Adam Sanderson
@adamsanderson.bsky.social
Ex Creation Records. Ex BBC. Picker of guitars, squeezer of bagpipes. Burnsian. Raconteur. Historian. Jags fan. Geezer.
Morning. Been up since 4, for no good reason.
November 24, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Morning. Been up since 4, for no good reason.
The Jacobite rebellions were quickly turned into a romanticised tale about a royal family and devotion to the Crown and aristocracy. It's impossible to dress up the 1820 Radical War in servile tartan, with a side dish of shortbread and forelock tugging, so it gets ignored. It's very inconvenient.
November 24, 2025 at 5:58 AM
The Jacobite rebellions were quickly turned into a romanticised tale about a royal family and devotion to the Crown and aristocracy. It's impossible to dress up the 1820 Radical War in servile tartan, with a side dish of shortbread and forelock tugging, so it gets ignored. It's very inconvenient.
Personally, I've thought the party has deserved to die since 2003, but hey, that's just me.
November 16, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Personally, I've thought the party has deserved to die since 2003, but hey, that's just me.
The Hutton Report destroyed the BBC and left it unable to criticise any future UK govt action or policy.
Mr Campbell was in the thick of this, alongside Peter Mandelson. There was a mixed feeling of shock, fear and the dawning realisation that we had been completely stitched up.
Horrible times.
Mr Campbell was in the thick of this, alongside Peter Mandelson. There was a mixed feeling of shock, fear and the dawning realisation that we had been completely stitched up.
Horrible times.
November 11, 2025 at 3:58 AM
The Hutton Report destroyed the BBC and left it unable to criticise any future UK govt action or policy.
Mr Campbell was in the thick of this, alongside Peter Mandelson. There was a mixed feeling of shock, fear and the dawning realisation that we had been completely stitched up.
Horrible times.
Mr Campbell was in the thick of this, alongside Peter Mandelson. There was a mixed feeling of shock, fear and the dawning realisation that we had been completely stitched up.
Horrible times.
Yep, at the time (1995) Labour's George Robertson said the D'Hondt system Scottish Parliament would "kill nationalism stone dead".
October 31, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Yep, at the time (1995) Labour's George Robertson said the D'Hondt system Scottish Parliament would "kill nationalism stone dead".
Ooh, you are awful, but I like you.
*Keeping it 70's*
*Keeping it 70's*
October 31, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Ooh, you are awful, but I like you.
*Keeping it 70's*
*Keeping it 70's*
Kemi Badenoch has just said it's a ploy to distract people from Andy Burnham's leadership ambitions. I don't really think Andy Burnham is on the minds of many in Scotland, Wales and N. Ireland either. It's a very Anglo-centric notion.
September 25, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Kemi Badenoch has just said it's a ploy to distract people from Andy Burnham's leadership ambitions. I don't really think Andy Burnham is on the minds of many in Scotland, Wales and N. Ireland either. It's a very Anglo-centric notion.
Similar charisma levels.
September 17, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Similar charisma levels.
How d'you know it's her?
September 17, 2025 at 6:00 PM
How d'you know it's her?