Tom McEnroe
@tommcenroe.bsky.social
Bikes are nice.
Cycling commuter when an aging back allows it, gardener, photographer, amateur mixologist
Rants about the state of the world, and the UK in particular, by appointment.
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Cycling commuter when an aging back allows it, gardener, photographer, amateur mixologist
Rants about the state of the world, and the UK in particular, by appointment.
https://www.flickr.com/people/tommce/
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Tom McEnroe
@tommcenroe.bsky.social
· Oct 10
A friend has a small library of books whose titles may not mean quite what they did when they were originally published - friends and family have been adding to it over the years.
Mr Pink Whistle features....
Mr Pink Whistle features....
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do you know what would help!!!!!!!! living in a society that lets people experiment with their gender without treating it like the most important thing in the world!!!!!!! letting people get it right or wrong without politicising their decisions!!!!!!! just being chilled about gender!!!!!! aaahhhhhh
"if they socially transition too early we think they can get locked onto a trajectory that may not have been the correct natural trajectory for them"
Direct quote.
Direct quote.
February 16, 2026 at 5:03 PM
do you know what would help!!!!!!!! living in a society that lets people experiment with their gender without treating it like the most important thing in the world!!!!!!! letting people get it right or wrong without politicising their decisions!!!!!!! just being chilled about gender!!!!!! aaahhhhhh
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What is wrong with people Why don't they acquaint themselves with the facts? Labour postponed the elections because councils asked them to because they were not ready to field elections due to boundary changes brought in by the Tories, why can people not see this? Why do people not do any research!
February 16, 2026 at 5:47 PM
What is wrong with people Why don't they acquaint themselves with the facts? Labour postponed the elections because councils asked them to because they were not ready to field elections due to boundary changes brought in by the Tories, why can people not see this? Why do people not do any research!
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Wait, what??!
Dear California, just sayin'...
Switzerland uses a mobile overpass bridge to carry out road work without stopping traffic.
Dear California, just sayin'...
Switzerland uses a mobile overpass bridge to carry out road work without stopping traffic.
February 16, 2026 at 6:29 PM
Wait, what??!
Dear California, just sayin'...
Switzerland uses a mobile overpass bridge to carry out road work without stopping traffic.
Dear California, just sayin'...
Switzerland uses a mobile overpass bridge to carry out road work without stopping traffic.
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I strongly suspect that if we just converted some cow-milking machines such that we could attach all the major alt-right figures to it by their gentleman's appendages in a massive blow job barn, all this would go away.
February 16, 2026 at 1:27 PM
I strongly suspect that if we just converted some cow-milking machines such that we could attach all the major alt-right figures to it by their gentleman's appendages in a massive blow job barn, all this would go away.
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the loss of the World Service would be a tragedy and huge lost of soft power for Britain
And another bites the dust?
The BBC World Service will run out of funding in just seven weeks. Its funding arrangement with the Foreign Office finishes at the end of March. There is no plan for what happens next.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The BBC World Service will run out of funding in just seven weeks. Its funding arrangement with the Foreign Office finishes at the end of March. There is no plan for what happens next.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Guardian view on the BBC World Service: this is London calling | Editorial
Editorial: With just seven weeks before its funding runs out, the UK’s greatest cultural asset and most trusted international news organisation must be supported
www.theguardian.com
February 15, 2026 at 8:02 PM
the loss of the World Service would be a tragedy and huge lost of soft power for Britain
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FWIW, after 2+ decades in 🇬🇧 diplomacy my settled view is that BBCWS is *the* (not *a*) vital element of British soft power and the continued attacks on its funding are nothing short of barbaric and self defeating.
February 15, 2026 at 8:51 PM
FWIW, after 2+ decades in 🇬🇧 diplomacy my settled view is that BBCWS is *the* (not *a*) vital element of British soft power and the continued attacks on its funding are nothing short of barbaric and self defeating.
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@that-jane.bsky.social Hello again 👋🏻 and happy birthday to this banger
February 14, 2026 at 7:55 PM
@that-jane.bsky.social Hello again 👋🏻 and happy birthday to this banger
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Huge applause as Starmer declares Britain has moved beyond the Brexit years. One of the strongest EU speeches by a PM in decades - yet barely covered by the BBC or MSM. While serious leadership is ignored, airtime still goes to Farage and recycled outrage. Kuenssberg, Zeffman, Mason, Gibb - out.
February 15, 2026 at 1:27 PM
Huge applause as Starmer declares Britain has moved beyond the Brexit years. One of the strongest EU speeches by a PM in decades - yet barely covered by the BBC or MSM. While serious leadership is ignored, airtime still goes to Farage and recycled outrage. Kuenssberg, Zeffman, Mason, Gibb - out.
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By Jake Goretzki.
February 15, 2026 at 10:44 AM
By Jake Goretzki.
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There are lies, damned lies & Reform Ltd statistics
"Nigel Farage says 1 million people in Britain don’t speak English
The Census says otherwise the number of people in England & Wales who said they cannot speak English at all is ~161,000
Not a million
161,000
~0.3%"
via Reform Are Not Your Friends
"Nigel Farage says 1 million people in Britain don’t speak English
The Census says otherwise the number of people in England & Wales who said they cannot speak English at all is ~161,000
Not a million
161,000
~0.3%"
via Reform Are Not Your Friends
February 15, 2026 at 9:15 AM
There are lies, damned lies & Reform Ltd statistics
"Nigel Farage says 1 million people in Britain don’t speak English
The Census says otherwise the number of people in England & Wales who said they cannot speak English at all is ~161,000
Not a million
161,000
~0.3%"
via Reform Are Not Your Friends
"Nigel Farage says 1 million people in Britain don’t speak English
The Census says otherwise the number of people in England & Wales who said they cannot speak English at all is ~161,000
Not a million
161,000
~0.3%"
via Reform Are Not Your Friends
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My old pal @mortenmorland.bsky.social celebrating my 15th anniversary in Downing Street in style
Sunday’s @thetimes.com cartoon times.newsprints.co.uk/morten-morla...
