Peter West
@peterfwest.bsky.social
European. Family guy. Live music enthusiast. Veteran of the mobile telecoms industry.
North Easterner living in exile in the Thames Valley
“Peter in Reading” on BBC 6 Music
North Easterner living in exile in the Thames Valley
“Peter in Reading” on BBC 6 Music
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Peter West
@peterfwest.bsky.social
· Oct 14
I’ve been thinking about this for years now, but always thought that it wouldn’t achieve anything because of our ridiculous FPTP electoral system. Like a lot of others (now over 110,000 members!) I’ve arrived at the decision that this is the best hope we have for a fairer and more radical future
In the corporate world though I was in a technical role I had mandatory annual training on topics that were potentially share price affecting and could have result in prison sentences or huge fines:
Anti-competition law
Anti-bribery law
Handling confidential information
news.sky.com/story/politi...
Anti-competition law
Anti-bribery law
Handling confidential information
news.sky.com/story/politi...
Politics latest: Gordon Brown writes to Met Police about Mandelson's contact with Epstein
Gordon Brown has written to the head of the Metropolitan Police over Peter Mandelson's contact with Jeffrey Epstein. You can also find the latest insights from the files on our <a href='https://tinyur...
news.sky.com
February 3, 2026 at 4:48 PM
In the corporate world though I was in a technical role I had mandatory annual training on topics that were potentially share price affecting and could have result in prison sentences or huge fines:
Anti-competition law
Anti-bribery law
Handling confidential information
news.sky.com/story/politi...
Anti-competition law
Anti-bribery law
Handling confidential information
news.sky.com/story/politi...
I’m sure there’s a reason people don’t want to go to the USA right now, but I just can’t put my finger on it
Disney warns theme park attendance could drop as foreign tourists stay away
Disney warns theme park attendance could drop as foreign tourists stay away
Disney warns theme park attendance could drop as foreign tourists stay away
www.independent.co.uk
February 2, 2026 at 3:51 PM
I’m sure there’s a reason people don’t want to go to the USA right now, but I just can’t put my finger on it
Are all the people complaining about Mandelson still having a peerage as upset about Michelle Mone?
February 2, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Are all the people complaining about Mandelson still having a peerage as upset about Michelle Mone?
What is it that drives women like Suella Braverman, Priti Patel and Shabana Mahmood to hate immigrants?
news.sky.com/video/suella...
news.sky.com/video/suella...
Suella Braverman defects to Reform UK
Braverman has been the MP for Fareham and Waterlooville in Hampshire since 2015.
news.sky.com
January 26, 2026 at 12:51 PM
What is it that drives women like Suella Braverman, Priti Patel and Shabana Mahmood to hate immigrants?
news.sky.com/video/suella...
news.sky.com/video/suella...
Listening to the rambling old fool Trump speaking at Davos, and it’s clearly time for an intervention. If this was a family member I’d be looking to find a secure and comfortable place for them to stay.
January 21, 2026 at 2:13 PM
Listening to the rambling old fool Trump speaking at Davos, and it’s clearly time for an intervention. If this was a family member I’d be looking to find a secure and comfortable place for them to stay.
This illustrates perfectly why it’s not possible to negotiate with Trump. There is no consistency and he never acts in good faith.
Handing over Greenland would not be the end of his demands.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cp...
Handing over Greenland would not be the end of his demands.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cp...
Trump says UK handing over Chagos Islands sovereignty is act of 'great stupidity'
The US president says the UK
www.bbc.co.uk
January 20, 2026 at 9:31 AM
This illustrates perfectly why it’s not possible to negotiate with Trump. There is no consistency and he never acts in good faith.
Handing over Greenland would not be the end of his demands.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cp...
Handing over Greenland would not be the end of his demands.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cp...
Frying pan/fire scenario
January 18, 2026 at 8:20 PM
Frying pan/fire scenario
Reposted by Peter West
Here’s a short poem about the power of poetry to change the world.
January 18, 2026 at 9:47 AM
Here’s a short poem about the power of poetry to change the world.
So what happens if Europe hands over Greenland to the bully? Anyone can see that he’ll be back demanding something else. It’s not possible to reach any kind of agreement with a person like this.
www.ft.com/content/6055...
www.ft.com/content/6055...
Trump to hit Europe with 10% tariffs if it opposes Greenland takeover
US president said levies against eight nations would rise to 25% unless they support his acquisition of the island
www.ft.com
January 17, 2026 at 5:06 PM
So what happens if Europe hands over Greenland to the bully? Anyone can see that he’ll be back demanding something else. It’s not possible to reach any kind of agreement with a person like this.
www.ft.com/content/6055...
www.ft.com/content/6055...
BBC News reporting Shabana Mahmood’s post on X related to the AI misinformed West Midlands Chief Constable resignation is pretty much a perfect circle of everything wrong with UK politics and media
January 16, 2026 at 10:49 PM
BBC News reporting Shabana Mahmood’s post on X related to the AI misinformed West Midlands Chief Constable resignation is pretty much a perfect circle of everything wrong with UK politics and media
Katie Razzall presenting Julian Barnes with an AI generated paragraph that was supposedly in his style was cringeworthy and disrespectful clickbait journalism. Please BBC, be better than this.
January 14, 2026 at 10:32 PM
Katie Razzall presenting Julian Barnes with an AI generated paragraph that was supposedly in his style was cringeworthy and disrespectful clickbait journalism. Please BBC, be better than this.
Man of the people Nadim Zahawi (who claimed expenses for heating his horse stables) will fit right in to the Reform millionaires club
news.sky.com/story/politi...
news.sky.com/story/politi...
