Peter Smith
@redpeter99.bsky.social
Recovering X and Twitter addict. Looking for a funnier, more intelligent place.
Lifelong Leeds United supporter.
I block racists.
Elderly white hippie and proud.
Lifelong Leeds United supporter.
I block racists.
Elderly white hippie and proud.
Chris Mason is confusing what is happening and what he wants to happen.
February 9, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Chris Mason is confusing what is happening and what he wants to happen.
It's unfashionable to praise government services but spending 2 minutes to tax your car is impressive.
Far preferable to spending an hour in Redcar Post Office while an amusement arcade owner pays in the last 6 months takings.
Far preferable to spending an hour in Redcar Post Office while an amusement arcade owner pays in the last 6 months takings.
February 9, 2026 at 3:20 PM
It's unfashionable to praise government services but spending 2 minutes to tax your car is impressive.
Far preferable to spending an hour in Redcar Post Office while an amusement arcade owner pays in the last 6 months takings.
Far preferable to spending an hour in Redcar Post Office while an amusement arcade owner pays in the last 6 months takings.
The less that helpful contribution from Anas Sarwar, paradoxically, makes Starmer more secure IMHO. There is no route or credible candidate to replace Starmer at the moment.
Excited Mason, Coates and co are suffering from what doctors call Premature Hack Elation.
Excited Mason, Coates and co are suffering from what doctors call Premature Hack Elation.
February 9, 2026 at 3:06 PM
The less that helpful contribution from Anas Sarwar, paradoxically, makes Starmer more secure IMHO. There is no route or credible candidate to replace Starmer at the moment.
Excited Mason, Coates and co are suffering from what doctors call Premature Hack Elation.
Excited Mason, Coates and co are suffering from what doctors call Premature Hack Elation.
Mason, Coates and others cut their teeth under Johnson and Brexit.
For them, politics is light entertainment. They're no different to gossip columnists and offer zero serious analysis of the complex world of 2026.
For them, politics is light entertainment. They're no different to gossip columnists and offer zero serious analysis of the complex world of 2026.
February 9, 2026 at 1:43 PM
Mason, Coates and others cut their teeth under Johnson and Brexit.
For them, politics is light entertainment. They're no different to gossip columnists and offer zero serious analysis of the complex world of 2026.
For them, politics is light entertainment. They're no different to gossip columnists and offer zero serious analysis of the complex world of 2026.
Truss craves relevancy, attention and respect. Instead, she faces 30 + years of ridicule.
She would be well advised to concentrate on being a good spouse, parent, friend, member of the community. I reckon she'd be far happier.
She would be well advised to concentrate on being a good spouse, parent, friend, member of the community. I reckon she'd be far happier.
February 9, 2026 at 10:49 AM
Truss craves relevancy, attention and respect. Instead, she faces 30 + years of ridicule.
She would be well advised to concentrate on being a good spouse, parent, friend, member of the community. I reckon she'd be far happier.
She would be well advised to concentrate on being a good spouse, parent, friend, member of the community. I reckon she'd be far happier.
I shouted at the TV on Friday during the Leeds game for someone to cross the ball to Calvert Lewin.
It happened 20 minutes later and he scored.
Glad the team listened.
#lufc
It happened 20 minutes later and he scored.
Glad the team listened.
#lufc
Something magnificent about Kemi Badenoch's self-confidence, and her claim that the Mandelson affair is entirely down to her asking questions at PMQs. Like a toddler who thinks their plastic steering wheel is controlling the car.
February 9, 2026 at 10:38 AM
I shouted at the TV on Friday during the Leeds game for someone to cross the ball to Calvert Lewin.
It happened 20 minutes later and he scored.
Glad the team listened.
#lufc
It happened 20 minutes later and he scored.
Glad the team listened.
#lufc
I'm no longer a Labour member. Nowt suspicious I just like a break every few years.
However, if the Reform like attitudes are commonplace I won't be returning.
Not just a slight difference of opinion but 180 degrees different to my beliefs.
However, if the Reform like attitudes are commonplace I won't be returning.
Not just a slight difference of opinion but 180 degrees different to my beliefs.
