Mike Roberts 🎨
@miketoons.bsky.social
Artist, printmaker, cartoonist, creative loose cannon, b 1st half 20thC. Likes baking bread. Lives in Cumbria. His imagination is often elsewhere. #FBPE
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Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen.
Gilbert O’ Sullivan
999
Robert Cray
Boy George, culture club
Dr John (with Jools Holland)
Gilbert O’ Sullivan
999
Robert Cray
Boy George, culture club
Dr John (with Jools Holland)
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen
Prince
The Blue Aeroplanes
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Philip Glass
Ahmad Jamal
Prince
The Blue Aeroplanes
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Philip Glass
Ahmad Jamal
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen.
Rolling Stones (Floral Hall, Morecambe)
Chuck Berry (Empire, Liverpool)
Paul Sacher, BBC Symphony Orch (St. Johns Smith Sq London, 1981)
Trevor Pinnock (harpsichord) & Jonathan Manson (viol) (QE School Faversham)
Jordi Savall (Sam Wanamaker Playhouse)
Rolling Stones (Floral Hall, Morecambe)
Chuck Berry (Empire, Liverpool)
Paul Sacher, BBC Symphony Orch (St. Johns Smith Sq London, 1981)
Trevor Pinnock (harpsichord) & Jonathan Manson (viol) (QE School Faversham)
Jordi Savall (Sam Wanamaker Playhouse)
You’ve never heard of John Stanley, but he broke Britain’s housing market
#RightToBuy #Thatcher #SocialHousing
liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/407...
#RightToBuy #Thatcher #SocialHousing
liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/407...
You’ve never heard of John Stanley, but he broke Britain’s housing market
More than one million households are languishing on social housing waiting lists. Whether he meant to or not, Sir John’s policy laid the groundwork for the mess we’re in today
liveapp.inews.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 3:36 PM
You’ve never heard of John Stanley, but he broke Britain’s housing market
#RightToBuy #Thatcher #SocialHousing
liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/407...
#RightToBuy #Thatcher #SocialHousing
liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/407...
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen.
Rolling Stones (Floral Hall, Morecambe)
Chuck Berry (Empire, Liverpool)
Paul Sacher, BBC Symphony Orch (St. Johns Smith Sq London, 1981)
Trevor Pinnock (harpsichord) & Jonathan Manson (viol) (QE School Faversham)
Jordi Savall (Sam Wanamaker Playhouse)
Rolling Stones (Floral Hall, Morecambe)
Chuck Berry (Empire, Liverpool)
Paul Sacher, BBC Symphony Orch (St. Johns Smith Sq London, 1981)
Trevor Pinnock (harpsichord) & Jonathan Manson (viol) (QE School Faversham)
Jordi Savall (Sam Wanamaker Playhouse)
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen.
Gilbert O’ Sullivan
999
Robert Cray
Boy George, culture club
Dr John (with Jools Holland)
Gilbert O’ Sullivan
999
Robert Cray
Boy George, culture club
Dr John (with Jools Holland)
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen
Prince
The Blue Aeroplanes
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Philip Glass
Ahmad Jamal
Prince
The Blue Aeroplanes
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Philip Glass
Ahmad Jamal
November 28, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen.
Rolling Stones (Floral Hall, Morecambe)
Chuck Berry (Empire, Liverpool)
Paul Sacher, BBC Symphony Orch (St. Johns Smith Sq London, 1981)
Trevor Pinnock (harpsichord) & Jonathan Manson (viol) (QE School Faversham)
Jordi Savall (Sam Wanamaker Playhouse)
Rolling Stones (Floral Hall, Morecambe)
Chuck Berry (Empire, Liverpool)
Paul Sacher, BBC Symphony Orch (St. Johns Smith Sq London, 1981)
Trevor Pinnock (harpsichord) & Jonathan Manson (viol) (QE School Faversham)
Jordi Savall (Sam Wanamaker Playhouse)
‘A win for nature and people’: Elizabeth line soil used to create Essex bird haven
A record 39,000 birds are overwintering on Wallasea island wetlands thanks to soil transported from London tunnels
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
A record 39,000 birds are overwintering on Wallasea island wetlands thanks to soil transported from London tunnels
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘A win for nature and people’: Elizabeth line soil used to create Essex bird haven
A record 39,000 birds are overwintering on Wallasea island wetlands thanks to soil transported from London tunnels
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:32 PM
‘A win for nature and people’: Elizabeth line soil used to create Essex bird haven
A record 39,000 birds are overwintering on Wallasea island wetlands thanks to soil transported from London tunnels
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
A record 39,000 birds are overwintering on Wallasea island wetlands thanks to soil transported from London tunnels
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Every time a face is reconstructed from an ancient skull the person looks so familiar. I swear she works in Lancaster Greggs.
