When you're in charge of naming Scottish lochs and it's 4:59pm

Israel doesn't just want Iran not to have a nuclear program. It wants it to not be *able* to. But Iran's program is endogenous. It has the raw material, the engineers, and the supply chain. This is like trying to bomb a country that has wheat out of knowing how to make bread.

Speaking against the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill in today's debate.

UK politics are driven by knee-jerk authoritarianism. Take the call to proscribe Palestine Action as a terrorist group. When they have injured no one but embarrassed the UK state - their real crime. Their actions are not "terrorist" & this is an Orwellian debasement of language.

There isn't any part of the country now where rented accomodation is affordable for a single person working full time on minimum wage. The social.contract is broken. That is a dangerous place for everyone.

The most escalatory thing that Iran can do is not to bomb U.S. military bases in the Middle East. It’s to close the Strait of Hormuz. And if that happens, Oil goes above $100 in the blink of an eye. Iran is no military match for the United States. But they can wreak havoc

“Air power is an unusually seductive form of military strength, in part because, like modern courtship, it appears to offer gratification without commitment” - Eliot Cohen

Congratulations to Ronald Reagan on his 12th consecutive term.

Pulled kicking and screaming back to war, where they never want to be. Not again, not more war, they say, but guess what. Someone has launched “strikes on Iran.”

All the panic about whether Starmer is backing Trump is a bit pointless - Starmer would have known about bombing Iran same time as the rest of us. Starmer & Lammy & the rest of Europe are inconsequential now. They would be better to focus on the dire domestic situation

“You called…and we came” On the 77th anniversary of Windrush we remember the contribution and courage of a generation that helped to rebuild Britain.

For the last two years the main focus of the left’s efforts have gone into protesting over the Middle East, while Reform UK got on with building a grassroots movement to stick up for people in Britain. That’s why their influence has grown and the left’s declined.

Yes, Iran needs regime change. But it can only come from within. Freedom cannot be delivered by foreign jets, let alone boots on the ground. That way, disaster lies. If the ayatollah is to be toppled, it must be by Iranians themselves, says Tim Black buff.ly/WDKelui

MK Ayman Odeh, Chairman of the Hadash-Ta’al Party: “Tomorrow, the Israeli parliament will try to impeach me. This is a blatant, fascist, and anti-democratic move. It only proves how deeply they fear truth and justice. But history will absolve me, and history will judge them.”

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Very possible that Israel wants a ceasefire because it is running low on interceptor. Reports days ago suggested they were running low and that the system was already overwhelmed. Strikes have clearly been getting through. Might be a temporary ploy to restock then resume war.

"For years, Iran has been sold to us as the grandest and most solemn of existential threats. Alas, it has been nothing short of an embarrassment so far..." New writing about the #IranIsraelConflict: tychy.wordpress.com/2025/06/24/on-…

New writing about the #IranVsIsrael conflict. Is the ridiculousness of Donald Trump as good as it gets when it comes to world peace? tychy.wordpress.com/2025/06/24/on-…

Good Morning Vicky Mount. Edinburgh based artist. Not the sort of wake up call you want though!

❤️ Last week we said farewell to our colleague, Bill Noble, who is retiring after an incredible 32 years at Lothian. Bill has been a well-loved face around our depots - we’d like to thank him for all his years of service & wish him a very long, happy retirement.