Peter Woodman
@peterwoodman67.bsky.social
Retired transport and travel journalist now posting on all sorts of stuff. Still baffled by new technology.#coys
John Bolton indictment - a Trumped-up charge?
October 17, 2025 at 6:01 AM
John Bolton indictment - a Trumped-up charge?
East Wiltshire constituents should try to get a 2015 Act changed. At present they can't do anything about Kruger's defection to Reform. Reason for Kruger not seeking a by election? He'd lose in a seat where Reform came a distant 4th in the general election.
September 21, 2025 at 12:04 PM
East Wiltshire constituents should try to get a 2015 Act changed. At present they can't do anything about Kruger's defection to Reform. Reason for Kruger not seeking a by election? He'd lose in a seat where Reform came a distant 4th in the general election.
Gotta be Clacton, surely, as Farage is hardly ever there....
May 17, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Gotta be Clacton, surely, as Farage is hardly ever there....
Don't big up these stats. Football did not start in 1992.
May 10, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Don't big up these stats. Football did not start in 1992.
Hooters goes tits-up...
Even the breast of us can’t wing it sometimes
Hooters files for bankruptcy | CNN Business
Hooters — the restaurant chain first known for its orange-clad, all-female wait staff and then its chicken wings — filed for bankruptcy, the company announced Monday. But the decades-old brand said i...
www.cnn.com
April 1, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Hooters goes tits-up...
Guess they'll describe their long stay as an out-of-this-world experience...
SpaceX capsule docks with ISS to bring back stranded Nasa astronauts
SpaceX capsule docks with ISS to bring back stranded Nasa astronauts
The arrival of four astronauts will allow Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams to return to Earth after nine months on the International Space Station
A SpaceX capsule delivered four astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) early on Sunday in a…
www.theguardian.com
March 16, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Guess they'll describe their long stay as an out-of-this-world experience...
Well-reasoned piece by a well-seasoned writer...
It is mission critical that Labour repairs the contract between citizen and state www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
It is mission critical that Labour repairs the contract between citizen and state | Andrew Rawnsley
Smarter, more productive, government will require more than yet another bonfire of the quangos
www.theguardian.com
March 16, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Well-reasoned piece by a well-seasoned writer...
Very good. Almost pasta point of no return...
My wife left me because of my obsession with pasta.
I'm feeling cannelloni right now.
I'm feeling cannelloni right now.
March 9, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Very good. Almost pasta point of no return...
Yes, Dan. But it's OK to say Liverpool have been very good AND to think it's been a poor-quality League this season. Oh, and Liverpool HAVE been lucky to get so many penalties.
16 points clear
92 point pace
25 league games unbeaten
Scored 16 more goals than anyone else
The media and pundits are going to try and tell you that it's "a poor quality league" or that #lfc are "lucky". Don't let them
92 point pace
25 league games unbeaten
Scored 16 more goals than anyone else
The media and pundits are going to try and tell you that it's "a poor quality league" or that #lfc are "lucky". Don't let them
March 9, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Yes, Dan. But it's OK to say Liverpool have been very good AND to think it's been a poor-quality League this season. Oh, and Liverpool HAVE been lucky to get so many penalties.
This is rather good....
The first computer dates back to Adam and Eve. It was an Apple with limited memory, just one byte. And then everything crashed.
March 1, 2025 at 7:41 AM
This is rather good....
Best one for me is one from Yogi Berra: "When you come to a fork in the road, take it."
What's the best piece of advice you've ever received?
I’ll go first.
If you find a toilet in your dream, don’t use it.
I’ll go first.
If you find a toilet in your dream, don’t use it.
February 28, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Best one for me is one from Yogi Berra: "When you come to a fork in the road, take it."
Yeah and I bet Trump reckons Churchill started WW2.
🔺 Ukraine-Russia latest: Trump blames Zelensky for war
Donald Trump said he and President Putin spoke about Ukraine before Russia’s full-scale invasion three years ago.
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Donald Trump said he and President Putin spoke about Ukraine before Russia’s full-scale invasion three years ago.
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Ukraine-Russia latest: Trump blames Zelensky for war
www.thetimes.com
February 19, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Yeah and I bet Trump reckons Churchill started WW2.
This looks the final scene in Gone With the Wind. "Frankly my dear..."
February 19, 2025 at 7:43 AM
This looks the final scene in Gone With the Wind. "Frankly my dear..."
If Trump had been president in 1945 you reckon he would have said the Allies started WW2 and that Hitler should negotiate the peace.
