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mySociety @mysociety.org · 28/05/2026

Some good news for a change! Did you catch @da.vidh.scot , the Scottish Information Commissioner, at #FOI Fest? You can hear his whole keynote at www.mysociety.org/podcast/foi-... and it's well worth a listen to learn what is going well... and what is still a huge challenge.

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David Hamilton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦 @da.vidh.scot · 11/10/2025

Very kind Ika but there are many, many people more deserving of that title! Many thanks for having me on. Hvala!

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David Hamilton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦 @da.vidh.scot · 10/10/2025

This another of these huge public interest cases where you have to wonder if requests for information on Prosecutorial decisions shouldn’t be tested by FOI regulators. www.theguardian.com/law/2025/oct...

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Why has the UK dropped its trial of two alleged China spies?

Prosecutor hinted at lack of backing from Downing Street but legal experts argue prosecution was still possible

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David Hamilton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦 @da.vidh.scot · 08/10/2025

With elections next year I wonder if our democracy is not already under attack through misinformation.

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David Hamilton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦 @da.vidh.scot · 08/10/2025

Seriously impressed with Canada’s approach to disinformation. Lots to learn for UK & Scotland so we can protect elections. Eg at last Canadian elections 5 office holders tasked with protecting elections considered Intel from security agencies & briefed media on disinformation.

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David Hamilton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦 @da.vidh.scot · 08/10/2025

It’s Recruitment time again… This time I’m looking for a Business Support Manager to join our @foi.scot team Full details at www.foi.scot/current-vaca...

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

Today, 52-year-old Ilona Revut has died in a shelter in Kyiv due to an acute reaction to stress. A beauty parlor where Ilona was hairstylist wrote of her death. Russia doesn't always kill with direct strikes. Many Ukrainians have serious health issues after surviving Russian attacks.

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David Hamilton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦 @da.vidh.scot · 19/07/2025

New Questions Over NHS Fife compliance for @foi.scot www.foi.scot/new-question...

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David Hamilton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦 @da.vidh.scot · 14/07/2025

“I hope this serves as the wake-up call that NHS Forth Valley need. Their FOI response times over the last 18 months have been terrible.”

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David Hamilton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦 @da.vidh.scot · 20/06/2025

How come we’re not called the British and Irish Leopards?

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David Hamilton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦 @da.vidh.scot · 15/06/2025

If only ScotGov had asked those who have been there. 🤷🏻‍♂️ Military medical aid is civil medical aid in many parts of Ukraine. Army medics treat civilians. A ridiculous caveat which will endanger the lives of the people the aid was intended to help. www.thetimes.co.uk/article/snp-...

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SNP bans Ukraine from sending NHS donations to front lines

Ministers accused of ‘morally bankrupt hypocrisy’ after government officials demanded that £800,000 of medical supplies be used for ‘civilian purposes only’

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David Hamilton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦 @da.vidh.scot · 10/06/2025

It makes me wonder about Eastern Ukraine and the devastation I saw there and of course to Gaza. How long to rebuild these towns and cities? We really are an insane species.

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David Hamilton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦 @da.vidh.scot · 10/06/2025

Mostar was absolutely wrecked when i was there and to this day many buildings still bear the scars of war.

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David Hamilton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦 @da.vidh.scot · 10/06/2025

Last week I was driving from.Satajevo to Split for the first tine in 30 years. Gave me the chance to visit Mostar and it's famous ottoman bridge as last time I was there it had been blown up by Bosnian Croats and a rope bridge erected in its place!

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David Hamilton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦 @da.vidh.scot · 06/06/2025

We won’t know till we validate and investigate…but in the last 3 years, appeals for vexatious or manifestly unreasonable have been 2-5% of our cases. www.foi.scot/sites/defaul...

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David Hamilton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦 @da.vidh.scot · 06/06/2025

Yikes, the @foi.scot workload record has been smashed again. Following Aprils biggest ever number of new cases (80), May has seen another 15% increase on that to 92. We’re working flat out and are now 2/3 way through the historical backlog. Our intervention progress work is suffering though.

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David Hamilton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦 @da.vidh.scot · 03/06/2025

It’s not exactly Schengen is it?. Digital Borders was meant to be live last year. So forgive me if I don’t hold my breath for a mediocre sticking plaster.

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David Hamilton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦 @da.vidh.scot · 02/06/2025

Another European airport and another chorus of complants and outrage at #Brexit from queues of Scots stuck at border security. Who the hell voted for this?

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The Herald @heraldscotland.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

NHS Fife rebuked by watchdog over Sandie Peggie FOI failures www.heraldscotland.com/news/2519592... @andrewlearmonth.bsky.social

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Anna Gvarishvili @annagvarish.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Day 177 of a non-stop #GeorgiaProtests. Let me remind you that GD banned using fireworks at the protests in January.