Politics latest: Former Tory chancellor Nadhim Zahawi defects to Reform UK
The former Conservative MP and chancellor has just been introduced by Nigel Farage at a news conference in central London.
news.sky.com
January 12, 2026 at 11:22 AM
Man of the people Nadim Zahawi (who claimed expenses for heating his horse stables) will fit right in to the Reform millionaires club
news.sky.com/story/politi...
news.sky.com/story/politi...
I’m not going to mention the 10 year anniversary of the passing of David Bowie at home today, because I never saw him live but Mrs W did and will talk about it interminably at the drop of a hat.
January 10, 2026 at 1:31 PM
I’m not going to mention the 10 year anniversary of the passing of David Bowie at home today, because I never saw him live but Mrs W did and will talk about it interminably at the drop of a hat.
This sums up our supine government. Too scared of Trump/Musk to do anything and delegating responsibility. Time to start LEADING rather than hand wringing
NEW: Liz Kendall, the technology secretary, says Ofcom would have the "full backing" of government if it opted to block access to X in the UK (but it's a decision for Ofcom)
January 9, 2026 at 5:13 PM
This sums up our supine government. Too scared of Trump/Musk to do anything and delegating responsibility. Time to start LEADING rather than hand wringing
Well the penny has dropped for some Labour MPs. I wonder when Starmer will stop pretending X is not an issue because he’s terrified of Trump
“Well, that’s fine then! As long as people only pay for illegal sexually explicit AI images of real people via Grok on X: all perfectly acceptable, right?” What a relief. Nothing to see here. 🙄
Apparently this is what ‘responsibility’ looks like now.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... 1/2
Apparently this is what ‘responsibility’ looks like now.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... 1/2
Elon Musk's Grok AI image editing limited to paid users after deepfakes
It comes after government urged Ofcom to use all its powers – up to and including an effective ban – against X.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 9, 2026 at 9:39 AM
Well the penny has dropped for some Labour MPs. I wonder when Starmer will stop pretending X is not an issue because he’s terrified of Trump
You’ve got to wonder if there is any strategic thought going into this from UK Government or if it’s just another attempt to curry favour with the megalomaniac Trump
news.sky.com/story/greenl...
news.sky.com/story/greenl...
Trump latest: UK involved in US seizure of oil tanker with links to Russia and Iran, MoD says
The US says it has seized an oil tanker with links to Russia and Venezuela, as well as another vessel in the Caribbean. It comes after the White House suggested US military action in Greenland is "alw...
news.sky.com
January 7, 2026 at 3:39 PM
You’ve got to wonder if there is any strategic thought going into this from UK Government or if it’s just another attempt to curry favour with the megalomaniac Trump
news.sky.com/story/greenl...
news.sky.com/story/greenl...
Waking up to discover that Trump thinks “Team America: World Police” wasn’t a spoof
January 3, 2026 at 9:48 AM
Waking up to discover that Trump thinks “Team America: World Police” wasn’t a spoof
There were a lot of tweeters tweeting on my sunny early dog walk this morning
December 30, 2025 at 5:18 PM
There were a lot of tweeters tweeting on my sunny early dog walk this morning
After decades of beanies in the winter and baseball caps in the summer I’m embracing the joys of a flat cap like my great grandfather used to wear and it’s really rather glorious
December 27, 2025 at 3:19 PM
After decades of beanies in the winter and baseball caps in the summer I’m embracing the joys of a flat cap like my great grandfather used to wear and it’s really rather glorious
Coming to London in 2026….
Waymo's San Francisco outage raises doubts over robotaxi readiness during crises reut.rs/4jzsxtT
Waymo's San Francisco outage raises doubts over robotaxi readiness during crises
A widespread power outage in San Francisco that led to Waymo robotaxis stalling and snarling traffic earlier this month has raised concerns about the readiness of autonomous vehicle operators to tackle major emergencies like earthquakes and floods.
reut.rs
December 27, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Coming to London in 2026….
I see that Priti Patel thinks that the UK rejoining the Erasmus scheme would “betray Brexit”. No surprise that she hates to see young people given an opportunity to grow outside of the insular and withering UK
December 17, 2025 at 12:07 PM
I see that Priti Patel thinks that the UK rejoining the Erasmus scheme would “betray Brexit”. No surprise that she hates to see young people given an opportunity to grow outside of the insular and withering UK
We went to see Othello yesterday, superb production with outstanding acting as you would expect with this stellar cast
December 12, 2025 at 11:19 AM
We went to see Othello yesterday, superb production with outstanding acting as you would expect with this stellar cast
Well I guess that just underlines that I won’t be visiting the USA again any time soon. I used to be a regular visitor for work and pleasure and lived in Chicago for a while, but those days are long gone
December 10, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Well I guess that just underlines that I won’t be visiting the USA again any time soon. I used to be a regular visitor for work and pleasure and lived in Chicago for a while, but those days are long gone
A FIFA investigation into Infantino is like a Republican investigation into Trump
December 9, 2025 at 9:04 PM
A FIFA investigation into Infantino is like a Republican investigation into Trump
I’ve been to several Teenage Cancer Trust gigs at the Royal Albert Hall over the years and the shows have been great as well as being a fantastic charity fundraiser. The line up for 2026 though is outrageously good, and I’m not sure my credit card can stand it
December 9, 2025 at 2:57 PM
I’ve been to several Teenage Cancer Trust gigs at the Royal Albert Hall over the years and the shows have been great as well as being a fantastic charity fundraiser. The line up for 2026 though is outrageously good, and I’m not sure my credit card can stand it