John Pitchford
@johnnypapa.bsky.social
I’m a retired railway signaller & RAF veteran who is left leaning, loves classic films both horror & comedy, I’m happily married with two great sons and try to look on the light side of life….i also support Derby County.
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I think until Trump apologises for his comments about NATO troops today both King Charles & the Prince & Princess of Wales future visit to the US should be postponed.
January 23, 2026 at 5:58 PM
I think until Trump apologises for his comments about NATO troops today both King Charles & the Prince & Princess of Wales future visit to the US should be postponed.
On the night of 28 Dec 1940 London became an inferno — “the Second Great Fire of London.” From the dome of St Paul’s, Daily Mirror photographer George Greenwell bravely captured the city burning all around him, recording the true scale of the Blitz while bombs were still falling.
January 19, 2026 at 12:14 PM
On the night of 28 Dec 1940 London became an inferno — “the Second Great Fire of London.” From the dome of St Paul’s, Daily Mirror photographer George Greenwell bravely captured the city burning all around him, recording the true scale of the Blitz while bombs were still falling.
Master Of Menace………..The wonderful Peter Cushing markhamillofficial.bsky.social
January 15, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Master Of Menace………..The wonderful Peter Cushing markhamillofficial.bsky.social
I’d like to see the Tories go ahead of Reform in the polls……..just to see the rats who deserted the sinking ship try to crawl back on!
January 14, 2026 at 8:45 AM
I’d like to see the Tories go ahead of Reform in the polls……..just to see the rats who deserted the sinking ship try to crawl back on!
The US president said on Friday he had to act or else "Russia or China will take over Greenland", stepping up his threats about acquiring the Danish-administered territory.
“We're not going to have Russia or China as a neighbour," Mr Trump said.
Has anyone told him they already have!
“We're not going to have Russia or China as a neighbour," Mr Trump said.
Has anyone told him they already have!
January 10, 2026 at 6:40 AM
The US president said on Friday he had to act or else "Russia or China will take over Greenland", stepping up his threats about acquiring the Danish-administered territory.
“We're not going to have Russia or China as a neighbour," Mr Trump said.
Has anyone told him they already have!
“We're not going to have Russia or China as a neighbour," Mr Trump said.
Has anyone told him they already have!
Hope you have a great Christmas, this is Morecambe & Wise with Can’t Get Used To Losing You
December 21, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Hope you have a great Christmas, this is Morecambe & Wise with Can’t Get Used To Losing You
For Remembrance Sunday
November 9, 2025 at 10:43 AM
For Remembrance Sunday
If god forbid we end up with a Reform government in 2029 how many years will it take for the penny to drop that they can’t ’stop the boats’?
November 4, 2025 at 1:40 PM
If god forbid we end up with a Reform government in 2029 how many years will it take for the penny to drop that they can’t ’stop the boats’?
One thing you can say for France they do jail their convicted former presidents. news.sky.com/story/ex-fre...
Ex-French president Nicolas Sarkozy enters prison for five-year sentence
Nicolas Sarkozy declared his innocence and held hands with his wife before entering prison to begin his five-year sentence.
news.sky.com
October 21, 2025 at 7:56 AM
One thing you can say for France they do jail their convicted former presidents. news.sky.com/story/ex-fre...
This young actor went on to play Stan Ogden in Coronation Street. Bernard Youens (1914-1984) suffered a shrapnel wound to the leg during the battle of Anzio in 1944.
September 17, 2025 at 7:35 AM
This young actor went on to play Stan Ogden in Coronation Street. Bernard Youens (1914-1984) suffered a shrapnel wound to the leg during the battle of Anzio in 1944.
“The way to control people is to frighten them, and to divide them. Divide them by race, by religion, by nationality, by class. And if you can set them against one another, you can control them.”
Tony Benn.
Tony Benn.
May 18, 2025 at 9:03 AM
“The way to control people is to frighten them, and to divide them. Divide them by race, by religion, by nationality, by class. And if you can set them against one another, you can control them.”
Tony Benn.
Tony Benn.
“I am not prepared to stand aside and see this country engulfed by the racial conflict which calculating orators or ignorant prejudice can create.
(Labour Prime Minister Harold Wilson’s response to Enoch Powell’s ‘Rivers Of Blood’ speech 1966)
(Labour Prime Minister Harold Wilson’s response to Enoch Powell’s ‘Rivers Of Blood’ speech 1966)
May 14, 2025 at 8:05 PM
“I am not prepared to stand aside and see this country engulfed by the racial conflict which calculating orators or ignorant prejudice can create.
(Labour Prime Minister Harold Wilson’s response to Enoch Powell’s ‘Rivers Of Blood’ speech 1966)
(Labour Prime Minister Harold Wilson’s response to Enoch Powell’s ‘Rivers Of Blood’ speech 1966)
On this day in 1945
May 7, 2025 at 10:29 AM
On this day in 1945
