"Harborne was also a backer of the cryptocurrency Tether, which the Guardian reported last month has been found by National Crime Agency investigators to be used to help Russia fight its war against Ukraine"... No surprises there! #Russia #Putin

Wow. I can't help but have a grudging respect for the bloke. As a former retailer in my village, I can tell you that business rates are killer. When I retired 14 years ago, I was paying £25k a year in rent and rates before putting on the lights in the morning. No wonder the high streets are dying.

Most of the quote tweets of Reform UK's tweet are too fluent in Glasgow's other favourite language (🤬) to share, but this one from the Education correspondent at The Scotsman newspaper is a favourite...

Oh, I must visit again next year! Had such a great time on Koningsdag this year. You guys certainly know how to party! 😊

Full story online and in the latest issue: www.private-eye.co.uk/columnists

For the rest, including cartoons, Pseuds, Dumb Britain and all the other regulars, you’ll have to buy the magazine.

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Having sought views from across the farming industry, her 50,000-word document proposes a farm policy “reset” that will focus on encouraging farmers to increase food production. But will the government pay any attention?

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I think it's important to say that NHS Scotland has NOT agreed to use Palantir. English people may not realise (as I didn't) that SCOTLAND, so often demeaningly portrayed in Unionist media, provides an alternative, centre/left government (often working with the Greens) on your very doorstep.