Hugh Brechin
@hughrbrechin.bsky.social
Scotland's answer to some question nobody was in much of a hurry to ask. Canal photography enthusiast.
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I don't think this was actually deliberately published as ragebait, but the entitlement contained within is remarkable and a classic example of the sort of sentiment governments sometimes just have to face down inews.co.uk/inews-lifest...?
We were hit with a £148k inheritance tax bill when mum died at 97 - it's disgusting
Jill Lemon has labelled inheritance tax as 'cruel', 'horrible' and 'unfair'
inews.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 8:18 AM
I don't think this was actually deliberately published as ragebait, but the entitlement contained within is remarkable and a classic example of the sort of sentiment governments sometimes just have to face down inews.co.uk/inews-lifest...?
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We should rest assured that on Mark Zuckerberg's watch, nobody, and I mean nobody, will do sex trafficking eighteen times.
November 23, 2025 at 4:57 PM
We should rest assured that on Mark Zuckerberg's watch, nobody, and I mean nobody, will do sex trafficking eighteen times.
subject matter aside, a screenshot of her own post from Elon Musk's X with no alt text is an amusingly half-arsed way to do Bluesky
November 23, 2025 at 9:20 PM
subject matter aside, a screenshot of her own post from Elon Musk's X with no alt text is an amusingly half-arsed way to do Bluesky
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So it is bad when people assume taxing billionaires would solve economic problems but the existence of billionaires is a huge political problem that needs to be solved lmao. We live in a era where elon musk can just decide to ruin multicultural democracy and do that
this is what i mean by "i don't want the future of politics to be slopulism vs. fascism"
November 23, 2025 at 7:41 AM
So it is bad when people assume taxing billionaires would solve economic problems but the existence of billionaires is a huge political problem that needs to be solved lmao. We live in a era where elon musk can just decide to ruin multicultural democracy and do that
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this week's newsletter is titled "aren't you tired of feeling insane all the time?" and I think it speaks for itself
it is also free to read
youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/arent-you-...
it is also free to read
youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/arent-you-...
November 21, 2025 at 10:18 AM
this week's newsletter is titled "aren't you tired of feeling insane all the time?" and I think it speaks for itself
it is also free to read
youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/arent-you-...
it is also free to read
youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/arent-you-...
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Look I get you might think this kind of thing is stupid but all it tells me really is that you’ve never worked a corporate job!!
November 21, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Look I get you might think this kind of thing is stupid but all it tells me really is that you’ve never worked a corporate job!!
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Decided to test Grok’s sycophancy for Elon Musk by asking it to identify some world records he could break if he put the effort in and honestly this one seems kind of insulting.
November 20, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Decided to test Grok’s sycophancy for Elon Musk by asking it to identify some world records he could break if he put the effort in and honestly this one seems kind of insulting.
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tomorrow's newsletter is literally called "aren't you tired of feeling insane all the time?" and boy isn't this a darling example, a phrase popularised by full-on racists on Elon Musk's Twitter now being bandied around in the mainstream press and sold as a Labour term
November 20, 2025 at 2:38 PM
tomorrow's newsletter is literally called "aren't you tired of feeling insane all the time?" and boy isn't this a darling example, a phrase popularised by full-on racists on Elon Musk's Twitter now being bandied around in the mainstream press and sold as a Labour term
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The left has a problem with political violence. Anyway, here’s the President of the United States saying his political opponents should be executed.
November 20, 2025 at 2:46 PM
The left has a problem with political violence. Anyway, here’s the President of the United States saying his political opponents should be executed.
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I sometimes feel like I am going mad.
Owning a £1.5m home is not normal in London or the South East of England.
Owning a £1.5m home is not normal in London or the South East of England.
November 20, 2025 at 9:30 AM
I sometimes feel like I am going mad.
Owning a £1.5m home is not normal in London or the South East of England.
Owning a £1.5m home is not normal in London or the South East of England.
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This is unworkable btw
November 19, 2025 at 10:06 PM
This is unworkable btw
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one thing i want to emphasize is these "illiberal" and "postliberal" authoritarians are just thieves and crooks! trump is thief. orban is a thief. putin is the biggest thief of them all.
wrote about the president’s flagrant and destructive corruption in a column that references street fighter, the simpsons, machiavelli, and a host of revolutionary-era americans (gift link)
Opinion | The White House Gold Rush Is On
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:25 PM
one thing i want to emphasize is these "illiberal" and "postliberal" authoritarians are just thieves and crooks! trump is thief. orban is a thief. putin is the biggest thief of them all.
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If only Ferenc Puskás was alive today to win the McTominay Award
November 18, 2025 at 8:02 PM
If only Ferenc Puskás was alive today to win the McTominay Award
on the train home, just thinking about what the Tartan Army are going to be singing about Trump in multiple American cities next year
November 18, 2025 at 10:57 PM
on the train home, just thinking about what the Tartan Army are going to be singing about Trump in multiple American cities next year
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We remain on track.
There is no conclusion possible other than that we are somehow going to fluke our way to winning the World Cup.
November 18, 2025 at 9:56 PM
We remain on track.
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Bit premature to be looking out kilts for the World Cup Final.
It might be too hot for that kind of material in New Jersey
It might be too hot for that kind of material in New Jersey
November 18, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Bit premature to be looking out kilts for the World Cup Final.
It might be too hot for that kind of material in New Jersey
It might be too hot for that kind of material in New Jersey
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You are not going to be able to pull together the anti-Reform coalition if voters don't see you are meaningfully different to Reform.
Mad reaction from the government given an increasing threat on the left.
Mad reaction from the government given an increasing threat on the left.
November 16, 2025 at 9:06 PM
You are not going to be able to pull together the anti-Reform coalition if voters don't see you are meaningfully different to Reform.
Mad reaction from the government given an increasing threat on the left.
Mad reaction from the government given an increasing threat on the left.
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I mean, it’s quite clever politics for someone from the Greens to pretend to be Shabana Mahmood’s special adviser and brief this sort of stuff to the Times, but I’m not sure it’s especially ethical.
November 16, 2025 at 9:06 PM
I mean, it’s quite clever politics for someone from the Greens to pretend to be Shabana Mahmood’s special adviser and brief this sort of stuff to the Times, but I’m not sure it’s especially ethical.
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The golden age of diversity and democracy in Oz.
November 16, 2025 at 7:04 AM
The golden age of diversity and democracy in Oz.
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Tommy Robinson is claiming credit for the language/policy being used by the Labour government (about deporting people found to be refugees once their home country is deemed safe)
November 15, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Tommy Robinson is claiming credit for the language/policy being used by the Labour government (about deporting people found to be refugees once their home country is deemed safe)
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New gender unlocked
November 14, 2025 at 4:26 PM
New gender unlocked
two splits and a book before the party formally exists is sensational going, you have to say
Blimey. Major new split in Your Party. Blackburn MP Adnan Hussain -who is secretary of the Your Party company - says he's quitting due to "persistent infighting, factional competition, and a struggle for power, position and influence rather than a shared commitment to the common good."
November 14, 2025 at 3:35 PM
two splits and a book before the party formally exists is sensational going, you have to say
shouting this crossly at gilt yields
This is probably a crazy idea, but wouldn't it be better to react to the *actual* budget, rather than to every leak and piece of speculation in the months beforehand?
November 14, 2025 at 9:56 AM
shouting this crossly at gilt yields