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Brian Devlin

@briandevlin.bsky.social
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Author, Campaigner, Civil Rights, Ethics, Collapsed Catholic.

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Brian Devlin @briandevlin.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Fascinating. I had no idea. And I live fairly near there.
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Dr Christine Peters @microlabdoc.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Very torn up for the families The most devastating experience of the SHI was witnessing their visceral pain What politicians don’t seem to grasp is that blanket verbal assurance is not confidence building, nor respectful Transparent work with evidence is We need to get there -starting now
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Death bug hospital is STILL not safe families tell Swinney
Grieving relatives of patients who died at a scandal-hit super hospital have joined forces for the first time to issue an unprecedented warning to John Swinney that the £1bn site is still not safe.
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Hille Haker @hillehaker.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Read the comments, too, for more information. Thank you folks, for showing what is going on. Nobody can say we did not know or see. It’s here. It’s now.
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Brian Devlin @briandevlin.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Total.
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Brian Devlin @briandevlin.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Truth
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Brian Devlin @briandevlin.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
I’d say today Anas Sarwar destroyed any faint hope that the Labour Party had in Scotland in the election. It’s not just Starmer who’s no good at politics.
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Brian Devlin @briandevlin.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Utterly heartbreaking news.
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Dr Christine Peters @microlabdoc.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Some people touch your life and inspire you and give you hope in a dark place. Jeanne Freeman was one such person. Devastated by her sudden death. She worked for the good of others and we are the poorer for her passing. Deep condolences to those who loved her. www.scotsman.com/news/politic...
scotsman.com
Former health secretary Jeane Freeman dies aged 72
The former SNP MSP served as Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport from 2018-2021.
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Dr Christine Peters @microlabdoc.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
This letter has been on my mind for a long time. So many people reaching out and so many stories from different health boards. Something has to change. It’s not just about the QEUH and infections. That’s been just one symptom of a deeper malaise.
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Dr Christine Peters @microlabdoc.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
From my experience the INWO experiment for external whistleblowing for the Scottish NHS is not fit for purpose. It was very well intentioned by Jeanne Freeman. Unfortunately they report to the board CEO and cannot insist on actions = chocolate teapot - non transparent lacking stringent oversight
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Dr Christine Peters @microlabdoc.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
It’s really not enough to claim “new team” optimism @johnswinney.bsky.social Who in the top team has had nothing to do with the clear and embedded positioning of NHS GGC prior to last week’s Scottish Hospitals Inquiry hearing? Regarding both facts re building and whistleblowers.
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Brian Devlin @briandevlin.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Thank you. Yes. Me too!!
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Brian Devlin @briandevlin.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Thank you my friend. How are you getting on?
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Brian Devlin @briandevlin.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Thanks x
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Brian Devlin @briandevlin.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
Surgery at the end of this week. So I’m concocting my own prehabilitation programme. A nice stroll around Rosehaugh Estate on the Black Isle. A ruin now. But absolutely enchanting.
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Brian Devlin @briandevlin.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Response to the budget is published by the OBR before the budget is delivered. This has descended into Keystone Cops territory. What an utter mess. I despair
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Brian Devlin @briandevlin.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Thank you.
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Brian Devlin @briandevlin.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
I mangled the Latin a bit. But anyway… Salve Regina
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Brian Devlin @briandevlin.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Frosty Morning on the Black Isle today #PhotosFromTheFrontDoor
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Brian Devlin @briandevlin.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
I’ve not been able to read a book for three years due to my heart issues. But I broke the spell yesterday with this from my beloved friend and mentor, Richard Holloway. Former Primus of Episcopal Church I strongly recommend it for anyone trying to make sense of this life and this world. Astonishing
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Brian Devlin @briandevlin.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Just the one.
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Brian Devlin @briandevlin.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Isn’t it the case that if Charles had died before he’d had kids, Andrew would be king now? Time for a #NoKings movement here.
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Brian Devlin @briandevlin.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
How interesting.
