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Colm Murphy @colmpm.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

I hope Hull History Centre won't mind me sharing this lovely letter from Roy Hattersley's papers, on the sad news of his passing aged 93. RIP.

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Neil McIntosh @neiltosh.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 The Daily Record's election verdict: “We say a Labour vote still has purpose: to keep Reform out your constituency. A purpose, to force the next Scottish government to do the actual job - running the country - alongside a parliament with teeth.” www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politic...

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Scotland should vote for change - and a better Parliament to fix our nation

The Daily Record's election editorial: Yes, John Swinney is on course to be re-elected as First Minister. But Scottish Labour and Anas Sarwar should have a vital role in fixing our country.

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Neil McIntosh @neiltosh.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Up the Palace. Hour and a half to go until the open top bus begins its parade, and South Norwood is jumping. #CPFC

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Neil McIntosh @neiltosh.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

I follow some terrific newsletters, but their alerts over the last hour have been quite... dark.

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Neil McIntosh @neiltosh.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Wondering if I should try to spot the April Fools' in tomorrow's newspapers and link to the best ones in The Early Line... or if it's simply too high-risk a strategy at 5am in the morning, in these surreal times... earlyline.co

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The Early Line is the smarter way to start your day: a daily email with the best coverage of Scotland, the UK and the world. Join for free.

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Neil McIntosh @neiltosh.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

With the happy news that abrdn has finally rebranded back to something sensible - aberdeen - The Early Line's readers are having a little fun this morning, and voting for the world's worst rebrand. Join in the fun - link in the 🧵

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Neil McIntosh @neiltosh.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Any birdwatchers among my followers? I'm keen to discover what this majestic bird was peering down at me while out with the dog first thing this morning. It looked a little more exotic than the usual...

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Neil McIntosh @neiltosh.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

In which I heroically, I think, managed to avoid using the headline "Sir Keir Charmer", but did round up the reaction to those talks between Starmer and Trump in Washington. There are real implications for Scotland, too (beyond Trump's mooted visit) scotland.earlyline.co/p/praise-for...

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Praise for Starmer after Trump talks

Deals on trade and Ukraine mooted | PLUS the weeklies reviewed, and could away fans return to Old Firm games?

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Neil McIntosh @neiltosh.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Just how bad is Edinburgh University's cash crisis? Staff say it could be resolved without big cuts. The University's management disagrees. This, plus a briefing on Scotland, the UK and the world, in today's Early Line. scotland.earlyline.co/p/the-meetin...

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"The meeting of his life"

Starmer meets Trump. PLUS: Staff dispute Edinburgh University's crisis claims, Scottish self-ID plans abandoned, and Rangers win a game, eventually

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Neil McIntosh @neiltosh.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

The University of Edinburgh will feature a fair bit in tomorrow's edition of The Early Line - readers have been in touch to point me towards a few interesting documents on the University's financial situation. More tomorrow at 7am - sign up for free! Earlyline.co

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Neil McIntosh @neiltosh.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Subscribers to Scotland's free 7am briefing, The Early Line, are enjoying - if that's the word - a swift primer on German election results, and who might take over at Ibrox (among other stories at home and abroad). Join them, and get yours from tomorrow. earlyline.co

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Neil McIntosh @neiltosh.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Just finished this weekend's Party Line, for my gang of paid subscribers. There are links to good advice on surviving the grim news agenda, the rebirth of a classic game, the best TV and film... but I suspect we all only care about the rugby, amiright? earlyline.co

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Neil McIntosh @neiltosh.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

I'm upset not to have not got this into today's Early Line. Have taken myself into my office for a proper bollocking, old school style. In happier news, I find it even better if you imagine it being spoken by the Rt Hon Peter Mannion, from The Thick of It. www.thetimes.com/article/e25f...

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Sex scandals! Fights! Egos! Confessions of the chief whip

Simon Hart was chief whip during Rishi Sunak’s crisis-ridden premiership. In his hilarious diaries, he reveals what was going on behind the scenes

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Neil McIntosh @neiltosh.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Anas Sarwar has embarked on a world tour of Scotland's newsrooms, it seems: The Early Line, Scotland's breakfast-time briefing, tracks his movements and what he's saying ahead of Scottish Labour's conference this week: scotland.earlyline.co/p/sarwar-sta...

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Sarwar starts his fightback

PLUS: Trump says Ukraine is to blame, and football is a cruel business

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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 17/02/2025

Just arrived in Paris for crucial talks. Europe’s security is at a turning point. Yes, it is about Ukraine—but it is also about us. We need an urgency mindset. We need a surge in defense. And we need both of them now.

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Neil McIntosh @neiltosh.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

📣If you're wondering what just happened in Munich, maybe The Early Line can help. Today, I look at five ways we can see our world has changed. Free to read and subscribe. (The wolf relates to another story in the same edition. That's interesting, too) scotland.earlyline.co/p/how-our-wo...

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How our world has changed

Understanding what just happened in Munich. PLUS: Scottish water pay row, Labour poll gloom, and should wolves roam Scotland once more?