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David Hamilton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦 @da.vidh.scot · 19/05/2025

Two charities I am involved with, run entirely by volunteers, have just learned that @microsoft.com is slashing its software support for charities. This despite posting $70 billion in the last quarter, up 13.7%. This is their right and we’re grateful for past donations but…really?

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David Hamilton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦 @da.vidh.scot · 16/05/2025

Finally, what of the Board Members who failed in their roles? Many have moved on - apparently without sanction- not even named in the report. Maybe we need to debar poor performing public board members from standing on other boards in the future? Maybe we need to pay more to get better people?

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David Hamilton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦 @da.vidh.scot · 16/05/2025

The failings appear to stem from hopeless oversight and a Board/ Ministerial failure to probe and ask questions. I’m grateful for my Parliamentary oversight where at least I do feel tested and challenged.

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David Hamilton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦 @da.vidh.scot · 16/05/2025

As an accountable officer for public funds I fear that my pleas for a proportionate audit model for small bodies will be lost in the response. Audit is a key tool in accountability but WICS’s issues clearly started well before 2022.

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David Hamilton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦 @da.vidh.scot · 16/05/2025

This really is appalling. www.parliament.scot/about/news/n... A total failure of oversight by the Board. The danger is a knee jerk reaction that impacts on all the public bodies for which this kind of behaviour is an anathema.

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Catalogue of failures led to issues at Scotlands water watchdog

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Lauren Harper @laurenleharper.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

There are some extremely brave FOIA officers in the federal government - and this is a reminder that they often want to get the information out as badly as the public wants to read it.

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

President Emmanuel Macron showed how his trip to Kyiv unfolded. "There can be no dialogue while civilians are being bombed at the same time. What we need now is a ceasefire so that negotiations can begin. For peace," he said.

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Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

When people complain about red tape and health and safety gone mad, remember it's tragedies like this that we have learned from.

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David Hamilton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦 @da.vidh.scot · 10/05/2025

Much entertainment at breakfast this morning by the bomber diving wood pigeons.

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David Hamilton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦 @da.vidh.scot · 08/05/2025

In a week where we remember those who died fighting evil 80 years ago, let us also remember those who continue to do so.

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David Hamilton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦 @da.vidh.scot · 05/05/2025

Finally, finally after 2 baths, 3 showers and a sauna, I have cleansed myself of yesterdays #Knoclkhill mud. Great team building with the JKS Karate team.

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David Hamilton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦 @da.vidh.scot · 03/05/2025

Brown and white belt awarded today. 2 more to Black (and a lot of hard work ahead!)

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David Hamilton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦 @da.vidh.scot · 03/05/2025

He's done it again.. My super talented nephew Pat Hamilton has released another storming track. Available on all platforms.... sndo.ffm.to/dz7apkx

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Rev Peter W Nimmo @peternimmo.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Meanwhile, in Georgia...

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David Hamilton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦 @da.vidh.scot · 22/04/2025

Beautiful city. (This from May23). So important for people to see what is at stake.

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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Kharkiv today 📸:Думка

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David Hamilton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦 @da.vidh.scot · 20/04/2025

Not my best fighting but came away with more experience and a bronze medal in the British Karate Championships (Super Veterans)! If you’d asked me when I came back to karate 18 months ago that that would be possible I’d have laughed! Next step, Brown/White belt….

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David Hamilton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦 @da.vidh.scot · 05/04/2025

But I also want to remember Scottish Aid Worker Neil Golightly heraldscotland.com/news/12091587.… Neil died on Igman, on that same hellish road trying to bring help to others. If only he knew how much that meant to the beseiged Bosnians below.

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David Hamilton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦 @da.vidh.scot · 05/04/2025

But we were lucky. We got to go home after delivering the aid. But for the people of Saravejo, that wasn't an option instead they endured the snipers, the shelling (300 shells a day) not to forget the bitter Bosnian winters

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David Hamilton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦 @da.vidh.scot · 05/04/2025

One of the most extraordinary experiences was returning to the tunnel on 2014- it's now a museum- and walking the same route our boxes took

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David Hamilton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦 @da.vidh.scot · 05/04/2025

It was a dangerous drive though and We were shot at by anti aircraft guns, and mortared. In April 95 we were lucky to only lose a truck. This photo shows the Smouldering wreck of one of our convoy trucks

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David Hamilton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦 @da.vidh.scot · 05/04/2025

Bosnian resilience was incredible though. They tunnelled under the UN controlled airport and manged to establish an aid route into the city. This allowed agencies like Edinburgh Direct Aid to take aid over Mt Igman to the entrance and the aid to be taken through the tunnel.

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David Hamilton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦 @da.vidh.scot · 05/04/2025

When I first got there in 1995, power and water was strictly rationed, everything was damaged snipers shot at you and Chetniks lobbed mortars indiscriminately. There were no windows. 11,541 civilians were slaughtered during the seige 1,601 of whom were children.

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