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Dave Brockman ๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ’›

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Leftie, pro-EU remoaner, motorsport junkie, 80s music obsessive, comedy geek, frustrated DJ, education trustee, finance in the day job.

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That's him. Halfway decent driver on his day, just that his days were few and far between

Also responsible for one of Murray's best reactions when his car overheated: "Fire! Fire! Diniz in the oven!" ๐Ÿ˜‚

12.08.2025 21:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oh that's sad. I've still got a signed letter somewhere in the loft when she replied to a technical question I wrote about Blue Peter. She did a huge amount for children's TV, and for women in a male-dominated industry.

11.08.2025 07:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

As well as being stupid and irresponsible, it won't work. Gammons will still vote Reform, as Labour could never go far enough to satisfy them; while traditional Labour voters like me will be repulsed by the pandering to the right wing.

11.08.2025 05:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 21    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oh I'm sure it was an "accident" which the IDF will investigate, clear themselves of any wrongdoing, and learn lessons from ๐Ÿคฎ

11.08.2025 05:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

bsky.app/profile/dave... At least this is a better headline than the BBC's

10.08.2025 19:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Trump just wants a Nobel peace prize. Can't we give him a gold plated replica to shut him up, then let the grown-ups negotiate?

10.08.2025 19:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Screenshot from BBC News "Analysis - Netanyahu's bullish address showed no signs of compromise"

Screenshot from BBC News "Analysis - Netanyahu's bullish address showed no signs of compromise"

Seems that BBC news can't spell "bullshit" properly.

10.08.2025 16:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

They're not much better now. Oooh you've got a five litre engine! How much power does it put out? Enough to pull the skin off a rice pudding.

10.08.2025 14:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Mine just clicked over 55,555 while I was driving, and I didn't notice.

Need to do 11,111 more miles ASAP!

10.08.2025 14:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

What time was the court case? Late afternoon?

10.08.2025 10:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

70 year old Alsonso could probably drag a couple of points out of a mobility scooter on a good day ๐Ÿ˜

10.08.2025 10:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Become? It was always like this. Rich nepo-babies, the aristocracy, even minor royals have all raced with varying degrees of success.

Even the drivers who have risen through the lower formulas have usually done so because they had enough money.

10.08.2025 10:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

You're not wrong about his suit. It's probably quite expensive yet he makes it look like a Burtons "my first magistrates court appearance" special.

10.08.2025 09:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Me: Alexa, set a timer for 15 minutes.

Alexa: hmm, I'm having trouble finding Sex is Finer by Sixteen Limpets. Next time, try asking Spotify to shuffle your playlist. Did you know you can ask me for the latest news headlines?

10.08.2025 08:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

As a teenager, I was told that taping the top 40 off the radio would destroy the entire recording industry*

But it's OK for mega rich AI companies to hoover up others' work for profit?

Make it make sense.

*post may include hyperbole.

09.08.2025 21:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Give him a Nobel piss prize and tell him it's the real thing.

09.08.2025 21:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Screenshot of a Facebook post offering a suede sofa, however the text reads "grey swede effect sofa"

Screenshot of a Facebook post offering a suede sofa, however the text reads "grey swede effect sofa"

That's a turnip for the books!

09.08.2025 20:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Not sure which is worse: Robert Jenrick for his abhorrent comments, or the Mail for amplifying the words of an absolute gobshite to stoke up more trouble. Heatwave next week and the shitrags are agitating for a riot, they won't be happy until a police van is on fire.

09.08.2025 20:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'm not sure the kompromat argument holds water. We already know Trump is a criminal, a sexual abuser, and almost certainly up to his neck in Epstein related horror. And yet people still support him. What could be in those files that's so much worse than what we already know?

09.08.2025 20:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Protests which that shitrag is only too happy to fuel with their constant stream of anti immigrant hyperbolic headlines.

09.08.2025 19:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Please treat her like a wasp at a picnic: ignore her for long enough and she'll go away.

09.08.2025 19:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I've got a "rose" setup and a "pricks" punchline but I can't connect the dots... ๐Ÿ˜‹

09.08.2025 19:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It exists. I forget its name but it's on after BBC Breakfast some days with Gloria Hunniford and Angela Ripon.

