Norman McWhirter
@critsect.bsky.social
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Into the fart bag with you, criminal!
November 27, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Into the fart bag with you, criminal!
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Poor guy just wants to fix the NHS but things keep getting in the way, such as doctors, nurses and becoming prime minister without needing anyone to vote for him
"Coronation": the latest thinking on how to overcome the fact the Labour membership would never choose Wesley.
November 26, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Poor guy just wants to fix the NHS but things keep getting in the way, such as doctors, nurses and becoming prime minister without needing anyone to vote for him
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"We only funded Scotland because our pet hamster up there asked" is an absolutely breathtaking statement for a party nominally interested in keeping the UK together to make.
A complete refusal to even speak to the elected government of Scotland yet some bullshit throw away line about how a guy she couldn't identity and who's name she only just read out for the first time sorted out Scotland getting funding from our own fucking taxes.
Party of devolution, yet hole.
Party of devolution, yet hole.
November 26, 2025 at 1:36 PM
"We only funded Scotland because our pet hamster up there asked" is an absolutely breathtaking statement for a party nominally interested in keeping the UK together to make.
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People are calling my lede here "appalling," "nightmare fuel," "actively evil," and "a desecration of the human spirit"
The Olivia Nuzzi and RFK Jr. Affair Is Messier Than We Ever Could Have Imagined
Inside the most important, and also least important, story of our time
www.theringer.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:16 PM
People are calling my lede here "appalling," "nightmare fuel," "actively evil," and "a desecration of the human spirit"
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"Yes yes, they do charity and they're well behaved and everyone likes them but they ALSO don't wear pants under their skirts and boo their imperial overlords."
November 25, 2025 at 11:56 AM
"Yes yes, they do charity and they're well behaved and everyone likes them but they ALSO don't wear pants under their skirts and boo their imperial overlords."
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It is a truth almost universally unacknowledged in our politics that politicians will simultaneously (a) complain about the cost of public inquiries and (b) demand several new ones should be created immediately. www.heraldscotland.com/news/2564541...
Kate Forbes to be quizzed by MSPs as costs of public inquiries spiral to £250 million
Kate Forbes is to be quizzed by MSPs as the cost of public inquiries in Scotland has spiralled by almost £30 million in nine month rising to a…
www.heraldscotland.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:43 PM
It is a truth almost universally unacknowledged in our politics that politicians will simultaneously (a) complain about the cost of public inquiries and (b) demand several new ones should be created immediately. www.heraldscotland.com/news/2564541...
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*Waves*
(Hat tip to Professor Young's single slit experiment)
(Hat tip to Professor Young's single slit experiment)
Terumaru, a bright young lightbulb and the mascot of the Tokyu Denki electric company, trapped in a door yesterday:
November 23, 2025 at 11:36 PM
*Waves*
(Hat tip to Professor Young's single slit experiment)
(Hat tip to Professor Young's single slit experiment)
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I am grateful for @adamjkucharski.bsky.social. He takes such care to deconstruct a claim made by the director of National Institutes of Health on excess mortality during the pandemic. We need sober analyses more than ever right now, even amidst the madness.
kucharski.substack.com/p/excess-mor...
kucharski.substack.com/p/excess-mor...
Excess mortality or excessive assumptions?
How to make a popular metric tell any story you like
kucharski.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:29 PM
I am grateful for @adamjkucharski.bsky.social. He takes such care to deconstruct a claim made by the director of National Institutes of Health on excess mortality during the pandemic. We need sober analyses more than ever right now, even amidst the madness.
kucharski.substack.com/p/excess-mor...
kucharski.substack.com/p/excess-mor...
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2/ The instructions are just… fascinating? Well, every piece of public record I’ve uncovered on this subject so far has been fascinating, but this paragraph is exceptional.
It contradicts the Supreme Court directly, comprehensively, and unequivocally.
It contradicts the Supreme Court directly, comprehensively, and unequivocally.
November 21, 2025 at 5:07 PM
2/ The instructions are just… fascinating? Well, every piece of public record I’ve uncovered on this subject so far has been fascinating, but this paragraph is exceptional.
It contradicts the Supreme Court directly, comprehensively, and unequivocally.
It contradicts the Supreme Court directly, comprehensively, and unequivocally.
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he never looks at JD that way
November 21, 2025 at 9:38 PM
he never looks at JD that way
I'd like some of what Baroness Hallett's smoking if she thought that it was legally, financially, or politically possible for any of the devolved administrations to lockdown before the UK said so.
November 21, 2025 at 7:23 PM
I'd like some of what Baroness Hallett's smoking if she thought that it was legally, financially, or politically possible for any of the devolved administrations to lockdown before the UK said so.
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That was a scandal: deliberately undermining govt during public health crisis
Instead report chose to criticise Sturgeon:
"Sharing the burden of public health communications more widely among senior decision-makers & advisers would also reduce the risk of polarisation among members of the public"
Instead report chose to criticise Sturgeon:
"Sharing the burden of public health communications more widely among senior decision-makers & advisers would also reduce the risk of polarisation among members of the public"
November 21, 2025 at 4:14 PM
That was a scandal: deliberately undermining govt during public health crisis
Instead report chose to criticise Sturgeon:
"Sharing the burden of public health communications more widely among senior decision-makers & advisers would also reduce the risk of polarisation among members of the public"
Instead report chose to criticise Sturgeon:
"Sharing the burden of public health communications more widely among senior decision-makers & advisers would also reduce the risk of polarisation among members of the public"
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My latest blog piece, the double standards of the anti-independence media's coverage of the Covid Inquiry.
weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2025/11/21/t...
weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2025/11/21/t...
