Richard Roberts
@richardleoroberts.bsky.social
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I think we’ve found the most British crime:
Four people have been arrested after custard and apple crumble were flung at a display case containing part of the Crown Jewels at the Tower of London.
Four people have been arrested after custard and apple crumble were flung at a display case containing part of the Crown Jewels at the Tower of London.
Four arrested after Tower of London display case containing State Crown defaced
The group Take Back Power says its members poured custard and apple crumble on the Crown Jewels display.
www.bbc.com
December 6, 2025 at 12:50 PM
I think we’ve found the most British crime:
Four people have been arrested after custard and apple crumble were flung at a display case containing part of the Crown Jewels at the Tower of London.
Four people have been arrested after custard and apple crumble were flung at a display case containing part of the Crown Jewels at the Tower of London.
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I've never heard the phrase "Irish exit" before and I can assure you that we have never been known to leave a party early. In my youth desperate hosts would signal their desire to be left alone by playing Leonard Cohen records to bring down the mood. Many never got the hint.
December 6, 2025 at 11:55 AM
I've never heard the phrase "Irish exit" before and I can assure you that we have never been known to leave a party early. In my youth desperate hosts would signal their desire to be left alone by playing Leonard Cohen records to bring down the mood. Many never got the hint.
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wtf is a FIFA peace prize? that's like being an NFL laureate in physics
December 5, 2025 at 7:21 PM
wtf is a FIFA peace prize? that's like being an NFL laureate in physics
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Rather than apologising for his antisemitism, Farage demands the BBC apologise for the antisemitism of Alf Garnett, a fictional character created to satirise antisemitism, who was portrayed by a Jewish man.
December 4, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Rather than apologising for his antisemitism, Farage demands the BBC apologise for the antisemitism of Alf Garnett, a fictional character created to satirise antisemitism, who was portrayed by a Jewish man.
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Nigel Farage was a racist bully at school but Rachel Reeves won the wrong chess championship so who can say who is worse?
December 2, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Nigel Farage was a racist bully at school but Rachel Reeves won the wrong chess championship so who can say who is worse?
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The previous administration lied through their bastard teeth about more or less anything that was put to them, including plenty of lies that cost lives, and The Times in particular had the square root of fuck all to say about it.
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Rachel Reeves accused of overstating junior chess title
A former junior champion said Reeves did not hold the official British girls’ under-14 title, and critics ask broader questions about her CV and career claims
www.thetimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:15 PM
The previous administration lied through their bastard teeth about more or less anything that was put to them, including plenty of lies that cost lives, and The Times in particular had the square root of fuck all to say about it.
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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Don't remember them dissecting, say, Boris Johnson's or Iain Duncan Smith's back catalogue in this kind of forensic and concussed detail.
A former junior champion said Reeves did not hold the official British girls’ under-14 title, and critics ask broader questions about her CV and career claims ⬇️
Rachel Reeves accused of overstating junior chess title
A former junior champion said Reeves did not hold the official British girls’ under-14 title, and critics ask broader questions about her CV and career claims
www.thetimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Don't remember them dissecting, say, Boris Johnson's or Iain Duncan Smith's back catalogue in this kind of forensic and concussed detail.
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This is the most alarming story I’ve read today. Giving up the fight before it’s started
November 30, 2025 at 9:57 AM
This is the most alarming story I’ve read today. Giving up the fight before it’s started
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Astonishingly potent line about Britain at the dawn of the 80s in Larry Grayson’s Generation Game: “It says here you took a Cordon Bleu cookery course but it was a waste of time as your husband only likes sausage and chips”
November 15, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Astonishingly potent line about Britain at the dawn of the 80s in Larry Grayson’s Generation Game: “It says here you took a Cordon Bleu cookery course but it was a waste of time as your husband only likes sausage and chips”
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Isn't it refreshing when someone actually does nuance and detail?
H/t @andyverity.bsky.social at the BBC!
H/t @andyverity.bsky.social at the BBC!
November 29, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Isn't it refreshing when someone actually does nuance and detail?
H/t @andyverity.bsky.social at the BBC!
H/t @andyverity.bsky.social at the BBC!
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Just thinking about old Bob this evening. Left recently to be head of software at Airbus. I wonder how he's getting on?
November 28, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Just thinking about old Bob this evening. Left recently to be head of software at Airbus. I wonder how he's getting on?
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BOOM! Now over 90,000 signatures. Let’s get it to 100,000 and get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 28, 2025 at 11:04 PM
BOOM! Now over 90,000 signatures. Let’s get it to 100,000 and get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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For the 0.01% of germs not killed by bleach, the worst part is the crippling survivors guilt
November 28, 2025 at 3:38 PM
For the 0.01% of germs not killed by bleach, the worst part is the crippling survivors guilt
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Not wanting to disappoint you so much that it lies is the last quality I want in a computer.
November 28, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Not wanting to disappoint you so much that it lies is the last quality I want in a computer.
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Remember when Brexiters were reduced to pretending that pint bottles of champagne represented a major win?
November 27, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Remember when Brexiters were reduced to pretending that pint bottles of champagne represented a major win?
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Net migration has fallen again to 204,000, the lowest level since 2021 and is forecast to continue falling over the coming years.
Not that you would know it from the endless coverage of Britain's supposed "immigration crisis"
Not that you would know it from the endless coverage of Britain's supposed "immigration crisis"
November 27, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Net migration has fallen again to 204,000, the lowest level since 2021 and is forecast to continue falling over the coming years.
Not that you would know it from the endless coverage of Britain's supposed "immigration crisis"
Not that you would know it from the endless coverage of Britain's supposed "immigration crisis"
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Slightly obsessed with Reform UK's teeny tiny photoshopped breakfast.
November 27, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Slightly obsessed with Reform UK's teeny tiny photoshopped breakfast.