Back row, second from right: my Great Uncle Jimmy Ahlfeld Front row: Sitting centre wearing wellies my Grandfather Robey Ahlfeld, on his right in the white boiler suit is his brother my Great Uncle Herman Ahlfeld junior, third from right is my Great Grandfather Herman Ahlfeld.

Folks should be free to fly their own flag if they like, but then choose not to because putting up flags everywhere is an American thing which disrespects and devalues the flag, it looks daft, it’s a bit show-offy, immodest, vaguely totalitarian looking and ultimately un-British

Well done @PFOKane MSP who made a compelling case for an opt-out, referencing institutions like our Little Sisters of the Poor Home here in Greenock. Here’s Paul's contribution https://t.co/4SSKCb1Sjd As the Bill stands there is no opt out, they’d need to allow assisted suicide

I increasingly feel Christian socialists should go nowhere near this stuff. Yes we share the distain for top-down Fabian elitism, yes we are municipal socialists, against dehumanising bureaucracy but we are also with William Temple in our defence of the welfare state and the NHS

13 Mar 1985: Meanwhile, whilst the Millwall fans were running riot at Kenilworth Road, over at the Wembley Arena QPR were busy winning the annual Evening Standard 5 a side tournament. Covered on Midweek Sports Special, it’s stuff like this that I really miss.

I cannot understand how can Connor Naismith can talk about Christianity and restoring traditional conservative social values here, when he voted for assisted suicide and the decriminalisation abortion? Nostalgic Post-Libs speak romantically but rarely deliver the good in reality

Connor Naismith talks about Methodism and Labour here but Labour’s greatest ever Methodist peer Donald Soper said the most Christian thing that has happened in my lifetime is the Welfare State. Naismith voted to remove winter fuel payments and for cuts to Universal Credit and PIP

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This is like the official windup notification for whatever this new party is

Thats me in the pram having jolly nice time. Also worth noting that half the street where I grew up were 3rd generation Irish Catholics, including us. They must not have gotten the republican memo, either that or the German side of the family quite liked the Saxe-Coburg Gothas 😊

Has Scott ever put out a movie he liked the cut or duration of? There are more versions of Bladerunner out there than remixes of 'You've got the Love' by Candi Staton

They are completely destroying the ancient Arab Christian communities all across the entire Middle East while claiming to be doing God’s work. Hegseth is a blasphemous radical Christian Nationalist terrorist and a heretic.

Is it not generally considered to be the worst chippy in Glasgow?

Very special evening with our dear friends from the Inverclyde Ukrainian club last night 🇺🇦

https://t.co/hFBw0C9KKh

I’ve accepted the role of Count of Oldenburg and Duke of Schleswig-Holstein.

Remember that I predicted a long time ago that President Obama will attack Iran because of his inability to negotiate properly-not skilled!

“Every act of war directed to the indiscriminate destruction of whole cities or vast areas with their inhabitants is a crime against God and man, which merits firm and unequivocal condemnation.” 2314 - Catechism of the Catholic Church https://t.co/Dpz9fHGVKu

“Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are 𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬” The Bible : Matthew 7:15

Even so, this conversation needs to be had with deep respect and sensitivity, and the motivation of both these two aforementioned bad faith actors is divisive, malevolent and toxic, and it needs to be rejected from our community imo.

Conservative distrusted Catholic schools as being unpatriotic, promoting separatist, anti-national sentiments. I’m not a huge advocate for faith schools, I never had a great learning experience attending one, possibly they’ve have had their day, that’s a conversation worth having