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.’
Oh, the self-awareness. Supported Brexit, moved to Monaco afterwards and now blames migrants for the state of the country. And probably doesn’t realise just how much Man United fans will despise him for these comments.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
UK being ‘colonised by immigrants’, says Man United co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe
Britain’s seventh-richest man, who vocally backed Brexit then moved to Monaco, also hits out at people on benefits
www.theguardian.com
February 11, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Oh, the self-awareness. Supported Brexit, moved to Monaco afterwards and now blames migrants for the state of the country. And probably doesn’t realise just how much Man United fans will despise him for these comments.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
I suppose the logic of making Mandelson the Ambassador was the ‘need’ for an amoral snake to deal with Trump. No point wasting a good man/woman in Washington.
Yep, this is it really. Why were they even considering someone like Mandelson? If you’re prepared to overlook everything that he clearly is, you’re probably not going to look too hard at the things he might be.
Mandelson 'lied, he lied and he lied again to my team' says Starmer at PMQs (describing the vetting process). Mandelson of course bears responsibility for that. But the question remains: why didn't Downing Street anticipate that a known liar would be lying to them?
February 11, 2026 at 8:25 AM
I suppose the logic of making Mandelson the Ambassador was the ‘need’ for an amoral snake to deal with Trump. No point wasting a good man/woman in Washington.
My wife used to make the claim (and possibly still does) that the human can run down any animal over any terrain. I always felt a wolf on snow would be home for breakfast while the human was lost, dead and frozen like Jack Nicholson at the end of The Shining. Later the wolf would eat the human.
February 10, 2026 at 2:32 PM
My wife used to make the claim (and possibly still does) that the human can run down any animal over any terrain. I always felt a wolf on snow would be home for breakfast while the human was lost, dead and frozen like Jack Nicholson at the end of The Shining. Later the wolf would eat the human.
Also it was pretty entertaining watching the goal get ruled out as the ex-players & pundits bleated their usual cliches. If they ever truly give consideration to which is preferable - consistency or ‘common sense’ - I offer this by way of help. It’s consistency you burks. It’s obviously consistency.
You may not like the Liverpool red card, but it was the right call | Jonathan Wilson
Referee Craig Pawson sent off Dominik Szoboszlai by the letter of the law; the only way it should be done
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 10:45 PM
Also it was pretty entertaining watching the goal get ruled out as the ex-players & pundits bleated their usual cliches. If they ever truly give consideration to which is preferable - consistency or ‘common sense’ - I offer this by way of help. It’s consistency you burks. It’s obviously consistency.
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The party that just want to love and protect women and girls strikes again
Jeremy Kyle is interviewing Reform MPs at a live press conference
Discussing who might take over from Keir Starmer as PM, Kyle just said: "She's had a makeover, Angela"
Lee Anderson: "She's throwing her money away, isn't she, to be honest with you"
*applause from the audience*
Discussing who might take over from Keir Starmer as PM, Kyle just said: "She's had a makeover, Angela"
Lee Anderson: "She's throwing her money away, isn't she, to be honest with you"
*applause from the audience*
February 9, 2026 at 4:53 PM
The party that just want to love and protect women and girls strikes again
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Since #bbclaurak is trending, let’s remind ourselves that ONE MONTH ago, the BBC invited Mandelson on for a soft-ball interview on her show. While HIS CLIENT , Palantir’s Louis Moseley appeared as a pundit
Both, as I wrote at time, were ‘abject failures of journalism’
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Both, as I wrote at time, were ‘abject failures of journalism’
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February 8, 2026 at 10:13 AM
Since #bbclaurak is trending, let’s remind ourselves that ONE MONTH ago, the BBC invited Mandelson on for a soft-ball interview on her show. While HIS CLIENT , Palantir’s Louis Moseley appeared as a pundit
Both, as I wrote at time, were ‘abject failures of journalism’
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Both, as I wrote at time, were ‘abject failures of journalism’
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Totally beyond delusional
February 1, 2026 at 9:42 PM
Totally beyond delusional
Yeah, does he though? Doesn’t he need the will to keep going and the absence of a leadership challenge? Would that be a miracle?
