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Daniel Carkner🥀<p>Officially one of the best sandwiches I've ever had 😵 the sturgeon sandwich on poppy seed bagel with cream cheese at Barney Greengrass. The cucumber salad sort of tastes like very fresh pickles &amp; was delicious too. </p><p><a href="https://historians.social/tags/food" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>food</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/sturgeon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sturgeon</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/pickles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pickles</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/DeliFood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeliFood</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/JewishFood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JewishFood</span></a></p>
Wen<p>Nicola Sturgeon, the SNP and Branchform</p><p>A measured assessment (but that will not satisfy the haters and given the comments it has not)</p><p><a href="http://archive.today/2025.03.22-191808/https://www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/article/operation-branchform-nicola-sturgeon-murray-foote-b992xgtn2" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">archive.today/2025.03.22-19180</span><span class="invisible">8/https://www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/article/operation-branchform-nicola-sturgeon-murray-foote-b992xgtn2</span></a> (archive)</p><p>Unionists are desperate to cripple any talk of independence and will do what it takes.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Sturgeon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sturgeon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Beattie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Beattie</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/SNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SNP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Branchform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Branchform</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/PoliticalPolicing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticalPolicing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Ukpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukpol</span></a></p>
Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈<p>Yeah, but these false charges stopped the Independence movement in it's tracks, so it was worth it in the British State's mind. <br>And they'll do it again should any of the Colonial possessions get above themselves. </p><p><a href="https://news.sky.com/story/ex-snp-chief-peter-murrell-appears-in-court-charged-with-embezzlement-13332544" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.sky.com/story/ex-snp-chie</span><span class="invisible">f-peter-murrell-appears-in-court-charged-with-embezzlement-13332544</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Sturgeon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sturgeon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ScotPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScotPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKPOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKPOL</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Colonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Colonialism</span></a></p>
Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈<p>The moral vacuum that is the Labour Party today. </p><p>Speaking of the SNP, now that Sturgeons political career has been destroyed, I see the charges have been dropped. <br>Funny that. <br>Mad how half of Scotland just accepts being a Colonial fuckbucket for posh fuckos down South.....</p><p><a href="https://archive.ph/2025.03.20-171626/https://www.thenational.scot/news/25024656.snp-mp-furious-david-lammy-fails-condemn-israel-strikes/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archive.ph/2025.03.20-171626/h</span><span class="invisible">ttps://www.thenational.scot/news/25024656.snp-mp-furious-david-lammy-fails-condemn-israel-strikes/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKPOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKPOL</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ScotPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScotPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Sturgeon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sturgeon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labour</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Colonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Colonialism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SNP</span></a></p>
Janet<p>A Police Scotland spokesperson said: "Following direction from the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service, criminal enquiries into two people arrested as part of the investigation into the funding and finances of the Scottish National Party have now concluded.</p><p>"The 73 year-old man (Beattie) arrested on 18 April, 2023, and the 54 year-old woman (Sturgeon ) arrested on 11 June, 2023, have not been charged and are no longer under investigation."<br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/SNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SNP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Sturgeon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sturgeon</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.thenational.scot/news/25023946.nicola-sturgeon-cleared-snp-police-investigation/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thenational.scot/news/25023946</span><span class="invisible">.nicola-sturgeon-cleared-snp-police-investigation/</span></a></p>
Cathy Outlet<p>Here’s a shower curtain featuring my <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/sturgeon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sturgeon</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/paddlefish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>paddlefish</span></a> and <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/sturddlefish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sturddlefish</span></a> designs as one of my final <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/artadventcalender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>artadventcalender</span></a> posts. My parents ordered this from Redbubble a while back and it’s probably still the only one of its kind.</p>
Peter Nimmo<p>I do not make a political point when I say that it seems odd to me that Nicola <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Sturgeon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sturgeon</span></a> says she knows 'nothing more' about the <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>police</span></a> investigation into <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/SNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SNP</span></a> finances 18 months after her arrest, and that the case has been with the prosecution authorities since August. Are such delays normal?<br><a href="https://news.stv.tv/politics/nicola-sturgeon-knows-nothing-more-about-police-investigation-18-months-after-arrest" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.stv.tv/politics/nicola-st</span><span class="invisible">urgeon-knows-nothing-more-about-police-investigation-18-months-after-arrest</span></a></p>
Simon Brooke<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.scot/@Wen" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Wen</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.scot/@iaruffell" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>iaruffell</span></a></span> Not that unfair on the <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/SNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SNP</span></a>. They made a good start under <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Sturgeon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sturgeon</span></a>, but have back-pedalled very sharply under her successors. <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Swinney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Swinney</span></a> will not take any political risks to protect minorities.</p>