Yes, god help we risk a floundering government that feels like no one is in charge.
February 9, 2026 at 10:24 AM
I'm no longer a Labour member. Nowt suspicious I just like a break every few years.
However, if the Reform like attitudes are commonplace I won't be returning.
Not just a slight difference of opinion but 180 degrees different to my beliefs.
However, if the Reform like attitudes are commonplace I won't be returning.
Not just a slight difference of opinion but 180 degrees different to my beliefs.
Breaking. Woman visits hairdressers.
February 9, 2026 at 9:29 AM
Breaking. Woman visits hairdressers.
The Monday Stretch, Bach Before 7, Not the Nine O Clock News features, news bulletins and Barry from Ludlow emailing to say he's enjoying the Eric Satie are not reasons listeners choose #Radio3 in the morning.
It's the music.
It's the music.
February 9, 2026 at 7:27 AM
The Monday Stretch, Bach Before 7, Not the Nine O Clock News features, news bulletins and Barry from Ludlow emailing to say he's enjoying the Eric Satie are not reasons listeners choose #Radio3 in the morning.
It's the music.
It's the music.
Reposted by Peter Smith
Yes, mate, that's your job
February 9, 2026 at 6:45 AM
Yes, mate, that's your job
Millions of Americans are unhappy. Millions of other Americans are happy, generous and relaxed about the state of their country.
The former group believes their only route to happiness is to make the latter group as unhappy as they are.
Donald Trump is their poster boy.
The former group believes their only route to happiness is to make the latter group as unhappy as they are.
Donald Trump is their poster boy.
February 9, 2026 at 5:48 AM
Millions of Americans are unhappy. Millions of other Americans are happy, generous and relaxed about the state of their country.
The former group believes their only route to happiness is to make the latter group as unhappy as they are.
Donald Trump is their poster boy.
The former group believes their only route to happiness is to make the latter group as unhappy as they are.
Donald Trump is their poster boy.
Inspired by pals of McSweeney claiming credit for the General Election victory I'm announcing I was responsible for City's win at Anfield.
Anyone who went on the doorstep will know it was gross Tory incompetence and public loathing of Truss and co that resulted in the Labour victory.
Anyone who went on the doorstep will know it was gross Tory incompetence and public loathing of Truss and co that resulted in the Labour victory.
Not *all* Labour MPs wanted McSweeney out.
“Gutted about Morgan”, one texts.
“So many of us know he’s brilliant to work with, so exceptional at the bigger picture strategic thinking, relentlessly focused on the moving pieces… and credit him with winning the majority”.
“Gutted about Morgan”, one texts.
“So many of us know he’s brilliant to work with, so exceptional at the bigger picture strategic thinking, relentlessly focused on the moving pieces… and credit him with winning the majority”.
February 8, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Inspired by pals of McSweeney claiming credit for the General Election victory I'm announcing I was responsible for City's win at Anfield.
Anyone who went on the doorstep will know it was gross Tory incompetence and public loathing of Truss and co that resulted in the Labour victory.
Anyone who went on the doorstep will know it was gross Tory incompetence and public loathing of Truss and co that resulted in the Labour victory.
I despair at the calibre and brain power of some Labour MPs.
Yes, god help we risk a floundering government that feels like no one is in charge.
February 8, 2026 at 6:04 PM
I despair at the calibre and brain power of some Labour MPs.
The producers of Super Bowl know nothing about half time entertainment.
At #lufc we had dizzy penalties.
A fan (usually drunk, often morbidly obese) was picked from the crowd. A football was placed on the penalty spot and the fan had to spin round it 10 times and then attempt a penalty.
At #lufc we had dizzy penalties.
A fan (usually drunk, often morbidly obese) was picked from the crowd. A football was placed on the penalty spot and the fan had to spin round it 10 times and then attempt a penalty.
February 8, 2026 at 5:34 PM
The producers of Super Bowl know nothing about half time entertainment.
At #lufc we had dizzy penalties.
A fan (usually drunk, often morbidly obese) was picked from the crowd. A football was placed on the penalty spot and the fan had to spin round it 10 times and then attempt a penalty.
At #lufc we had dizzy penalties.
