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Weekends in Madrid

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I've taken a break from social media over the past few days during a trip to Madrid which culminated in a visit to the Civitas Metropolitano stadium for the match between Atlétco Madrid vs Barcelona. Barca won a well deserved 0-3 victory after a bright star by the home team, but setting the result aside Atlético have a magnificent stadium and great transport links for getting supporters to and from the city centre. A stadium tour is also well worth doing - very interesting and informative as well and slick and professional.

The Smirk Should Go!

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So much for Humza Yousaf's declaration that the matter was at an end. Holyrood bosses find Michael Matheson broke rule on "improper use" of parliamentary expenses Michael Matheson breached MSP's code of conduct https://t.co/txO0LD93A6 — Tom Gordon (@HTScotPol) March 14, 2024 So the smirk has been well and truly wiped from Michael Matheson's face with the news that the former SNP health secretary did indeed break the MSP's code of conduct. Now this seemed obvious to pretty much everyone except the SNP leader Humza Yousaf who unwisely defended his colleague for months. Surely Matheson must resign as the SNP MSP for Falkirk West - he has zero credibility after denying everything and clinging on for all this time? Such a pity the Scottish Parliament does not have a right of recall over MSPs even though the House of Commons does have such a power over Westminster MPs.   The Smirk Has Gone! ( February 08, 2024 ) So yet another chapter ends in the tawdry life of

The Smirk Has Gone! (February 08, 2024)

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So yet another chapter ends in the tawdry life of the SNP with the news that Michael Matheson, Scotland's health minister, has finally resigned over his handling of an £11,000 bill for his iPad. Humza Yousaf should go to for his ill-judged defence of this two-faced minister who tired to spin and lie his way out of a self-inflicted scandal.  

Look Back In Anger

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One day, we’ll look back on the era of puberty blockers with horror. Me for @thetimes https://t.co/60weQNRecp — Janice Turner (@VictoriaPeckham) March 13, 2024 Janice Turner is spot on. "In 50 years, chemically freezing the puberty of healthy children with troubled minds will be regarded with the same horrified fascination as lobotomies — which, never forget, won the Portuguese neurologist Antonio Egas Moniz the 1949 Nobel prize." https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/4dcc902e-0403-4925-aa2c-6dd3645d61a2? One day, we’ll look back on era of puberty blockers with horror In years to come, chemically freezing the sexual development of troubled children will become a topic of gruesome fascination, like lobotomies in the 20th century By  Janice Turner  - The Times In 2017 I interviewed Bernadette Wren, then head of psychology at the Tavistock Gids clinic, and asked what effect puberty blocking drugs have on the adolescent brain. Looking highly uncomfortable, she replied that the evide

Dad Dancing and Hate Crimes

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  Hello is that Police Scotland? Good, I'd like to report a hate crime.

Hello Possums!

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I've not watched the Dylan Mulvaney music video and I never will because I have no interest in watching a man with a eating disorder pretend to be a girl.... however I do enjoy watching him pretend to be a possum and I'm sure you will as well. pic.twitter.com/g2FzUXMRFs — Aja the Ultra Empress ♀️🇬🇧🇯🇲 (@Aja02537920) March 14, 2024 I've seen everything now, but I have to say Dylan Mulvaney is a better acting as a 'possum' than he is masquerading as a girl.   And where is Barry Humphries when you need him (not her, of course)?