Graeme Purves
@gaspurves
Citizen. Environmentalist. European. Spatial Planner. Democrat. Geddesian. Withered Botanist. Lapsed Munro-Bagger.
Here's 2011 and 2022. I haven't sought to argue that there hasn't been improvement in some cities and rural regions. But, overall, the improvement is less than dramatic, and falls well short of equivalent standards of living across the country.
'Great to see my papa's old shop in Stow still serving as the general store for the village some seventy years on! We lived in one of the flats above the shop for the first three years of my life. My mum taught in the school at Heriot and my dad commuted into Edinburgh on the train. #StowofWedale
Princess Margaret Stewart was bullied to death by the Dauphin Louis (later Louis XI, the spider king) and his chamberlain because she preferred sitting up all night writing rondeaux and ballades to sharing a bed with her ugly and unpleasant husband.🤨 www.goodreads.com/book/show/19...
I suppose Al Carns is a more appealing action hero for adolescent politicians than Mark Francois.🤔
Why you should get to grips with data centre politics | Robin McAlpine #AIBubble #TechBroDystopia #DataCentres robinmcalpine.org/why-you-shou...
Beluga Lagoon, Helix Park, Falkirk, Saturday 5 September 2026 tickets.xfp.events/events/xfp/2...
Mansplaining the coming Dystopia. #AIBubble #TechBroBollox www.renews.biz/112004/indus...
The Bones Should Wash Away | Alec Sutton in 'Bella Caledonia': #Lewis bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/05/21/t...
Cultural Vandalism: Stephen McAll on Hayley Valentine's scorched earth policy at BBC Shortbread: #ScottishCulture #PublicDisserviceBroadcasting #BBCScotland bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/05/19/c...
Scotland's Wasted Decade: Jim Sillars reviews 'Keeping the Dream Alive', Joanna Cherry's new book about post-Referendum politics, for Bella Caledonia: #BookSky 💙📚 #ScottishPolitics 🏴 bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/04/30/s...
I found myself sitting next to another titan of Scottish politics in an Edinburgh cafe yesterday! Stephen said he was bored. 🥱 I'm not surprised, given the programmes he is obliged to make.🤨 #PublicDisserviceBroadcasting
Lord George Robertson: Weaponising Welfare | Mike Small in 'Bella Caledonia': #UKPolitics bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/04/17/l...
The decision to appoint Peter Mandelson was made by Morgan 'Socks' McSweeney, who was Mandelson's protégé and Sir Keir Starmer's handler.🧦
Mike Small on the increasingly frantic bouncing of Anas Sarwar and his on-again off-again relationship with Reform's Malcolm Offord. #ScottishPolitics 🏴 bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/04/15/s...
"Qui n'a ni l'idee ni la force n'existe que par pitié." - Jules Michelet, 'Histoire de la Révolution française'
But does the commitment in Reform UK's manifesto for the Scottish Parliament Election to ceasing “any new building regulation” (whatever that means!) still stand? 🧐 Can Malcolm Offord survive?
My first Midlothian station walk of the new season - Eskbank to Newbattle, then up the South Esk for coffee and a scone in the Sun Inn at Lothianbridge. #Midlothian #Newbattle #SouthEsk
Alarmingly for the billionaire oligarchs, the corrupt corporate media lack the power to dictate political events. #UKPolitics
Fugitive politician seeks asylum on the Chagos Islands to escape by-election disaster... #UKPolitics