[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.]

@Grouse_Beater Avatar @Grouse_Beater Grouse Beater

Grouse Beater posts on X about edinburgh, scottish, health, france the most. They currently have XXXXXX followers and XXX posts still getting attention that total XXXXX engagements in the last XX hours.

Engagements: XXXXX #

Engagements Line Chart

Mentions: XX #

Mentions Line Chart

Followers: XXXXXX #

Followers Line Chart

CreatorRank: XXXXXXXXX #

CreatorRank Line Chart

Social Influence

Social category influence travel destinations XXXXX% countries XXXXX% technology brands XXXX% automotive brands XXXX% finance XXXX% luxury brands XXXX% fashion brands XXXX%

Social topic influence edinburgh #272, scottish #60, health 2.61%, france 2.61%, london 2.61%, red 2.61%, to the 2.61%, bank 1.74%, culture 1.74%, paris XXXX%

Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by @gaelmyrica @jodowdjod @kizziewiz @hazelbagend @geonicholson22 @grousebeater @livalab @son_of_harry_t @ritchseem74621 @mobilebedshed @realstephenkerr @thesnp @johnswinney @sonofharryt @implausibleblog @jackmcg10941392 @phoenix45blog @dreamweaverguru @x_sticks_real @pbrown369492287

Top Social Posts

Top posts by engagements in the last XX hours

"YOU YES YET Oil: one of the biggest thefts from a nation by another"
X Link 2025-12-09T00:22Z 17.2K followers, 6217 engagements

"TRANSPORTATION England expects us to call it 'The Great British Railway' Transport secretary Heidi Alexander unveiled the insulting Union Jack livery of the new look renationalised rail system. The name is inflated misleading tin-eared and backward-looking"
X Link 2025-12-11T16:48Z 17.2K followers, XXX engagements

"'Sunset' Calton Hill Edinburgh. Photo: Ian Coleman"
X Link 2025-12-11T22:35Z 17.2K followers, XXX engagements

"Elspeth King (1949 - 2025) Elspeth King who has died aged XX changed the course of Scottish museum practice by insisting that everyday lives of working people deserved the same care and attention as fine art or art relics. As curator of the Peoples Palace museum in Glasgow from 1974 to 1990 she reshaped a fading municipal institution into a living record of the citys social history showing that museums could speak in the voices of the communities they served. When King arrived at the Peoples Palace the museums purpose had drifted. Founded in 1898 as a museum for the citizens of Glasgows East"
X Link 2025-11-24T10:11Z 17.2K followers, XXX engagements

"GOOD NEWS STORY Stranraer to Ayr rail line to be upgraded Our south-west Scotland rail line is closing for only nine days to allow a X million upgrade to be carried out to reduce the risk of weather-related disruption. The line between Stranraer and Ayr will be shut until X December replacement buses running. Network Rail said teams will work around the clock to improve drainage and reinforce embankments. It thanked passengers for their "understanding" while the route was closed. It advised passengers to plan ahead and allow extra time for their journeys. Ross Moran route director at Network"
X Link 2025-11-29T09:53Z 17.2K followers, XXX engagements

"ISRAEL UN names Israel as torture state Caution: Explicit factual report Israel has a de facto state policy of organised and widespread torture according to a new UN report covering the past two years which also raised concerns about the impunity of Israeli security forces for war crimes. The UN committee expressed deep concern over allegations of repeated severe beatings dog attacks electrocution waterboarding use of prolonged stress positions and sexual violence. The report published on Friday as part of the committees regular monitoring of countries which have signed the UN convention"
X Link 2025-11-29T15:20Z 17.2K followers, XXX engagements

"'Autumn Stroll' Culzean Ayrshire. Photo: Gareth Burge"
X Link 2025-11-29T21:14Z 17.2K followers, XXX engagements

"TRANSPORTATION ScotRail to dump robotic AI voice "This 2pm train to Glasgow will progress in a forward manner." Genuine announcement ScotRail is set to replace its 'orrible AI voice on trains after serious criticism from a professional voiceover artist. Gayanne Potter's Scottish accent was used to teach station announcer "Iona" but she said it was a shock to hear a "dreadful" robotic version of herself. ScotRail introduced the voice provided by Swedish tech firm ReadSpeaker in May to replace pre-recorded human announcements on some services. Transport Scotland said the rail operator now"
X Link 2025-11-30T10:24Z 17.2K followers, XXX engagements

