johnjclarke100
@johnjclarke100.bsky.social
Retired university lecturer- unreconstructed lefty- three kids and six grandchildren spread far and wide. Exiled magpie. Small house in France we try to visit when we can. Orwell and Beatles obsessive. Read crime fiction.Quiz nerd. I could go on…..
A Conservative spokerson- wibble wibble
November 28, 2025 at 2:31 PM
A Conservative spokerson- wibble wibble
Just following orders???
November 20, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Just following orders???
So… the old Nuremberg defence
“Only following orders”
That worked out well!
“Only following orders”
That worked out well!
November 14, 2025 at 1:35 PM
So… the old Nuremberg defence
“Only following orders”
That worked out well!
“Only following orders”
That worked out well!
Canada definitely punches above its weight in terms of class music / singer / songwriters.
Neil, Joni, k. d lang Gordon lightfoot Leonard cohen….
See below…
Neil, Joni, k. d lang Gordon lightfoot Leonard cohen….
See below…
November 13, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Canada definitely punches above its weight in terms of class music / singer / songwriters.
Neil, Joni, k. d lang Gordon lightfoot Leonard cohen….
See below…
Neil, Joni, k. d lang Gordon lightfoot Leonard cohen….
See below…
Is an exodus / exododus a mass departure of long extinct birds?
November 3, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Is an exodus / exododus a mass departure of long extinct birds?
Sudetenland anyone? Mainly German speakers….perhaps Herr Hitler and Neville Chamberlain had a point in Munich?
October 19, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Sudetenland anyone? Mainly German speakers….perhaps Herr Hitler and Neville Chamberlain had a point in Munich?
Agreed …..but you can’t escape the frisson of horror when the burning starts…..
October 14, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Agreed …..but you can’t escape the frisson of horror when the burning starts…..
Aaah George…….41 years on
October 11, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Aaah George…….41 years on
Wibble wibble -Thiel - a recent study
October 11, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Wibble wibble -Thiel - a recent study
Yes Baldrick but you didn’t say « wobble »!
October 5, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Yes Baldrick but you didn’t say « wobble »!
Dave Widgery The Left in Britain 1956-1968
By a significant participant and very readable
By a significant participant and very readable
September 30, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Dave Widgery The Left in Britain 1956-1968
By a significant participant and very readable
By a significant participant and very readable
1984 here we come……junior spies next?
From Orwell’s 1984: children “were systematically turned against their parents and taught to spy on them and report their deviations. The family has become in effect an extension of the Thought Police.”
From Orwell’s 1984: children “were systematically turned against their parents and taught to spy on them and report their deviations. The family has become in effect an extension of the Thought Police.”
September 14, 2025 at 11:12 AM
1984 here we come……junior spies next?
From Orwell’s 1984: children “were systematically turned against their parents and taught to spy on them and report their deviations. The family has become in effect an extension of the Thought Police.”
From Orwell’s 1984: children “were systematically turned against their parents and taught to spy on them and report their deviations. The family has become in effect an extension of the Thought Police.”
Definite likeness…. « I have in my hand a piece of paper… this bears Herr Hitler’s …..Err ..Vladimir Putin’s signature and mine «
Donbas/ Sudetenland who cares?
Donbas/ Sudetenland who cares?
August 18, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Definite likeness…. « I have in my hand a piece of paper… this bears Herr Hitler’s …..Err ..Vladimir Putin’s signature and mine «
Donbas/ Sudetenland who cares?
Donbas/ Sudetenland who cares?
Why do I think of Animal Farm when ICE appear in spurious uniforms?
August 11, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Why do I think of Animal Farm when ICE appear in spurious uniforms?
As Diderot ( probably ) said….
July 28, 2025 at 2:26 PM
As Diderot ( probably ) said….
The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which."
June 24, 2025 at 11:29 AM
The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which."
Sudetenland is Hitler’s final territorial demand says UK
p. m.
p. m.
June 22, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Sudetenland is Hitler’s final territorial demand says UK
p. m.
p. m.
Brexit loyalists
May 20, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Brexit loyalists
Brexiteers…………nine years on
May 20, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Brexiteers…………nine years on