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@simon_brooke@mastodon.scot
2025-09-11 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.

A sequence of animated outfits of empty garments, some suggesting male persons, some female, walking up the steps into Number Ten Downing Street.
@Techmeme@techhub.social
2025-08-05 01:40:43

A term sheet shows Ant will sell its remaining 5.84% Paytm stake via block deals that could total ~$433.72M; Ant sold a 4% stake in May and 10.3% in August 2023 (Ananta Agarwal/Reuters)
reuters.com/world/china/chinas