Strathclyde University Academic, Elder at Houston and Killellan Kirk, Singer, Walker, Cyclist, Runner and wine drinker - all my own views here

Houston, Renfrewshire
Joined March 2012
This is a great thread!
1/ Vladimir Putin is demanding that Ukraine should hold a presidential election in wartime. Nazi Germany demanded the same of Britain in July 1942. This is the story of why the UK delayed holding elections throughout World War II. ⬇️
38
“there are Neville Chamberlain’s in every generation” George Monbiot’s takedown of Matt Goodwin and the Reform party is a thing of beauty 👏 #bbcqt
448
1,683
144
8,156
637,270
This seems like a pretty important tweet to report right now!
Here’s what the Independent Inquiry said:
55
Here’s what the Independent Inquiry said:
In what I think was the worst, most tone deaf statement I've ever heard from Keir Starmer, the PM seemed to think the main issue isn't the sexual abuse of minors but the honour of Jess Phillips. telegraph.co.uk/politics/202…
172
824
55
3,563
486,415
Read this excellent thread before shedding too many tears over poor farmers
Jeremy Clarkson, James Dyson, the Earl of Derby – they’re up in arms about paying tax on the vast areas of land they own. Small farmers are worried that changes to Agricultural Property Relief (APR) will affect them. But who are the big landowners complaining the loudest?... 1/
1
37
Listened to this yesterday - very powerful…
After Irish actress Saoirse Ronan silenced the Graham Norton sofa with a comment on women's safety last week, @BBCNickRobinson discusses the topic with his daughter Alice. Click below to listen on @BBCSounds ⬇️

56
The greatest New Yorker cartoon of all time.
283
11,961
387
75,339
3,693,601
that academia was a meritocracy
Tell me something embarrassing you incorrectly believed for a long time
21
401
27
3,928
216,070
Greenock Cut - always a fabulous walk ❤️☀️
40
This is excellent
This Post is from an account that no longer exists. Learn more
31
These mindless riots are doing untold damage to the UK’s reputation right across the world. And yet the secret sympathisers still say ‘Of course I disapprove of what’s happening, but…’ And then they make the racists’ case for them.
1,655
1,511
166
8,170
684,286
This…amidst all the disgusting and frightening scenes over the weekend, and the bravery of the police, and the community minded folk who clear up we must remember that these individuals are a minority and that underneath it all we are better than this 🙏🏼
Prof Stephen Reicher, "I would appeal to you to not call these people protestors. They're not protestors" "To call them protestors is profoundly misleading. It is to discredit a long tradition of perfectly legitimate and peaceful and important protest that has made our society better in many ways" "What's going on is specific to these crowds.. Crowd psychology is there when people are cleaning up the streets as well as attacking the streets.. The difference is one group has an ideology of hate and violence, another has a vision of community and solidarity" "Most people are pro immigration.. The irony is that over recent years attitudes towards immigration has become more positive.. People see immigrants as a boom rather than as a menace to the country.. Britain is one of the more liberal countries" "If we didn't have migrants then our care service would fall apart, our NHS would fall apart.. It's important not to highlight the negative exceptions, but to show that most people are pro migrants"
1
17
Has @wself been proved spot on right about Farage, Trump and Brexit? Nothing more than grubby little opportunists riding on the coattails of history! #FarageRiots
126
1,465
90
4,781
444,145
Can’t share this often enough #Riots
1,231
26,133
725
100,668
5,230,512
Farage supporters raging about this from the Times - do share widely #ToriesAreOut #StarmerIsPM29 #LabourLandside #Changebeginstoday
105
2,801
74
4,040
156,010
Matthew retweeted
5
467
71
3,177
240,470
"Today I wouldn't get an academic job. It's as simple as that. I don't think I would be regarded as productive enough." Nobel Laureate Peter Higgs explains how the focus on quantified indicators (number of publications, citations) harms scientific progress.
1
65
4
178
17,349