Gavin Alexander 🏴
@gavin83bay.bsky.social
Loner from Scotland.
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Farewell to the great Stanley Baxter, one of the true comedy greats of the postwar era.
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
Actor and comedian Stanley Baxter dies aged 99
Baxter enjoyed a decades-spanning career on radio, TV and film, and was famous for impersonating famous people including Queen Elizabeth II
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Farewell to the great Stanley Baxter, one of the true comedy greats of the postwar era.
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
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One of my all time favourite Stanley Baxter sketches - a beautifully authentic piss-take of the old Edgar Lustgarten Scotland Yard shorts. So many one liners, punchlines, puns and references delivered by the consummate Baxter. RIP. 🏴 youtu.be/TNaAR9NQSH8?...
STANLEY BAXTER - ANNALS OF SCOTLAND YARD
YouTube video by Gary Carter
youtu.be
December 12, 2025 at 2:35 PM
One of my all time favourite Stanley Baxter sketches - a beautifully authentic piss-take of the old Edgar Lustgarten Scotland Yard shorts. So many one liners, punchlines, puns and references delivered by the consummate Baxter. RIP. 🏴 youtu.be/TNaAR9NQSH8?...
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Nice one, Spidey.
December 12, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Nice one, Spidey.
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Melania is absolutely stone faced as Trump talks about how sad Steve Scalise's wife when he was shot but he "knows many wives who would not even be crying"
December 12, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Melania is absolutely stone faced as Trump talks about how sad Steve Scalise's wife when he was shot but he "knows many wives who would not even be crying"
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Saddened to hear of the death, aged 99, of Hillhead boy, Stanley Baxter, but what a run!
From BBC Children's Hour to the Five Past Eight Shows, pantomime to Parliamo Glasgow, global TV fame to his later BBC Radio plays, Stan was the man.
From BBC Children's Hour to the Five Past Eight Shows, pantomime to Parliamo Glasgow, global TV fame to his later BBC Radio plays, Stan was the man.
December 12, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Saddened to hear of the death, aged 99, of Hillhead boy, Stanley Baxter, but what a run!
From BBC Children's Hour to the Five Past Eight Shows, pantomime to Parliamo Glasgow, global TV fame to his later BBC Radio plays, Stan was the man.
From BBC Children's Hour to the Five Past Eight Shows, pantomime to Parliamo Glasgow, global TV fame to his later BBC Radio plays, Stan was the man.
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Legendary Scottish actor and comedian Stanley Baxter has died at the age of 99.
www.heraldscotland.com/news...
www.heraldscotland.com/news...
December 12, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Legendary Scottish actor and comedian Stanley Baxter has died at the age of 99.
www.heraldscotland.com/news...
www.heraldscotland.com/news...
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This took me far too long to make. If only there was some kind of machine could've done it for me…
December 12, 2025 at 9:18 AM
This took me far too long to make. If only there was some kind of machine could've done it for me…
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When Krampus came to Yorkshire
Saint Nicholas’s devilish sidekick arrived in Whitby from Europe over a decade ago. Now he is at the heart of an alternative festive tradition
https://bit.ly/4a94dwe
Saint Nicholas’s devilish sidekick arrived in Whitby from Europe over a decade ago. Now he is at the heart of an alternative festive tradition
https://bit.ly/4a94dwe
When Krampus came to Yorkshire | The Observer
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December 12, 2025 at 10:05 AM
When Krampus came to Yorkshire
Saint Nicholas’s devilish sidekick arrived in Whitby from Europe over a decade ago. Now he is at the heart of an alternative festive tradition
https://bit.ly/4a94dwe
Saint Nicholas’s devilish sidekick arrived in Whitby from Europe over a decade ago. Now he is at the heart of an alternative festive tradition
https://bit.ly/4a94dwe
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I think my most Online Moment was when I posted this photo on Twitter with the caption "Oh bless, Lorraine's down in Africa", and within a dozen pun-appreciating re-tweets people in the comments were lecturing each other about colonialism and the white saviour complex.
December 12, 2025 at 8:33 AM
I think my most Online Moment was when I posted this photo on Twitter with the caption "Oh bless, Lorraine's down in Africa", and within a dozen pun-appreciating re-tweets people in the comments were lecturing each other about colonialism and the white saviour complex.
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If handing someone their arse, was a video clip
December 12, 2025 at 8:12 AM
If handing someone their arse, was a video clip
I heartily agree. Furthermore, Psycho 2 is the greatest sequel of all time.
Psycho 2 is an incredible movie, and I’d go so far as to say better than the original.
Yeah, I went there.
Yeah, I went there.
December 11, 2025 at 10:04 PM
I heartily agree. Furthermore, Psycho 2 is the greatest sequel of all time.
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Two villains, one goal - the cover of the latest issue of German magazine Der Spiegel.
December 11, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Two villains, one goal - the cover of the latest issue of German magazine Der Spiegel.
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Twin Peaks: FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper, driving while talking to his tape recorder.
December 11, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Twin Peaks: FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper, driving while talking to his tape recorder.
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Trump wants your kids to ration pencils & dolls while he gets massive ballrooms, luxury jumbo jets, & taxpayer-funded golf trips.
What a greedy grinch.
What a greedy grinch.
Trump: "You can give up certain products. You could give up pencils. Because under the China policy, every child can get 37 pencils. They only need 1 or 2. They don't need that many. You always need steel. You don't need 37 dolls for your daughter. 2 or 3 is nice. So we're doing things right."
December 11, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Trump wants your kids to ration pencils & dolls while he gets massive ballrooms, luxury jumbo jets, & taxpayer-funded golf trips.
