Rob Rensenbrink
@robrensenbrink.bsky.social
Struggling author of the never-to-be-finished ‘The Witch and The Cat’. Chapter 1 at 97%. Ch.2 at 60%.
Lives in UK
Lives in UK
Pinned
‘Costs a can of tuna to use this, mate.’
Salah has done Slot a favour here. He’ll probably be gone in January and Slot won’t have to manage Salah’s decline.
That’s the spirit, mate.
December 10, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Salah has done Slot a favour here. He’ll probably be gone in January and Slot won’t have to manage Salah’s decline.
“Less than half survived.”
Yeah - eight isn’t a big enough number to merit the use of ‘less than half’. In this scenario you give the precise number. And let’s face it, it’s either two or three. If it was one they would’ve said ‘and only one survived.’ It’s three isn’t it. Three survived.
Yeah - eight isn’t a big enough number to merit the use of ‘less than half’. In this scenario you give the precise number. And let’s face it, it’s either two or three. If it was one they would’ve said ‘and only one survived.’ It’s three isn’t it. Three survived.
December 10, 2025 at 5:14 PM
“Less than half survived.”
Yeah - eight isn’t a big enough number to merit the use of ‘less than half’. In this scenario you give the precise number. And let’s face it, it’s either two or three. If it was one they would’ve said ‘and only one survived.’ It’s three isn’t it. Three survived.
Yeah - eight isn’t a big enough number to merit the use of ‘less than half’. In this scenario you give the precise number. And let’s face it, it’s either two or three. If it was one they would’ve said ‘and only one survived.’ It’s three isn’t it. Three survived.
That’s the spirit, mate.
December 6, 2025 at 10:07 PM
That’s the spirit, mate.
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You will be shocked to discover after reading these stories that while Rachel Reeves claimed to have been the "British girls under-14 [chess] champion" she was in reality merely the "Under 14s British Women’s Chess Association (BWCA) Girls" Champion.
This is getting utterly ridiculous now
This is getting utterly ridiculous now
December 3, 2025 at 12:31 PM
You will be shocked to discover after reading these stories that while Rachel Reeves claimed to have been the "British girls under-14 [chess] champion" she was in reality merely the "Under 14s British Women’s Chess Association (BWCA) Girls" Champion.
This is getting utterly ridiculous now
This is getting utterly ridiculous now
‘…and if that’s not good enough for you, well, I don’t know what you’re looking for quite honestly.’
December 4, 2025 at 4:45 PM
‘…and if that’s not good enough for you, well, I don’t know what you’re looking for quite honestly.’
The West Ham game was the first really convincing performance from Wirtz. Only remaining task is to arrange the rest of the midfield and attack around him. There’s a realistic possibility that won’t include Salah.
Now trying last year’s midfield set-up (against Real) which seems to work better. Wirtz made a more significant contribution on the left side of attack although I’m pretty sure that’s not what they had in mind when they signed him. Ekitike the only obvious improvement on last season at the moment.
Now we’ll find out how good a manager Slot is. At the moment he doesn’t know how to set these players up and those substitutions today smacked of desperation.
December 1, 2025 at 9:39 PM
The West Ham game was the first really convincing performance from Wirtz. Only remaining task is to arrange the rest of the midfield and attack around him. There’s a realistic possibility that won’t include Salah.
Yep. That’s how it works. Thanks for the heads up, businesses.
November 26, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Yep. That’s how it works. Thanks for the heads up, businesses.
It is possible though - I mean, there is the slightest possibility - that when it comes to running a country and making sound economic decisions, the majority of the British public don’t know their arse from a hole in the ground.
November 23, 2025 at 8:56 PM
It is possible though - I mean, there is the slightest possibility - that when it comes to running a country and making sound economic decisions, the majority of the British public don’t know their arse from a hole in the ground.
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NEW: It’s takes a moment for this to really sink in.
Guardian reporting that key parts of Trump’s peace plan was drafted IN RUSSIAN first.
Guardian reporting that key parts of Trump’s peace plan was drafted IN RUSSIAN first.
November 21, 2025 at 3:45 PM
NEW: It’s takes a moment for this to really sink in.
Guardian reporting that key parts of Trump’s peace plan was drafted IN RUSSIAN first.
Guardian reporting that key parts of Trump’s peace plan was drafted IN RUSSIAN first.
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For different reasons - jobs, study, family!
Most went to more ethnically diverse countries (Australia, Canada, America + UAE) than the UK!
Because an increasingly ethnonationalist Goodwin has an ever narrow view of who is "British" he instinctively imagines all these British emigrants are white
Most went to more ethnically diverse countries (Australia, Canada, America + UAE) than the UK!
Because an increasingly ethnonationalist Goodwin has an ever narrow view of who is "British" he instinctively imagines all these British emigrants are white
November 19, 2025 at 10:15 AM
For different reasons - jobs, study, family!
