David Clegg

@davieclegg · Dundee via Lisburn · joined 07 Sep 2009

Editor of @thecourieruk & @evening_tele; paper reviews @skynews; Editors’ Code of Practice Committee member; co-author #BreakUp; agent @NorthbankTalent

17 652Followers

3 365Following

13 143Posts total

103.3KViews on collected posts

Latest posts

David Clegg@davieclegg13 Feb

This is a cracking read. I’ve been listening to a lot of @MkBlyth podcasts recently and what he has to say here is fascinating. 2.5K views · 2 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

David Clegg@davieclegg13 Feb

Top US thinker @MkBlyth grew up in #Dundee - and he was ‘shocked’ by what he found when he came home. The political economist & former @theSNP @scotgov adviser of @BrownUniversity spoke to me about his roots, city centre ‘shock’ & @POTUS @realDonaldTrump. https://t.co/iMfgzfmKRl 9.2K views · 6 likes · 2 reposts · 3 replies Open on X →

David Clegg@davieclegg8 Feb

Delighted to have Murray Foote joining @thecourieruk as a new columnist in the run up to May’s election. An interview with him by @C_MAlexander launching the column is here. @murrayf00te https://t.co/b8XwQgNDBQ 7.7K views · 34 likes · 6 reposts · 12 replies Open on X →

David Clegg@davieclegg27 Jan

Love this 2.6K views · 12 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

David Clegg@davieclegg23 Jan

The SNP’s by-election victory in Fife on the front of Friday’s Courier. https://t.co/07SXCV84EG 1.1K views · 1 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

David Clegg@davieclegg11 Dec 2025

@davieclegg 310 pages to try and avoid using one word..... man 346 views · 10 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

David Clegg@davieclegg11 Dec 2025

@davieclegg So are they exercising the slip rule, which is meant to be for clerical errors/typos/minor corrections but not for anything substantive? 1.5K views · 14 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

David Clegg@davieclegg11 Dec 2025

@davieclegg The whole judgment is compromised. 617 views · 27 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

David Clegg@davieclegg11 Dec 2025

Yikes EXCLUSIVE: Sandie Peggie NHS Fife judgment to be amended over 'bogus quote' https://t.co/KNvRG2hR2q 77.8K views · 434 likes · 111 reposts · 39 replies Open on X →

Growth & engagement

How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.

Views per post

77.8K11 Dec

617

1.5K

346

1.1K23 Jan

2.6K27 Jan

7.7K8 Feb

9.2K13 Feb

2.5K

Last 9 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.78%11 Dec

4.54%

1.00%

2.89%

0.18%23 Jan

0.50%27 Jan

0.73%8 Feb

0.14%13 Feb

0.12%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views.

What the audience does

Likes70.7%540 in total

Reposts16.1%123 in total

Replies7.2%55 in total

Quotes3.4%26 in total

Bookmarks2.6%20 in total

Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.

The follower curve appears once this account has two daily snapshots — we take one a day, and this one is on its first.

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