"Awrrabest fae Scotland's maist read news site"
X Link 2025-11-30T15:35Z 17.2K followers, 1343 engagements

"TODAY'S LABOUR CORRUPTION Hybrid Tulip doesn't wilt in bad weather A court in Bangladesh has sentenced the British MP Tulip Siddiq to two years in jail after a judge ruled she was complicit in corrupt land deals with her aunt the countrys deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina. In a ruling on Monday a judge found Siddiq the Labour MP for Hampstead and Highgate guilty of misusing her special influence as a British politician to coerce Hasina into giving valuable pieces of land to her mother brother and sister. Siddiqs mother Sheikh Rehana was given seven years in prison and considered the prime"
X Link 2025-12-01T09:32Z 17.2K followers, XXX engagements

"SPORT Creeping corporatism: Hampden renamed to sook up to the English bank Scotland's national stadium will be renamed as part of a sponsorship deal with Barclays bank a change branded "shameful" by pro-Palestinian groups. Hampden Park in Mount Florida Glasgow has played host to the national team since 1906 and was acquired from Queen's Park by the Scottish Football Association in 2020. Scotland's national stadium will be renamed as part of a sponsorship deal with Barclays bank. It is branded "shameful" by pro-Palestinian groups. From Monday the stadium becomes the headline sponsor of the"
X Link 2025-12-01T11:08Z 17.2K followers, 1233 engagements

"HAWICK Centre Parcs planning approved for Borders Borders Planning officials are recommending proposals for Scotland's first Center Parcs holiday village are given approval. As well as XXX holiday lodges the development would feature newly-created lochs nature trails and a woodland as well as an indoor swimming complex a health spa outdoor activities shops and restaurants. It is Flamingoland in all but name. The planned 450m development near Hawick has attracted objections from about XX people living near to the farmland site. However officers say they are satisfied with the detailed bid"
X Link 2025-12-01T16:04Z 17.2K followers, 1276 engagements

"FIFE Nurse Peggie still on the warpath Nurse Sandie Peggie contends Carol Potter the chief executive of NHS Fife victimised her in a media statement issued by the health board on XX July when a tribunal brought by Peggie against the health board and Dr Beth Upton was still hearing evidence. She also now accuses NHS Fife of discriminating against her and its director of people and culture David Miller of harassment. This action is separate from her ongoing case with the health board and Dr Beth Upton whom she took to an employment tribunal. A decision in that case is expected soon ie. before"
X Link 2025-12-01T19:15Z 17.2K followers, XXX engagements

"'Supermoon' Bondi Sydney Australia. Photo: Hollie Adams"
X Link 2025-12-01T19:32Z 17.2K followers, XXX engagements

"TIME FOR (PADDINGTON) HUMOUR"
X Link 2025-12-01T19:36Z 17.2K followers, XXX engagements

"QUOTE OF THE DAY"
X Link 2025-12-01T19:46Z 17.2K followers, 1089 engagements

"'The Long Cycle' Forests near Dunkeld. Photo: Eric Niven"
X Link 2025-12-01T22:49Z 17.2K followers, XXX engagements

"QUOTE OF THE DAY"
X Link 2025-12-02T10:35Z 17.2K followers, 1358 engagements

"PALESTINE UPDATE Israeli thugs beat up Italians and Canadians Italy and Canada have raised concerns about the treatment of their citizens beaten and robbed by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank. Three Italians and a Canadian were attacked early on Sunday morning in the village of Ein al-Duyuk near Jericho where they had volunteered to help protect the Palestinian population from intensifying settler violence. All four were hospitalised and one an Italian man was still receiving care in Ramallah on Monday for more substantial injuries. In a written account the Canadian said: At 4.30am"
X Link 2025-12-02T11:11Z 17.2K followers, XXX engagements

"OLD EDINBURGH A day on the Cramond beach"
X Link 2025-12-02T11:13Z 17.2K followers, XXX engagements

