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Music lover, occasional drummer, Alfa Romeo owner and peacock wrangler! Probably a Centrist Dad.

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BBC R4 off the charts bias to Reform Ltd talking up Jenrick as possible Chancellor with no reference to his painting over murals or helping Tory donors avoid Β£45m in tax. But old accusations against a civil servant and SKS’s judgement is questionable….🀨 πŸ€¦πŸ»β€β™‚οΈ

17.02.2026 18:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thoughts and prayers for all the political journalists who didn’t get the fall of another PM they were so hoping for.

11.02.2026 09:27 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Our political class and media have been missing the high of toppling a Prime Minister every few months and now they’re bored and trying it again. Labour have been elected until 2029. Keir’s doing a good job in very difficult geopolitical circumstances, there is no one else capable of it right now.

05.02.2026 09:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Agree, Andrew is done, we know what he did and he’s lost his position. If there’s more that should be a police matter. There’s a lot, as I understand it, on Trump who is still President but BBC and others taking the distraction bait.

01.02.2026 13:16 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Homicides at lowest level in nearly 50 years, ONS statistics show The 499 homicide cases in the year to September were the lowest in England and Wales since 1977.

Difficult day today for Chris Mason and Reform UK Ltd as facts get in the way of their narrative about β€˜broken Britain’ again.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article....

31.01.2026 07:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

He needs to grow up

17.01.2026 19:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Must be a Russian asset then.

16.12.2025 15:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Pretty legendary at this stage, only sorry I didn’t manage to see this line up live.

16.12.2025 15:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

NHS waiting lists down
Net migration is down
Longest period without small boat crossings
Min wages up
Interest rates down
2 child benefit cap lifted
Employment rights going through
Renters Rights Act ending no fault eviction
Economy stable
But apart from that, what has Labour ever done for us…..?!

13.12.2025 09:30 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I was listening to this right up until you said the guy was from The Times and switched it off, they are part of the problem with a relentless amount of of right wing gaslighting since the Labour victory.

13.12.2025 08:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Pretty disgusting that these are the kinds of views, dislike of Trump and supporting equality, that get you forced out the BBC. Very sorry to read this.

13.12.2025 08:44 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes, maybe we could have Chris Mason’s β€œjudgement” on whether Farage is a racist or not!

05.12.2025 10:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Agree, we were in the long shadow of WW2 back then and anti semitic jokes were a big no then as well as now.

05.12.2025 10:32 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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"Simple common sense"

- Forcing raped children to keep resulting babies
- Choosing regular mass murders over gun control
- Claiming homosexuality is the same as drug addiction
- Saying it's patriotic to attack your opponents with hammers
- claiming the UK operates the Great Replacement Theory

11.09.2025 15:56 β€” πŸ‘ 447    πŸ” 123    πŸ’¬ 42    πŸ“Œ 7

Another couple of miles beyond that would be good!

06.09.2025 19:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Loved the whole series on Burn. Probably my favourite Deep Purple studio album, I skip nothing on it when listening.

19.06.2025 05:35 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m not sure this is as big a gotcha as you think. You were part of the uproar when it was taken away and now you’re moaning it’s back….No it wasn’t clever to remove it, now they’ve rowed back, the end.

11.06.2025 16:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I think they need about 10 years before they can really start to convince us of that. Everything they did made us worse off and weaker from Austerity to Brexit to Liz Truss. Economically feckless and irresponsible I’m afraid.

11.06.2025 15:58 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Very much enjoying it, after the Lay Down Stay Down episode I just put the whole album on!

09.06.2025 18:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Listened to a lot of these episodes and enjoyed them, really brings out a new dimension in these songs for me. This was the first time I was annoyed because you kept stopping the track just as I was enjoying listening to it again πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚

06.06.2025 16:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh dear, what a shame, never mind……

06.06.2025 11:27 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yep, wasn’t listening or researching him, just watching Fox News. πŸ€¦πŸ»β€β™‚οΈ

31.05.2025 16:29 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Trump chooses some weird battles to use his energy on, what a waste of time and money. Is he on a kick back from lawyers that take all this crap on??

26.05.2025 15:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Can you ask Rory, when he does his explainers on Reform, to re emphasise that it is a Limited Company not a conventional political party. If you β€˜join’ the party you don’t get any voting rights, you’re just making the equivalent of political donation.

07.05.2025 07:57 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Delivery is not the problem, the issue is with their comms strategy. Acknowledge UK media mainly run by right wing millionaires so it’s hard, but they need to be better and more subversive.

06.05.2025 17:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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A gift to the NRA.

05.05.2025 14:16 β€” πŸ‘ 20829    πŸ” 8283    πŸ’¬ 1385    πŸ“Œ 749

Yes we need to ensure the checks and balances on our democracy are working as they should if the Ltd Co gets into power in 2029. Long time and big if though!

05.05.2025 12:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Everything you need to know about Reform Ltd in a single headline….

05.05.2025 12:29 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Watch: JOE LYNN TURNER Returns To Moscow To Perform RAINBOW, DEEP PURPLE And YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Classics The ΠΠ°Ρ‚Π°Π»ΡŒΡ Лобановская YouTube channel has uploaded video of Joe Lynn Turner's entire April 3, 2025 concert at 1930 club in Moscow, Russia. Check it out below. Featured songs: 00:00:00 - Intro 0...

Ugh! Why is this man playing Moscow, so disappointing and embarrassing, I was a huge Rainbow fan too!

blabbermouth.net/news/watch-j...

17.04.2025 16:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0