing of it properly - but this popped into my head when I saw the weekly themes of "in the street" and "alignment".
Missed the morning bit (busy) but at the minute they seem to be debating FWS' argument that a woman with a GRC could essntially go back and become a man and then be a man in the toilet instead of a woman. Which seems pretty fucking stupid to me but I'm not a lawyer. "lemme just get the ol penis out the jar and put it back on".
EA Hornel was the Kirkcudbright Artist who began inspiring other Artists to come and visit, paint and live in Kirkcudbright, creating it's status as an Artist's Town. Steadfast in his refusal to go to the big city to ply his trade, he lived most of his life in the town, up to his death
Some old blackhouses in the Scottish Highlands weight their thatch down with stones. These ones made me think of those theme park rides where people dangle from a track.
That one in the front has just seen what's coming.