Sean Bell

@seancmbell

Writer. Broke. Bylines: The Intercept, Heckle, Bella Caledonia, The National, The Herald, Source, Jacobin, openDemocracy. Scotland's leading expert on Elvis Presley-related sandwiches.

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Sean Bell@seancmbell· 25d

Sean Bell@seancmbell· 26d

We are a cartoon country

Sean Bell@seancmbell· 28d

Many such cases.

Sean Bell@seancmbell· Jul 11

Sean Bell@seancmbell· Jul 8

Scotland: The Gore Vidal of nations

"It is not enough to succeed. Others must fail." - Gore Vidal

Sean Bell@seancmbell· Jul 3

Good! As traditions go, it's pretty Weird, Actually. Some people are going to be really pissed about this, though - were I a betting man, I might even hazard to guess a few names. The think-pieces are going to be unbearable

Sean Bell@seancmbell· Jul 2

Sean Bell@seancmbell· Jul 1

With credit to @mattielubchansky.com:

Sean Bell@seancmbell· Jun 29

Sean Bell@seancmbell· Jun 27

My latest for @theintercept.com on the lessons of Keir Starmer's downfall theintercept.com/2026/06/27/b...

"In power, the Tories had alternated between brutality and incompetence, and Starmer did not buck that trend, reaffirming Gore Vidal’s contention that trying to find much difference between Labour and the Tories was like bringing “a measuring rod to Lilliput.” At every turn, Starmer pursued the credo of centrism by meeting his government’s increasingly psychotic right flank where they were, and was somehow shocked and dismayed to find this only made him more despised, while also emboldening and empowering reactionary forces."

Sean Bell@seancmbell· Jun 27

Who's going to break the news to Chris Deerin and the New Statesman that Anas Sarwar is not, in fact, first minister?

Sean Bell@seancmbell· Jun 26

Well gee fuckin whizz, why didn't I think of that

Daily Telegraph opinion headline: "You don’t need air con if you live in a Victorian house"

Sean Bell@seancmbell· Jun 25

Every hometown’s got the ominous megastructure, what’s yours?

The Rockstar North HQ in Edinburgh, as envisaged by Fritz Lang

Sean Bell@seancmbell· Jun 25

What do you wager that I won't procure for you a far superior drinking water from any tap in Scotland, a mere 3000-odd miles away? If I don't succeed, you may cut off my head.