When you begin a statement with "I am sorry that my choice of language has offended some people..." you are absolutely NOT apologising. You are trying to excuse yourself.
12.02.2026 13:10 โ ๐ 1136 ๐ 271 ๐ฌ 122 ๐ 15@therobgreig.bsky.social
Progressive politics, equality, environmentalism, pro- Europe (and more). Used to do things nationally around disability. Now retired & trying to make sense of it all, helping to develop an age friendly community & appreciating the natural world.
When you begin a statement with "I am sorry that my choice of language has offended some people..." you are absolutely NOT apologising. You are trying to excuse yourself.
12.02.2026 13:10 โ ๐ 1136 ๐ 271 ๐ฌ 122 ๐ 15My response to Sir Jim Ratcliffeโs Sky News interview ๐
12.02.2026 13:17 โ ๐ 230 ๐ 74 ๐ฌ 12 ๐ 3Has he noticed that 80% of the Man Utd squad for their match this week were โimmigrantsโ. Offensive, arrogant, ignorant little man.
11.02.2026 22:26 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Anyone else struggling with the Desert Island Discs Party Political Broadcast for the Tories?
25.01.2026 10:45 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Do sign. Itโs only right.
20.01.2026 15:13 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0I have significant sympathy for much of what Zac Polanski says, and heโs an effective communicator - but policies like leaving NATO whilst the world is in its current state are just plain stupid and will undermine the many positive things the Greens are saying.
20.01.2026 09:37 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0The Government is planning to send King Charles to the US to celebrate with Trump. Giving him a royal visit right now sends a terrible message that his behaviour is acceptable. We can stop this if enough of us speak up. Will you add your name to the petition? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ca...
17.01.2026 17:48 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0More than 200,000 Danish citizens have signed a petition to buy California as a response to Trumpโs attempt to take Greenland.
They say they will provide Californians with โrule of law, universal health care, fact-based politics, and a lifetime supply of Danish pastries.โ
Terribly uncanny how relevant this is to today.
16.01.2026 17:35 โ ๐ 11640 ๐ 5289 ๐ฌ 523 ๐ 371Do read this letter. Itโs really good.
15.01.2026 12:17 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0An edit of a 'Traitors' confessional shot with Robert Jenrick sat in the chair. The caption identifies him as 'Robert' 44, Wannabe PM and a traitor'.
Tonight's turret meeting will be pretty awkward
15.01.2026 11:52 โ ๐ 2377 ๐ 613 ๐ฌ 73 ๐ 95Lovely #OtherLives tribute to the late Jim Thomas @longhouseman.bsky.social by Zak. @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
08.01.2026 12:43 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0In case you missed it at the back...
2019 (Jack Ryan): โVenezuela wonโt fall because of ideology - it will fall because of oil and gold. And the U.S. wonโt watch from a distance.โ
How shit at business do you have to be, to be personally worth 37,000 times the amount an average UK worker will earn in a LIFETIME, and still be incapable of withstanding a tiny tax increase?
27.12.2025 14:17 โ ๐ 1426 ๐ 392 ๐ฌ 117 ๐ 18Itโs time to drop Strand Larson and play Arokadare instead.
13.12.2025 22:29 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Siri - Show me the definition of a Government that knows that price of everything and the value of nothing.
09.12.2025 15:17 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Iโm sure Iโm not the only one thinking about Hitlerโs Olympics in 1936.
06.12.2025 10:20 โ ๐ 453 ๐ 85 ๐ฌ 36 ๐ 7Anyway from now on we can all legitimately call Reform the "Black Shirts" - given they're flogging them to their actual members.
What an own goal!
Geddit?
Word of the day is โquockerwodgerโ (19th century): a puppet politician whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.
21.11.2025 12:59 โ ๐ 2139 ๐ 705 ๐ฌ 96 ๐ 94Jonathan Pie always gets to the core of issues.
18.11.2025 20:43 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Go for it.
16.11.2025 13:13 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Journalist, "Farage accused the BBC of election interference"
Ed Davey, "The interference we've seen is from Farage's friend, Putin"
"We've seen Russian interference in the most appalling way"
They really have lost the plot, havenโt they?
01.11.2025 21:13 โ ๐ 8 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0A reminder that Brexit and Brexiteers caused the small boat crisis.
Numbers arriving in small boats (ONS).
2015 - 0
2016 Brexit referendum.
2018 - 6000
2020 UK sign EU withdrawal agreement.
2022 - 46,000
Minority representation on TV causes outrage
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
Itโs too simplistic to describe โolder peopleโ as Reform voters. In the last election, whilst canvassing who is now our excellent Lib Dem MP, almost every Reform voter I found was in their 30s or 40s.
28.10.2025 13:32 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Farage: epic grifter
27.10.2025 12:45 โ ๐ 7873 ๐ 4345 ๐ฌ 215 ๐ 436I am once again begging you to boycott Tesla
14.10.2025 10:02 โ ๐ 765 ๐ 267 ๐ฌ 24 ๐ 9