Jonathan Brocklebank (@BrokerJonathan) header
Jonathan Brocklebank (@BrokerJonathan) profile picture

Jonathan Brocklebank

@BrokerJonathan

Scottish newspaper columnist and feature writer

 Glasgow
soundcloud.com/brokerjonathan
Joined April 2013
  • Tweets669
  • Following372
  • Followers1.2K
201Media
Photo by Jonathan Brocklebank (@BrokerJonathan)Photo by Jonathan Brocklebank (@BrokerJonathan)Photo by Jonathan Brocklebank (@BrokerJonathan)Photo by Jonathan Brocklebank (@BrokerJonathan)Photo by Jonathan Brocklebank (@BrokerJonathan)Photo by Jonathan Brocklebank (@BrokerJonathan)Photo by Jonathan Brocklebank (@BrokerJonathan)Photo by Jonathan Brocklebank (@BrokerJonathan)Photo by Jonathan Brocklebank (@BrokerJonathan)Photo by Jonathan Brocklebank (@BrokerJonathan)
Jonathan Brocklebank retweeted
Scottish Daily Mail (@MailOnlineScot) profile picture
Scottish Daily Mail@MailOnlineScotSep 1
JONATHAN BROCKLEBANK: Golf’s best-kept secret. How to play at St Andrews for less than £5...with putter and balls thrown in! .@BrokerJonathan dailymail.com/news/article-1…

Golf's best-kept secret: How to play at St Andrews for less than £5

On the hallowed links at St Andrews I gaze at the flag over yonder and settle down to my shot. When the ball leaves the clubface, its line looks pretty good.

dailymail.com
3
3
277
Jonathan Brocklebank retweeted
Scottish Daily Mail (@MailOnlineScot) profile picture
Scottish Daily Mail@MailOnlineScotAug 20
JONATHAN BROCKLEBANK: I have defended it for decades but even I can't deny my dear Glasgow has become a drug den, a neglected midden... .@BrokerJonathan dailymail.com/news/article-1…
Even I can't deny Glasgow has become a neglected midden...

Even I can't deny Glasgow has become a neglected midden...

Two months ago the city of Boston fell in love with Scotland. There was no friendlier invasion, its people decided, than that of the Tartan Army arriving to see the World Cup.

dailymail.com
6
10
609
I was going to post this myself but will let Agent do the PR …
Agent P (@AgentP22) profile pictureAgent P
@AgentP22Jul 31
Jonathan Brocklebank nails it. The SNP would rather look virtuous than admit their tax experiment has failed. 😟Higher taxes 😟Lower growth 😟Lost revenue 😟Worse services We all suffer.
Image from Agent P (@AgentP22)
1
6
532
Lessons for Scotland to learn from the World Cup: that we never learn any, that delusion stalks the fans’ psyche and imposter syndrome grips the players. My column in today’s Mail.
Image from Jonathan Brocklebank (@BrokerJonathan)
147
Jonathan Brocklebank retweeted
Scottish Daily Mail (@MailOnlineScot) profile picture
Scottish Daily Mail@MailOnlineScotJun 18
JONATHAN BROCKLEBANK: Senior policeman states the bleeding obvious on crime and punishment shouldn't be news... but this is where the SNP's soft-touch justice lunacy has left us dailymail.com/news/article-1…
'Senior policeman states the bleeding obvious' shouldn't be news

'Senior policeman states the bleeding obvious' shouldn't be news

Imagine a senior policeman standing up in 1996 and telling a conference hall of fellow officers that jail is the place for serious offenders.

dailymail.com
3
1
2
2,547
‘Senior policeman states the bleeding obvious’ shouldn’t be news - but this is where soft touch justice has left us … My column in today’s Mail.
Image from Jonathan Brocklebank (@BrokerJonathan)
75
Jonathan Brocklebank retweeted
Scottish Daily Mail (@MailOnlineScot) profile picture
Scottish Daily Mail@MailOnlineScotJun 4
JONATHAN BROCKLEBANK: Scotland CAN punch above its weight. Just look how huge we've become on the global comedy circuit... .@BrokerJonathan dailymail.com/news/article-1…

Just look how huge Scotland has become on the global comedy circuit

If you were flying into Scotland 20 years ago you would have been assailed on your way to baggage by a slogan asserting you had landed in 'the best small country in the world'.

dailymail.com
1
6
9
666
On BBC Sturgeon admits no comment interview with police after arrest but says she sent them written answers later. What’s the point of police station interviews, then? Stonewall them and then write them an essay from your sofa. Seems to work.
14
13
114
2,661
The question Nicola Sturgeon should be asking herself is ‘why does this keep happening to me?’ My Daily Mail feature on the ex-FM’s latest worst week ever.
Image from Jonathan Brocklebank (@BrokerJonathan)
9
41
128
3,332
dailymail.com/news/article-1…

Can Nicola Sturgeon REALLY not admit she got so many things wrong?

It has been another one of those difficult weeks for Nicola Sturgeon . Another man she thought she knew well turns out to have been beyond the pale.

dailymail.com
2
355
The question Nicola Sturgeon should be asking herself is ‘why does this keep happening to me?’ My Mail feature on the ex-FM’s latest worst week ever.
Scottish Daily Mail (@MailOnlineScot) profile pictureScottish Daily Mail@MailOnlineScotMay 29
Nicola Sturgeon claims she knew nothing, saw nothing and will apologise for nothing. Can this career politician, who prided herself on being a great judge of character, REALLY not admit she actually got so many things wrong? .@BrokerJonathan dailymail.com/news/article-1…

Can Nicola Sturgeon REALLY not admit she got so many things wrong?

