Chris Orton
@chriso1.bsky.social
Cartographer, full-time north-easterner, SAFC, James the Band, Doctor Who, old telly, beer, football etc. Chairman of a football club, no really. Has a knackered back.
A walking corpse that won’t play dead.
A walking corpse that won’t play dead.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social Farage and Co are acting exactly from the Oswald Mosley playbook: demonise the other, make the poor afraid, promote ‘nationalism’.
Oh, and that other feller with the stupid moustache did the same thing too.
Oh, and that other feller with the stupid moustache did the same thing too.
November 11, 2025 at 11:48 AM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social Farage and Co are acting exactly from the Oswald Mosley playbook: demonise the other, make the poor afraid, promote ‘nationalism’.
Oh, and that other feller with the stupid moustache did the same thing too.
Oh, and that other feller with the stupid moustache did the same thing too.
Happy Birthday to Leonardo DiCaprio.
November 11, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Happy Birthday to Leonardo DiCaprio.
Happy Birthday to Stanley Tucci.
November 11, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Happy Birthday to Stanley Tucci.
Just been looking at the new BBC One daytime listings…
November 10, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Just been looking at the new BBC One daytime listings…
Reposted by Chris Orton
The CURRENT sitting MP for Clacton earns £511,000 as a presenter for GB News and took £281,000 as a brand ambassador for Direct Bullion.
So maybe sit this one out, you rancid herring.
So maybe sit this one out, you rancid herring.
November 10, 2025 at 5:44 PM
The CURRENT sitting MP for Clacton earns £511,000 as a presenter for GB News and took £281,000 as a brand ambassador for Direct Bullion.
So maybe sit this one out, you rancid herring.
So maybe sit this one out, you rancid herring.
“Tom’s putting it in now…”
November 10, 2025 at 10:17 PM
“Tom’s putting it in now…”
Post a non-religious photo you think of as holy
November 10, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Post a non-religious photo you think of as holy
The Secret Service (1969, ITC Entertainment)
November 10, 2025 at 3:19 PM
The Secret Service (1969, ITC Entertainment)
My manifesto for when I’m appointed the new Director General of the BBC:
• Eldorado: Series 2
No, that’s it.
• Eldorado: Series 2
No, that’s it.
November 10, 2025 at 12:18 AM
My manifesto for when I’m appointed the new Director General of the BBC:
• Eldorado: Series 2
No, that’s it.
• Eldorado: Series 2
No, that’s it.
Watching an episode of The Bill from 1997 and there is a child character in it called ‘Ronnie’.
This seems somewhat incongruous to me.
This seems somewhat incongruous to me.
November 9, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Watching an episode of The Bill from 1997 and there is a child character in it called ‘Ronnie’.
This seems somewhat incongruous to me.
This seems somewhat incongruous to me.
Reposted by Chris Orton
Got these new trainers today but I can't get it out of my head that they look like fuckin DC Tosh Lines from The Bill
November 9, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Got these new trainers today but I can't get it out of my head that they look like fuckin DC Tosh Lines from The Bill
Of course, I remember Dave Spikey-era Bullseye.
November 9, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Of course, I remember Dave Spikey-era Bullseye.
Bullseye does NOT need to be an hour-long programme. Why do they keep doing this to shows?
November 9, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Bullseye does NOT need to be an hour-long programme. Why do they keep doing this to shows?
What *have* they done to Bullseye?
November 9, 2025 at 8:01 PM
What *have* they done to Bullseye?
All contenders for the next Director General of the BBC.
And appearing tonight (9th November 1984) on Blankety Blank (Blankety Blank) … Roy Kinnear, Pat Coombs, John Junkin ….
November 9, 2025 at 7:07 PM
All contenders for the next Director General of the BBC.
My choice for the next BBC DG.
November 9, 2025 at 6:26 PM
My choice for the next BBC DG.
Farewell Tim Davie. You won’t be missed.
November 9, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Farewell Tim Davie. You won’t be missed.
