Derek Douglas
@derekdouglas.bsky.social
Hack (retired): Glasgow Herald chief reporter, Edinburgh editor, chief rugby writer; Scotsman newsdesk; Hawick weeklies; Wrote some books | Did some PR | Murrayfield flak catcher | Liking old race & rally cars, rock, rugby, history, art and flyting…
A great pic by the late TS. We started about the same time with the Tweeddale Press. Became one of Fleet Street’s finest …
PHOTO OF THE DAY. PHOTO OF THE DAY. East German guard receiving a carnation through a hole in the Berlin Wall (1989). 📷 Tom Stoddart.
May 22, 2026 at 11:22 AM
A great pic by the late TS. We started about the same time with the Tweeddale Press. Became one of Fleet Street’s finest …
It’s the future Jim. And I really don’t like it 😬
March 29, 2026 at 7:52 AM
It’s the future Jim. And I really don’t like it 😬
TACO …
🚨 Donald Trump rows back on strait of Hormuz threat. But what comes next? - our latest #PoliticsWeekly podcast.
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Trump rows back on strait of Hormuz threat – what next? | podcast
Pippa Crerar and Kiran Stacey discuss decision to postpone strikes on Iran’s energy infrastructure. Plus, what to watch out for in May’s local elections
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March 23, 2026 at 7:44 PM
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It's only Monday but I can already tell that Saturday's column will be another one of those ones where I just literally write down his actual quotes in a long, stupid list and then have to vaguely pretend I made them up.
Trump: "I knew the Strait would be a weapon. I predicted it a long time ago. I predicted all of this stuff. I predicted Osama bin Laden would knock out the World Trade Center. I wrote it in a book."
March 16, 2026 at 8:40 PM
It's only Monday but I can already tell that Saturday's column will be another one of those ones where I just literally write down his actual quotes in a long, stupid list and then have to vaguely pretend I made them up.
Listening to Trump on his war on the TV just now. Mainly, but it’s hard to tell as he swerves from one thing to the other, on nations who are not too keen on sending warships to the Straits of Hormuz. He is nuts. Bloviating narcissistic bully. Probably demented.
#TRUMP
#TRUMP
March 16, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Listening to Trump on his war on the TV just now. Mainly, but it’s hard to tell as he swerves from one thing to the other, on nations who are not too keen on sending warships to the Straits of Hormuz. He is nuts. Bloviating narcissistic bully. Probably demented.
#TRUMP
#TRUMP
From this morning’s Observer newspaper. David Aaronovitch on Trump (an erratic, vengeful mega-narcissist) and Hegseth (who seems to have stepped out of a Hollywood satire on insecure hyper-masculinity) and their Iran war for which no prep was made. Worth 5 mins of your time …
March 15, 2026 at 5:22 PM
From this morning’s Observer newspaper. David Aaronovitch on Trump (an erratic, vengeful mega-narcissist) and Hegseth (who seems to have stepped out of a Hollywood satire on insecure hyper-masculinity) and their Iran war for which no prep was made. Worth 5 mins of your time …
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March 14, 2026 at 10:03 AM
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I was in a 2 hour briefing today on the Iran War. All the briefings are closed, because Trump can't defend this war in public.
I obviously can't disclose classified info, but you deserve to know how incoherent and incomplete these war plans are.
1/ Here's what I can share:
I obviously can't disclose classified info, but you deserve to know how incoherent and incomplete these war plans are.
1/ Here's what I can share:
March 11, 2026 at 1:03 AM
I was in a 2 hour briefing today on the Iran War. All the briefings are closed, because Trump can't defend this war in public.
I obviously can't disclose classified info, but you deserve to know how incoherent and incomplete these war plans are.
1/ Here's what I can share:
I obviously can't disclose classified info, but you deserve to know how incoherent and incomplete these war plans are.
1/ Here's what I can share:
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Wednesday’s @thetimes.com cartoon times.newsprints.co.uk/morten-morla...
March 10, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Wednesday’s @thetimes.com cartoon times.newsprints.co.uk/morten-morla...
One of these guys is Trump’s Secretary for WAR …
March 10, 2026 at 7:01 PM
One of these guys is Trump’s Secretary for WAR …
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“I’m guessing an Ozempic overdose”
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
March 10, 2026 at 9:37 AM
“I’m guessing an Ozempic overdose”
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
Looks like increasingly deranged Trump dragged Steve Witkoff from the golf course to stand with him for the latest bullsh1t briefing on his Iran war. They demean everything. To think these people sought to humiliate Zelenskyy for “dressing inappropriately” at an audience with King Donald.