"SCOTLAND'S DEMOGRAPHICS Threat to independence vote increases Scotlands population has hit a record high amid unprecedented demographic shifts. Statistics from the National Records of Scotland (NRS) show the number of people living in Scotland has risen to XXXX million while there has been an all-time low in babies born. Figures indicate that at the current rate of incomers and settler numbers Scotland likely to see its liberation wiped out by 2040. The population increase was caused by net migration sitting at 56400. For the ninth year in a row according to the figures the number of deaths"
X Link 2025-12-02T13:34Z 17.2K followers, 1334 engagements

"'Nuthatch' Lochwinnoch. Photo: James S. Feehan"
X Link 2025-12-02T19:21Z 17.2K followers, XXX engagements

"'Sausage Walk' Paris France. Photo: Olivia Rutherford"
X Link 2025-12-02T19:23Z 17.2K followers, XXX engagements

"ORKNEY Plans are underway to have the 100-year old organ in St Magnus Cathedral restored at a cost of 500000. Built in 1925 by Henry Willis and Sons - the same firm that built the organ in the Royal Albert Hall - it was installed in Scotland's oldest cathedral the following year. Cathedral curator Fran Hollinrake: "Everybody in Orkney has heard it the organ at some point. It's been the background to many of the significant events that have happened here and important events in people's lives as well." Orkney Islands Council is currently inviting tenders to restore the organ in the Kirkwall"
X Link 2025-12-02T21:36Z 17.2K followers, XXX engagements

"AUCTIONS Faberg egg hits new heights A vintage jewel-studded Faberg egg that belonged to the mother of Russias last emperor has been sold for a record 22.9m in London. 'The Winter Egg' was commissioned in 1913 by Emperor Nicholas II as an Easter gift for his mother Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna and is described as one of the most lavish of Fabergs imperial creations. Peter Carl Faberg is considered the greatest Russian jeweller of the late 19th century and early 20th century. The royal collection of works were personal gifts owned by the Russian Danish and British royal families. The"
X Link 2025-12-03T02:43Z 17.2K followers, XXX engagements

"NATURE Rocky Racoon found dead drunk A liquor store employee in Virginia was startled on Saturday to discover smashed whisky bottles on the floor of the shop and upon entering the bathroom a flat out drunk sleeping and spread-eagled raccoon. He fell through one of the ceiling tiles and went on a full-blown rampage drinking everything Samantha Martin said a local animal control officer. The Hanover county animal protection and shelter confirmed the raccoon was drunk and said it had since become sober. After a few hours of sleep and zero signs of injury (other than a hangover and poor life"
X Link 2025-12-03T18:57Z 17.2K followers, 2877 engagements

"'Photo Bombed' Isle of Bressay Shetland. Photo: David Byrne"
X Link 2025-12-03T19:02Z 17.2K followers, XXX engagements

"MARITIME Public choose names for new ferries The names for seven new electric ferries for routes on Scotland's west coast have been decided by a public vote. The ferries names are Loch Awe Loch Etive Loch Katrine Loch Maree Loch Morar Loch Rannoch and Loch Shiel. The boats are being built in Poland under the publicly-funded Small Vessel Replacement Programme (SVRP) external and once completed will be operated by CalMac. Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd (CMAL) which own ferries ports and harbours said the first of the ferries was expected to arrive in Scotland in 2027. More than 1000 votes were"
X Link 2025-12-03T19:40Z 17.2K followers, XXX engagements

"BRAIN TEASER An easy one. Spot the dog. (His name is not Spot.)"
X Link 2025-12-03T21:56Z 17.2K followers, XXX engagements

"CARTOON CUTS"
X Link 2025-12-03T23:59Z 17.2K followers, XXX engagements

"UKRAINE A normal day press-ganged into army service"
X Link 2025-12-04T14:04Z 17.2K followers, XXX engagements

"@RealStephenKerr We want our independence reinstated. No more colonial rule"
X Link 2025-12-04T20:20Z 17.2K followers, XXX engagements

"CARTOON CUTS"
X Link 2025-12-04T20:57Z 17.2K followers, XXX engagements

"'Sunrise' Loch Hourn Knoydart Peninsula. Photo: Andy Eames"
X Link 2025-12-04T23:41Z 17.2K followers, XXX engagements