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Brian Devlin @briandevlin.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
It’s worth remembering that if Prince Charles had died before he had children then (soon to be ex) Prince Andrew would now be king. @mrjamesob.bsky.social @shelaghfogarty.bsky.social
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Brian Devlin @briandevlin.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
My (95 y.o.) mum’s news tonight is that Judge Judy has changed her hairstyle. She does NOT approve
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/Never Again @montrose.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Lead the way Canada 🇨🇦🇨🇦
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Brian Devlin @briandevlin.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Fascinating piece on the birth of nuclear industry in the far north of the Highlands. @charlielynch.bsky.social
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Brian Devlin @briandevlin.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Fascinating piece. Thanks Charlie
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Charlie Lynch @charlielynch.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
In today’s public history column in the @scotnational.bsky.social I interview @linda83ross.bsky.social about the social history of the coming of nuclear power to the Highlands of Scotland in the 1950s. And why almost everyone at the time seemed to think it was a great idea…
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Michele Somerville she/her @michelesomerville.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
It’s not his house. x.com/washingtonpo...
x.com
The Washington Post on X: "Much of the White House's East Wing was torn down to make way for President Trump’s planned ballroom. “They’re wrecking it,” said political scientist Martha Joynt Kumar. “And these are changes that can’t be undone. They’re destroying that history forever.” https://t.co/8WDPNswjUB" / X
Much of the White House's East Wing was torn down to make way for President Trump’s planned ballroom. “They’re wrecking it,” said political scientist Martha Joynt Kumar. “And these are changes that can’t be undone. They’re destroying that history forever.” https://t.co/8WDPNswjUB
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Brian Devlin @briandevlin.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
I’m reading Nobody’s Girl by Virginia Giuffre. It’s sickening. All of it. This level of abuse could never have gone on without others knowing, staying silent and being casual witnesses. This ‘action’ by the ‘Palace’ is utter bullshit. We need a “No King” movement in the UK
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Brian Devlin @briandevlin.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Up above the clouds this dawn
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Brian Devlin @briandevlin.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
I agree. The odds are stacked against Whistleblowers. But looking at the power of the women victims of Epstein’s abuse they WILL have impact. They speak as a collective, they’re media savvy and they have strong political advocates. We can learn to make it more successful. THEY won’t. We must
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Brian Devlin @briandevlin.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
Very well handled @natashadevon.bsky.social
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Gay Catholic Priests @gay-cath-priests.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Drop in number of men starting studies for priesthood at Maynooth ‘disappointing, but not unexpected’ — Mandatory celibacy and not allowing women to become priests are among the reasons given for the decrease www.independent.ie/irish-news/d...
independent.ie
Drop in number of men starting studies for priesthood at Maynooth ‘disappointing, but not unexpected’
A drop in the number of men starting studies for the priesthood at the national seminary in Maynooth is “disappointing” but “not unexpected”, a spokesman for the Association of Catholic Priests (ACP) ...
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Brian Devlin @briandevlin.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Four years since Cardinal Sin’s first public outing.
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Brian Devlin @briandevlin.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
Have you ever been utterly enthralled by a movie and at the end said ‘ I don’t really understand what that was about. But I don’t regret a second of it’? ‘The Man in the Hat’ did it for me tonight. Free on Prime. And utterly enchanting. A movie that only the French could make.
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Brian Devlin @briandevlin.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
I thought it was interesting that the action was taken by the state authorities. I don’t know how/if the Church acted. The Pope’s knowledge of the Church in Latin America will give him a very strong insight into what’s going on there. And what needs to be done. Here’s hoping for better days
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Brian Devlin @briandevlin.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
www.reuters.com/world/americ...
reuters.com
Bolivia sentences priests for concealing decades of child sex abuse
A Bolivian court sentenced two elderly Spanish Jesuit priests to a year each in prison on Tuesday for concealing decades of child sex abuse committed by their colleague in the church.
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Brian Devlin @briandevlin.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
My best wee pal In the whole wide world
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Brian Devlin @briandevlin.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Beautiful day in Cromarty
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Brian Devlin @briandevlin.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
😂😂
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Brian Devlin @briandevlin.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
I was 89% hair back in the day
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Brian Devlin @briandevlin.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
It was an unusual look I agree.
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Brian Devlin @briandevlin.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
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Brian Devlin @briandevlin.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Being a whistleblower is a long, lonely, tiring business. It’s also vitally important if society is to change for the better. I wish those brave women all that is good.
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Brian Devlin @briandevlin.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
And fourthly, find sound politicians with a moral backbone ( who you may or may not agree with politically) who will advocate for you and ensure that you are heard. You’ll soon find out who’s serious and who isn’t.
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Brian Devlin @briandevlin.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Thirdly a free press doing what a free press should be doing is, by and large, the whistleblowers’ friend. Use the media. But get specialist advice if you’ve not done it before. This is vital.
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Brian Devlin @briandevlin.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Secondly there is safety in numbers. This is rarely a place where single stories get anywhere. There literally is strength in numbers. As we saw today.
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Brian Devlin @briandevlin.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Firstly, exhaust all their internal processes. Even if they are crap ( they will be) and then, when that’s over walk away from them.
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