Wen<p>Police ask for guidance in Sturgeon probe over SNP finances</p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2ejw4vlj5o" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2ejw</span><span class="invisible">4vlj5o</span></a></p><p>'Senior Crown Office lawyers are considering whether there is sufficient evidence to prosecute Mr Murrell and whether it would be in the public interest to do so.’</p><p>How long can the British Establishment keep this up? Surely something new is going to have to be confected, after all the Holyrood Elections are a wee way off yet.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Sturgeon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sturgeon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/PoliceScotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoliceScotland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/BBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BBC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ScottishPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScottishPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/UkPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UkPolitics</span></a></p>
Moon over Mastodon 🌙 📷<p>&nbsp;<br>Please take lots of <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/MoonPhotos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MoonPhotos</span></a> to share of the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/August" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>August</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/FullMoon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FullMoon</span></a> — The <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Sturgeon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sturgeon</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Moon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Moon</span></a> — on Monday 19 Aug 2024 UTC 18:26. </p><p>There will be 6 more Full Moons before the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/WormMoon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WormMoon</span></a> on 14 Mar 2025, and the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/TotalLunarEclipse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TotalLunarEclipse</span></a> marking the next <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/KrononautMoon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KrononautMoon</span></a> — the night for welcoming <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/TimeTravelers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TimeTravelers</span></a>. Check out <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://me.dm/@KronoMoon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>KronoMoon</span></a></span>'s article on the latest Community <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/TimeTravel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TimeTravel</span></a> Research. </p><p>🔗 <a href="https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/skywatching/the-next-full-moon-is-a-supermoon-blue-moon/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">science.nasa.gov/solar-system/</span><span class="invisible">skywatching/the-next-full-moon-is-a-supermoon-blue-moon/</span></a> <br>🔗 <a href="https://medium.com/write-under-the-moon/on-the-night-of-the-total-lunar-eclipse-6eec94750f4e" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">medium.com/write-under-the-moo</span><span class="invisible">n/on-the-night-of-the-total-lunar-eclipse-6eec94750f4e</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SturgeonMoon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SturgeonMoon</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/KronoMoonPhotos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KronoMoonPhotos</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/MoonOverMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MoonOverMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/KrononautMoon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KrononautMoon</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/KronoMoon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KronoMoon</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Celebration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Celebration</span></a></p>
jarosenfield<p>White Sturgeon are the latest San Francisco Bay native fish to need protection from Gavin Newsom’s water development plans and projects. </p><p><a href="https://mavensnotebook.com/2024/07/11/feature-a-bigger-older-fish-gasping-for-more-water-white-sturgeon-slipping-away/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mavensnotebook.com/2024/07/11/</span><span class="invisible">feature-a-bigger-older-fish-gasping-for-more-water-white-sturgeon-slipping-away/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/sturgeon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sturgeon</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/fish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fish</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/SanFranciscoBay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SanFranciscoBay</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/SFBay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SFBay</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/endangeredspecies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>endangeredspecies</span></a> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://sfba.social/@sfbaykeeper" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>sfbaykeeper</span></a></span></p>
San Francisco Baykeeper<p>The Bay’s white <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/sturgeon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sturgeon</span></a> are now facing such peril that the state has closed fishing for them while it considers listing the fish as a threatened species. <br> <br>"There is a very strong connection between increasing water development and decline of the white sturgeon," as our science director <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://sfba.social/@jarosenfield" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>jarosenfield</span></a></span> said to Bay Nature magazine. "We need to fix these problems, and if we don’t, we should consider these fish as harbingers of worse outcomes to come from unsustainable water management in California."<br> <br><a href="https://baynature.org/2024/07/18/california-may-list-ancient-iconic-white-sturgeon-as-threatened/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">baynature.org/2024/07/18/calif</span><span class="invisible">ornia-may-list-ancient-iconic-white-sturgeon-as-threatened/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/cawater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cawater</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/fish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fish</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/fishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fishing</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/whitesturgeon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>whitesturgeon</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/sfbay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sfbay</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/sanfranciscobay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sanfranciscobay</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/baywildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>baywildlife</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@RestoreTheDelta" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>RestoreTheDelta</span></a></span></p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>After a century away, <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/sturgeons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sturgeons</span></a> return to Swedish waters <a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-06-century-sturgeons-swedish.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2024-06-century-</span><span class="invisible">sturgeons-swedish.html</span></a></p><p>"scientists in June embarked on a 10-year project to reintroduce the Atlantic <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/sturgeon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sturgeon</span></a> to a cleaned-up river in the west of the country... The <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/fish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fish</span></a> lived in the river until the late 19th century, but gradually disappeared due to <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/overfishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>overfishing</span></a> and <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pollution</span></a>. Today, the river is much cleaner and conditions are again right for the sturgeon"</p>