"'Aray Bridge' Loch Fyne from Inveraray. Photo Grousey"
X Link 2025-12-04T23:59Z 17.2K followers, XXX engagements

"NATURE Squirrels fight hard for a comeback Red squirrels have expanded their range across the Highlands by more than a quarter after a 10-year reintroduction programme moved hundreds to new homes. The species once came close to extinction in Britain when foresters killed them as pests and their natural habitat was destroyed. A deadly virus carried by invasive grey squirrels has hampered their recovery. Scotland is the reds heartland home to XX% of the UKs population of about 200000. The reintroduction project run by the rewilding charity 'Trees for Life' has established more than a dozen"
X Link 2025-12-05T09:58Z 17.2K followers, XXX engagements

"SPEW BOAK CORNER FIFA medal for peace goes to . Trump The American president accepts his medal and puts it around his own neck before Gianni Infantino blows smoke up Trump's nether regions by reading from his official Fifa Award certificate and telling him how great he is. We want to see hope we want to see unity we want to see a future says Gianni. This is what we want to see from a leader and you definitely deserve the first Fifa Peace Prize. You can always ocunt (sic) on my support to help you make peace around the world. Thank you Mr President"
X Link 2025-12-05T17:40Z 17.2K followers, XXX engagements

"YOU YES YET"
X Link 2025-12-05T21:57Z 17.2K followers, XXX engagements

"'Arctic Cathedral' Troms Norway. Photo: Stephen Fleming"
X Link 2025-12-05T22:13Z 17.2K followers, XXX engagements

"'Italian Chapel' Orkney. Photo Kevin Elsby"
X Link 2025-12-05T22:22Z 17.2K followers, XXX engagements

"TIME FOR (NUL POINTS) HUMOUR"
X Link 2025-12-05T22:24Z 17.2K followers, XXX engagements

"'Loch Eck' Loch Lomond & Trossachs Nat Park. Photo: Grousey"
X Link 2025-12-05T22:29Z 17.2K followers, XXX engagements

"BREAKING Germany's Bundestag (parliament) votes for conscription military service voluntary today mandatory tomorrow. Now follows three years of hard indoctrination aided by the press. Be on your guard expect the UK to follow suit As warned by this site in October 2014: if we lost control of our own nation the UK would engineer a war in Europe. Conscription is on its way to corral the excess energy of Scotland's youth and divert it to a warped patriotism for the UK. It solves unemployment and fascist ideals in one go. The power elite think there are too many of us. Germany's parliament voted"
X Link 2025-12-06T04:59Z 17.2K followers, XXX engagements

"ON GROUSE BEATER THIS WEEKEND This is the last on our Analysis site for 2025. Best of 2025: Most popular essays and articles Jon Stewart: US satire tilts at Trump's narcissism Kevin Bridges: An intelligent stand-up comic "Another crap year for our colonised Scotland. At least we had Grousey's wise words and humour to keep us sane" Marie McRae 'Red Grouse in a Highland Landscape' by Robert W. Milliken. (1920 - 2024) Oil on canvas"
X Link 2025-12-06T05:10Z 17.2K followers, XXX engagements

"NATURE Prohibited glue traps killing festive robins Police have appealed for information after a robin was found dead in a glue trap in Fort William. The discovery was made on Henderson Row in the Plantation area of the town on Saturday XX November. Last year animal welfare charity the Scottish SPCA said two robins died after being caught in a glue trap in Edinburgh. It said baby mice and a long-eared bat had been among other victims. Glue traps were prohibited along with the use of snares under the Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Act 2024 external. Glue traps usually a sticky"
X Link 2025-12-06T05:25Z 17.2K followers, XXX engagements

"'West Highland Way' Tyndrum. Photo: Kasey Ryan"
X Link 2025-12-06T21:25Z 17.2K followers, XXX engagements

"'Winter's Sky' Lochgilphead. Photo: Aileen Gilles"
X Link 2025-12-06T21:26Z 17.2K followers, XXX engagements

