Saddletramp🇪🇺
@saddletramp.bsky.social
Swapped the canoe for a bike.
Rejoiner, so naturally #fbpe. Traveller, birder, anything nature, photographer, all my own unless re tweets, self ordained professor, news and views. Not fond of racists.
No DMs please.
Rejoiner, so naturally #fbpe. Traveller, birder, anything nature, photographer, all my own unless re tweets, self ordained professor, news and views. Not fond of racists.
No DMs please.
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I’m sitting here listening to Brexit Hard Man Steve Baker explaining on Newsnight how and why Labour are struggling with the economy without any reference to the 4% of GDP we have lost and continue to lose every year since he and his cronies took us out of the EU. A complete charlatan.
November 14, 2025 at 11:13 PM
I’m sitting here listening to Brexit Hard Man Steve Baker explaining on Newsnight how and why Labour are struggling with the economy without any reference to the 4% of GDP we have lost and continue to lose every year since he and his cronies took us out of the EU. A complete charlatan.
Like the vast majority in the UK, I am proud of our NHS. It’s not perfect and never will be and it needs reform but it’s better than the insurance based system that Farage is touting. I would happily pay a little more tax to help fund it but it needs to be spent on effectiveness and efficiency.
November 14, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Like the vast majority in the UK, I am proud of our NHS. It’s not perfect and never will be and it needs reform but it’s better than the insurance based system that Farage is touting. I would happily pay a little more tax to help fund it but it needs to be spent on effectiveness and efficiency.
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GB News, owned by Australians, based in the Dubai tax haven, managed by New Zealanders.
The only British bit are the fools watching.
The only British bit are the fools watching.
November 12, 2025 at 12:15 PM
GB News, owned by Australians, based in the Dubai tax haven, managed by New Zealanders.
The only British bit are the fools watching.
The only British bit are the fools watching.
In the light of the 23,000 Epstein emails, some of which might implicate Andy, (and there’s a lot more to come) do you think the King may have been tipped off?
November 13, 2025 at 9:42 AM
In the light of the 23,000 Epstein emails, some of which might implicate Andy, (and there’s a lot more to come) do you think the King may have been tipped off?
Do you check and trust the customer reviews and feedback on Amazon etc? I’ve learned to be very careful especially of reviews that state, “I haven’t used it yet but it looks OK”.
November 13, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Do you check and trust the customer reviews and feedback on Amazon etc? I’ve learned to be very careful especially of reviews that state, “I haven’t used it yet but it looks OK”.
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Robbie Gibb showing his true colours after Brexit.
November 12, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Robbie Gibb showing his true colours after Brexit.
Let’s not fixate on Virginia Guiffre’s comments about Trump. There were hundreds of girls involved and no doubt many were under age. Trump might not have “known” Virginia, but we need to know exactly who he did or did not know.
November 12, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Let’s not fixate on Virginia Guiffre’s comments about Trump. There were hundreds of girls involved and no doubt many were under age. Trump might not have “known” Virginia, but we need to know exactly who he did or did not know.
Ghislaine Maxwell urgently begging Trump to pardon her ASAP. She knows the sand is running out of the dial. Will he?
November 12, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Ghislaine Maxwell urgently begging Trump to pardon her ASAP. She knows the sand is running out of the dial. Will he?
“Mr Trump has always vigorously denied any involvement”
Yeah and so has Andy!
Yeah and so has Andy!
November 12, 2025 at 8:03 PM
“Mr Trump has always vigorously denied any involvement”
Yeah and so has Andy!
Yeah and so has Andy!
Finland's approach to housing the homeless is a comprehensive, well-funded national strategy aimed at ending it by treating a home as a universal human right. They also provide free health support and assistance with addiction etc. There’s virtually no homeless in Finland.
November 12, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Finland's approach to housing the homeless is a comprehensive, well-funded national strategy aimed at ending it by treating a home as a universal human right. They also provide free health support and assistance with addiction etc. There’s virtually no homeless in Finland.
So, a further 3 prisoners have been accidentally released. My question today is the same as before. How do they know they’ve been accidentally released? Clearly there must be documents and records but why were they not checked before they released them?
November 11, 2025 at 10:23 PM
So, a further 3 prisoners have been accidentally released. My question today is the same as before. How do they know they’ve been accidentally released? Clearly there must be documents and records but why were they not checked before they released them?
What’s the odds of Tim Davie getting a nice little job with GB News?
