โWith friends like that who needs enemies?โ springs to mind
20.01.2026 07:39 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0@benn1863.bsky.social
Manc-based Stokie, Dad to 2x kids and 2x Labradors, small business owner, Liberal Democrat, SCFC, hiking
โWith friends like that who needs enemies?โ springs to mind
20.01.2026 07:39 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0I know a good few guys who are die hard England fans - went to South Africa in 2010, Russia in 2018 - all said the same thing - bollocks to going to America with that clown in charge.
14.01.2026 17:36 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Used to go regularly to the US.
I will never go again
Can never be trusted again. A betrayal of what we assumed were our shared values and ideology.
A kleptocratic, rabidly capitalist, shamelessly misogynistic oaf.
And you elected him twice.
Itโs unforgivable as heโs changed the world for the worse, probably permanently
This is easily dealt with - Keir Starmer grows a backbone and calls him and says โdo what you want in your own court system but youโll be getting fuck all from usโ
โฆand then put the phone down
Iโm 44 from UK and grew up looking at America as a cool place - movies, bands,superstars. Holidayed there half a dozen times and loved it.
Since 2016 I have zero desire to travel there. Heโs so clearly racist, misogynistic, devoid of any redeeming qualities. Itโs unforgivable voting for him twice.
Tired and grumpy now. No 3:55am alarm tomorrow, they can swivel!
06.12.2025 17:09 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Two terrible performances - canโt decide which one has annoyed me more!
06.12.2025 17:03 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Cricket or Stoke?? Bloody awful sports day
06.12.2025 16:52 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0This is being researched in melanoma. Itโs a mystery why 50% respond to immunotherapy and 50% fail. Thereโs a difference in gut microbiome & if a poo sample from a responder is moved into a non responder (a fecal matter transplant!) & re-administer immunotherapy- it works for a % of those it failed
24.11.2025 14:35 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0In front of a bumper crowd of 723 no less
11.11.2025 22:39 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Well what a performance that was yesterday. Still in shock how good we looked all over the pitch.
Was despondent on the coach back from Millwall - โwe need a striker, ours canโt scoreโ and then up pops one with a hat trick.
Iโll eat my hat one day.
Is that etymologically similar to โeveryโ , โdayโ, โlikeโ?
31.10.2025 12:28 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0I was really frustrated with him today.
It breaks down so often when it gets to him.
100 million young people were saved from an early death by vaccines in the 20th century. An undeniable, demonstrable fact.
Denying the science behind it and attempting to turn back the clock on this from a position of power is genocidal.
History will compare RFK to Mengele
Looking in from the outside, the core problem was choosing a misogynistic rapist and convicted fraudster to lead your country and somehow thinking it would be ok.
26.08.2025 21:31 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0We may be a pile of shite but weโve had a world record attendance at leastโฆ
26.08.2025 20:19 โ ๐ 7 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Well that was a fab first game of the seasonโฆtopped off by this little interaction with our very own World Cup Winner!
09.08.2025 19:54 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Why are the legacy media not interviewing the victims and then believing them?
24.07.2025 13:48 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Humans AND children AND womenโฆsounds really serious
06.06.2025 20:22 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0This has made me giggle
03.05.2025 17:18 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0We take tariffs on our beautiful Heard Island very seriously. We will be consulting all mammals and flightless birds and will make an announcement in the near future detailing our response. #heardisland #tariff #mcdonaldisland #trumptariff
03.04.2025 00:01 โ ๐ 11569 ๐ 2744 ๐ฌ 339 ๐ 306We took over the giant screen at Farageโs big rally in Birmingham
28.03.2025 21:50 โ ๐ 14737 ๐ 4874 ๐ฌ 543 ๐ 496I used to be quite fond of the USA when I was younger, been to Florida, South Carolina, Vegas, California on separate trips. Have absolutely zero interest in going there ever again. Iโm sure these Nazi bastards are delighted to hear that so the feeling is entirely mutual
21.03.2025 18:19 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Itโs not fine though, the system is broken and youโre getting mixed up. In the real world, loads of folk are saying they canโt get up stairs, prepare meals etc, getting UC ESA & housing & and PIP & then working cash-in-hand @ยฃ100 a day. Theyโre on ยฃ50k a year net & paying no tax gaming the system
19.03.2025 09:24 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Definitely massaging of the figures going on.
But there is a point in there that disability is on the up.
I know personally 4 or 5 different decorators, aged 50+ got nackered knees etc from hard graft. All on PIP working full time @ยฃ100 a day cash in hand and claiming PIP.
No one rational wants people pushed into poverty. Nevertheless, if itโs right what she said that comparable economies have stable or falling welfare bills and ours is doubling to ยฃ100b by 2030, then weโve got a real problem. Similar if there are a million young people NEET.
18.03.2025 23:32 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0Thanks for the reply. A lot then but not ยฃ2500. Iโm going to have a read of it tomorrow to try and understand what these โperverse incentivesโ are that the current system creates to stay on benefits and how these reforms will supposedly tackle them
18.03.2025 23:24 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0How much of this is offset by the increase in the standard rate I thought she mentioned in her speech?
18.03.2025 23:18 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Aston Villa
Manchester United
Stoke City