"COLONIAL LABOUR"
X Link 2025-12-06T23:48Z 17.2K followers, 1082 engagements

"MOTHERWELL Controlled collapse for tower demolition Three ugly tower blocks are to be demolished later in a move that significantly changes North Lanarkshire's skyline. The 20-storey Allan Coursington and Draffen Towers in Motherwell will be destroyed in a single " controlled blowdown" to prepare the site for future development. An exclusion zone covering XXX homes and XX businesses will be in place around the site throughout the day and all residents within the area must leave for their own safety. Plans to demolish the towers were first scheduled for the spring of 2022 but then delayed due"
X Link 2025-12-07T12:16Z 17.2K followers, 1218 engagements

"PHOTO JOURNALISM Edinburgh Scotland People dressed as Santa take part in a fun run. This years proceeds from the Edinburgh Santa fun run will be donated to the 'When You Wish Upon a Star' charity for children with life-threatening injuries Photo: Jeff J Mitchell"
X Link 2025-12-07T17:04Z 17.2K followers, XXX engagements

"'Crisp Mountain Snow' Crn Mr Dearg. Photo: Andrew Beattie"
X Link 2025-12-07T22:35Z 17.2K followers, XXX engagements

"'Sunrise at the Summit' Ben Nevis. Photo: Eileen Mcilhatton"
X Link 2025-12-07T22:38Z 17.2K followers, XXX engagements

"ARCHAEOLOGY Dictionary of Celtic language to be compiled Elements of modern languages such as Welsh Irish Scottish Gaelic Breton and Cornish have roots in their ancient Celtic counterparts. The material has been lost in the mists of time. But the remnants of a language spoken in parts of the UK and Ireland 2000 years ago are being collected for what is billed as the first complete dictionary of ancient Celtic. The dictionary will not be huge because relatively few words survive but experts from Aberystwyth University say they expect they will end up with more than 1000 words. Sources for the"
X Link 2025-12-08T08:46Z 17.2K followers, XXX engagements

"TRANSPORTATION 'Rest and Be Thankful' (ya brat) to be open before 25th of this month this year Traffic lights have directed vehicles on the A83 at the Rest and Be Thankful while work to prevent landslips from blocking the route was completed. It's planned for them to be removed just before the 25th fully reopening the road for the festive period. The concern is the insistent heavy rain which loosens the steep earth hillside and that can only be countered with a concrete tunnel for great length of the road. Keeping the A83 open has been an ongoing challenge for road chiefs BEAR Scotland with"
X Link 2025-12-08T09:06Z 17.2K followers, XXX engagements

"SANDIE PEGGIE TRIBUNAL Peggie wins her case but not all her complaints. Tribunal says nurse in trans changing room row was harassed by NHS Fife The harassment claim was upheld against NHS Fife but allegations of discrimination and indirect discrimination were dismissed. There will need to be a further hearing to decide on the legal remedy that are due to her. The main remedy would likely be for injury to feelings - a specific remedy with guidelines known as the Vento Bands used to determine compensation amounts. Possible remedies for the losing party in an employment tribunal can range from"
X Link 2025-12-08T14:53Z 17.2K followers, XXX engagements

"TRUMP LAND One in the gub A wax figure of Trump has been removed from public display after visitors repeatedly punched scratched and physically attacked it at a museum in San Antonio Texas. The life-sized wax model displayed at Louis Tussauds waxworks became so badly damaged that staff were forced to pull it from the exhibit. The figure had sustained multiple injuries over time including visible scratches to the face with staff admitting it had effectively been assaulted one too many times to remain on show. Ripley Entertainment which operates the museum confirmed the decision"
X Link 2025-12-08T17:03Z 17.2K followers, XXX engagements

"MONARCHY NEWS Randy Andy loses his golf course The St Andrews golf course named after the former disgraced Prince is to be rebranded. The Duke's Course three miles from the centre of the Fife university town is now the Craigtoun Course after a nearby country park. A heathland course unlike the links which dominate the home of golf the Duke's was opened by Randy Andy in 1995. He later became captain of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club based in St Andrews. He has given up his honorary membership as part of his retreat from public life in the wake of the scandal about his close friendship with"
X Link 2025-12-08T18:47Z 17.2K followers, XXX engagements

