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lauren-gilmour.bsky.social

Communications and PR by day. Kidding on I'm still a journalist by night. Paisley Buddie in the Capital. Giving this substack thing a go: darklands.substack.com

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If there was to be a Michael Crick-esque figure for the Scottish elections would there be an appetite for that? 👀

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Whoever is doing the PR for the FCDO needs to be switched in to Number 10 immediately. What an absolute blinder they have played the last few days.

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Who's idea was it to put Sam Fender AND Pulp tickets on sale on the same day 🤯🤯🤯🤯

submitted 23 days ago • 1 comment

LETTERS The existence of trans people is not ideology or myth. They deserve support. www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/2493...

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Meanwhile, the papers are full of drivel about ending tax breaks for the poor poor private schools. This offers a bit of perspective on the crisis of teacher recruitment in state schools.

submitted 30 days ago • 0 comments

Absolutely unhinged

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Total hypocrisy from Reform. Tough on crime and justice for thee but not for me.

submitted 35 days ago • 1 comment

How much of our weekends would we be able to enjoy if we didn’t have to do housework?

submitted 35 days ago • 1 comment

I think I’m becoming more of a feminist as I get older. All day, every day, we have to put up with so many male micro-aggressions that just wear us down.

submitted 41 days ago • 0 comments

Two places I have not missed working today: - a newsroom - an insurance call centre

submitted 44 days ago • 0 comments

I love this city more than life itself.

submitted 45 days ago • 0 comments

WARN US the next time please. I thought the Russians were en route.

submitted 45 days ago • 0 comments

There is nothing that makes you feel more aware of aging than going to your wee cousin’s 30th birthday.

submitted 60 days ago • 0 comments

One thing I absolutely do not miss about this time of year is writing new years honours stories.

submitted 72 days ago • 0 comments

A festive reminder that it is not supposed to be 14 degrees on Christmas Eve.

submitted 76 days ago • 1 comment

It also makes it harder for them to ban books.

submitted 77 days ago • 533 comments

@turvill.bsky.social’s rundown of this on the other app is giving more Handforth Parish Council than capital city administration in charge of a £1.3bn budget.

submitted 81 days ago • 0 comments

Is the Scottish Government’s PR strategy being written by the work experience student? “We’ve been through the wringer for using the limos a bit too much so let’s take a taxpayer funded car to the most high profile football match in Scotland. No one will ever know, we’ll be really discreet.”

submitted 81 days ago • 0 comments

Cammy Day here boldly deciding that he doesn’t fancy following the rules that were put in place to protect tenants while leading a body who’s job it is to ensure these rules are being followed by everyone else.

submitted 87 days ago • 1 comment

Why is the entire city centre of Edinburgh literally gridlocked at the moment? Traffic trying to go in two directions down Charlotte square having massive knock on effect.

submitted 89 days ago • 0 comments

What happened when I deleted X and went swimming every day for a month instead?* Read my first ever substack post: substack.com/inbox/post/1... *It wasn't a straight swap - it just happened that way.

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🙂‍↔️

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Our kids are in crisis: meet the teachers planning a classroom revolution to save childhood I talk to campaigners who want to end formal education before age seven & replace it with play-based learning. It could rescue our broken society they say My Big Read www.heraldscotland.com/news/2474616...

submitted 106 days ago • 6 comments

I get why this was written, put a new spin on a political topic that’s becoming a bit stale. But I find it telling that the only defence Kevin McKenna can find for Neil Gray using his ministerial car to go to the football is that “it’s nice to have a minister who’s a football fan”