@simon_brooke@mastodon.scot2025-09-11 06:16:03
Scots, as a language, is rich in insults; and an ancient one is 'toom (empty) tabard' for a worthless person -- an epithet most notably applied to John de Balliol, who served as King of Scots during the middle period of the wars of independence.
It's interesting to see Grauniad cartoonist Ben Jenkins apply the idea to #Starmer's cabinet.