"WEATHER WARNING Severe weather warnings are issued for Scotland ahead of the arrival of Storm Bam- oops 'Bram'. The Met Office has issued an amber wind warning for north-west Scotland which takes effect from 16:00 until midnight on Tuesday with gusts of 70-80mph expected for a few hours. This could reach 90mph in some places. Storm Bram named by the Irish weather service Met ireann is also forecast to bring high winds and heavy rain to the rest of Scotland. The Met Office has issued a number of yellow warnings for wind covering the whole of Scotland on Tuesday and Wednesday"
X Link 2025-12-08T18:55Z 17.2K followers, XXX engagements

"'Sunrise over Bjrkliden' Arctic Sweden. Photo: Robert Harding"
X Link 2025-12-08T20:06Z 17.2K followers, XXX engagements

"TREE NEWS London: Destruction of 500-year old oak reported to MET police The illegal felling of one of the oldest and largest oak trees in London has been carried out by the company that owns a nearby Toby Carvery. Time to boycott the bistro Ed Consequently campaigners renewed calls for better protection for nationally significant trees. The oak in Whitewebbs Park Enfield was up to XXX years old with a trunk that was more than six metres in circumference. It was listed on the Woodland Trust inventory of ancient trees but was not the subject of a tree preservation order. The tree was felled"
X Link 2025-12-09T10:26Z 17.2K followers, XXX engagements

"AUTOMOBILES Ford bow to the nursery of the car France for new Fiesta platform Renault has revealed momentous plans to share electric-car platform technology with Ford opening the door for a reborn Fiesta EV based on the Renault X E-Tech. The partnership will see the first of two new Ford electric cars reach showrooms in early 2028 Auto Express can reveal. Franois Provost CEO Renault Group said: "Renault Group is proud to announce a new strategic cooperation with Ford. This shows the strength of our partnership know-how and competitiveness in Europe. In the long term combining our strengths"
X Link 2025-12-09T11:00Z 17.2K followers, XXX engagements

"THE BORDERS Alien culture Center Parcs given green light to wipe out arable land (US spelling of 'centre') A transformational 450m holiday village in the Scottish Borders was today given the green light. Center Parcs has approval for its first holiday park in Scotland on land at and incorporating Huntlaw Farm at Hassendean in Hawick. Scottish Borders Councils Planning & Building Standards Committee endorsed the holiday park on Monday December X with members learning that the new tourism site will from now on be known as Center Parcs Scottish Borders. It is expected to support between XXX and"
X Link 2025-12-09T17:25Z 17.2K followers, XXX engagements

"TIME FOR (NO SOCIAL MEDIA) HUMOUR"
X Link 2025-12-09T22:05Z 17.2K followers, XXX engagements

"CARTOON CUTS"
X Link 2025-12-09T22:23Z 17.2K followers, XXX engagements

"'Crescent Moon' Sunset Edinburgh. Photo: Jamie Neish"
X Link 2025-12-09T22:25Z 17.2K followers, XXX engagements

"INDEPENDENCE - YOU YES YET "We must protect our borders to defend our democracies." Keir Starmer But not you Scotland"
X Link 2025-12-09T22:25Z 17.2K followers, XXX engagements

"ORKNEY Games cost XX million to stage and brought in only X million according to book keeper The 20th International Island Games held in Orkney last summer boosted the local economy by 4m a report has confirmed. The event held over six days in July cost 3.6m to stage and involved 1630 athletes from XX island communities. They competed in XX sports. It was the largest event ever hosted by the Orkney community of 22000 people and involved 1027 local volunteers. Orkney made history as the smallest island to have hosted the Games welcoming a record number of visitors for a single event - a total"
X Link 2025-12-10T09:48Z 17.2K followers, XXX engagements

"VISITING COLONIAL LEADER Starmer and Norwegian PM Jonas Gahr Stre (right) during a visit to RAF Lossiemouth last week. Photo: WPA"
X Link 2025-12-10T10:57Z 17.2K followers, XXX engagements

"UKRAINE Zelenskyy claims he's 'ready for elections' Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said he is ready to hold a wartime election within the next three months if Ukraines parliament and foreign allies will allow it after Donald Trump accused him of clinging on to power. Zelenskyy clearly irritated by Trumps intervention said that this is a question for the people of Ukraine not people from other states with all due respect to our partners. However he promised to explore avenues for holding a vote in the coming months. Since this question is raised today by the president of the United States of America"
X Link 2025-12-10T11:03Z 17.2K followers, XXX engagements