But good to get the thoughts of some salivating, overly-excited back-bencher.
But good to get the thoughts of some salivating, overly-excited back-bencher.
February 6, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Yeah, does he though? Doesn’t he need the will to keep going and the absence of a leadership challenge? Would that be a miracle?
But good to get the thoughts of some salivating, overly-excited back-bencher.
But good to get the thoughts of some salivating, overly-excited back-bencher.
Well, we fought a war in Iraq based on complete bullshit. That probably tops the list. Unless by ‘scandal’ we mean things that make you go ‘oooooh’ rather than ‘argh, fuck, Jesus, you absolute pieces of verminous shit.’
“It’s potentially the biggest political scandal of this century”
As MPs force Keir Starmer to publish files about Peter Mandelson's appointment as US ambassador Skys Beth Rigby provides a detailed summary of how we got here
As MPs force Keir Starmer to publish files about Peter Mandelson's appointment as US ambassador Skys Beth Rigby provides a detailed summary of how we got here
February 5, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Well, we fought a war in Iraq based on complete bullshit. That probably tops the list. Unless by ‘scandal’ we mean things that make you go ‘oooooh’ rather than ‘argh, fuck, Jesus, you absolute pieces of verminous shit.’
Yep, this is it really. Why were they even considering someone like Mandelson? If you’re prepared to overlook everything that he clearly is, you’re probably not going to look too hard at the things he might be.
Mandelson 'lied, he lied and he lied again to my team' says Starmer at PMQs (describing the vetting process). Mandelson of course bears responsibility for that. But the question remains: why didn't Downing Street anticipate that a known liar would be lying to them?
February 5, 2026 at 7:59 PM
Yep, this is it really. Why were they even considering someone like Mandelson? If you’re prepared to overlook everything that he clearly is, you’re probably not going to look too hard at the things he might be.
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‘Can cork man stay afloat?’ was right there.
Cork man Morgan McSweeney is embroiled in a scandal over the appointment of Peter Mandelson as UK Ambassador to the US
Who is Irish Starmer aide at centre of Mandelson scandal?
www.rte.ie
February 5, 2026 at 6:06 PM
‘Can cork man stay afloat?’ was right there.
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Jessie Diggins, Olympic cross-country skiing gold medalist, from the Twin Cities: “I want to make sure you know who I’m racing for…”
February 5, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Jessie Diggins, Olympic cross-country skiing gold medalist, from the Twin Cities: “I want to make sure you know who I’m racing for…”
Yep. He’s the best you’ve got. Take a look at yourselves and chew on that for a while.
February 5, 2026 at 7:32 PM
Yep. He’s the best you’ve got. Take a look at yourselves and chew on that for a while.
You definitely won’t look like that solely from Tai Chi walking. Please YouTube, stop showing me that fucking awful advert - I’m never not skipping it.
February 4, 2026 at 7:47 PM
You definitely won’t look like that solely from Tai Chi walking. Please YouTube, stop showing me that fucking awful advert - I’m never not skipping it.
‘Is your issue one
of these topics?’
‘Something else’
‘Is it one of these
topics?’
‘Something else’
‘Is there anything
else we can help
you with?’
🤯⛏️🤯⛏️🤯⛏️
of these topics?’
‘Something else’
‘Is it one of these
topics?’
‘Something else’
‘Is there anything
else we can help
you with?’
🤯⛏️🤯⛏️🤯⛏️
Anyone who's ever interacted with a customer service chatbot knows this is complete crap. It's so much worse than when you could just talk with a person. And that's for trying to do something simple; health care is much more complex, necessarily individualized in many cases, & higher stakes.
Dr Oz on rural healthcare: "There's no question about it, whether you want it or not -- the best way to help some of these communities is gonna be AI-based avatars"
February 2, 2026 at 9:22 PM
‘Is your issue one
of these topics?’
‘Something else’
‘Is it one of these
topics?’
‘Something else’
‘Is there anything
else we can help
you with?’
🤯⛏️🤯⛏️🤯⛏️
of these topics?’
