Ross Colquhoun
@rosscolquhoun.bsky.social
💻 Dad + Head of Digital @theSNP @YesScot on 9 winning national elections 🎸 Co-founder of National Collective 🎨 Edinburgh College of Art grad 📱 The revolution will be digitised.
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🏴 Scotland’s future in our hands, or his?
😍 A historic night for Heart of Midlothian Football Club as they qualify for the UEFA Conference League.
Down to 10 men, away from home, over 120 minutes, and against UEFA’s 74th-ranked team.
For perspective, Celtic’s collapse was against LASK, ranked 99th.
That’s how it’s done. Heroes.
Down to 10 men, away from home, over 120 minutes, and against UEFA’s 74th-ranked team.
For perspective, Celtic’s collapse was against LASK, ranked 99th.
That’s how it’s done. Heroes.
August 26, 2026 at 7:39 PM
😍 A historic night for Heart of Midlothian Football Club as they qualify for the UEFA Conference League.
Down to 10 men, away from home, over 120 minutes, and against UEFA’s 74th-ranked team.
For perspective, Celtic’s collapse was against LASK, ranked 99th.
That’s how it’s done. Heroes.
Down to 10 men, away from home, over 120 minutes, and against UEFA’s 74th-ranked team.
For perspective, Celtic’s collapse was against LASK, ranked 99th.
That’s how it’s done. Heroes.
🏴 Scotland remain the last team to beat the World Cup champions Spain in a competitive international.
July 19, 2026 at 10:05 PM
🏴 Scotland remain the last team to beat the World Cup champions Spain in a competitive international.
🏴🤝🇦🇷 Without this Scotsman, you might not have had Messi.
It sounds far-fetched, but the story starts in Dingwall, in the Scottish Highlands.
It sounds far-fetched, but the story starts in Dingwall, in the Scottish Highlands.
July 16, 2026 at 7:07 AM
🏴🤝🇦🇷 Without this Scotsman, you might not have had Messi.
It sounds far-fetched, but the story starts in Dingwall, in the Scottish Highlands.
It sounds far-fetched, but the story starts in Dingwall, in the Scottish Highlands.
I’m obviously neutral, but this has been a fantastic game for the neutral.
July 15, 2026 at 9:12 PM
I’m obviously neutral, but this has been a fantastic game for the neutral.
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@billykayscot.bsky.social has written and spoken extensively about Scotland introducing football to South America.
July 15, 2026 at 5:39 PM
@billykayscot.bsky.social has written and spoken extensively about Scotland introducing football to South America.
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As they say: No Scotland. No party🍻
July 15, 2026 at 5:19 PM
As they say: No Scotland. No party🍻
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There must be quite a history of Scots in the Argentine. RB Cunningham Grahame, Don Roberto, spent much time there too, and apparently sourced horses there for use in European battlefields during WW1.
July 15, 2026 at 3:27 PM
There must be quite a history of Scots in the Argentine. RB Cunningham Grahame, Don Roberto, spent much time there too, and apparently sourced horses there for use in European battlefields during WW1.
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🧵🏴🤝🇦🇷 From a Scottish teacher to Diego Maradona and Lionel Messi lifting the World Cup, the path of Argentine football starts with one man.
The father of Argentinian football isn't an Argentinian, he was a Scotsman - Alexander Watson Hutton.
The father of Argentinian football isn't an Argentinian, he was a Scotsman - Alexander Watson Hutton.
July 15, 2026 at 2:53 PM
🧵🏴🤝🇦🇷 From a Scottish teacher to Diego Maradona and Lionel Messi lifting the World Cup, the path of Argentine football starts with one man.
The father of Argentinian football isn't an Argentinian, he was a Scotsman - Alexander Watson Hutton.
The father of Argentinian football isn't an Argentinian, he was a Scotsman - Alexander Watson Hutton.
July 15, 2026 at 11:36 AM
🧵🏴🤝🇦🇷 From a Scottish teacher to Diego Maradona and Lionel Messi lifting the World Cup, the path of Argentine football starts with one man.
The father of Argentinian football isn't an Argentinian, he was a Scotsman - Alexander Watson Hutton.
The father of Argentinian football isn't an Argentinian, he was a Scotsman - Alexander Watson Hutton.
Humans have existed for ~300,000 years. For almost all of that time, life expectancy at birth was just 20–35 years. In 1800 the global average was still only 29. Today it’s around 73. The greatest leap in human survival happened not over millennia, but in the last 150 years.
July 15, 2026 at 8:13 AM
Humans have existed for ~300,000 years. For almost all of that time, life expectancy at birth was just 20–35 years. In 1800 the global average was still only 29. Today it’s around 73. The greatest leap in human survival happened not over millennia, but in the last 150 years.
⛰️ UK and Ireland geography facts that feel wrong but are true:
Edinburgh is west of Manchester.
Liverpool is north of Dublin.
Bristol is east of Edinburgh.
Shetland is closer to Norway than London.
Edinburgh is west of Manchester.