"@KizzieWiz Agreed. Putin stated regularly Russia has no intentions on 'taking over' European nations. It wants only its borders protected from NATO incursions (such as NATO military manoeuvres - a provocative act) and installing missile sites"
X Link 2025-12-10T11:41Z 17.2K followers, XX engagements

"QUOTE OF THE DAY"
X Link 2025-12-10T12:24Z 17.2K followers, XXX engagements

"@JodowdJod Aye never a surprise to learn a warning was made years earlier just as a pandemic exercise in London in 2016 ignored the report the UK was poorly prepared for vast numbers of patients . and no one took a blind bit of notice of the report - and then Covid arrived"
X Link 2025-12-10T12:26Z 17.2K followers, XXX engagements

"@Livalab 'Home Rule' meant devolution not independence. But we never were given even that though we could take it since 1945. Before that England would have sent an army to curb our enthusiasm for democracy"
X Link 2025-12-10T16:30Z 17.2K followers, XX engagements

"@GaelMyrica English have a vote moving 'Oop Norf for the good life'"
X Link 2025-12-10T17:07Z 17.2K followers, XX engagements

"INDEPENDENCE - YOU YES YET"
X Link 2025-12-10T18:22Z 17.2K followers, XXX engagements

"CELEBRITY NEWS Ricky Gervais helps out Edinburgh's financially struggling Cat and Dog home Amelia Morgan chief executive at Edinburgh Dog and Cat Home said: We are incredibly grateful to Ricky Gervais for his generous donation and for choosing to include Edinburgh Dog and Cat Home among several wonderful animal charities he supports. The 64-year-old comedian and writer has given XXXX million to XX charities including Edinburgh Dog and Cat Home from the extra profits made by platinum seating on his Mortality Tour which ran from 2024 to 2025. Gervais said: My mum always used to say you cant"
X Link 2025-12-10T18:48Z 17.2K followers, XXX engagements

"TODAY'S TORY CORRUPTION Tory councillor Julie Currie has admitted taking 20000 of public cash from an empty homes fund to do up a house she rented out as a holiday let. Newly elected Dumfries and Galloway councillor Currie says has nearly paid back the money which was given to her for a property she owns in Stranraer. She is owner of a property described on rental websites as a charming holiday cottage which is being rented out for XXX a night and as much as XXX in the summer. Currie claimed the full amount under Dumfries and Galloways Town Centre Living Fund which is intended provide cash"
X Link 2025-12-04T17:41Z 17.2K followers, XXX engagements

"'Lido' Gourock Inverclyde. Photo: Martin Parr"
X Link 2025-12-09T22:10Z 17.2K followers, XXX engagements

"SCOTLAND'S WEATHER Storm Bram causes material damage A section of the M74 motorway linking Scotland and England remains closed southbound after reports of multiple lorries blown over during. Traffic Scotland said the M74 was shut between junctions XX and XX near Abington in South Lanarkshire overnight but the northbound carriageway had now reopened. Drivers travelling south face a diversion involving a minor road. Drivers reported on social media seeing several HGVs on their sides. Police Scotland said a recovery operation was ongoing and no-one was injured. The second named storm of the"
X Link 2025-12-10T09:38Z 17.2K followers, XXX engagements

"HEALTH Chemicals in food screwing up human health and adding trillions to SHS bill Scientists have issued an urgent warning that some of the synthetic chemicals that help underpin the current food system are driving increased rates of cancer neurodevelopmental conditions and infertility while degrading the foundations of global agriculture. The health burden from phthalates bisphenols pesticides and Pfas forever chemicals amounts to up to $2.2tn a year roughly as much as the profits of the worlds XXX largest publicly listed companies according to the report published on Wednesday. Most"
X Link 2025-12-10T09:56Z 17.2K followers, 1053 engagements

"INEQUALITY Politicians fail to curb rise of super-rich because they are bought by super-rich Fewer than 60000 people XXXXX% of worlds population control three times as much wealth as the entire bottom half of humanity according to a report that argues global inequality has reached such extremes that urgent action has become essential. The authoritative World Inequality Report 2026 based on data compiled by XXX researchers also found that the top XX% of income-earners earn more than the other XX% combined while the poorest half captures less than XX% of total global earnings. Wealth the value"
X Link 2025-12-10T10:02Z 17.2K followers, XXX engagements