Most went to more ethnically diverse countries (Australia, Canada, America + UAE) than the UK!
Because an increasingly ethnonationalist Goodwin has an ever narrow view of who is "British" he instinctively imagines all these British emigrants are white
Most went to more ethnically diverse countries (Australia, Canada, America + UAE) than the UK!
Because an increasingly ethnonationalist Goodwin has an ever narrow view of who is "British" he instinctively imagines all these British emigrants are white
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🚨 SHOCKING 🚨
A HUGE illegal waste dump has appeared between the A34 and River Cherwell, linked to organised crime.
Every rainfall risks toxins washing into the river.
We’re calling on the Environment Agency & Cherwell Council to act NOW.
Our rivers cannot wait. 👇👇
A HUGE illegal waste dump has appeared between the A34 and River Cherwell, linked to organised crime.
Every rainfall risks toxins washing into the river.
We’re calling on the Environment Agency & Cherwell Council to act NOW.
Our rivers cannot wait. 👇👇
November 15, 2025 at 12:47 PM
🚨 SHOCKING 🚨
A HUGE illegal waste dump has appeared between the A34 and River Cherwell, linked to organised crime.
Every rainfall risks toxins washing into the river.
We’re calling on the Environment Agency & Cherwell Council to act NOW.
Our rivers cannot wait. 👇👇
A HUGE illegal waste dump has appeared between the A34 and River Cherwell, linked to organised crime.
Every rainfall risks toxins washing into the river.
We’re calling on the Environment Agency & Cherwell Council to act NOW.
Our rivers cannot wait. 👇👇
Such a twattish remark. Of course it was middle class families - heat pumps cost a fortune even with the subsidy & don’t bring bills down yet because of the current price of electricity. Who else was going to be buying them? The original intention was to give the industry and technology a leg up.
“Supporters of the change say that the subsidies, which can be as high as £7,500, were largely going to middle-class households that could have afforded them anyway.”
Speaking from experience - could have ‘afforded’ it, but wouldn’t have paid the full £14000 because not actually made of money.
Speaking from experience - could have ‘afforded’ it, but wouldn’t have paid the full £14000 because not actually made of money.
Hundreds of thousands to lose heat pump subsidies in Reeves’s budget plan
Exclusive: Supporters say grants largely going to middle-class households, but experts warn move will slow transition from gas boilers
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Such a twattish remark. Of course it was middle class families - heat pumps cost a fortune even with the subsidy & don’t bring bills down yet because of the current price of electricity. Who else was going to be buying them? The original intention was to give the industry and technology a leg up.
“Supporters of the change say that the subsidies, which can be as high as £7,500, were largely going to middle-class households that could have afforded them anyway.”
Speaking from experience - could have ‘afforded’ it, but wouldn’t have paid the full £14000 because not actually made of money.
Speaking from experience - could have ‘afforded’ it, but wouldn’t have paid the full £14000 because not actually made of money.
Hundreds of thousands to lose heat pump subsidies in Reeves’s budget plan
Exclusive: Supporters say grants largely going to middle-class households, but experts warn move will slow transition from gas boilers
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:11 PM
“Supporters of the change say that the subsidies, which can be as high as £7,500, were largely going to middle-class households that could have afforded them anyway.”
Speaking from experience - could have ‘afforded’ it, but wouldn’t have paid the full £14000 because not actually made of money.
Speaking from experience - could have ‘afforded’ it, but wouldn’t have paid the full £14000 because not actually made of money.
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BBC Under Attack: Pot and Kettle Special
The new Private Eye is out now.
The new Private Eye is out now.
November 12, 2025 at 8:06 AM
BBC Under Attack: Pot and Kettle Special
The new Private Eye is out now.
The new Private Eye is out now.
There’s some truth to this, but it’s an issue he inherited from Klopp who refused to substitute Salah no matter how badly he might have been playing. Always subbed Mane or Firmino first. Also Salah has behaved like a bit of a baby when he’s been left out - Slot has some man management to do here.
November 11, 2025 at 9:32 AM
There’s some truth to this, but it’s an issue he inherited from Klopp who refused to substitute Salah no matter how badly he might have been playing. Always subbed Mane or Firmino first. Also Salah has behaved like a bit of a baby when he’s been left out - Slot has some man management to do here.
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Look guys I’ve spent the last day playing this over and over again. Don’t read the comments first and stick it through to the second verse. It is in fact one of the funniest things I’ve ever heard.
second verse on this is one of the funniest things i've ever heard
November 11, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Look guys I’ve spent the last day playing this over and over again. Don’t read the comments first and stick it through to the second verse. It is in fact one of the funniest things I’ve ever heard.
