Alan Ferrier
@alanferrier
I live in Glasgow and my hobbies include arranging my CDs in alphabetical order, discovering new and exotic whiskies, sheep-spotting and flying my kite.
The only thing won by the Unionists on September 18th was time. #IndyRef
I'd advise you against using this on your re-election leaflets.
The 5th largest economy in the world yet we steal money from our disabled, punish our sick and plunge millions of our citizens into poverty
It's lucky the Union was there to ensure that the oil wealth was wisely spent. We could have ended up with infrastructure like Norway. What a disaster that would have been.
Scotland is one of the world's top destinations - it's a shame we don't yet have the infrastructure to match scotsman.com/news/opinion/c…
"I am here to do your bidding, Master. I am your slave, and you will reward me, for I shall be faithful."
🚨 NEW: Donald Trump says the UK should "stop the windmills" as it is "killing the beauty" of the country
🚨 NEW: Donald Trump says the UK should "stop the windmills" as it is "killing the beauty" of the country
BBC News covered the start of the junior doctor strike in England. If you watch the item you'll notice it's anti-BMA and pro-Govt. You'll also notice that there are no opposition politicians. Can you imagine BBC Scotland doing this? Anti BMA Scotland, no Sarwar and no Gulhane?
For 21 months, @BBCNews you have disinformed the public as to the scale, illegality & disproportionality of Israel’s actions in Gaza. Actions that amount to a genocide. BBC journalists, myself included, have been raising the alarm since 2023. This statement comes far too late.
A joint statement on Gaza from AFP, AP, BBC News and Reuters
Another example of Scotland’s vast resources being sold off by speculators and ‘Vote No’ Labour cronies to Norway who’ll sell the energy back to us at a premium. And The Herald celebrates. Total madness. archive.ph/qPK7V
Ever get the feeling you've been conned? x.com/BBCScotlandNew…
Future pensioners to be worse off, Department for Work and Pensions warns bbc.in/44GiBsE
It is with a heavy heart that I must announce that the lemon drizzle cake is now Hamas
Don't believe the UK Labour / BBC / LBC lies. x.com/alanferrier/st…
Via the @FT: "Scotland — which has its own state-owned water company — massively outperformed its neighbours with water standards similar to much of Scandinavia." ft.com/content/5c1a33…
"The scenes in Gaza have moved beyond description. We write as artists who’ve chosen to use our public platforms to speak out against the genocide occurring there & the role of the UK government in facilitating it." wsws.org/en/articles/20…
UK media - at best hapless, at worst colluding - has consistently failed to hold Farage to account.
The softest interview imaginable with Nigel Farage on #BBCLauraK No pushback, no challenge, just nodding acceptance of populist rhetoric. Farage complains “We are getting poorer” Not challenged by @bbclaurak on the role Brexit has played in UK economic downturn. Pathetic.
#otd in 1969 Neil Armstrong became the first person to walk on the moon - perhaps the greatest engineering and science accomplishment in history and the inspiration for me at age 6 to want to grow up to be an astronaut. Congratulations to all the thousands of people who made it…
At this point you have to ask: If Starmer’s real plan was to destroy Labour and hand the country to Reform…what exactly would he be doing differently? It’s too consistent, too dumb, too self-destructive to be accidental.
So Keir Starmer's strategy on welfare has essentially been to: 1) Fail to engage with Labour MPs before launching the policy 2) Ignore all warnings about a rebellion 3) U-Turn at the very last minute after the damage is done 4) Promise a new approach 5) Suspend the MPs anyway
The only reason our bills might go down is that we can do away with streetlights because of all the gaslighting Shanks provides. x.com/mgshanks/statu…
If the SNP was in favour of zonal pricing this is the first I’ve heard of it. Working together across the UK we are delivering record investment in energy projects in Scotland with thousands of jobs and a plan to lower bills for everyone.
I do seem to remember that, yes. x.com/JDVance/status…
Remember when we learned that our wealthiest and most powerful people were connected to a guy who ran a literal child sex trafficking ring? And then that guy died mysteriously in a jail? And now we just don't talk about it.
A YouGov poll of six major European nations between June 12th and 27th 2025 has found that voters in the EU would overwhelmingly support bringing an independent Scotland into the bloc. thenational.scot/news/25310387.…
In October 2023, Shanks urged people to vote for him saying Rutherglen needed "a local champion who will fight for our area. I want to be that champion." That aged well. We expected nothing from him and he's still managed to disappoint us. x.com/msm_monitor/st…
Michael Shanks has claimed there's no such thing as Scottish electricity because it's generated by "GB wind". An extraordinary statement from a so-called Scottish MP.
Two stories on the same day from the @Telegraph. The first about someone paying £7.4 million pounds for a handbag. The second describes a wealth tax as "a moral abomination." Draw your own conclusions. telegraph.co.uk/fashion/news/b… telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/07/1…
