I think this has to be one of the best, and most incisively accurate quotes I've read in a long time!
29.09.2025 16:58 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0@stevemangham.bsky.social
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I think this has to be one of the best, and most incisively accurate quotes I've read in a long time!
29.09.2025 16:58 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Thanks so much for for the link to that footage, I had no idea of its existence, just another example of Jeff's brilliance, the pain and sadness of him leaving us never seems to diminish.
18.09.2025 06:06 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0It's not confined to the US, it's now become illegal in the UK to protest against war and genocide, it can result in 14 years in prison! The scourge of authoritarianism is spreading, it's truly terrifying!
18.09.2025 05:50 β π 6 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0He was a worm during the Blair era, so there's nothing that would surprise me about Mandy in the present day.
11.09.2025 09:33 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 08.4%! Those numbers spell trouble, both before and after you pass out from drinking more than 4 cans! Well, at least if you're a lightweight like me! π
31.08.2025 07:34 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Against my better instincts I was seduced into signing up for Apple TV, just because I wanted to watch Slow Horses, all was well until a couple of weeks ago, when things stopped working, and guess what folks, solutions and customer service is non-existent, patience depleted! ACCOUNT CANCELLED, π
08.08.2025 20:56 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Does this come as a surprise to anyone, after all, the Royals have been told for hundreds of years that they are second only to God, which instills in them traits which we peasants might interpret as cold, arrogant indifference, but to them it's about reaffirming their superiority over all mortals.
21.07.2025 20:09 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Excellent boozer, one of my top pubs to visit when in London!
06.07.2025 19:14 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Another feckless MP, tone deaf, blind to the realities the world as throwing at people, almost gleefully indulging in the same hypocritical bullshit as Cooper!
04.07.2025 07:16 β π 7 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0This tired old trope of "taking people with us on this journey" is hollow psycho babble for "I'm nodding along pretending to hear and take on board your concerns, and empathise with you, but really I'm planning on pulling the rug from under you to ensure you land on the broken glass underneath!
27.06.2025 08:06 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I think the price of an instrument really is irrelevant, if you like it, and you keep picking it up and playing it, and it keeps you connected to the beauty of music, and it makes you happy, then that guitar is priceless!
27.06.2025 07:55 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I don't think any clear headed individual paying close attention to events since Labour took office could reach any other conclusion, it's been a total shit show!
27.06.2025 07:49 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Thank you for eloquently articulating my thoughts far better than I could!
22.06.2025 11:10 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I can't think of two worse candidates, I wouldn't trust either of them to run a bath without f##cking it up, but rest assured they'd blame each other for the mess!
14.06.2025 06:43 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0One of the greatest, I've been a huge fan since my teenage years, and attend the annual festival celebrating his life and work in Ballyshannon, which is fantastic. I think it's so important to keep his memory alive.
14.06.2025 06:32 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Sounds like an absolute steal compared to the dynamic ticket pricing shit-show here in the UK, absolutely disgusting, and yes I am bitter, resentful and jealous, so there!
10.06.2025 21:59 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0You're exactly as Mother Earth intended you to be, as we all are, there is no escape, denial or cheating, we simply need to accept and give thanks for her wisdom, and promise to her and ourselves, to look after what we have been blessed with, and accept whatever flaws may exist. ππ
10.06.2025 21:53 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I can't help but feel that in a few years from now, people are going to be apoplectic when it goes over budget, takes far longer to build than planned, and by the time they switch the damn thing on it will be out of date, and once again this dear country will look like a bunch of idiots, once again!
10.06.2025 18:10 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I'm going to make a prediction, and I hope I'm wrong, but part way into the construction things will slow down, suddenly the time scale for completion will be stretched, costs will spiral out of control, and then we'll be scrabbling around for foreign investment to fill the black hole!
10.06.2025 08:19 β π 9 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0I will be seeing the legend in London later this month!
10.06.2025 05:31 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I think anyone who has paid any attention to the endless procurement disasters started by the MOD knows full well that only two of these subs will get built, 10 years later than planned, and the cost will have escalated by a few Β£billion, and when the subs get delivered they'll already be obsolete!
03.06.2025 12:55 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I think the biggest block to progressive political change in the UK is voter apathy, which is worse now than ever has been, a media landscape which is growing increasingly partisan and decreasingly balanced, and a shocking level of political ignorance, many of us feel crippled by despondence!
03.06.2025 11:00 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0This is the perfect opportunity for our government to send a strong and clear message to all private equity oligarchs in control of UK infrastructure that if you fail to uphold your obligations to the British public you will pay a very heavy price, time to stop messing around!
28.05.2025 07:41 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0How many times does this country have to repeat it's mistakes and fail to learn the lessons? It's patently obvious that Thames has some serious issues that have been ongoing for many years, the only answer is seizure of control by the state.
28.05.2025 07:37 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0He has also made some really, I mean shockingly abysmally poor arguments in defence of Facebook 's policing and removal of dodgy content, I don't want to resort to using insulting names to sum up how I feel about the man, but let's just say that he induces a strong feeling of revulsion!
27.05.2025 13:03 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0He has also made some really, I mean shockingly abysmally poor arguments in defence of Facebook 's policing and removal of dodgy content, I don't want to resort to using insulting names to sum up how I feel about the man, but let's just say that he induces a strong feeling of revulsion!
27.05.2025 10:53 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I'm going to remember this one for the weekend, there's a three day music festival on the horizon, which involves a slow death by excessive Guinness consumption π»
26.05.2025 19:00 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Also, the bumpers were designed to completely obliterate any other vehicle it hit, or that hit you!
26.05.2025 17:11 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I used to work on these models a lot during the late 80's when I worked for an accident repair body shop, they were built like tanks, everything was made from heavier gauge still than most cars of the day, it would take three people to fit a new door!
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