February 19, 2025 at 7:41 AM
If Trump had been president in 1945 you reckon he would have said the Allies started WW2 and that Hitler should negotiate the peace.
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When I was young I was scared of the dark.
Now when I see my electric bill I am scared of the lights.
Now when I see my electric bill I am scared of the lights.
February 4, 2025 at 2:31 PM
When I was young I was scared of the dark.
Now when I see my electric bill I am scared of the lights.
Now when I see my electric bill I am scared of the lights.
Wonderfully misleading headline in the Daily Telegraph today: Labour drove Wales into the ground - now Nigel Farage has his chance.
February 4, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Wonderfully misleading headline in the Daily Telegraph today: Labour drove Wales into the ground - now Nigel Farage has his chance.
December 20010? Is Trump still president?
Fire in the Sky Cloudcroft New Mexico USA. One of our many camping trips up to the Upper Karr Canyon campground. Dec 20010
#newmexico #cloudcroft #upperkarrcanyon #sunset #camping #photography #travel #tf_photography #tf_photoscapes #tf_photoescapes #landscape
#newmexico #cloudcroft #upperkarrcanyon #sunset #camping #photography #travel #tf_photography #tf_photoscapes #tf_photoescapes #landscape
January 28, 2025 at 6:47 PM
December 20010? Is Trump still president?
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I call it an elevator, but my British friend calls it a lift.
I guess we were just raised differently.
I guess we were just raised differently.
January 27, 2025 at 11:12 PM
I call it an elevator, but my British friend calls it a lift.
I guess we were just raised differently.
I guess we were just raised differently.
At last Kemi comes up with a popular policy...
"Kemi Badenoch has told shadow ministers she wants a period of silence from Liz Truss, as the Conservative leader seeks to distance herself from her predecessor’s economic legacy" 😂😂😂😂😂😂 www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Kemi Badenoch ‘wants Liz Truss to shut up for a while’
Tory leader told shadow cabinet last week she wanted predecessor to stop making unhelpful interventions
www.theguardian.com
January 23, 2025 at 3:46 PM
At last Kemi comes up with a popular policy...
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For a guy old enough to have been etched by Rembrandt, Mick Hucknall is looking pretty good.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Rembrandt etching exhibition to open in Birmingham
Birmingham Museums says it will present the full range of the artist's etching output.
www.bbc.com
January 16, 2025 at 10:18 PM
For a guy old enough to have been etched by Rembrandt, Mick Hucknall is looking pretty good.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
I reckon the best Doctor is the one you can actually get an appointment with....
I love every Doctor. I couldn’t do a ranking or rank any of them in any order.
The Doctor is The Doctor.
❤️
The Doctor is The Doctor.
❤️
January 15, 2025 at 11:44 AM
I reckon the best Doctor is the one you can actually get an appointment with....
Excellent
I should have known not to marry a tennis player.
Love means nothing to her
Love means nothing to her
January 7, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Excellent
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Professor Alexis Jay, who led a 7-year review of sexual abuse which reported in 2022, says starting a new inquiry would delay any implementation of her own recommendations:
January 7, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Professor Alexis Jay, who led a 7-year review of sexual abuse which reported in 2022, says starting a new inquiry would delay any implementation of her own recommendations:
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Honouring Sadiq Khan belittles the achievements of
Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg
Sir Gavin Williamson
Lord Chris Grayling
Baroness Charlotte Owen
Baron Shaun Bailey
Baroness Michelle Mone
Sir Christopher Chope
Lord Ben Houchen
Baron Ross Kempsell
and Lord Lebedev of Siberia
Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg
Sir Gavin Williamson
Lord Chris Grayling
Baroness Charlotte Owen
Baron Shaun Bailey
Baroness Michelle Mone
Sir Christopher Chope
Lord Ben Houchen
Baron Ross Kempsell
and Lord Lebedev of Siberia
December 31, 2024 at 11:58 AM
Honouring Sadiq Khan belittles the achievements of
Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg
Sir Gavin Williamson
Lord Chris Grayling
Baroness Charlotte Owen
Baron Shaun Bailey
Baroness Michelle Mone
Sir Christopher Chope
Lord Ben Houchen
Baron Ross Kempsell
and Lord Lebedev of Siberia
Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg
Sir Gavin Williamson
Lord Chris Grayling
Baroness Charlotte Owen
Baron Shaun Bailey
Baroness Michelle Mone
Sir Christopher Chope
Lord Ben Houchen
Baron Ross Kempsell
and Lord Lebedev of Siberia