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3 days ago
- Politics
- Edinburgh Live
Edinburgh councillor hits back at 'serious allegations' over 'vile' tweets
Our community members are treated to special offers, promotions and adverts from us and our partners. You can check out at any time. More info An Edinburgh councillor has disputed claims that he called for the death of the man behind one of Scotland's most well known pro-UK accounts on X Cllr David Key, who represents the Fountainbridge/Craiglockhart ward, made the original post on X (formerly Twitter) back in February, when he said: "I see that Effie Deans is no longer with us (on Twitter anyway) Agent P next please", reports The Scottish Daily Express. A crying emoji was added to the text after the Effie Deans reference and a high five emoji. Effie Deans was the nom de plume of a Scottish political blogger, whose output suddenly stopped in November 2024 after more than 12 years. Some have speculated that the person behind the blog must have passed away, although their identity has never been made public. Fellow pro-UK personality, Agent P, also keeps his identity out of the public domain. After being alerted to the post, Agent P responded: "Imagine an SNP Edinburgh councillor tweeting that they want you to die. It's vile and completely unacceptable – made worse by the fact that my council tax helps pay his salary. How disgusting". But Cllr Key – who served 25 years in the Royal Navy – has insisted that his post was not "disrespectful" and then tagged in a fellow councillor – Iain Whyte, the Conservative group leader on Edinburgh City Council. He wrote: "As you well know, my comment was about "Effie" and you leaving Twitter, nothing else. It is, quite clearly, not disrespecting a member of the public. PS if you're going to make serious allegations like this then please come out from behind your cloak of anonymity @CllrWhyte". It is not clear if he is suggesting that Cllr Whyte, who represents Craigentinny/Duddingston, is in fact the man behind Agent P, or whether he simply wants the Conservative group leader to be alerted. The exchange didn't stop there, with Agent P hitting back: "Don't insult everyone's intelligence – we all know exactly what you were implying. My anonymity isn't up for your approval either. And just so you remember: I fund your salary, not the other way around. Coming from a public servant, your tweet was a disgrace." The spat has now served to put the spotlight on the disappearance of Effie Deans. On her blog, Lily of St Leonards, she writes that she began blogging in 2012 during the early years of the 2014 referendum campaign. The 'About Me' section states: "My name is Effie Deans. I was named after the character in the novel Heart of Midlothian who is also known as "The Lily of St. Leonards". That's the reason for the blog name. I live in Aberdeenshire. Prior to that I lived and worked in Russia and the Soviet Union where I met my Russian husband. "Because I lived in a closed city in the USSR where foreigners were not allowed I had to adopt both my husband's surname and a Russian first name. This is still the name I use professionally. But friends and family have always known me as Effie Deans." Some followers have pointed to an obituary and donations page posted online for a lady named Effie Deans who passed away in Callander in Perthshire on September 21, 2024. However, the blog continued until November 6, 2024. The final post – which you can read by clicking here – was a piece about the "tendency in certain Scottish nationalist circles to obsess about the Scottishness of vegetables" and the fact that Donald Trump – whose mother hailed from the Isle of Lewis – is "never Scottish".
Yahoo
19-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
King Charles Begged Prince William to Not 'Make the Mistake That I Made' as a Royal
Like his father King Charles, Prince William is also spending his years as a father of young kids as the heir to the throne, preparing to be monarch someday. According to a new documentary and royal biographer Ingrid Seward, the King begged his older son to not make the same mistakes he made as a royal—particularly in terms of how he parented. Charles's younger son Prince Harry has written about the King's parenting in Harry's 2023 memoir Spare, and how Charles put duty first, writing, 'He wasn't the kind of father who played endless rounds of tag or tossed a ball until long after dark.'It's the hope of most parents that their children do better at this thing called life than they did, and King Charles is no exception. Particularly when it comes to parenting, the King specifically begged Prince William—his eldest son and heir to the throne—to not 'make the mistake' he did as a royal, and, in particular, as a father. According to a new documentary William and Catherine: Putting Family First, Charles encouraged William to do just that, and what he did not do—put William's family first. Royal biographer Ingrid Seward said (via The Scottish Daily Express), 'Charles said to William, 'Please don't make the mistake that I made,' and 'I want you to enjoy your family life.'' 'Charles was very insistent about this because he said, 'I was so dedicated to duty, I couldn't make way for family life in the way that I should've done'—and that's what William did,' Seward added, referring to William's wife Kate Middleton and their kids Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis. Of Charles, Prince Harry wrote in his 2023 memoir Spare that 'He'd been an older dad, and I'd always felt that this created problems, placed barriers between us.' The Duke of Sussex added of his father, 'He wasn't the kind of father who played endless rounds of tag or tossed a ball until long after dark.' But now, former royal butler Grand Harrold said, the King has changed, with Harrold saying Charles has reached 'a turning point' Harrold 'never' saw coming: 'I think for the first time ever you've got a King, who I think deep down if his boys need him, he would probably put them before the Crown,' Harrold said. 'That's what I believe, and that's the first time that would ever have happened in the history of the monarchy.' While Charles's relationship with William remains strong—as evidenced by a rare joint appearance the two undertook together last week—the King's relationship with Harry is strained, as Harry said in a May 2 interview with the BBC that he isn't in touch with his father, but hopes for reconciliation as he doesn't know how long his father has left to live as Charles continues treatment for cancer. Read the original article on InStyle
