Ian
@roget.bsky.social
Retired Scotsman living in France.
No DMs please.
No DMs please.
Let me get this straight,Trump has threatened to sue the BBC for a billion dollars over a clip which he claims was edited to make it appear as though he directly incited the insurrection on January 6 2021 when all he was really doing was actually trying to directly incite an insurrection.
November 12, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Let me get this straight,Trump has threatened to sue the BBC for a billion dollars over a clip which he claims was edited to make it appear as though he directly incited the insurrection on January 6 2021 when all he was really doing was actually trying to directly incite an insurrection.
Why do so many incompetent and downright nasty people rise to the top in politics?
Hitler
Mussolini
Thatcher
Regan
Truss
Johnson
Trump
Farage
Netanyahu
Maduro
The list is endless.
Hitler
Mussolini
Thatcher
Regan
Truss
Johnson
Trump
Farage
Netanyahu
Maduro
The list is endless.
October 14, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Why do so many incompetent and downright nasty people rise to the top in politics?
Hitler
Mussolini
Thatcher
Regan
Truss
Johnson
Trump
Farage
Netanyahu
Maduro
The list is endless.
Hitler
Mussolini
Thatcher
Regan
Truss
Johnson
Trump
Farage
Netanyahu
Maduro
The list is endless.
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Keeping people in poverty is an expensive luxury.
My column on the false economies of austerity, which costs us all a fortune. Despite the government's claims, austerity continues under Labour. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My column on the false economies of austerity, which costs us all a fortune. Despite the government's claims, austerity continues under Labour. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
It hurt when I crashed my bike into a pothole – and it taught me the true price of austerity | George Monbiot
Fixing that hole could have cost under £100; the cost of not doing so is limitless. My prang highlights the neoliberal folly of false economies, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
October 4, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Keeping people in poverty is an expensive luxury.
My column on the false economies of austerity, which costs us all a fortune. Despite the government's claims, austerity continues under Labour. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My column on the false economies of austerity, which costs us all a fortune. Despite the government's claims, austerity continues under Labour. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Yet another night where sleep evades me.
It's like Hypnos and Morpheus are conspiring against me.
They don't want me in their realm.
I drifted off at one point and woke thinking I'd had a good night's sleep.
Ten minutes had passed.
Fuck.
So here's one for the night owls
youtu.be/9S9WSngT5R8?...
It's like Hypnos and Morpheus are conspiring against me.
They don't want me in their realm.
I drifted off at one point and woke thinking I'd had a good night's sleep.
Ten minutes had passed.
Fuck.
So here's one for the night owls
youtu.be/9S9WSngT5R8?...
My Old Friends the Blues
YouTube video by The Proclaimers - Topic
youtu.be
July 20, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Yet another night where sleep evades me.
It's like Hypnos and Morpheus are conspiring against me.
They don't want me in their realm.
I drifted off at one point and woke thinking I'd had a good night's sleep.
Ten minutes had passed.
Fuck.
So here's one for the night owls
youtu.be/9S9WSngT5R8?...
It's like Hypnos and Morpheus are conspiring against me.
They don't want me in their realm.
I drifted off at one point and woke thinking I'd had a good night's sleep.
Ten minutes had passed.
Fuck.
So here's one for the night owls
youtu.be/9S9WSngT5R8?...
Wee visit from a ginger deer this morning.
July 16, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Wee visit from a ginger deer this morning.
@officialmelbrooks.bsky.social happy birthday Mr Brooks.
June 27, 2025 at 5:24 AM
@officialmelbrooks.bsky.social happy birthday Mr Brooks.
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‘An independent Scotland would have a "chronic surplus to a quite embarrassing degree, and its currency would become the hardest in Europe’
A Scottish government, in an independent 🏴, would prioritise 🏴
Make #Scottishindependence a priority
‘An independent Scotland would have a "chronic surplus to a quite embarrassing degree, and its currency would become the hardest in Europe’
A Scottish government, in an independent 🏴, would prioritise 🏴
Make #Scottishindependence a priority
Would England be richer without Scotland? No, it would be poorer!
If Scotland voted for independence, would England be richer? Let's look at Scottish industries and what it contributes to the UK finances.
www.livebreathescotland.com
June 19, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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‘An independent Scotland would have a "chronic surplus to a quite embarrassing degree, and its currency would become the hardest in Europe’
A Scottish government, in an independent 🏴, would prioritise 🏴
Make #Scottishindependence a priority
‘An independent Scotland would have a "chronic surplus to a quite embarrassing degree, and its currency would become the hardest in Europe’
A Scottish government, in an independent 🏴, would prioritise 🏴
Make #Scottishindependence a priority
Nice turnout for bikes, banter and bacon butties in our little village in Normandy.
June 15, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Nice turnout for bikes, banter and bacon butties in our little village in Normandy.
Bike day today, here to Cancale, coast road to St Malo, lunch at Dol de Bretagne then a long meandering ride back via Sainte Hilaire. It wouldn't have been quite so meandering if I hadn't taken the wrong road.
May 31, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Bike day today, here to Cancale, coast road to St Malo, lunch at Dol de Bretagne then a long meandering ride back via Sainte Hilaire. It wouldn't have been quite so meandering if I hadn't taken the wrong road.
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EXCLUSIVE: We dug up a video of Donald Trump trashing Qatar in 2017 calling them “funders of terrorism.” I’m sure he would hate if this clip changed their mind to give him a $400 million plane - so definitely don’t repost it.
May 13, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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A kestrel just outside my window.
March 22, 2025 at 10:14 PM
A kestrel just outside my window.
First trip out on the bike this year!
Donville les Bains and Carolle Plage.
Donville les Bains and Carolle Plage.
March 20, 2025 at 1:41 PM
First trip out on the bike this year!
Donville les Bains and Carolle Plage.
Donville les Bains and Carolle Plage.
Your country has never been leader of the free world except in it's own self declared ignorance. Did you 'lead' two world wars? No, you just joined in when it started to affect you. Looks like you might lead us into the third though.
March 2, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Your country has never been leader of the free world except in it's own self declared ignorance. Did you 'lead' two world wars? No, you just joined in when it started to affect you. Looks like you might lead us into the third though.
Lovely big pheasant hanging about in my field.
February 26, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Lovely big pheasant hanging about in my field.
Strange what you can find in Aldi France.
February 23, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Strange what you can find in Aldi France.
Toads in the garden last night.
February 21, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Toads in the garden last night.
Had a visit from a lovely wee woodpecker this morning.
February 21, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Had a visit from a lovely wee woodpecker this morning.
Monet's garden at Giverny.
February 13, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Monet's garden at Giverny.
Clearing out my barn in Normandy that hasn't been disturbed for 80 yrs and I found this US paratroopers dagger.
February 11, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Clearing out my barn in Normandy that hasn't been disturbed for 80 yrs and I found this US paratroopers dagger.
Janet was right then and still is.
February 11, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Janet was right then and still is.
I wish that winter would end. This one seems to have lasted 18 months.
February 11, 2025 at 2:55 PM
I wish that winter would end. This one seems to have lasted 18 months.
Buzzard catching a mole in my field.
February 11, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Buzzard catching a mole in my field.