"John Maxton (1936 - 2025) John Maxton Lord Maxton though not born in Scotland held a healthy respect for Scotland's rights. He belonged to a generation of able Labour MPs who sustained the party through XX hard years of opposition before its electoral success in 1997. He retired from the Commons at the following general election and became a working peer serving on the science and technology committee which reflected longstanding interests and expertise. His friend George Foulkes with whom he shared a Westminster office for many years is pretty sure he was the first MP with a mobile phone."
X Link 2025-12-10T10:39Z 17.2K followers, XXX engagements

"PHOTO JOURNALISM Paris France Dresses by Christian Dior displayed at the exhibition Azzedine Alaa and Christian Dior Two Masters of Haute Couture at La Galerie Dior which run until May 2026. Photo: Dimitar Dilkoff"
X Link 2025-12-10T21:23Z 17.2K followers, XXX engagements

"'Mother & Pup' St Abbs Nature Reserve. Photo: Sarah Thurlbeck"
X Link 2025-12-10T21:41Z 17.2K followers, XXX engagements

"TODAY'S COLONIAL NEWSPAPERS A day late the papers always unprepared most concentrate on the Peggie Tribunal and her win. This 'trial' is a classic example of the obduracy the pig-headed unyielding attitude at the top of an institution upholding a false belief"
X Link 2025-12-09T09:34Z 17.2K followers, XXX engagements

"SPORT Football: Buying tickets for World Cup a lottery Scotland fans are scrambling to book flights hotels and transfers since drawn to play World Cup games in Boston and Miami next summer. The men's team will face Haiti Morocco and five-time champions Brazil when they make their first appearance in the tournament in XX years. Tartan Army foot soldiers have already shelled out thousands for travel arrangements and are now turning their attention to match tickets ahead of the application window opening. Diane Lees who is travelling to the US with her husband and teenage daughter told BBC: "We"
X Link 2025-12-10T09:53Z 17.2K followers, XXX engagements

"VENEZUELA Trump ordered piracy of Venezuelan oil tanker"
X Link 2025-12-11T19:10Z 17.2K followers, XXX engagements

"@Son_of_Harry_T @geonicholson22 Much appreciate HL. Give me into the new Year for the authority of my first identified location gives me a considered and formal reply. Only then will I know the situation better"
X Link 2025-12-12T09:26Z 17.2K followers, XX engagements

"OLD EDINBURGH For many Dunedins a hard days swim at the Commonwealth (Commie) Pool was rounded off with a visit to Brattisanis chippy on Newington Road - its red seating booths were a trip back in time to the year it opened"
X Link 2025-12-06T05:39Z 17.2K followers, XXX engagements

"THE GROUSIST'S WORDPRESS ANALYSIS SITE Last month Nov. 2025 9610 intelligent readers visited the Grouse Beater's analysis and essay site a XX% increase in readership compared to the same month last year. Are you following the home of Scottish enlightenment yet Most read essay: 'The Flight of Murray and Kerr'"
X Link 2025-12-11T12:20Z 17.2K followers, XXX engagements

"ON BEING UNEMPLOYED: "David Cameron has never woken up at X in the afternoon. David Cameron has never eaten a whole bag of Monster Munch for his breakfast" Kevin Bridges Humour satire are superior to get your point across than are statistics and contrived media empathy"
X Link 2025-12-11T23:19Z 17.2K followers, XXX engagements

"FOR FILM FANS Record seven Scottish films selected for the prestigious Sundance Film Festival. The films five of which are backed by Screen Scotland will be screened at the festival in Park City Utah in January. Edinburgh-based Louis Paxtons 'The Incomer' has been named as the opening night film of the Next category which showcases innovative low-budget independent films that push boundaries while Olive Nwosus 'Lady' produced by Glasgow-based Alex Polunin will be screened as part of the World Cinema Dramatic Competition. Both Felipe Bustos Sierras 'Everybody to Kenmure Street' (see photo)"
X Link 2025-12-12T10:01Z 17.2K followers, XXX engagements