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Red Star Belgrade often lay claim to having the longest and most foreboding tunnel to a sporting arena in Europe. However, that is nonsense, as anyone who has made their way from the changing rooms to the swimming pool in the old Sgoil Cheann a’ Bhàigh in North Uist will confirm.

"If my mother tongue is shaking the foundations of your state, it probably means that you built your state on my land." —Musa Anter, Kurdish writer assassinated by the Turkish government in 1992. heraldscotland.com/news/24608545.…

Telling people what to eat is the dumbest hill ever for environmentalists to die on You simply lose And alienate everyone The ‘plant based diet’ stuff is not even well thought-through In agricultural terms it’s often nonsensical - we need more livestock in crop systems

In the current debate about the Trees for Life announcement to import 15 or so "Tauros" cattle to their Dundreggan site near Inverness, one thing has really come to light for me in terms of levels of support (or not) expressed here... a wee thread 1/

.Andy Wightman speaking about the importance of thinking big and holistically about land and how it's managed for food security and local communities. Less deference to the powers that be:- "We need to be on the front foot". #SCFgathering24

Great couple of days at the Scottish Crofting Federation annual Gathering in Stornoway. A pleasure to speak at and to discuss the importance of crofting to our communities.

This is bonkers. Just a few days ago Altnaharra was -19°C. Today it’s 13°C. Not only that, the Moray coast is currently the warmest spot in the whole of Europe, easily eclipsing Greece, Italy, and Spain.

Oh look... Regulation has results. Who would have thought that Government action could actually address the housing crisis?

2nd homeowners "forced to leave"? The whole problem is that they are not here. If they leave that means the policy was successful and locals and essential workers can afford to buy a home and live in the islands all year long.

Just to add, that’s inheritance tax, SFI (farm subsidy) gone, SFP gone, farm truck tax, fertiliser tax, NI increase, living wage increase, council tax increase, new Waste legislation, not sure my business has any more to give to this government, there is nothing left to give.

1/3“To remain in these places” is an important phrase, for it is what the struggle was about. Without security of tenure, the exodus would have continued... today it's a battle against AirBnB and over tourism.

Tourism in the Highlands: today a journey that normally takes 45 mins took 1 hr 20 mins. But we can't possibly inconvenience the tourists with a tourism tax.....

Tha seo eagalach. Ciamar nach eil atharrachadh mòr air tighinn air mar a thathas a' toirt seachad agus a' cleachdadh na Gàidhlig? Mur a tig atharrachadh mòr, chan fhada gun caill sinn coimhearsnachd sam bith far am bi i air a cleachdadh 'o latha gu latha.

Exemplary

£1000 scholarship available to come and study music in Uist! Brand new multimillion £ facilities at CnocSoilleir make for an incredible learning experience, in a strong Gaelic and musical community - and students wishing to study accordion can do so with me! nwh.uhi.ac.uk/en/study/subje…

Fìor dhroch sheasamh a tha seo bhon Bhòrd.

Read this. Our 'leaders' allowed this. Never forget that.

Depopulation is around post-war rates in Caithness and Sutherland. At that time the HIDB was formed as a somewhat radical regional development intervention. Its successor HIE has had its budget cut by about 70% in real terms since 2007. scotsman.com/news/scottish-…

Crofting Act section 1 - "In exercising their functions the Commission must have regard to the desirability of supporting population retention in the crofting counties". Hard to do that if some crofters undermine local communities by declining to live locally. No longer......

No wonder the BBC didn't want to show it.