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Thank you! These kind of letters give a journalist a real boost … especially in the current climate In @heraldscotland

The Politics of Fear Here’s a special essay for Halloween exploring how our darkest impulses, our need to make myths and spin stories, and our ancient beliefs have shaped modern politics, identity and extremism My long read in @heraldscotland

'Reform was favourite to win. Its members swaggered around Caerphilly as if victory was guaranteed' || Neil Mackay 👇 𝘐𝘔𝘈𝘎𝘌: 𝘑𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨/𝘗𝘈 𝘞𝘪𝘳𝘦/𝘗𝘈 𝘐𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴

The Caerphilly by-election signals imminent destruction for Labour, but rather than take the necessary action, the party will just head further right, writes Neil Mackay ✍️

Bat sign in the sky for theatre lovers: the production of Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie at the @citizenstheatre in Glasgow is a masterpiece. Exceptional. I can’t recommend it highly enough. Really moving. Gorgeous staging. Truly superb cast. Applause! Encore! Go see it!

Thoughts post-Caerphilly: * Reform over-hyped by rightwing press * Nationalists now lead in all home nations * Lab doomed unless Starmer dumped * But Lab more likely to go Make England Great Again * huge boost for Scots&Welsh Indy & Irish unity More here:

Even Reform’s client journalists in the right-wing London media can’t hide the party’s failure in Wales My @heraldscotland column https://t.co/3byIDyCEb3

In the UK, it’s now a straight battle of four competing nationalisms. Reform’s English/British nationalism comes wrapped in the xenophobia of the hard right. In Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, it’s nationalists from the progressive left out in front

Labour has a choice: it can dump Starmer (and Anas Sarwar in Scotland) and tack left in the hope of surviving. Or the party can go full on MEGA - aping Reform’s Make England Great Again schtick Guess which way they’ll go? My @heraldscotland column https://t.co/3byIDyCEb3

Prepare for Labour and the Tories going full MEGA: Make England Great Again It will be the end of them both, and it will put rocket boosters under Scottish and Welsh independence and the push for Irish unity My @heraldscotland column https://t.co/3byIDyCEb3

Labour lost Scotland a long time ago now. Starmer, if he is not removed from power, may well go down in history as the man who didn’t just lose Wales as well, but killed the Labour Party and dug the grave of the union My @heraldscotland column https://t.co/3byIDyCEb3

Starmer says the SNP insults Scotland by planning for independence. The only one insulting Scotland is Starmer with his refusal to even say how another referendum will be held. If this continues the SNP should consider withdrawing its MPs from Westminster

This account is a prime example of the foreign influence that is being pumped into our country in order to disrupt. 'Pippa B' isn't a real person. This is a bought and paid for, troll/bot account. It has an Ai generated profile photo and a series of flags in the bio. Its page

Starmer says the SNP insults Scotland by planning for independence. The only one insulting Scotland is Starmer with his refusal to even say how another referendum will be held. If this continues the SNP should consider withdrawing its MPs from Westminster

The death of social mobility and the rise of Reform My column in @heraldscotland https://t.co/Wy063lovbT

This is a very good piece by @NeilMackay - in my view many of my class are voting for Reform because they have been failed by other parties - lack of housing, failing public services, the cost of living crisis and low pay are leaving many working class families on the brink

The death of social mobility and the rise of Reform My column in @heraldscotland https://t.co/Wy063lovbT

Inside Scotland’s march against poverty Thousands of protesters from Scottish churches, charities and trade unions will take to the streets next week demanding a fair deal for the poor I talk to the man behind the rally in my @heraldscotland long read https://t.co/7rkJjj2eF0

Inside Scotland’s march against poverty Thousands of protesters from Scottish churches, charities and trade unions will take to the streets next week demanding a fair deal for the poor I talk to the man behind the rally in my @heraldscotland long read https://t.co/7rkJjj2eF0

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