Director of a heritage charity. Often found in a graveyard. Former landlord of one of Scotland's best known pubs. ALWAYS salt 'n' vinegar NEVER salt 'n' sauce!
Sunny East Lothian
Joined July 2011
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Well done to #friendsofprestontower for another fantastic open day; finally I managed to join a tour! What amazing work the volunteers were doing! Loved Janis & Emma’s info on Tower, Anne & Tom’s in Doocot and catching up with Moira, David, Rod & Heather! Why not volunteer?
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🔴 NEW: Loch Long on the Clyde has been contaminated by radioactive waste from the UK’s nuclear bomb store where old water pipes have repeatedly burst and caused floods, files released after a six-year secrecy battle reveal.
Our investigation: bit.ly/3Jo0pLT
ALT View of Loch Long surrounded by wooded hills under a clear sky. Overlaid text reads: “Loch polluted by radioactive waste from nuclear bomb plant.”
Dr DJ Johnston-Smith retweeted
The U.K. should follow the example of France tonight and recognise the State of Palestine. This is essential for peace. The ceasefire and humanitarian aid must start now.
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It's finally here! It's Daniel Hannan Day!
The future he promised everyone a mere 2 days before the Brexit referendum is so exciting, I think my heart may burst with joy when I step outside and experience it for myself.
(Read it. You deserve a laugh. Link in next post.)
ALT Daniel Hannan famously wrote the least accurate article about Brexit that anyone had ever written in the entire history of the Leave/Remain battle. This is the title graphic from it.
Delighted to have played a small part in the third of this series marking 50th, 100th and 150th of @thecockburn Association, the oldest conservation body in the country.
It's a wonderful tale of civic activism and making 'good trouble'! Looking forward to book launch later today
Dr DJ Johnston-Smith retweeted
More journalists killed in Gaza than World War 1, World War 2, Vietnam, Yugoslavia & Afghanistan combined
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This is the video I posted last night - looking at claims from White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt about the BBC's coverage of events in Gaza on Sunday.
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Scottish universities say high salaries are necessary to stay globally competitive. But as students struggle and job losses grow, some are asking: who is higher education really working for?
bit.ly/4jkIvHc
Dr DJ Johnston-Smith retweeted
Imagine telling Denmark they don't do enough for people in Greenland, when both countries have universal healthcare and your country doesn't. 🙄
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In this week's 🪩 Edinburgh Culture Minute: Jodie Comer at the @lyceumedinburgh, RSA New Contemporaries this weekend, the Folk Film Gathering + a new exhibition at Stills.
edinburghminute.substack.com…
Dr DJ Johnston-Smith retweeted
Proud of this community notice from today’s newsletter:
“A big thank you to The Edinburgh Minute for helping give Community Councils a platform during the elections, and for championing all things local all year round!”
Dr DJ Johnston-Smith retweeted
Ukraine’s independence and territorial integrity must be defended.
If President Trump won’t stand with us on this, a U.K. state visit shouldn’t be on the table.
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I’m loving the new expert consensus: Zelensky’s mistake wasn’t, you know, defending his country against an invasion—it was failing to properly stroke Trump’s ego. Because the whole ballgame isn’t waging war or diplomacy, it’s mastering the fine art of babysitting a narcissist
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Starmer had better get back up off his knees and revoke that offer of a state visit.
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Lovely to see the tartan we commissioned as a living memorial to be shared so widely. Please follow @witchesofscotl1 for details of the campaign, our podcast, the thinking behind the tartan and how you can get a hold of some very soon. 🖤
"A new Scottish tartan has been created to honor the thousands of people—primarily women—executed for witchcraft in Scotland between the 16th and 18th centuries.”
wildhunt.org/2025/02/newly-a… #folkloresunday
Dr DJ Johnston-Smith retweeted
I dunno man, maybe there’s a difference between the world’s richest man with his own media platform, the ear of the US President, and a penchant for fascist style salutes and a school girl with a placard.
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Ukraine’s right to independence and territorial integrity must be absolute. Any peace deal must recognise this.
The international community should not concede to aggression and we must not allow Putin’s violence to be rewarded.
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The government says it will close a loophole that allowed a family from Gaza to claim residence in Britain under a plan intended for Ukrainian refugees.
An immigration judge had ruled that the human rights of the family of six Palestinians outweighed restrictions in the law.
Dr DJ Johnston-Smith retweeted
I'm appalled that the B-listed Africa House in Ardeer, one of the last surviving buildings of Glasgow's 1938 Empire Exhibition, has just been illegally demolished. No listed building consent.
The owner has likely committed a criminal offence. They should be forced to rebuild it. – at Glasgow, Scotland
ALT Africa House, Union of South Africa Pavilion, at the Empire Exhibition of 1938 in Bellahouston Park.
ALT Africa House was designed by James Miller for the 1938 Empire Exhibition in Glasgow. It was originally a temporary structure built to house an exhibit of South African goods.
ALT After the 1938 exhibition, the pavilion was purchased by ICI Nobel. The company transported the structure to their explosives manufacturing plant in Ardeer, North Ayrshire.
ALT All that remains of the B-listed Africa House. There is no listed building application listed on North Ayrshire Council's planning portal.