Kendal woman recreated from her 900-year-old skull is named Agnes after public vote. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Kendal woman reconstructed from 900-year-old remains named
The woman, whose skull was found in Kendal, is named Agnes after a public vote.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Every time a face is reconstructed from an ancient skull the person looks so familiar. I swear she works in Lancaster Greggs.
I was told of this problem over 15 years ago !! after a visit to Kimmeridge Bay nature reserve
Plastic nurdles found at 84% of UK sites of special scientific interest
Environmental charity Fidra says 168 of 195 SSSIs surveyed are contaminated with tiny pellets
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Plastic nurdles found at 84% of UK sites of special scientific interest
Environmental charity Fidra says 168 of 195 SSSIs surveyed are contaminated with tiny pellets
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Plastic nurdles found at 84% of UK sites of special scientific interest
Environmental charity Fidra says 168 of 195 SSSIs it surveyed are contaminated with tiny pellets
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:38 AM
I was told of this problem over 15 years ago !! after a visit to Kimmeridge Bay nature reserve
Plastic nurdles found at 84% of UK sites of special scientific interest
Environmental charity Fidra says 168 of 195 SSSIs surveyed are contaminated with tiny pellets
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Plastic nurdles found at 84% of UK sites of special scientific interest
Environmental charity Fidra says 168 of 195 SSSIs surveyed are contaminated with tiny pellets
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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UK voters please sign and share - appears to be gaining some traction: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...
petition.parliament.uk
November 24, 2025 at 9:11 PM
UK voters please sign and share - appears to be gaining some traction: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Boris Johnson took four days off as NHS warned Covid could ‘overwhelm’ system
Files show then PM was walking dog, riding motorbike and hosting guests as pandemic planning stalled in ‘lost month’
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Files show then PM was walking dog, riding motorbike and hosting guests as pandemic planning stalled in ‘lost month’
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Boris Johnson took four days off as NHS warned Covid could ‘overwhelm’ system
Files show then PM was walking dog, riding motorbike and hosting guests as pandemic planning stalled in ‘lost month’
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Boris Johnson took four days off as NHS warned Covid could ‘overwhelm’ system
Files show then PM was walking dog, riding motorbike and hosting guests as pandemic planning stalled in ‘lost month’
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Files show then PM was walking dog, riding motorbike and hosting guests as pandemic planning stalled in ‘lost month’
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Preston North End getting some rare attention #pnefc
In-form Preston lead surprise surge for Championship’s unfancied contenders
Months after close shave with relegation, North End face Blackburn on Friday night with second spot in their sights
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
In-form Preston lead surprise surge for Championship’s unfancied contenders
Months after close shave with relegation, North End face Blackburn on Friday night with second spot in their sights
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
In-form Preston lead surprise surge for Championship’s unfancied contenders
Months after close shave with relegation, North End face Blackburn on Friday night with second spot in their sights
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Preston North End getting some rare attention #pnefc
In-form Preston lead surprise surge for Championship’s unfancied contenders
Months after close shave with relegation, North End face Blackburn on Friday night with second spot in their sights
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
In-form Preston lead surprise surge for Championship’s unfancied contenders
Months after close shave with relegation, North End face Blackburn on Friday night with second spot in their sights
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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Reminder that if you post an image without alt text, you’re excluding visually impaired people.
Not good.
Not good.
November 19, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Reminder that if you post an image without alt text, you’re excluding visually impaired people.
Not good.
Not good.