February 15, 2026 at 11:06 AM
My old pal @mortenmorland.bsky.social celebrating my 15th anniversary in Downing Street in style
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15 years ago today I arrived on Downing Street in a cage.
I've seen off Cameron, May, Johnson, Truss and Sunak and I'm still going strong.
Only two Prime Ministers have ever done longer stints here: William Pitt the Younger and Sir Robert Walpole.
Bill and Bob - I'm coming for you...
(Photos AP)
I've seen off Cameron, May, Johnson, Truss and Sunak and I'm still going strong.
Only two Prime Ministers have ever done longer stints here: William Pitt the Younger and Sir Robert Walpole.
Bill and Bob - I'm coming for you...
(Photos AP)
February 15, 2026 at 11:07 AM
15 years ago today I arrived on Downing Street in a cage.
I've seen off Cameron, May, Johnson, Truss and Sunak and I'm still going strong.
Only two Prime Ministers have ever done longer stints here: William Pitt the Younger and Sir Robert Walpole.
Bill and Bob - I'm coming for you...
(Photos AP)
I've seen off Cameron, May, Johnson, Truss and Sunak and I'm still going strong.
Only two Prime Ministers have ever done longer stints here: William Pitt the Younger and Sir Robert Walpole.
Bill and Bob - I'm coming for you...
(Photos AP)
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Or, and hear me out, we could copy the Dutch and have staffed cycle garages at stations.
Amsterdam, Utrecht and a much smaller one at Gouda.
They are usually free for the first 24 hours *and* house the national cycle hire scheme run by Dutch railways.
Amsterdam, Utrecht and a much smaller one at Gouda.
They are usually free for the first 24 hours *and* house the national cycle hire scheme run by Dutch railways.
February 14, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Or, and hear me out, we could copy the Dutch and have staffed cycle garages at stations.
Amsterdam, Utrecht and a much smaller one at Gouda.
They are usually free for the first 24 hours *and* house the national cycle hire scheme run by Dutch railways.
Amsterdam, Utrecht and a much smaller one at Gouda.
They are usually free for the first 24 hours *and* house the national cycle hire scheme run by Dutch railways.
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Just checking, it's now ok to flee your homeland, because you're afraid for your safety, and seek refuge in another Country?
Glad we've cleared that up. Let's hear no more about immigration and refugees then.
Glad we've cleared that up. Let's hear no more about immigration and refugees then.
February 14, 2026 at 7:55 AM
Just checking, it's now ok to flee your homeland, because you're afraid for your safety, and seek refuge in another Country?
Glad we've cleared that up. Let's hear no more about immigration and refugees then.
Glad we've cleared that up. Let's hear no more about immigration and refugees then.
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Farage's claims here are straightforward lies (and it's about time the media/press said so)
The correct figures are 160K (0.3%) and 900K (1.5%)
www.gbnews.com/news/video-n...
The correct figures are 160K (0.3%) and 900K (1.5%)
www.gbnews.com/news/video-n...
February 12, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Farage's claims here are straightforward lies (and it's about time the media/press said so)
The correct figures are 160K (0.3%) and 900K (1.5%)
www.gbnews.com/news/video-n...
The correct figures are 160K (0.3%) and 900K (1.5%)
www.gbnews.com/news/video-n...
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I had a catch up today with my American colleagues so that we could learn from them about what's coming to the UK. Fascinating and depressing in equal. They said; Don't underestimate how much people want a Dictator. Yep.
So I've got an idea to try out on those people and want to know how it lands:
So I've got an idea to try out on those people and want to know how it lands:
February 13, 2026 at 12:45 AM
I had a catch up today with my American colleagues so that we could learn from them about what's coming to the UK. Fascinating and depressing in equal. They said; Don't underestimate how much people want a Dictator. Yep.
So I've got an idea to try out on those people and want to know how it lands:
So I've got an idea to try out on those people and want to know how it lands:
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Very good from @verybrexitproblems.bsky.social
February 12, 2026 at 8:52 PM
Very good from @verybrexitproblems.bsky.social
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Remember when Gary Lineker, who as far as I know pays tax in the UK, was told to stick to football?
February 12, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Remember when Gary Lineker, who as far as I know pays tax in the UK, was told to stick to football?
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Day after Alex Pretti killing I complained to BBC about presentation of White House statements and evidence as equivalent. Duty of balance doesn’t extend to complicity with clear lies, I said. BBC could and should report WH making false statements as a *fact of the story*. Today I got response …
February 12, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Day after Alex Pretti killing I complained to BBC about presentation of White House statements and evidence as equivalent. Duty of balance doesn’t extend to complicity with clear lies, I said. BBC could and should report WH making false statements as a *fact of the story*. Today I got response …
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Jim Ratcliffe has not apologised, pls point out he has not apologised, that is not an apology
February 12, 2026 at 12:36 PM
Jim Ratcliffe has not apologised, pls point out he has not apologised, that is not an apology
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Boris Johnson met a former KGB officers son without officials after a NATO summit. Ignored security warnings. Then gave him a seat in the House of Lords. We were told to just trust him. This is not normal. These questions still demand answers.
February 12, 2026 at 9:04 AM
Boris Johnson met a former KGB officers son without officials after a NATO summit. Ignored security warnings. Then gave him a seat in the House of Lords. We were told to just trust him. This is not normal. These questions still demand answers.
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