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Derek Watson retweeted
With the British gov set to approve the Jackdaw gas field, it’s worth pointing out that “ending neoliberalism” isn’t concordant with handing development of our natural resources to one of the world’s largest energy multinationals and a public company owned by a foreign state.
Derek Watson retweeted
Entire country is on its arse, Minority groups are under attack by a new wave of Nazism, your Bills are going up 25%, but all you get, is wall to wall "Antisemitism" & how criticism of Israel is somehow worse than The genocide they're guilty of.
Aren't you all fucking tired?!
Derek Watson retweeted
Looking forward to talking at this on Saturday.
More important than ever as so many fan owned clubs fall into private and corporate hands across the world.
🟠🔴 10 YEARS OF FAN OWNERSHIP!
🎤 Three more headliners join next week’s Festival!
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🎙️ Motherwell Daft
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📲 Full news in your inbox or app.
🎟️ Sat 24 Oct | £10 adults, £5 U18s
weareeventpal.com/wellsociet…
Derek Watson retweeted
Buy tickets for our Fan Ownership Festival weareeventpal.com/wellsociet…
🎙️Panel with Gordon Duncan, Kyrk Macmillan, Keith Lasley + Falkirk, Bohemians, Exeter reps
🍺1 free beer
🚸U18s welcome with adult <11pm
🎶Live music Stephen Higgins + Ross Martin
🕺🏻Open late
🍔Food on sale
Derek Watson retweeted
Well Society chairman @derekwatson89 was on the Motherwell Daft podcast with @PeterElder74 discussing 10 years of fan ownership at Fir Park and Saturday's Fan Ownership Festival (see pinned tweet for details)
Watch here youtube.com/watch?v=Eu38mTkJ…
Derek Watson retweeted
Our Fan Ownership Festival takes place next weekend - come and join us as we celebrate 10 years of Motherwell FC being safely in the hands of the community and the top flight of Scottish Football.
See pinned tweet for details
Derek Watson retweeted
Our Fan Ownership Festival features @saintmirrenfc CEO Keith Lasley.
Join Keith and other guests for a panel discussion chaired by @gordonduncan7 at Drygate, Glasgow on October 24.
All welcome including @smisatrust members and other fan ownership enthusiasts
See pinned tweet
Derek Watson retweeted
Motherwell Daft is back, previewing the vital match at Kilmarnock and discussing ten years of fan ownership with @derekwatson89 from @TheWellSociety
Available now on YouTube, Spotify and Apple Podcasts.
youtu.be/Eu38mTkJAyo?is=JfKL… – at Wishaw, Scotland
Derek Watson retweeted
this is a bad decision. as shit as twitter is, this is where political discussions happen online. nobody uses bluesky/mastodon/threads.
Following a vote by our party Council, the Scottish Greens will no longer be posting on Twitter/X.
We have serious concerns about the site's direction of travel, particularly how it has spread misinformation and hate
You can still find us on other platforms.
ALT We've left Twitter! But you can still find us on. Facebook, Instagram, Tiktok, Bluesky, Mastodon, Threads, Youtube, Linkedin.
Derek Watson retweeted
EXCL: Manchester City were invited and took part in a government trade delegation to India this week, despite the Premier League charges.
Bev Craig, Andy Burnham’s successor as mayor, took a club representative to Delhi and Mumbai on a trip organised by business secretary Jonathan Reynolds, where she and other mayors have been promoting British trade and tourism.
She defended the decision to invite City even as the PM came under fire for his own contacts with the club, telling the Guardian it had played a vital role in helping build infrastructure in her city.
Story from @kiranstacey
theguardian.com/football/202…
National treasure.
Danny Dyer has delivered a petition to Downing Street calling for the water industry to be nationalised.
@HenryRiley1 wants to know why...
Derek Watson retweeted
I'm the only Jewish leader of a political party.
I'm a victim of Antisemitism every day and I've made it clear Jewish people are welcome in my party.
You're a Prime Minister who arms a genocide and locks pensioners up for opposing it.
Andy Burnham rules out any partnership between Labour and the Green Party due to their controversial motion declaring "Zionism is racism".
🔗 trib.al/c05KDDg
Derek Watson retweeted
Who would have thought it…
FIFA is paying ~ $47,600 a month to lease a 5,000 sq ft office in the Trump Tower it rarely uses.
That’s about $115/sq ft/year; prime Midtown office space typically tops out at $95/sq ft/year
@tariqpanja
nytimes.com/2026/10/13/world…
Derek Watson retweeted
Keith Lasley is joining us at the Well Society's Fan Ownership Festival on Saturday October 24.
Keith will join host Gordon Duncan and Motherwell chairman Kyrk Macmillan at Drygate Brewery for a panel discussion.
Tickets include one beer plus live music - check pinned tweet
Derek Watson retweeted
I visit church food banks weekly to meet some of my service users. It’s been almost eight years and I’ve yet to see one of these faux Christians offer to volunteer at any of them in any capacity. Funny that. Probably too busy with the lampposts and roundabouts
Derek Watson retweeted
Massive thanks to both clubs, Sky, and all Motherwell and Celtic fans today for paying such a totally respectful tribute. A great display for Danny McGrain too. All the best to Danny and his family
Derek Watson retweeted
Today’s Daily Record has a feature about my research on the closure of Cardowan colliery in Lanarkshire. It was pivotal in the build up to the 1984-85 miners’ strike and breaking union power. For more, read my new book, An Injury to All: The Unmaking of the British Working Class.
Derek Watson retweeted
Two sources are about to bombard the Greens with demands they move to the right:
1. Former leaders and their allies who never took the party anywhere near to winning a by-election.
2. Hostile commentators and political opponents who are relieved by the result.
