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Dean M Thomson

@deanmthomson

Lecturer @ Beijing Normal-Hong Kong Baptist University (BN-BU) | Formerly @ Shandong Agricultural Uni | Speakeasy Pod | Substack | Contributor @Think_Scotland

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“Accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza is a luxury belief— and utterly divorced from reality when there's a real one happening in Ukraine.” nypost.com/2025/08/03/opi…

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Jackie Baillie: "It cannot have escaped the notice of voters that many of the SNP's former rising stars are abandoning the stage, often to be replaced by defeated names of yesteryears and anonymous party apparatchiks"

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Kate Forbes has announced her decision to step down from the Scottish Parliament, citing the toll that political pressures and barriers have taken on her family life. It raises the question: can she now empathize with the strain her own stance—marked by opposition to same-sex

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Kate Forbes turned Scottish economics into a wellness retreat. Now she’s walking away. The rest of us are stuck with the mess. My latest Substack exposes the pseudoscience behind Kate Forbes's "wellbeing economy" guff 🔗 deanmthomson.substack.com/p/kate-forbes-…

Kate Forbes turned Scottish economics into a wellness retreat.
Now she’s walking away.
The rest of us are stuck with the mess.

My latest Substack exposes the pseudoscience behind Kate Forbes's "wellbeing economy" guff
🔗 deanmthomson.substack.com/p/kate-forbes-…
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Wrapped in the language of flourishing and fairness, Scotland’s “wellbeing economy” is a vacuous experiment in policy-by-feelings. Kate Forbes built the fantasy—Scots are forced to live with the consequences as she steps away from frontline politics. 🔗deanmthomson.substack.com/p/kate-forbes-…

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Why persist and double down on this damaging policy? It'll hardly win the Starmer government any kudos with the far-left luuvies likely to defect to the magic grampa.

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What a disgusting comment. Bushra Shaikh should be ashamed of herself. She, apparently, has no decency - none at all. Another one of the #BeKind brigade, spewing cruelties.

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Nicola Sturgeon warned that truth about Alex Salmond 'stitch-up' WILL come out - scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/news/politics/… scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/news/politics/…

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In Shirley-Anne Somerville's world, any man can be a mother just by saying so. So why not let him lecture actual women on maternity too? This is the logical end of self-ID—and she voted for it. #GenderReform #ScottishPolitics #AbsurdityOfItAll

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A man in makeup mocks a woman’s name. The The Independent calls it journalism. This isn't about J.K. Rowling. It's about misogyny, media malpractice, and the collapse of standards in the name of drag. Read: The Drag Brunch That Ate Journalism 🔗deanmthomson.substack.com/p/the-drag-bru…

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The message from The Independent's article on Rowling is clear: identity is sacred and fluid — unless you're a woman with the wrong views. Then you’re fair game for ridicule.