‘Something else’
‘Is it one of these
topics?’
‘Something else’
‘Is there anything
else we can help
you with?’
🤯⛏️🤯⛏️🤯⛏️
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Tonight other dumb napkin cartoon…
February 2, 2026 at 1:54 AM
Tonight other dumb napkin cartoon…
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Mandelson leaked No 10 documents to Epstein - who then helped him pursue a $4m job
The latest: taxpolicy.org.uk/2026/02/02/m...
The latest: taxpolicy.org.uk/2026/02/02/m...
Mandelson leaked No 10 documents to Epstein; sought $4m job
New emails show Peter Mandelson leaked confidential No 10 documents to Jeffrey Epstein, who later helped him pursue a $4m job.
buff.ly
February 2, 2026 at 11:17 AM
Mandelson leaked No 10 documents to Epstein - who then helped him pursue a $4m job
The latest: taxpolicy.org.uk/2026/02/02/m...
The latest: taxpolicy.org.uk/2026/02/02/m...
‘Nobody wants to see it.’
February 1, 2026 at 1:30 PM
‘Nobody wants to see it.’
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Ok, let’s do this🙄
We’ll start with an explainer covering:
🕒What is a 15-minute city
🏫What on Earth is going on with Oxford
👽Where the conspiracy theories have come from
And then we’ll look at the Telegraph article
🧵
1/25
We’ll start with an explainer covering:
🕒What is a 15-minute city
🏫What on Earth is going on with Oxford
👽Where the conspiracy theories have come from
And then we’ll look at the Telegraph article
🧵
1/25
February 1, 2026 at 11:13 AM
Ok, let’s do this🙄
We’ll start with an explainer covering:
🕒What is a 15-minute city
🏫What on Earth is going on with Oxford
👽Where the conspiracy theories have come from
And then we’ll look at the Telegraph article
🧵
1/25
We’ll start with an explainer covering:
🕒What is a 15-minute city
🏫What on Earth is going on with Oxford
👽Where the conspiracy theories have come from
And then we’ll look at the Telegraph article
🧵
1/25
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The BBC is getting played here: if a contributor gets to flat out deny having his own words quoted to him on television (with the viewer not told the denial is untrue) then post about "dropping truth bombs". The mission to inform & counter misinformation is flailing if the editorial controls so weak
Konstantin Kisin has since posted on his own Youtube channel saying he 'dropped truth bombs on Question Time'.
Clearly 'alternative truth' bombs.
The video has had over 400k views and counting.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AN1...
Clearly 'alternative truth' bombs.
The video has had over 400k views and counting.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AN1...
January 31, 2026 at 11:13 AM
The BBC is getting played here: if a contributor gets to flat out deny having his own words quoted to him on television (with the viewer not told the denial is untrue) then post about "dropping truth bombs". The mission to inform & counter misinformation is flailing if the editorial controls so weak
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Given his appalling remarks about Sunak its absolutely shocking that Konstantin Kisin is anywhere near the mainstream let alone on #bbcqt
Konstantin Kisin straight up lying on #bbcqt
Douglas Alexander: “When Fraser Nelson put it to you that Rishi Sunak is absolutely english… you said “he’s a brown Hindu, how is he english?”
Kisin: “No, that’s not what I said...”
Douglas Alexander: “When Fraser Nelson put it to you that Rishi Sunak is absolutely english… you said “he’s a brown Hindu, how is he english?”
Kisin: “No, that’s not what I said...”
January 30, 2026 at 7:27 AM
Given his appalling remarks about Sunak its absolutely shocking that Konstantin Kisin is anywhere near the mainstream let alone on #bbcqt
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😂 Reform - for the cerebrally challenged idiots that live on the Sceptered Isle.
January 29, 2026 at 2:11 PM
😂 Reform - for the cerebrally challenged idiots that live on the Sceptered Isle.
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Well, that went about as well as could be expected.
January 29, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Well, that went about as well as could be expected.
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This is the BEST explanation I have seen so far.
January 28, 2026 at 3:12 AM
This is the BEST explanation I have seen so far.