09.08.2025 18:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Do you still check his LinkedIn?

09.08.2025 12:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Can relate. Snotty agent came to quote for ยฃ000s of glazing when I was helping my infant son do some messy play and consequently was wearing about a tenner's worth of crappy old dirty clothes. He even muttered "I'm not getting a sale" under his breath. He was right, a competitor got my business.

09.08.2025 12:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Foreign correspondents

> โ€œBroke Britainโ€™s on the edge of financial disaster, Labourโ€™s out of its depth โ€” and people are angry. Iโ€™m scared for whatโ€™s to come.โ€
โ€” Andrew Neill, Daily Mail, 22 July. Brillo lives largely in the South of France



> โ€œMigrant hotels are radicalising Middle England.โ€
โ€” Guy Dampier, Daily Telegraph, 22 July. Dampier lives in Germany



> โ€œSmall boats and sky-high legal immigration will continue to wreak demographic havoc. This change is permanent. Millions of immigrants from clashing traditions will bring only more of their friends and families. None of these people are going home.โ€
โ€” Lionel Shriver, Times, 24 July. As Shriver explained in her column, she recently moved to Portugal, having previously migrated to the UK from America



> โ€œEpping proves the police are the paramilitary wing of the left.โ€
โ€” Richard Littlejohn, Daily Mail, 25 July. Littlejohn lives in Florida for much of the year



> โ€œAll the online censorship & superinjunctions canโ€™t keep the English down. Regime change.โ€
โ€” Former MP and Telegraph columnist Douglas Carswell commenting on footage of asylum hotel protests, X, 3 August. Carswell lives in Mississippi



> โ€œUnless our leaders get a grip โ€” and fast โ€” exasperated communities will turn vigilante. Then things could get really ugly.โ€
โ€” Isabel Oakeshott, Daily Telegraph, 4 August. Oakeshott moved to the UAE in January for tax reasons

Foreign correspondents > โ€œBroke Britainโ€™s on the edge of financial disaster, Labourโ€™s out of its depth โ€” and people are angry. Iโ€™m scared for whatโ€™s to come.โ€ โ€” Andrew Neill, Daily Mail, 22 July. Brillo lives largely in the South of France > โ€œMigrant hotels are radicalising Middle England.โ€ โ€” Guy Dampier, Daily Telegraph, 22 July. Dampier lives in Germany > โ€œSmall boats and sky-high legal immigration will continue to wreak demographic havoc. This change is permanent. Millions of immigrants from clashing traditions will bring only more of their friends and families. None of these people are going home.โ€ โ€” Lionel Shriver, Times, 24 July. As Shriver explained in her column, she recently moved to Portugal, having previously migrated to the UK from America > โ€œEpping proves the police are the paramilitary wing of the left.โ€ โ€” Richard Littlejohn, Daily Mail, 25 July. Littlejohn lives in Florida for much of the year > โ€œAll the online censorship & superinjunctions canโ€™t keep the English down. Regime change.โ€ โ€” Former MP and Telegraph columnist Douglas Carswell commenting on footage of asylum hotel protests, X, 3 August. Carswell lives in Mississippi > โ€œUnless our leaders get a grip โ€” and fast โ€” exasperated communities will turn vigilante. Then things could get really ugly.โ€ โ€” Isabel Oakeshott, Daily Telegraph, 4 August. Oakeshott moved to the UAE in January for tax reasons

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In pic 1

Many of the columnists seemingly egging on English rioters don't even live in the UK. Private Eye again

09.08.2025 07:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 521    ๐Ÿ” 287    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 14    ๐Ÿ“Œ 14

In the words of the great Emma Bunton, what took you so long?

09.08.2025 09:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Nah, I'm not taking the bait.

09.08.2025 08:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

People are angry because broadcasters are stirring up shit like this, which makes people angry, so broadcasters report it, which makes people angry, so...

09.08.2025 08:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 22    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

BBC news has for a long time been happy to parrot press releases and statements from political parties and businesses alike. There's very little - if any - fact checking. Reform have taken advantage of this with great effect. It's lazy, dishonest and unbecoming of our national broadcaster.

09.08.2025 08:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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