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Neil McIntosh @neiltosh.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

I should be enjoying the football. Instead I've been devouring analysis on the Munich Security Conference, & typing away. We now know how our world has changed... I'll brief you in tomorrow's edition of The Early Line, Scotland's free morning digest. Sign up for free at earlyline.co

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Neil McIntosh @neiltosh.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Ah, Arianna, so many questions.

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Neil McIntosh @neiltosh.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

I'm very sad to learn of the death of the great Tim Radford, the Guardian's science correspondent for many years. We sat beside each other for almost five years: he was a wonderful, clever, witty colleague who produced some outstanding journalism. www.absw.org.uk/articles/tim...

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Tim Radford (1940-2025)

A formidable intellect, Tim was a genial company and never tried to impress. By Roger Highfield

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Neil McIntosh @neiltosh.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

It was a fun newsletter to put together this morning... Today's Early Life briefing includes: 📈Unexpectedly good news on the UK economy 🎓Why are Scotland's universities running out of money? 📞The world reacts to Trump's call with Putin Sign up for free!

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Trump and Putin agree to talk

PLUS: Why all the money worries at Scotland's Universities? And big nights at Celtic Park and Goodison

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Neil McIntosh @neiltosh.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Readers of my morning newsletter are now briefed on... 💰Concerns about big Scottish council tax hikes ✍️Scotland's best opinion writing ⚽️Tonight's big game 🐕‍🦺America's top dog You can get Scotland's snappy morning briefing too, for free! Link is ⬇️

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Neil McIntosh @neiltosh.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Just finished typing... and subscribers to The Early Line, Scotland's 7am briefing, now know all about... 🍴Scotland's new Michelin-starred restaurants 🥂 The fallout from Queen's Park's amazing Cup win 🍹 Trump's paper straw ban (really) Sign up for free! earlyline.co

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Welcome to The Early Line

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Neil McIntosh @neiltosh.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

📣 One thing about Scottish cat bans* is that they certainly get readers opening emails and clicking first thing in the morning. Or maybe it's all the insight on Trump's tariffs? *There is no Scottish cat ban. All is explained ⬇️ scotland.earlyline.co/p/china-reta...

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China retaliates after US tariffs

PLUS: Scottish cat ban latest! (tl;dr: they're not banned). And the transfer window reviewed

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Neil McIntosh @neiltosh.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

So often get to this point with video games. Apart from Football Manager, which I don't allow on any machine I own because it'll suck me into a spiral of addiction.

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Neil McIntosh @neiltosh.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Free subscribers to The Early Line are getting their briefing on… 📣 Why yesterday’s AI news impacts us all 📣 A big increase in Scottish water bills 📣 John Swinney’s plans to reform the NHS Take a look yourself, and sign up for free to daily briefings. scotland.earlyline.co/p/swinney-s-...

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Swinney's plan to revive the NHS

PLUS: Explained - what just happened in the AI world, and why it matters to us all

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Neil McIntosh @neiltosh.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Scottish football's biggest problem is the standard of refereeing, at every level. This is the hill on which I will die.

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Sara Rich Dorman @srd.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Anyone looking for their roof? It’s waiting for a bus in Polwarth. I guess it doesn’t know that @lothianbuses.bsky.social are off the road! #eowyn #edinburgh

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Neil McIntosh @neiltosh.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

It's getting wild out: still entirely dark, but I can hear the wind whipping round my wee office now, escalating quickly. Today's Early Line has details of Scotland's worst storm in a generation, as well as all you need to know from the wider world. scotland.earlyline.co/p/eowyn-roar...

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Eowyn roars in: all you need to know about this dangerous storm

PLUS: National Care Service scrapped, and the weekly magazines reviewed

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Neil McIntosh @neiltosh.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Hit send to another new record number of subscribers... and then - only then - spot the typo. 🤦‍♂️ Do we think I can blame the storm for that?

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Neil McIntosh @neiltosh.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

This supermarket sounds like the opening scene to a disaster movie as all the warning alerts go off in waves. Panic buying hot cross buns.

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Neil McIntosh @neiltosh.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Calm before the storm at Edinburgh's National Gallery of Modern Art this afternoon... a red weather warning kicks in first thing tomorrow morning. Subscribe to earlyline.co and I'll tell you all about what's going on :)

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Neil McIntosh @neiltosh.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

📣 Today in The Early Line, Scotland's breakfast briefing... 📺Is BBC boss Tim Davie set for a Holyrood grilling? 💨 A big storm on the way. 🥀 Watch a really smelly, rare flower bloom, live! scotland.earlyline.co/p/watch-out-...

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Watch out for Storm Eowyn

PLUS: History higher sparks more questions | BBC boss set for a Holyrood grilling?

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Neil McIntosh @neiltosh.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Readers of The Early Line are waking up to a briefing on the Scottish minister (back) in trouble over use of his official car, a deeper look at a plan to repair Scottish education, and much more. Take a look yourself, and sign up for free if you like it! scotland.earlyline.co/p/limo-row-r...