It has been another one of those difficult weeks for Nicola Sturgeon . Another man she thought she knew well turns out to have been beyond the pale.

dailymail.com
198
Home of golf; university town … but St Andrews was first and foremost a community. Now its own people feel alienated …
Scottish Daily Mail (@MailOnlineScot) profile pictureScottish Daily Mail@MailOnlineScotMay 26
Is St Andrews turning into the new DUBAI? It was once a quiet seaside town known as the home of golf - but now locals say a tidal wave of students and tourists is squeezing them out .@BrokerJonathan dailymail.com/news/article-1…

Is St Andrews turning into the new DUBAI?

On a spring weekend of intermittent sunshine and temperatures peaking at a mere 14C, the beach in my old hometown teems with life. Student life.

dailymail.com
7
2
15
34,747
Jonathan Brocklebank retweeted
Scottish Daily Mail (@MailOnlineScot) profile picture
Scottish Daily Mail@MailOnlineScotMay 15
JONATHAN BROCKLEBANK: Move on from The Troubles? Swinney sounded like a child who thinks he can swim because he is wearing water wings .@BrokerJonathan dailymail.com/news/article-1…

FM sounds like a child wearing water wings who thinks he can swim

John Swinney and I were lucky. We grew up in the Scottish Lowlands, untroubled by war, untouched by terrorism.

dailymail.com
3
11
16
2,264
Jonathan Brocklebank retweeted
Donald C MacLeod MBE (@DonaldCMacleod) profile picture
Donald C MacLeod MBE
@DonaldCMacleod28 May 2025
Excellent column from @BrokerJonathan @DailyMail on the catastrophic effects that LEŽ ( Low Emission Zones ) has had on Scotland’s city centre economies since they were introduced ..creating desolate Low Economy Zones instead , something I sadly predicted 😳 @ntiaofficial @SLTAssociation @scothospgroup @ukhscotland @st_alliance @scotgov @transcotland @Sustrans @Iromg @GlasgowChamber @ScotChambers @Sacha_Lord
Image from Donald C MacLeod MBE (@DonaldCMacleod)
Image from Donald C MacLeod MBE (@DonaldCMacleod)
18
56
3
125
8,210
Jonathan Brocklebank retweeted
Graham Grant (@GrahamGGrant) profile picture
Graham Grant@GrahamGGrant25 Apr 2025
🚨 Why has Police Scotland given up on keeping us safe? #police #policing #justice ⁦@BrokerJonathan⁩ dailymail.co.uk/news/article…
Why DO our police seem to have given up on keeping us safe?

Why DO our police seem to have given up on keeping us safe?

It is an act of vandalism so brazen that the culprits are clearly laughing at the law - or more accurately, the lack of it.

dailymail.com
4
4
1,227
It's the anger that gets you... blind, surging anger. The animals will flee and birdsong will ... mol.im/a/14548713 via @MailOnline Rural Scotland talking ... collectively their words are a howl of pain - one ignored by the SNP and dismissed as nimbyism by Labour.
New book highlights plight of rural families crushed by Net Zero drive

New book highlights plight of rural families crushed by Net Zero drive

At first there was a marked reticence to participate in the project Denise Davis was launching. The Highlanders she lives among are not renowned for sharing their feelings.

dailymail.com
1
1
583
This merits repeat viewings. Glorious moment for journalism provided by the Mail’s Tom Gordon. bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cd65n7…
Reform's Tice struggles to name new Scottish councillors

Reform's Tice struggles to name new Scottish councillors

The deputy leader of Reform UK has struggled to name his two new Scottish councillors while on a visit to Edinburgh.

bbc.co.uk
1
321
Some thoughts on Rafael Nadal - the kid I may or may not have played at table tennis …
Peter Hoffmann (@retepnnamffoh) profile picturePeter Hoffmann@retepnnamffoh22 Nov 2024
Wonderful, must read article, of the only sportsman I’ve been interested in over the past few decades, capturing him and how Mrs AJN and I often felt watching him in the Grand Slams: and strange too that from the view in winter, to still have a hero. #rafaelnadal @BrokerJonathan
Image from Peter Hoffmann (@retepnnamffoh)
2
601
Jonathan Brocklebank retweeted
Russell Findlay (@RussellFindlay1) profile picture
Russell Findlay
@RussellFindlay127 Jul 2024
I'm not going to let gangland threats stop me from running to lead the Scottish Conservative party. It is vitally important to be defiant and stand firm for what you believe in. Today’s Scottish Daily Mail 👇 dailymail.co.uk/news/article…
Plot to kill Scots Tory leadership contender

Plot to kill Scots Tory leadership contender

Tory leadership hopeful Russell Findlay has been warned by police of a gangster plot to kill him. Mr Findlay, who had acid thrown in his face by a thug, was informed of the threat on his life days...

dailymail.com
62
73
14
389
26,227
My interview in today’s Mail with Tory leadership candidate Russell Findlay on the thugs who tried to destroy his life - as police warn him he faces a new gangland threat. mol.im/a/13677225 via @MailOnline
Russell Findlay on the thugs who tried to destroy his life

Russell Findlay on the thugs who tried to destroy his life

Russell Findlay answered his door and found a postman asking to sign for a delivery. He suddenly felt a splash on his face. Its sharp sting told him it was acid. This was no postman. It was a hitman.

dailymail.com
2
2
5
591
Load more