Wen<p>Keir <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Starmer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Starmer</span></a> and Rishi <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Sunak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sunak</span></a> are two sides of the same rotten politics</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/may/25/election-pm-change-politics-keir-starmer-rishi-sunak" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/commentisfree/</span><span class="invisible">article/2024/may/25/election-pm-change-politics-keir-starmer-rishi-sunak</span></a></p><p>Neither of them believe in anything (with the exception of power for its own sake) but are strangely influential in their own parties. It is difficult to see them having come into politics with any interest in serving either their constituents or the country. Other politicians such as <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Sturgeon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sturgeon</span></a> can be, rightly, be criticised but they have their countries interests at heart.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/UkPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UkPolitics</span></a></p>
Amateur Human<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.scot/@vanitarium" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>vanitarium</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@TheGuardian" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>TheGuardian</span></a></span> this is a sketch not a news item.<br>Are you annoyed that @johncrace says she shows no greater morals than a lying Tory and she happens to be a Scot?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/probity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>probity</span></a> is demonstrated by open communication not encrypted private channels, &amp; by retaining ALL Comms for independent audit.</p><p>No politician believes self-audit to be transparent, just that they can get away with saying they acted in our best interests. <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Sturgeon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sturgeon</span></a> included herself through deliberate action, be annoyed at her.</p>
Wen<p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Guardian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Guardian</span></a> frit</p><p>An English (SE) paper once radical it is wildly supportive of national autonomy - provided you are not <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Welsh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Welsh</span></a> or <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scottish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scottish</span></a>. <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/NI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NI</span></a> conflicts them.</p><p>So they now shy away from opening comments about anything to do with Scotland, indeed normally ignore it.</p><p>The latest - <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Crace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Crace</span></a>,a satirist almost always has comments open. But after a poor hatchet job on <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Sturgeon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sturgeon</span></a>, comments not allowed. They are obviously learningafter the last time he talked of <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Holyrood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Holyrood</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/jan/31/where-have-all-the-whatsapps-gone-nicolas-not-relevant-covid-inquiry" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/politics/2024/</span><span class="invisible">jan/31/where-have-all-the-whatsapps-gone-nicolas-not-relevant-covid-inquiry</span></a></p>
Rosie Walters<p>"Sometimes you have to wonder whether politicians live in the same world as us. Breathe the same air, talk the same language. Almost as if election is immediately followed by a spell at idiot school."</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/jan/31/where-have-all-the-whatsapps-gone-nicolas-not-relevant-covid-inquiry" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/politics/2024/</span><span class="invisible">jan/31/where-have-all-the-whatsapps-gone-nicolas-not-relevant-covid-inquiry</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Sturgeon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sturgeon</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/CovidInquiry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CovidInquiry</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Sunak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sunak</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Starmer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Starmer</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PMQs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PMQs</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/14YearsToryMisrule" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>14YearsToryMisrule</span></a></p>
Adam Jacobs 🇺🇦<p>It's fascinating watching the media coverage of <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Sturgeon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sturgeon</span></a> giving evidence to the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/CovidInquiry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CovidInquiry</span></a>.</p><p>Yes, she and <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BorisJohnson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BorisJohnson</span></a> both did things wrong, but what Johnson did wrong was many orders of magnitude more serious.</p><p>You would absolutely never have guessed that if you looked at the headlines in the mainstream media.</p>
Wen<p>No ‘gotcha’</p><p>I think the Wee Ginger Dug summed up the trial very well.</p><p>No, Pacific Quay, it really isn't. What is on the line here is the reputation of the British media in Scotland, which has treated this inquiry as an excuse to indulge in childish and overwrought point scoring against their favourite targets in the SNP and Scottish Government.</p><p><a href="https://www.thenational.scot/politics/24088839.unionist-media-didnt-get-nicola-sturgeon-gotcha-moment/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thenational.scot/politics/2408</span><span class="invisible">8839.unionist-media-didnt-get-nicola-sturgeon-gotcha-moment/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/CovidEnquiry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CovidEnquiry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Sturgeon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sturgeon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/BBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BBC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ST" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ST</span></a>#UnionistMedia <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ScottishIndependence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScottishIndependence</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/WeeGingerDug" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WeeGingerDug</span></a></p>
Kriszta Satori<p><a href="https://journa.host/tags/BBCNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BBCNews</span></a> - Nicola <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Sturgeon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sturgeon</span></a> called Boris <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Johnson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Johnson</span></a> a 'clown', inquiry hears<br><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-68092654" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-680</span><span class="invisible">92654</span></a></p>