Paul McCartney joins music industry protest against AI with silent track
Former Beatle and artists including Sam Fender, Kate Bush and Hans Zimmer record silent LP Is This What We Want
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
Former Beatle and artists including Sam Fender, Kate Bush and Hans Zimmer record silent LP Is This What We Want
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
Paul McCartney joins music industry protest against AI with silent track
Former Beatle and artists including Sam Fender, Kate Bush and Hans Zimmer record silent LP Is This What We Want
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Paul McCartney joins music industry protest against AI with silent track
Former Beatle and artists including Sam Fender, Kate Bush and Hans Zimmer record silent LP Is This What We Want
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
Former Beatle and artists including Sam Fender, Kate Bush and Hans Zimmer record silent LP Is This What We Want
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
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BBC
Bias is often in the eye of the beholder
So let’s stick to measurable facts
During 10 yrs of debate about Brexit, BBC QuestionTime had Britain’s Members of the European Parliament on the show 50 times
Every single one was from the pro Brexit minority
47 were from UKIP/BP
23 times Farage
Bias is often in the eye of the beholder
So let’s stick to measurable facts
During 10 yrs of debate about Brexit, BBC QuestionTime had Britain’s Members of the European Parliament on the show 50 times
Every single one was from the pro Brexit minority
47 were from UKIP/BP
23 times Farage
November 14, 2025 at 7:43 PM
BBC
Bias is often in the eye of the beholder
So let’s stick to measurable facts
During 10 yrs of debate about Brexit, BBC QuestionTime had Britain’s Members of the European Parliament on the show 50 times
Every single one was from the pro Brexit minority
47 were from UKIP/BP
23 times Farage
Bias is often in the eye of the beholder
So let’s stick to measurable facts
During 10 yrs of debate about Brexit, BBC QuestionTime had Britain’s Members of the European Parliament on the show 50 times
Every single one was from the pro Brexit minority
47 were from UKIP/BP
23 times Farage
“We note that the outcome was determined on the ‘Balance of Probabilities’ rather than one that is ‘Beyond Reasonable Doubt’.”
Preston’s Osmajic gets nine-match ban for racial abuse of Burnley’s Mejbri #football #pnefc
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Preston’s Osmajic gets nine-match ban for racial abuse of Burnley’s Mejbri #football #pnefc
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Preston’s Osmajic gets nine-match ban for racial abuse of Burnley’s Mejbri
Preston said they were ‘extremely disappointed’ after Milutin Osmajic was banned for allegedly making racist comments to Burnley’s Hannibal Mejbri
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:57 AM
“We note that the outcome was determined on the ‘Balance of Probabilities’ rather than one that is ‘Beyond Reasonable Doubt’.”
Preston’s Osmajic gets nine-match ban for racial abuse of Burnley’s Mejbri #football #pnefc
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Preston’s Osmajic gets nine-match ban for racial abuse of Burnley’s Mejbri #football #pnefc
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Emergency services called to train derailment in Cumbria
Avanti West Coast says all lines blocked due to derailed train between Penrith North Lakes and Oxenholme Lake District
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Avanti West Coast says all lines blocked due to derailed train between Penrith North Lakes and Oxenholme Lake District
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Emergency services called to train derailment in Cumbria
Avanti West Coast says all lines blocked due to derailed train between Penrith North Lakes and Oxenholme Lake District
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Emergency services called to train derailment in Cumbria
Avanti West Coast says all lines blocked due to derailed train between Penrith North Lakes and Oxenholme Lake District
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Avanti West Coast says all lines blocked due to derailed train between Penrith North Lakes and Oxenholme Lake District
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Hurricane Melissa strengthens into category 4 as it approaches Jamaica
Storm could intensify further, threatening to cause catastrophic flooding in the northern Caribbean, including Haiti
#ClimateEmergency
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Storm could intensify further, threatening to cause catastrophic flooding in the northern Caribbean, including Haiti
#ClimateEmergency
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Hurricane Melissa strengthens into category 4 as it approaches Jamaica
Storm could intensify further, threatening to cause catastrophic flooding in the northern Caribbean, including Haiti
www.theguardian.com
October 26, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Hurricane Melissa strengthens into category 4 as it approaches Jamaica
Storm could intensify further, threatening to cause catastrophic flooding in the northern Caribbean, including Haiti
#ClimateEmergency
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Storm could intensify further, threatening to cause catastrophic flooding in the northern Caribbean, including Haiti
#ClimateEmergency
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
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![Cartoon by Stephen Collins for the Guardian.
[Scene is BBC BREAKFAST with two presenters and a guest on the sofa].
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PRESENTER:
Now - some disturbing new research has shown
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PRESENTER:
that as many as 10 non-Reform political parties may currently operating ‘under the radar’ across the UK.
[Show on screen logos for Greens, Lib Dems, Conservatives
3
PRESENTER:
In the studio to discuss this, Nigel Farage
[We see the guest on the sofa is indeed Nigel Farage]
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PRESENTER:
Nigel, what’s your view?
FARAGE:
Well I think this very worrying.
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FARAGE:
And just another reason why we should ban all immigration.
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PRESENTER:
I won’t push back on that
FARAGE:
Absolutely!