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The reaction to the Panorama edit has been nothing short of hysterical. Yes the BBC has some impartiality problems. But its biggest isn't the one you think.
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
The truth about impartiality at the BBC
And the hysteria of the current "crisis"
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:22 PM
The reaction to the Panorama edit has been nothing short of hysterical. Yes the BBC has some impartiality problems. But its biggest isn't the one you think.
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
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The Telegraph had to correct its multiple lies about "illegal immigrants" in London at least three separate times.
It takes an obscene amount of hubris to lecture the BBC when you have The Telegraph’s record on truth-telling.
Some of the paper’s errors this year are so bad they’re almost laughable 👇🏻
Some of the paper’s errors this year are so bad they’re almost laughable 👇🏻
The Telegraph’s BBC hypocrisy
A paper that knows a thing or two about editorial f*ck-ups...
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November 10, 2025 at 8:06 PM
The Telegraph had to correct its multiple lies about "illegal immigrants" in London at least three separate times.
Rare moment of honesty.
November 10, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Rare moment of honesty.
Now trying last year’s midfield set-up (against Real) which seems to work better. Wirtz made a more significant contribution on the left side of attack although I’m pretty sure that’s not what they had in mind when they signed him. Ekitike the only obvious improvement on last season at the moment.
Now we’ll find out how good a manager Slot is. At the moment he doesn’t know how to set these players up and those substitutions today smacked of desperation.
Liverpool just cannot control a game this season and that includes the ones they’ve won. People are blaming the defence but they haven’t got a single midfielder who can reliably receive the ball under pressure. Right now I’d accept 4th place.
November 9, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Now trying last year’s midfield set-up (against Real) which seems to work better. Wirtz made a more significant contribution on the left side of attack although I’m pretty sure that’s not what they had in mind when they signed him. Ekitike the only obvious improvement on last season at the moment.
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We’re going to see more of this ridiculous “they’re cancelling Christmas” narrative.
It’s basically Rage-Bait LAW from the 12th November, just as soon as Poppy Rage is over.
Try not to get sucked in👍🏼
It’s not good for your blood pressure to get so angry about imaginary problems
12/15
It’s basically Rage-Bait LAW from the 12th November, just as soon as Poppy Rage is over.
Try not to get sucked in👍🏼
It’s not good for your blood pressure to get so angry about imaginary problems
12/15
November 8, 2025 at 3:58 PM
We’re going to see more of this ridiculous “they’re cancelling Christmas” narrative.
It’s basically Rage-Bait LAW from the 12th November, just as soon as Poppy Rage is over.
Try not to get sucked in👍🏼
It’s not good for your blood pressure to get so angry about imaginary problems
12/15
It’s basically Rage-Bait LAW from the 12th November, just as soon as Poppy Rage is over.
Try not to get sucked in👍🏼
It’s not good for your blood pressure to get so angry about imaginary problems
12/15
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New York millionaires: threatening to flee the city since 2009
November 7, 2025 at 9:36 PM
New York millionaires: threatening to flee the city since 2009
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to live through the Trump administration is to be inundated with news 24/7, story after story of absurd and horrible scandal
unless you are Mike Johnson, who lives in an idyllic world full of puppies and rainbows in which nothing ever happens
unless you are Mike Johnson, who lives in an idyllic world full of puppies and rainbows in which nothing ever happens
RAJU: Last week you were very critical of Biden's use of the autopen. But Trump admitted on 60 Minutes to not knowing he pardoned a crypto billionaire who pleaded guilty to money laundering. Does that also concern you?
MIKE JOHNSON: I don't know anything about that. I didn't see it. I'm not sure.
MIKE JOHNSON: I don't know anything about that. I didn't see it. I'm not sure.
November 3, 2025 at 3:49 PM
to live through the Trump administration is to be inundated with news 24/7, story after story of absurd and horrible scandal
unless you are Mike Johnson, who lives in an idyllic world full of puppies and rainbows in which nothing ever happens
unless you are Mike Johnson, who lives in an idyllic world full of puppies and rainbows in which nothing ever happens
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Sir David Attenborough is championing a bid by conservationists to raise £30m to secure a vast estate in Northumberland which is being sold by one of the UK's most aristocratic families.
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uk.news.yahoo.com/rothybury-es...
Why David Attenborough wants your help buying the UK's biggest plot of land sold for 30 years
The Rothbury Estate has come up for sale, marking the largest single plot of land to enter the English market in 30 years.
uk.news.yahoo.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Sir David Attenborough is championing a bid by conservationists to raise £30m to secure a vast estate in Northumberland which is being sold by one of the UK's most aristocratic families.
uk.news.yahoo.com/rothybury-es...
uk.news.yahoo.com/rothybury-es...
‘The Plotters’
November 1, 2025 at 9:44 PM
‘The Plotters’