March 10, 2026 at 11:04 AM
Looks like increasingly deranged Trump dragged Steve Witkoff from the golf course to stand with him for the latest bullsh1t briefing on his Iran war. They demean everything. To think these people sought to humiliate Zelenskyy for “dressing inappropriately” at an audience with King Donald.
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"There’s an element of pride because I actually thought we played pretty. If that game ended at 60 minutes, you’d say that was an unbelievable performance by England."
Ben Earl on #ITAvENG
Ben Earl on #ITAvENG
March 8, 2026 at 10:56 PM
"There’s an element of pride because I actually thought we played pretty. If that game ended at 60 minutes, you’d say that was an unbelievable performance by England."
Ben Earl on #ITAvENG
Ben Earl on #ITAvENG
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The Discourse has become sort of numb to the fact that the richest guy on earth and owner of a major social media platform just routinely spits out the kind of nakedly white supremacist shit that until a decade ago you rarely saw outside of places like Stormfront.
March 9, 2026 at 4:04 AM
The Discourse has become sort of numb to the fact that the richest guy on earth and owner of a major social media platform just routinely spits out the kind of nakedly white supremacist shit that until a decade ago you rarely saw outside of places like Stormfront.
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Graham: You see this hat? Free Cuba. Stay tuned. The liberation of Cuba is upon us. We’re marching through the world. Iran is going down and Cuba is next.
March 8, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Graham: You see this hat? Free Cuba. Stay tuned. The liberation of Cuba is upon us. We’re marching through the world. Iran is going down and Cuba is next.
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The correction fails to air the real footage or inform viewers what was different about it. It claims the error was inadvertent and pretends to honor the fallen service members, but at the end of the day Fox still doesn’t show or describe how they came home to spare Trump from its viewers’ scrutiny.
Fox News admits to airing an old dignified transfer video on its program this morning, one that did not show Donald Trump wearing a white ball cap.
March 8, 2026 at 2:57 PM
The correction fails to air the real footage or inform viewers what was different about it. It claims the error was inadvertent and pretends to honor the fallen service members, but at the end of the day Fox still doesn’t show or describe how they came home to spare Trump from its viewers’ scrutiny.
OTD 1979 our first-born appears on P1 of The Scotsman (I was on the newsdesk at the time). There’s some weel kent bylines on the page too. We had it turned into a copperplate like those marking notable events that hung in the grand wood-panelled lobby nearby the newsroom:
March 8, 2026 at 4:49 PM
OTD 1979 our first-born appears on P1 of The Scotsman (I was on the newsdesk at the time). There’s some weel kent bylines on the page too. We had it turned into a copperplate like those marking notable events that hung in the grand wood-panelled lobby nearby the newsroom:
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I get the strong sense that the bulk of media are calling Starmer's position on Iran entirely wrongly right now. I simply don't believe that most people out there are either as hawkish as the Tories or as anti-everything as the Greens. Being conflicted in the middle seems about right to me.
March 3, 2026 at 5:39 PM
I get the strong sense that the bulk of media are calling Starmer's position on Iran entirely wrongly right now. I simply don't believe that most people out there are either as hawkish as the Tories or as anti-everything as the Greens. Being conflicted in the middle seems about right to me.
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March 8, 2026 at 10:57 AM
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America Calling .. America Calling. Lady Haw Haw continues to display blind loyalty and pathetic devotion to her increasingly deranged fuhrer:
March 8, 2026 at 2:53 PM
America Calling .. America Calling. Lady Haw Haw continues to display blind loyalty and pathetic devotion to her increasingly deranged fuhrer:
OTD in 2010 the Lake of Menteith froze over to a depth of 10”. Health & safety decreed ice too unsafe to permit the official curling bonspiel between North & South. So the expected Grand Match didn’t take place. Didn’t stop some folk though. Suspect never again in our time. Climate change!
January 2, 2026 at 7:08 PM
OTD in 2010 the Lake of Menteith froze over to a depth of 10”. Health & safety decreed ice too unsafe to permit the official curling bonspiel between North & South. So the expected Grand Match didn’t take place. Didn’t stop some folk though. Suspect never again in our time. Climate change!