Or Boris Johnstone 😂😂😂

Scottish elections are, rightly, a bit different tho. The actions of the UK Gov't (particularly as they have commited to better collaboration with Scotland than the Tories) will have an impact but 2026 will mostly be a verdict on the SNP Gov't of the last 15 years. And it's under a PR system.

Correct opinion!

And though I see the force of “take them on on their own turf” it’s also critical to break the coordination problem that underpins X’s position. Debating on X strengthens X. See open.substack.com/pub/georgepe...

How the Labour Government, and others, should respond to Musk

Elon Musk's use of his X platform to promote murderous voices of hate is unacceptable. One way of fighting back would be to try to break the co-ordination problem that underpins X's power.

Thanks to Leigh Hatts and Cicerone Press for the Pilgrims' Way guidebook and writers like Oliver Smith, Phoebe Smith, Robert Macfarlane and Linda Cracknell for inspiration. Read my first blog here lucyjanes.blog/2024/05/26/w... 2/2

It turns out that the constituency for retreating on net zero and saying you will keep cutting public spending until you can completely eradicate national insurance is not as large as the one Boris got by saying he would do net zero, increasing spending on police, hospitals and schools. Who knew?

Rishi Sunak’s greatest liability is his deluded party

Tory MPs and aides need to recognise the rightward lurch that has occurred during his premiership

Surely all Johnson was preoccupied with was creating a perception that he was the 2020s 'Up yours, Delors!' guy, regardless of any reality. Which is why they talked tough but always backed down at the very last minute and had to accept a worse deal than that which was originally on offer.

Finally, the National Museum has several galleries on 'Scotland Transformed' (1700-1800) and 'Industry and Empire' (1800-1900) www.nms.ac.uk/national-mus...

and places like Surgeon's Hall or the Georgian House are very Enlightenment-are-us in feel but perhaps neglect the slavery / Empire side... museum.rcsed.ac.ukwww.nts.org.uk/visit/places...

There are a couple of tours on slavery, though I think the Caribbean Association one is not running right now edinburghtourbox.co.uk/edinburgh-wa...