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"Limo" row returns to haunt Scottish minister

PLUS: Is this the blueprint to fix Scottish education? And Celtic's big European night

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Neil McIntosh @neiltosh.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Today in The Early Line - Scotland's morning briefing: after Trump's inauguration, what happens next? Plus - the fallout from the Southport killings. See today's edition ⬇️ - and sign up for free to get it in your inbox every morning, first thing. scotland.earlyline.co/p/starmer-or...

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Starmer orders inquiry into Southport attack

PLUS: Trump inauguration - the world asks: what happens next? And a Hebridean mansion on the market for a knock-down price

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Neil McIntosh @neiltosh.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

My Marriott Bonvoy "Year Of Travel by The Numbers" is far from inspiring. Little wonder it didn't struggle into my inbox until today...

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Neil McIntosh @neiltosh.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

📣 In The Early Line Today... why Rachel Reeves was given the dreaded vote of confidence, and a good day (for once!) for Scotland's ferries. Sign up for free to get Scotland's quick, easy, informative early morning briefing, every day. scotland.earlyline.co/p/reeves-get...

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Reeves gets the dreaded vote of confidence

PLUS: A good day on the Clyde, a tribute to "'zines", and old Royal High School will soon gets its revamp

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LabourList @labourlist.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

A warm welcome (and give a follow) to new board members @thangamdebbonaire.bsky.social and @neiltosh.bsky.social, new senior reporter Luke O'Reilly (starting today) and new business and operations manager @ellieormsby.bsky.social (starting in March).

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Neil McIntosh @neiltosh.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

I'm very happy to be joining the board of LabourList at an important time for the business, as it looks to expand and develop its coverage. Exciting times ahead! labourlist.org/2025/01/labo...

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LabourList to expand operation with new staff and board members – LabourList

LabourList has appointed two new members to its board and two new staff, expanding the team of the leading dedicated media platform for all things…

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Neil McIntosh @neiltosh.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Today in The Early Line... a warning over Scotland's national galleries, why Britain is precisely the wrong size, and dramatic images from those LA fires. Get Scotland's morning briefing for free - just click below... earlyline.co

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Neil McIntosh @neiltosh.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

An unexpected joy of starting a newsletter: the "hello!" messages when people join. I'm trying to reply to everyone I know, & those who send a message beyond the "hello" that helps get The Early Line past spam filters. It's a lovely task each morning. earlyline.co

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Neil McIntosh @neiltosh.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Meta’s decision to dismantle its fact-checking and ease its rules has implications for us all. My take on that, plus the best of the day’s Scottish, UK and international news and views coverage, all in today’s The Early Line: scotland.earlyline.co/p/meta-s-mag...

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Meta's MAGA for it

PLUS: Trump casts his eyes to Panama, Greenland... and Canada. Really.

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Neil McIntosh @neiltosh.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

📣 In The Early Line tomorrow... How will we feel the impact of Meta's turn to MAGA, (and why whisky makers should pay attention) plus news and ideas from Scotland, the UK and the world. Sign up now to get Scotland's email briefing at 7am. earlyline.co

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Neil McIntosh @neiltosh.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

📣 In The Early Line, Scotland's new morning briefing... Swinney and Sarwar set out their stalls, how to deal with a Musk-shaped problem, and the inflation problem that claimed Canada's PM. Sign up for free, and get your morning line at 7am tomorrow! scotland.earlyline.co/p/swinney-an...

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Swinney and Sarwar set out their stalls

PLUS: How to deal with a Musk-shaped problem, and inflation claims Canada's PM

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Neil McIntosh @neiltosh.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

What an amazing first day for The Early Line - thanks to all who signed up, took a paid sub and shared with friends. You can still sign up for tomorrow's 7 a.m. edition of Scotland's breakfast briefing: it would be great to have you along! Earlyline.co

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Neil McIntosh @neiltosh.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

📣 It's launch day for The Early Line, Scotland's new daily briefing! Subscribers this morning are reading about Nigel Farage's weekend adventure, John Swinney's budget call, a grim anniversary in the US and much more. Take a look, and join for free! scotland.earlyline.co/p/life-comes...

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Life comes at you fast, Nigel

Plus: Swinney's budget call, lots of cold weather, and reflections on a glorious weekend of football

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Neil McIntosh @neiltosh.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

I'm launching a new daily newsletter for Scotland, bringing you the best and most interesting journalism I can find about here, the UK and the world every morning at 7am. I hope you'll join me. Link is in the 🧵...

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Neil McIntosh @neiltosh.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

Jonathan Liew doesn't get swept up in the absurdity of yesterday's big game, and delivers a sublime (and scathing) critique of Ange Postecoglou, without referencing him by name. www.theguardian.com/football/202...

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Ange Postecoglou’s unserious Spurs exposed by serious Liverpool | Jonathan Liew

Spurs can win spectacularly and are a lot of fun but they could have had Arne Slot in 2023 and instead have the same pot of relaunched stasis

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Neil McIntosh @neiltosh.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Over in what we used to call Twitter, former Scottish First Minister @humzayousaf.bsky.social has said he'll not be running in the 2026 Scottish Elections.

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Neil McIntosh @neiltosh.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Has tinsel gone out of fashion? Or changed name like chiropodists did a few years ago?

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