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PRESENTER:
Funnily enough, this is what your new show’s about, isn’t it?
FARAGE:
Oop - plug time!
PRESENTER:
Ha ha
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FARAGE:
Yes it’s a 12-part BBC documentary called ‘In Search Of The Political Parties That Aren’t My One’.
9
[Show on the TV screen Farage presenting a documentary series titled In Search Of The Political Parties That Aren’t My One. He is wearing his farmer's getup and looking dreamily at the UK from hillsides, visiting pubs and chatting with the locals, etc]
FARAGE:
It’s a really emotional journey
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FARAGE:
with lots of dreamy footage of me looking relatable...
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FARAGE:
as I answer the question:
*Am I the only option for Britain?*
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[Cut back to studio]
PRESENTER:
I won’t push back on that
FARAGE:
Absolutely!
[ends]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreidseyojvyqngmitl76iafvvbvgg4a3i7a26642c2c3gacoi7pwtbi@jpeg)
Alt: Cartoon by Matt Davies showing a demolition worker in a yellow heavy duty digger wrecking the East Wing of the White House. Trump is standing close by and is presenting the worker with a presidential pardon
October 26, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Alt: Cartoon by Matt Davies showing a demolition worker in a yellow heavy duty digger wrecking the East Wing of the White House. Trump is standing close by and is presenting the worker with a presidential pardon
Jeez. Thoughts with the people of Jamaica. This will be huge. #ClimateEmergency
BREAKING: Melissa becomes a major category 3 hurricane, heading for Jamaica
October 26, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Jeez. Thoughts with the people of Jamaica. This will be huge. #ClimateEmergency
Sheffield Wednesday have filed a notice to be placed under Administration #football
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
Sheffield Wednesday: Championship club file for administration
Sheffield Wednesday have filed a notice to be put it into administration after it was revealed last week that His Majesty's Revenue & Customs were set to issue a winding-up petition against the club.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 24, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Sheffield Wednesday have filed a notice to be placed under Administration #football
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
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The Conservative immigration proposals cannot be allowed to stand without a profound and widespread statement of moral condemnation inews.co.uk/opinion/tori...
October 22, 2025 at 4:05 PM
The Conservative immigration proposals cannot be allowed to stand without a profound and widespread statement of moral condemnation inews.co.uk/opinion/tori...
London woman ‘shocked’ by £150 fine for pouring coffee down street drain
Burcu Yesilyurt handed fixed-penalty notice by enforcement officers near Richmond station
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Burcu Yesilyurt handed fixed-penalty notice by enforcement officers near Richmond station
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
London woman ‘shocked’ by £150 fine for pouring coffee down street drain
Burcu Yesilyurt handed fixed-penalty notice by enforcement officers near Richmond station
www.theguardian.com
October 22, 2025 at 5:28 PM
London woman ‘shocked’ by £150 fine for pouring coffee down street drain
Burcu Yesilyurt handed fixed-penalty notice by enforcement officers near Richmond station
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Burcu Yesilyurt handed fixed-penalty notice by enforcement officers near Richmond station
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
‘It’s all just wonderful’: minnows Mjällby win unlikely Swedish title for first time
• Team from a town with a population of under 1,400
#football
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
• Team from a town with a population of under 1,400
#football
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
‘It’s all just wonderful’: minnows Mjällby win unlikely Swedish title for first time
Mjällby, from a town with a population of under 1,400, beat IFK Gothenburg 2-0 to win the Allsvenskan for the first time
www.theguardian.com
October 21, 2025 at 6:58 AM
‘It’s all just wonderful’: minnows Mjällby win unlikely Swedish title for first time
• Team from a town with a population of under 1,400
#football
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
• Team from a town with a population of under 1,400
#football
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Are we living in a golden age of stupidity?
From brain-rotting videos to AI creep, every technological advance seems to make it harder to work, remember, think and function independently
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
From brain-rotting videos to AI creep, every technological advance seems to make it harder to work, remember, think and function independently
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Are we living in a golden age of stupidity?
From brain-rotting videos to AI creep, every technological advance seems to make it harder to work, remember, think and function independently …
www.theguardian.com
October 19, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Are we living in a golden age of stupidity?
From brain-rotting videos to AI creep, every technological advance seems to make it harder to work, remember, think and function independently
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
From brain-rotting videos to AI creep, every technological advance seems to make it harder to work, remember, think and function independently
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
October 18, 2025 at 11:25 AM