A fan (usually drunk, often morbidly obese) was picked from the crowd. A football was placed on the penalty spot and the fan had to spin round it 10 times and then attempt a penalty.
George missed a trick, he should have replied
"If you mean the actress Yootha Joyce, she died at 53 from cirrhosis of the liver after a life long battle with alcoholism"
"If you mean the actress Yootha Joyce, she died at 53 from cirrhosis of the liver after a life long battle with alcoholism"
Hats off to the children's entertainer at the birthday party my 5 year old granddaughter attended today.
When a kid told him his name was George, the entertainer asked him "How's Mildred?"
Genius!!!
When a kid told him his name was George, the entertainer asked him "How's Mildred?"
Genius!!!
February 8, 2026 at 5:27 PM
George missed a trick, he should have replied
"If you mean the actress Yootha Joyce, she died at 53 from cirrhosis of the liver after a life long battle with alcoholism"
"If you mean the actress Yootha Joyce, she died at 53 from cirrhosis of the liver after a life long battle with alcoholism"
Hats off to the children's entertainer at the birthday party my 5 year old granddaughter attended today.
When a kid told him his name was George, the entertainer asked him "How's Mildred?"
Genius!!!
When a kid told him his name was George, the entertainer asked him "How's Mildred?"
Genius!!!
February 8, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Hats off to the children's entertainer at the birthday party my 5 year old granddaughter attended today.
When a kid told him his name was George, the entertainer asked him "How's Mildred?"
Genius!!!
When a kid told him his name was George, the entertainer asked him "How's Mildred?"
Genius!!!
MorGONE McSweeney...
February 8, 2026 at 2:17 PM
MorGONE McSweeney...
February 8, 2026 at 12:23 PM
Bloke on Sky Sport says only West Ham of the clubs fighting to avoid relegation have had a good weekend.
Clearly, they are not aware of Cathy MacGowan saying the weekend started at 6pm on a Friday.
#lufc
Clearly, they are not aware of Cathy MacGowan saying the weekend started at 6pm on a Friday.
#lufc
February 8, 2026 at 11:30 AM
Bloke on Sky Sport says only West Ham of the clubs fighting to avoid relegation have had a good weekend.
Clearly, they are not aware of Cathy MacGowan saying the weekend started at 6pm on a Friday.
#lufc
Clearly, they are not aware of Cathy MacGowan saying the weekend started at 6pm on a Friday.
#lufc
Reform don't have a policy forum. They just employ a bloke who writes down conversations he overhears in saloon bars of pubs in the Home Counties.
February 8, 2026 at 11:09 AM
Reform don't have a policy forum. They just employ a bloke who writes down conversations he overhears in saloon bars of pubs in the Home Counties.
The documentaries available to download from PBS are superb.
"Nixon in His Den" tells the story of Nixon and his increasing paranoia and law breaking before his resignation.
Compared to Trump, Richard Nixon was a card carrying member of the Woodcraft Folk.
"Nixon in His Den" tells the story of Nixon and his increasing paranoia and law breaking before his resignation.
Compared to Trump, Richard Nixon was a card carrying member of the Woodcraft Folk.
February 8, 2026 at 8:08 AM
The documentaries available to download from PBS are superb.
"Nixon in His Den" tells the story of Nixon and his increasing paranoia and law breaking before his resignation.
Compared to Trump, Richard Nixon was a card carrying member of the Woodcraft Folk.
"Nixon in His Den" tells the story of Nixon and his increasing paranoia and law breaking before his resignation.
Compared to Trump, Richard Nixon was a card carrying member of the Woodcraft Folk.
Er, is it 'cos he's an arrogant tosser?
February 8, 2026 at 7:58 AM
Er, is it 'cos he's an arrogant tosser?
Anyone who enjoys a splenetic review will appreciate Mark Kermode in full sail.
‘Absolutely repugnant’ - Mark Kermode. It’s running to empty cinemas in the U.K.
Mark Kermode reviews Melania
YouTube video by Kermode and Mayo's Take
youtu.be
February 8, 2026 at 7:55 AM
Anyone who enjoys a splenetic review will appreciate Mark Kermode in full sail.