What a greedy grinch.
What a greedy grinch.
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Who the fuck needs twelve gallons of milk a week? Is Cleopatra popping over to have a bath?
December 11, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Who the fuck needs twelve gallons of milk a week? Is Cleopatra popping over to have a bath?
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Look at the bullshit being posted about Nigel Farage.
$5m and the shoddy website reporting it were the giveaway.
Reform UK will no doubt allow this to circulate rather than clarifying.
$5m and the shoddy website reporting it were the giveaway.
Reform UK will no doubt allow this to circulate rather than clarifying.
December 10, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Look at the bullshit being posted about Nigel Farage.
$5m and the shoddy website reporting it were the giveaway.
Reform UK will no doubt allow this to circulate rather than clarifying.
$5m and the shoddy website reporting it were the giveaway.
Reform UK will no doubt allow this to circulate rather than clarifying.
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🔴 REVEALED 🔴
The Institute of Economic Affairs – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group that "incubated" Liz Truss – was bankrolled by oil giants and Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.
📝 Exclusive findings from @desmog.com 👇
The Institute of Economic Affairs – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group that "incubated" Liz Truss – was bankrolled by oil giants and Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.
📝 Exclusive findings from @desmog.com 👇
The Institute of Economic Affairs Banked £640,000 from Oil Giants and Murdoch
The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group – received more than £640,000 from fossil fuel companies and Rupert Murdoch’s media conglomerate between 1957 and ...
www.desmog.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:05 AM
🔴 REVEALED 🔴
The Institute of Economic Affairs – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group that "incubated" Liz Truss – was bankrolled by oil giants and Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.
📝 Exclusive findings from @desmog.com 👇
The Institute of Economic Affairs – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group that "incubated" Liz Truss – was bankrolled by oil giants and Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.
📝 Exclusive findings from @desmog.com 👇
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Charities and restaurants are offering free Christmas dinner and and festive cheer to vulnerable people.
Where to get a free Christmas dinner in your community this year
www.bigissue.com
December 10, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Charities and restaurants are offering free Christmas dinner and and festive cheer to vulnerable people.
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With those rare b sides and complete album collections at my disposal, and the original box and cable, we shall sweep away Gallifrey and its impotent quorum of Time Lords!
December 11, 2025 at 9:36 AM
With those rare b sides and complete album collections at my disposal, and the original box and cable, we shall sweep away Gallifrey and its impotent quorum of Time Lords!
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Because he doesn't like prattling DJs.
December 11, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Because he doesn't like prattling DJs.
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"To hold in my hand a device that holds such storage. To know that owning a Haircut 100 back catalogue on such a scale was my choice. To know that the tiny pressure on my thumb, enough to move the click wheel, would change the song. Yes! I would do it! That power would set me up above the gods!"
December 11, 2025 at 9:43 AM
"To hold in my hand a device that holds such storage. To know that owning a Haircut 100 back catalogue on such a scale was my choice. To know that the tiny pressure on my thumb, enough to move the click wheel, would change the song. Yes! I would do it! That power would set me up above the gods!"
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So Nigel Farage, who claims to be standing up for ordinary working people, has taken hundreds of thousands of pounds so far this year for a handful of hours as a "brand ambassador" for a gold bullion company, while facilitating a £9m donation from a crypto millionaire
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/11/n...
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/11/n...
Nigel Farage Accepts Another £135,000 From Gold Bullion Firm for Just 12 Hours Work
The Reform UK leader has pocketed £415,500 so far this year to act as the company's “Brand Ambassador”
bylinetimes.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:10 AM
So Nigel Farage, who claims to be standing up for ordinary working people, has taken hundreds of thousands of pounds so far this year for a handful of hours as a "brand ambassador" for a gold bullion company, while facilitating a £9m donation from a crypto millionaire
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/11/n...
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/11/n...
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Can we stop using the euphemism “women’s rights activist” for ardent transphobe?
Lib Dems announce 5 peers including ex-MP Sarah Teather, Tories announce 3 including Olympic swimmer/ women's rights activist Sharon Davies, historian Simon Heffer and former cabinet minister John Redwood. Reform UK don't get any.
December 10, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Can we stop using the euphemism “women’s rights activist” for ardent transphobe?
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“Paddington’s iconic red bucket hat has been replaced with an off-character red-and-yellow gibus. His trusty blue duffel coat with toggle buttons is a waist-length sweatshirt with white crosses. And the beloved bear’s earnest, cheery smile is now a humourless maw.”
THAT’S how you write the news.
THAT’S how you write the news.
'Paddington Bear costume to cheer up my son is a horror show,' says Sheffield mum
A Sheffield mum is asking for help to fix a “horror show” Paddington Bear costume she ordered to cheer up her disabled son.
www.thestar.co.uk
December 11, 2025 at 8:46 AM
“Paddington’s iconic red bucket hat has been replaced with an off-character red-and-yellow gibus. His trusty blue duffel coat with toggle buttons is a waist-length sweatshirt with white crosses. And the beloved bear’s earnest, cheery smile is now a humourless maw.”
THAT’S how you write the news.
THAT’S how you write the news.
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You might think from the headline that this is a story about a trans kid suffering medical consequences from a large drug dose but nope! It is just an interview with an estranged father who is angry that his child happily transitioned.
archive.ph/Tmthz
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December 10, 2025 at 7:20 PM
You might think from the headline that this is a story about a trans kid suffering medical consequences from a large drug dose but nope! It is just an interview with an estranged father who is angry that his child happily transitioned.
archive.ph/Tmthz
archive.ph/Tmthz