November 11, 2025 at 7:43 PM
What’s the odds of Tim Davie getting a nice little job with GB News?
I’ve just been outside to put the bins out and found a beautiful common frog behind a bin. Large as life and perfectly healthy. I put her under a bush in the garden. Bit late in the year to see frogs isn’t it?
November 9, 2025 at 8:41 PM
I’ve just been outside to put the bins out and found a beautiful common frog behind a bin. Large as life and perfectly healthy. I put her under a bush in the garden. Bit late in the year to see frogs isn’t it?
I’m looking forward to what Emily Maitlis and The News Agents have to say about BBC impartiality or more likely their lack of it. James O’Brien will be limbering up to.
November 9, 2025 at 8:38 PM
I’m looking forward to what Emily Maitlis and The News Agents have to say about BBC impartiality or more likely their lack of it. James O’Brien will be limbering up to.
The BBC are reporting on their own demise. I wonder if they will mention this from 2018 whilst they’re at it?
November 9, 2025 at 7:59 PM
The BBC are reporting on their own demise. I wonder if they will mention this from 2018 whilst they’re at it?
Of all the things the Director General of the BBC should have resigned over…,
November 9, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Of all the things the Director General of the BBC should have resigned over…,
If a prisoner has absconded from an open prison, his absence will be immediately apparent. But if a prisoner has been accidentally and “officially” released, who would know? He’s presumably been signed out by an officer. There must be many more “accidentally released” that we don’t know about.
November 8, 2025 at 11:36 AM
If a prisoner has absconded from an open prison, his absence will be immediately apparent. But if a prisoner has been accidentally and “officially” released, who would know? He’s presumably been signed out by an officer. There must be many more “accidentally released” that we don’t know about.
Can someone please explain why austerity, low morale and sickness levels would prevent a prison governor from implementing a system that ensures 100% that prisoners are not released accidentally. I’m pretty sure my nephew could do it on his laptop and he’s 10!
November 8, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Can someone please explain why austerity, low morale and sickness levels would prevent a prison governor from implementing a system that ensures 100% that prisoners are not released accidentally. I’m pretty sure my nephew could do it on his laptop and he’s 10!
Over the last 10 yrs, 1430 prisoners have been accidentally released from our prisons. In addition, over the same period, 1307 prisoners held in open prisons simply walked out or never returned after being released on temporary licence. Isn’t that more of a security threat than a few asylum seekers?
November 8, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Over the last 10 yrs, 1430 prisoners have been accidentally released from our prisons. In addition, over the same period, 1307 prisoners held in open prisons simply walked out or never returned after being released on temporary licence. Isn’t that more of a security threat than a few asylum seekers?
@mrjamesob.bsky.social David Shipley is an ex prisoner who regularly appears on TV He mentions corruption at the top and how long term prisoners are sometimes moved to open prisons on “governor orders” and how officers regularly bring in phones and drugs to sell. Accidental release? Hmm!
Get him on.
Get him on.
November 7, 2025 at 8:44 AM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social David Shipley is an ex prisoner who regularly appears on TV He mentions corruption at the top and how long term prisoners are sometimes moved to open prisons on “governor orders” and how officers regularly bring in phones and drugs to sell. Accidental release? Hmm!
Get him on.
Get him on.
How easy would it be for a prisoner to bribe a prison officer to release him early? I'm sure it happens. During Covid there were no visits to prisons and yet the use of illicit drug use never went down. It was then suggested that most drugs are bought into prisons by the officers.
November 6, 2025 at 11:04 AM
How easy would it be for a prisoner to bribe a prison officer to release him early? I'm sure it happens. During Covid there were no visits to prisons and yet the use of illicit drug use never went down. It was then suggested that most drugs are bought into prisons by the officers.
Humans evolved from ape like ancestors. We were successful partly because of our altruistic tendencies. There was a benefit to the species if we looked after and protected each other. Now though, all that has changed. Our species has evolved to be selfish and greedy. It might work, it might not!
November 6, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Humans evolved from ape like ancestors. We were successful partly because of our altruistic tendencies. There was a benefit to the species if we looked after and protected each other. Now though, all that has changed. Our species has evolved to be selfish and greedy. It might work, it might not!
Have I got this right; There are hundreds of people imprisoned every year who should never be there and there are hundreds of people who should be in prison who are being let out. Am I missing something?
November 5, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Have I got this right; There are hundreds of people imprisoned every year who should never be there and there are hundreds of people who should be in prison who are being let out. Am I missing something?