Liverpool is north of Dublin.
Bristol is east of Edinburgh.
Shetland is closer to Norway than London.
July 14, 2026 at 8:28 PM
⛰️ UK and Ireland geography facts that feel wrong but are true:
Edinburgh is west of Manchester.
Liverpool is north of Dublin.
Bristol is east of Edinburgh.
Shetland is closer to Norway than London.
Edinburgh is west of Manchester.
Liverpool is north of Dublin.
Bristol is east of Edinburgh.
Shetland is closer to Norway than London.
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This was my original story on this, revealing Labour insiders would rely on Reform to vote in Anas Sarwar as first Minister if the numbers stack up.
EXCL: Scottish Labour has plotted a route to put Anas Sarwar in Bute House. It involves Reform playing a part and Labour having the "moral mandate" to govern. It will also still need a big shift in the polls which hasn't looked like happening.
www.scotsman.com/news/politic...
www.scotsman.com/news/politic...
Holyrood election: Anas Sarwar's slim hopes for a tactical route to Bute House
Labour is trailing far behind the SNP in the polls but hopes to flip seats in key Central Belt battlegrounds
www.scotsman.com
April 14, 2026 at 8:29 PM
This was my original story on this, revealing Labour insiders would rely on Reform to vote in Anas Sarwar as first Minister if the numbers stack up.
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Well, that aged like a fine milk.
January 21, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Well, that aged like a fine milk.
The greatest irony of our time is that we have an abundance of resources/energy to sustain our planet, yet our economic system - reinforced by imperialism and some political leaders, makes abundance feel scarce and impossible. That is what’s driving the climate/ecological crisis.
January 17, 2026 at 10:00 PM
The greatest irony of our time is that we have an abundance of resources/energy to sustain our planet, yet our economic system - reinforced by imperialism and some political leaders, makes abundance feel scarce and impossible. That is what’s driving the climate/ecological crisis.
Anas Sarwar and Labour have been caught making up a quote and attributing it to a person who did not give their permission on one of their campaign leaflets. Extraordinary to not get the basics right. hellorayo.co.uk/clyde/local/...
Scottish Labour apologises after leaflet included 'made-up' quote
Anas Sarwar has apologised after Scottish Labour issued election leaflets...
hellorayo.co.uk
January 15, 2026 at 12:08 PM
Anas Sarwar and Labour have been caught making up a quote and attributing it to a person who did not give their permission on one of their campaign leaflets. Extraordinary to not get the basics right. hellorayo.co.uk/clyde/local/...
I get my first name from my Grandpa’s surname. His family came from Highlands & North East. This is my 4x Great Grandpa, William Ross, Sergeant Master Tailor of the 93rd Sutherland Highlanders. He made the uniform he’s wearing - and those of regiment. Served in Corfu, Gibraltar, India, & Crimea.
September 27, 2025 at 3:38 PM
I get my first name from my Grandpa’s surname. His family came from Highlands & North East. This is my 4x Great Grandpa, William Ross, Sergeant Master Tailor of the 93rd Sutherland Highlanders. He made the uniform he’s wearing - and those of regiment. Served in Corfu, Gibraltar, India, & Crimea.
Increasing UK inequality created a fertile ground for anti-migrant sentiment and Brexit due to perceived scarcity > Nigel Farage and Reform back Brexit which further increases inequality in UK > Whilst Tories and Labour echo them on Brexit and stoking up anti-migrant sentiment.
August 27, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Increasing UK inequality created a fertile ground for anti-migrant sentiment and Brexit due to perceived scarcity > Nigel Farage and Reform back Brexit which further increases inequality in UK > Whilst Tories and Labour echo them on Brexit and stoking up anti-migrant sentiment.
Vive la France.
France will recognize an independent state of Palestine in September at the U.N. General Assembly, President Emmanuel Macron said.
“The urgent need today is to end the war in Gaza and to rescue the civilian population,” Macron wrote on X. wapo.st/45jiof3
“The urgent need today is to end the war in Gaza and to rescue the civilian population,” Macron wrote on X. wapo.st/45jiof3
July 24, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Vive la France.
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🏴 The SNP will always keep Scotland’s water in Scotland’s hands.
The current fiasco in England shows that public ownership works.
Scottish Water delivers a better service, reinvestment not profit, and 20% lower bills than England. 🚰
The current fiasco in England shows that public ownership works.
Scottish Water delivers a better service, reinvestment not profit, and 20% lower bills than England. 🚰
July 22, 2025 at 2:29 PM
🏴 The SNP will always keep Scotland’s water in Scotland’s hands.
The current fiasco in England shows that public ownership works.
Scottish Water delivers a better service, reinvestment not profit, and 20% lower bills than England. 🚰
The current fiasco in England shows that public ownership works.
Scottish Water delivers a better service, reinvestment not profit, and 20% lower bills than England. 🚰
🏴💦 That’s that settled then.
July 22, 2025 at 2:44 PM
🏴💦 That’s that settled then.