Nigel Ridpath
@nigelx31.bsky.social
Cotswolds-dweller. Proud Dad. Travel: 57 countries. Saracens & Eng rugby. Electronic music. Devotee. European. Humanist celebrant. 🔶️ Councillor.
July 4, 2025 at 8:30 PM
June 20, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Loving this weather. Had some friends around for a few drinks. Only just come inside, as it finally got completely dark. Need to remember this moment in February!
June 18, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Loving this weather. Had some friends around for a few drinks. Only just come inside, as it finally got completely dark. Need to remember this moment in February!
I wonder whether this is the moment where #Elon turns full Bond villain. The elements are all there. Desire to take over space, control energy supplies and communications. And now the motivation of being publicly humiliated.
He just needs a ket ... sorry ... cat.
He just needs a ket ... sorry ... cat.
June 6, 2025 at 6:16 AM
I wonder whether this is the moment where #Elon turns full Bond villain. The elements are all there. Desire to take over space, control energy supplies and communications. And now the motivation of being publicly humiliated.
He just needs a ket ... sorry ... cat.
He just needs a ket ... sorry ... cat.
The observant might spot me on TV news with Sir Ed later this afternoon.
May 2, 2025 at 1:47 PM
The observant might spot me on TV news with Sir Ed later this afternoon.
Initial overview from a count in Oxfordshire ... Tories going backwards at a rate of knots, LibDems up, Labour just about holding their own. Reform vote up but not translating to seats.
May 1, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Initial overview from a count in Oxfordshire ... Tories going backwards at a rate of knots, LibDems up, Labour just about holding their own. Reform vote up but not translating to seats.
Could have done with #ExeterChiefs doing us a favour ... 🙄
April 27, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Could have done with #ExeterChiefs doing us a favour ... 🙄
Watching #BBC news. I'm always in awe of how diplomats operate. To think that the wrong word could lead to international incidents, even war, is unconscionable. To do it in your 2nd language - doubly so. So hats off to #markrutte at the #NATO summit presser.
April 4, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Watching #BBC news. I'm always in awe of how diplomats operate. To think that the wrong word could lead to international incidents, even war, is unconscionable. To do it in your 2nd language - doubly so. So hats off to #markrutte at the #NATO summit presser.
Thoroughly depressing that this country is pivoting to putting the defence industry at the heart of its industrial strategy. I understand why the govt is doing it. It's just sad that it's no longer driving to net zero or improving health outcomes. #springstatement
March 26, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Thoroughly depressing that this country is pivoting to putting the defence industry at the heart of its industrial strategy. I understand why the govt is doing it. It's just sad that it's no longer driving to net zero or improving health outcomes. #springstatement
Just love it!
March 23, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Just love it!
@sophiepedder.bsky.social Did your mother teach French at a school in Surrey? If so, she taught me.
March 23, 2025 at 6:14 PM
@sophiepedder.bsky.social Did your mother teach French at a school in Surrey? If so, she taught me.
Posted without comment. 😄
March 23, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Posted without comment. 😄
I agree with Janey Godley.
February 28, 2025 at 6:53 PM
I agree with Janey Godley.
Really enjoyed #TotallyCompletelyFine on @itvxofficial.bsky.social. Would recommend.
January 19, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Really enjoyed #TotallyCompletelyFine on @itvxofficial.bsky.social. Would recommend.
Post of the day.
Challenge accepted!
🎤I am the very model of a modern crashed economy
I've underperformed vegetables like lettuces and broccoli
I know the cheese of England, and I want a Keir apology
From pork markets to pensions too, my life is tragicomedy
🎤I am the very model of a modern crashed economy
I've underperformed vegetables like lettuces and broccoli
I know the cheese of England, and I want a Keir apology
From pork markets to pensions too, my life is tragicomedy
When you put it like that, it sounds like a Gilbert and Sullivan plot
January 10, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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The view from my lounge window today. Sleepy hollow vibes.
January 5, 2025 at 11:12 AM
The view from my lounge window today. Sleepy hollow vibes.