Douglas Fraser @douglasffraser.bsky.social · 18/04/2025When @washingtonpost.com goes full @theonion.com 150
Douglas Fraser @douglasffraser.bsky.social · 18/04/2025More money needed, from government or better off students or graduates - pols have to choose: @EdinburghUni principal says it’s not enough to be against tuition fees, warning other universities could face the same battle for survival as Dundee: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukFunding warning from Edinburgh University principal MathiesonSir Peter Mathieson says ministers must act over the future funding model for Scotland's universities. 040
Douglas Fraser @douglasffraser.bsky.social · 09/03/2025Where Lobsters Dare: what is Russia up to on the seabed, why, and how to detect and deter it? on @BBCRadio4 and @BBCSounds #implausibledeniability www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...bbc.co.ukBBC Radio 4 - The Subsea WarDouglas Fraser investigates the struggle to defend critical subsea infrastructure. 051
Douglas Fraser @douglasffraser.bsky.social · 25/02/2025As Sir Keir Starmer boosts UK defence spending, how far is Britain from battle-readiness? What’s needed? How to procure it? More collabs with EU allies? What to learn from Ukraine and Russia? I made ‘Re-arming the UK’, for @BBCRadio4, now on @BBCSounds www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...bbc.co.ukBBC Radio 4 - Rearming the UKDouglas Fraser asks what it will take to get the UK defence sector on a war footing. 041
Douglas Fraser @douglasffraser.bsky.social · 20/02/2025Lloyds Banking Group results are out. Charlie Nunn, chief executive, said: “We successfully completed the first phase of our ambitious and purpose-driven strategy, exceeding our revenue target and transforming our propositions and capabilities as we returned the business to growth.”media.tenor.coma man in a suit and tie is sitting in a chair with his hands in the air .ALT: a man in a suit and tie is sitting in a chair with his hands in the air . 020
Douglas Fraser @douglasffraser.bsky.social · 03/02/2025One Norwegian minister: "207 weeks to go, one week down". He was referring to NATO, as it awaits the Donald Trump wrecking ball. Less than 2 weeks in, though, POTUS is focussed on tariffs, a word he loves... 130
Douglas Fraser @douglasffraser.bsky.social · 24/01/2025Liking the look of this: Fred Goodwin and the RBS calamity, on stage at the Edinburgh Festival featuring the ghost of Logan Roy. 030
Douglas Fraser @douglasffraser.bsky.social · 21/01/2025How will Trump 2.0 affect us across the Atlantic? Possibly tariffs, exports, inflation, energy and climate change, and (in)security in Europe: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukTrump's Scottish links may bring no special favoursThe President's vow to use tariffs to protect America could have negative effects on Scotland's economy. 020
Reposted by Douglas FraserStu Mackinnon @stumackinnon.bsky.social · 16/01/2025Good article by @douglasffraser.bsky.social looking at child poverty which recognises that solving this problem isn't just the responsibility of one part of government, or government alone www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.uk'Ending child poverty remains complex issue for John Swinney'Recent figures suggest a quarter of Scotland's children were living in poverty in the early years of this decade. 011
Douglas Fraser @douglasffraser.bsky.social · 26/12/2024A late arrival, as usual, and a refugee from the other planet. I nearly failed the 'are you human?' test, and I'm not always as grumpy as that picture indicates. 090
