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Alistair May

@alistairmay.bsky.social
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Kirk Minister: church, theology, Biblical studies (PhD) and a bit of (non-partisan) Scottish politics. Dabbling in history, law, and other stuff.

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Alistair May @alistairmay.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
In the UK we've been doing this since 1776
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Alistair May @alistairmay.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
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Alistair May @alistairmay.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
"From Birnham he would go to Downing Street" - Shakespeare
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Alistair May @alistairmay.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
I still think Count Binface should have run for the Labour leadership.
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Alistair May @alistairmay.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
So, how are people marking the 250th tomorrow?
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Alistair May @alistairmay.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
So, which member of Reform gets to be Mayor of Manchester now?
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Alistair May @alistairmay.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
What have we learned about the Labour leadership today? Wes Streeting really can't write decent prose. His letter is a grammatical and rhetorical mess. Good job he isn't positioning to be education secretary.
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Alistair May @alistairmay.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
We need a Prime Minister who will spend like Brown, tax cut like Thatcher, have the optimism of Callaghan, the charisma of Johnston, the modesty of Major, build the navy of Churchill with the fiscal prudence of Gladstone and the foreign policy Palmerston. So we're caught between a rock and a lettuce
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Alistair May @alistairmay.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Scottish Elections: caption competition
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Alistair May @alistairmay.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Shouldn't that be "from the Lib Dems"?
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Alistair May @alistairmay.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
So, who gets to be First Minister, when John Swinney becomes UK ambassador to the USA?
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Alistair May @alistairmay.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Proud of our King tonight.
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Alistair May @alistairmay.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
The US had “no right to expect that it will always have wise and humane rulers, sincerely attached to the principles of the Constitution. Wicked men, ambitious of power, with hatred of liberty and contempt of law, may fill the place once occupied by Washington and Lincoln" Justice Davis SCOTUS 1866
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Alistair May @alistairmay.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
“popular Government, without popular information, or the means of acquiring it is but a Prologue to a Farce or a Tragedy; or, perhaps both. Knowledge will forever govern ignorance: And a people who mean to be their own Governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.” Js Madison
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Alistair May @alistairmay.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
"Made up quotes are the clear evidence of people using Artificial Intelligence without integrity" - Margaret Thatcher
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Alistair May @alistairmay.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
It's a sad day when we listen to the Leader of the Free World, roll our eyes, and wait for the Ayatollah to tell us the truth
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Alistair May @alistairmay.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
The Assisted Dying Bill in Scotland was going to be heartbreaking for many, whichever way it went. I believe this is the right decision, but deep respect to all MSPs, on both sides, who engaged, listened, and voted with compassionate minds and hearts. Now, let us unite and improve palliative care.
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Alistair May @alistairmay.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
I'm not sure what I think about the attack on Iran, but listening to their UN ambassador complaining about illegal attacks on civilians, and violation of sovereignty, is so thick with hypocrisy.
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Alistair May @alistairmay.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
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Doug Gay @douggay.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
@daviddark.bsky.social you need this
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Alistair May @alistairmay.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
It shows what an upside down world it is when John Bolton is the voice of sanity.
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Alistair May @alistairmay.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Trying to imagine a context where this wouldn't be blatantly racist. Em... Yes, still thinking...
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Alistair May @alistairmay.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Andy Mountbatten-Windsor still hasn't grasped his loss of rank? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Man charged after suspected fake navy admiral at Llandudno Remembrance event
Police said the incident at the Remembrance Sunday event caused
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Alistair May @alistairmay.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
That's no East Wing.
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Alistair May @alistairmay.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Alibi?
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Alistair May @alistairmay.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
Given it will cost more that £2.99 to ship a book from the US, and they'll accept less that that ("best offer") someone is pretty desperate to get this off their hands
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Stephanie Rains 🪼 @acidrains.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
We truly are living in the stupidest of timelines
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British government asks people to delete old emails to reduce data centres' water use
The UK government has urged people to delete old pictures and emails as ‘data centres require vast amounts of water to cool their systems’.
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Alistair May @alistairmay.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
When did we become so selfish as a nation? When Labour slash a *Tory* achievement (given under Cameron/Osbourn's supposed austerity) has our moral compass failed us?
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Alistair May @alistairmay.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
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Alistair May @alistairmay.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
The Church of Scotland's General Assembly reaffirms the Church's opposition to assisted dying
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Alistair May @alistairmay.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
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Alistair May @alistairmay.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Habemas Papam...
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Alistair May @alistairmay.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
habemus papam
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Alistair May @alistairmay.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
#StarWarsSunday #Maythe4th
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Alistair May @alistairmay.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
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Alistair May @alistairmay.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
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Alistair May @alistairmay.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
So, here's the interesting question. How does a world leader set about making a papal funeral and conclave all about himself? (Asking for a friend)
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Alistair May @alistairmay.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
And still the crowd shouted louder "Give us Braerrabbit"
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Alistair May @alistairmay.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
President Trump says he is a great admirer of the King of England, and looks forward to a meeting of minds...
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Rosie Holt @rosieisaholt.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
CONFUSED ABOUT THE US TARIFFS?! Everything is explained in the latest episode of #Noncensored - podfollow.com/noncensored Listen to our satirical podcast, wherever you get your podcasts 😏 This week with @wsebag.bsky.social & @notmurphy.bsky.social & @leadmojo.bsky.social
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Kevin Hague @kevverage.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Vance to Denmark: “you have underinvested in the people of Greenland” the people of Mississippi, Louisiana and New Mexico might want a word
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Alistair May @alistairmay.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
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Scot McKnight @scotmcknight.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Yes, Why?!
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Alistair May @alistairmay.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
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Alistair May @alistairmay.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
There. fixed it.
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Alistair May @alistairmay.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Sadly, the only hope for Ukraine (given Europe's lack of arms) is that America is persuaded to change its mind. That means diplomacy. It's all there is - and the rest is just noise. It may involve some humiliation, and lots of careful words, but that's the price of making any real difference.
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General Boles @generalboles.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Keir's on the phone to Trump - a man he probably despises - trying to salvage the situation because he knows US military aid can be shut off overnight and you're all worrying about his tweets. I'm sorry but
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a man in a suit and tie says " serious people "
ALT: a man in a suit and tie says " serious people "
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Alistair May @alistairmay.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Ukraine invaded Russia Trump won the 2020 election Obama wasn't born in the US Anyone else seen a patern here?
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Ankit Panda @nktpnd.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
To spare you all from Twitter, here’s @shashj.bsky.social’s great rebuttal.
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Alistair May @alistairmay.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Ronald Reagan would be turning in his grave at these horrific statement from the Kremlin on the Potomac. Shame on America.
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