The Scottish media’s covid double standards
Did Nicola Sturgeon get everything right during the Covid pandemic when she headed a devolved government limited powers at its disposal and she was faced with an anti-independence Scottish media th…
weegingerdug.wordpress.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:39 PM
My latest blog piece, the double standards of the anti-independence media's coverage of the Covid Inquiry.
weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2025/11/21/t...
weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2025/11/21/t...
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I like how for every other UK/devolved leader the report is like “the pandemic response was shambolic” and for Sturgeon is “she was too controlling”
November 21, 2025 at 8:05 AM
I like how for every other UK/devolved leader the report is like “the pandemic response was shambolic” and for Sturgeon is “she was too controlling”
Not had a chance to read the Covid inquiry report, but worth remembering that Scotland had a significantly better mortality rate than the other UK nations.
November 20, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Not had a chance to read the Covid inquiry report, but worth remembering that Scotland had a significantly better mortality rate than the other UK nations.
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The idea that the devolved nations should have unilaterally imposed lockdowns while the UK objected and refused to support is risible
November 20, 2025 at 4:23 PM
The idea that the devolved nations should have unilaterally imposed lockdowns while the UK objected and refused to support is risible
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Anyway please enjoy this pumpkin I saw yesterday
November 20, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Anyway please enjoy this pumpkin I saw yesterday
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squirrel: *points gun*
me: what do you want me to do?
squirrel: *gestures at sign*
me: alright, i get it *opens book drop*
squirrel: *makes hurry-up motion*
me: NOT A SQUIRREL!
squirrel: *disappears into book drop*
me: *whispers* forgive me, keith
me: what do you want me to do?
squirrel: *gestures at sign*
me: alright, i get it *opens book drop*
squirrel: *makes hurry-up motion*
me: NOT A SQUIRREL!
squirrel: *disappears into book drop*
me: *whispers* forgive me, keith
November 19, 2025 at 1:41 PM
squirrel: *points gun*
me: what do you want me to do?
squirrel: *gestures at sign*
me: alright, i get it *opens book drop*
squirrel: *makes hurry-up motion*
me: NOT A SQUIRREL!
squirrel: *disappears into book drop*
me: *whispers* forgive me, keith
me: what do you want me to do?
squirrel: *gestures at sign*
me: alright, i get it *opens book drop*
squirrel: *makes hurry-up motion*
me: NOT A SQUIRREL!
squirrel: *disappears into book drop*
me: *whispers* forgive me, keith
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52,000 people at Hampden and a broader nation of 5.5 million all cheering deliriously for hours created an area of unusually high pressure, I don’t know, I’m not Heather the weather.
November 20, 2025 at 8:54 AM
52,000 people at Hampden and a broader nation of 5.5 million all cheering deliriously for hours created an area of unusually high pressure, I don’t know, I’m not Heather the weather.
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She says “an oath *to protect and defend*” in this clip, but doesn’t say what the oath requires them to protect and defend.
November 19, 2025 at 4:26 PM
She says “an oath *to protect and defend*” in this clip, but doesn’t say what the oath requires them to protect and defend.
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New in PN: Mike Johnson's Epstein bungling is a disaster for the GOP
"Observing Johnson in recent months has been like watching an extended Road Runner cartoon, where the Coyote fashions intricate knots of congressional procedure in order to tie himself to a giant stack of lit dynamite."
"Observing Johnson in recent months has been like watching an extended Road Runner cartoon, where the Coyote fashions intricate knots of congressional procedure in order to tie himself to a giant stack of lit dynamite."
Mike Johnson's Epstein bungling is a disaster for the GOP
The House speaker and his boss put on a masterclass of failure.
www.publicnotice.co
November 18, 2025 at 12:47 PM
New in PN: Mike Johnson's Epstein bungling is a disaster for the GOP
"Observing Johnson in recent months has been like watching an extended Road Runner cartoon, where the Coyote fashions intricate knots of congressional procedure in order to tie himself to a giant stack of lit dynamite."
"Observing Johnson in recent months has been like watching an extended Road Runner cartoon, where the Coyote fashions intricate knots of congressional procedure in order to tie himself to a giant stack of lit dynamite."
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🧵So last week I asked Kiwis and Aussies if people prefer their fairy bread with margarine or butter, crusts on or crusts off, squares vs triangles. I figured since it has been ages since I've sampled the food of the fae, I should make sure the recipe is correct for my upcoming book launch party.
November 16, 2025 at 10:28 PM
🧵So last week I asked Kiwis and Aussies if people prefer their fairy bread with margarine or butter, crusts on or crusts off, squares vs triangles. I figured since it has been ages since I've sampled the food of the fae, I should make sure the recipe is correct for my upcoming book launch party.
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Saturn’s rings remain disconcertingly thin
November 16, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Saturn’s rings remain disconcertingly thin