@pencilneck.bsky.social
Left-wing chunterer, remoaner, musician, long Covid, Bradford City fc, Grimsby Town fc.
I guess this semi-random collection of words makes sense to you.
February 17, 2026 at 1:13 AM
I guess this semi-random collection of words makes sense to you.
RefUK made a stupid fuss, as is their way, about a common sense proposal. ‘Legal advice’ is not the same as illegal - again, not wasting loads of time and taxpayers’ money was probably behind the decision. And you think Starmer himself should have been leafing through the legal details?
February 16, 2026 at 6:48 PM
RefUK made a stupid fuss, as is their way, about a common sense proposal. ‘Legal advice’ is not the same as illegal - again, not wasting loads of time and taxpayers’ money was probably behind the decision. And you think Starmer himself should have been leafing through the legal details?
Zilch to do with Starmer, but The Scum knows that. Councils about to be reorganised applied for delays to avoid them having to have a second election in quick succession. It's about not wasting everyone's time and saving taxpayers' money.
February 16, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Zilch to do with Starmer, but The Scum knows that. Councils about to be reorganised applied for delays to avoid them having to have a second election in quick succession. It's about not wasting everyone's time and saving taxpayers' money.
Why do wankers like this get to platform their rancid world view? What's his qualification to do it, residing in Monaco?
February 11, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Why do wankers like this get to platform their rancid world view? What's his qualification to do it, residing in Monaco?
Farage's mate
February 6, 2026 at 2:35 PM
Farage's mate
Owning a mistake and apologising for it goes a long way. When else has a PM done that?
February 6, 2026 at 10:12 AM
Owning a mistake and apologising for it goes a long way. When else has a PM done that?
Not where Kuenssberg has anything to do with it.
February 5, 2026 at 9:36 AM
Not where Kuenssberg has anything to do with it.
The state of our news media is laughable. Until/if that is addressed we will never have something we can reliably call democracy, in spite of any changes or tweaks that might be made to the electoral system.
February 5, 2026 at 9:34 AM
The state of our news media is laughable. Until/if that is addressed we will never have something we can reliably call democracy, in spite of any changes or tweaks that might be made to the electoral system.
Starmer could just change the electoral system is possibly the maddest thing I've seen for a while. A referendum on it was not even in the last Labour manifesto (although I wish it had been).
February 4, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Starmer could just change the electoral system is possibly the maddest thing I've seen for a while. A referendum on it was not even in the last Labour manifesto (although I wish it had been).
Something not done within the first 18 months is not a broken promise Zack, as you well know. Be better please.
February 2, 2026 at 3:16 PM
Something not done within the first 18 months is not a broken promise Zack, as you well know. Be better please.
'lost leadership of Andy Burnham'? The bloke who legged it when he lost the leadership election, instead of standing by the Labour Party, thereby helping consign us to the worst Tory Government in living memory? No thanks.
January 30, 2026 at 9:28 PM
'lost leadership of Andy Burnham'? The bloke who legged it when he lost the leadership election, instead of standing by the Labour Party, thereby helping consign us to the worst Tory Government in living memory? No thanks.
To clarify:
Burnham wasn't a candidate.
He applied for permission to step down as Mayor early, which would need NEC to create a special waiver for the rules forbidding that. The rule stood
He wasn't "blocked" & NEC didn't "interfere"
Existing rules didn't allow him to be a candidate (which he knew)
Burnham wasn't a candidate.
He applied for permission to step down as Mayor early, which would need NEC to create a special waiver for the rules forbidding that. The rule stood
He wasn't "blocked" & NEC didn't "interfere"
Existing rules didn't allow him to be a candidate (which he knew)
January 26, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Starmer did it? Really?
January 26, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Starmer did it? Really?
What on earth is so appealing about Burnham all of a sudden? People seem to be losing their minds over a mediocre politician, who ran away at the first sign of trouble, and whose ego now wants back in. He's clearly only out for himself, and it looks like the selection panel saw that.
January 25, 2026 at 3:39 PM
What on earth is so appealing about Burnham all of a sudden? People seem to be losing their minds over a mediocre politician, who ran away at the first sign of trouble, and whose ego now wants back in. He's clearly only out for himself, and it looks like the selection panel saw that.
The Labour Party, I'm going on about the Labour Party. Burnham undermined it, thereby helping consign us to the worst Tories in history. Now his ego wants back, and in the process creating division and disruption? He's only out for himself, surely you can see that? The Labour version of Johnson.
January 25, 2026 at 3:06 PM
The Labour Party, I'm going on about the Labour Party. Burnham undermined it, thereby helping consign us to the worst Tories in history. Now his ego wants back, and in the process creating division and disruption? He's only out for himself, surely you can see that? The Labour version of Johnson.
He and Cooper et al have a lot to answer for. They stabbed Corbyn in the front and then ran away to undermine him from the sidelines, instead of working together to defeat some of the worst tories we have ever seen. Personally I would tell the traitor to naff off.
January 25, 2026 at 11:30 AM
He and Cooper et al have a lot to answer for. They stabbed Corbyn in the front and then ran away to undermine him from the sidelines, instead of working together to defeat some of the worst tories we have ever seen. Personally I would tell the traitor to naff off.
What does this constant raking-over of how people intend to vote achieve, when the next GE is most likely 3.5 years off? It probably only benefits Reform to be continually talked-up, and normalised, since many voters are known to follow the 'winner'.
January 22, 2026 at 9:30 AM
What does this constant raking-over of how people intend to vote achieve, when the next GE is most likely 3.5 years off? It probably only benefits Reform to be continually talked-up, and normalised, since many voters are known to follow the 'winner'.
Yeah, it was always BS. They are prepared to say anything to further their rancid programme.
January 20, 2026 at 11:58 AM
Yeah, it was always BS. They are prepared to say anything to further their rancid programme.
I wouldn't go if they paid you either.
January 19, 2026 at 6:40 PM
I wouldn't go if they paid you either.
No one likes a Toryform.
January 19, 2026 at 8:06 AM
No one likes a Toryform.
You're a little charmer aren't you.
January 18, 2026 at 8:54 PM
You're a little charmer aren't you.
But that is the point, he HAS started the journey back, with constructive engagement on a range of issues, closer alignment, the CU back on the cards, ID... The UK needs to prove itself to both the EU and itself before actually rejoining can become real.
January 18, 2026 at 12:51 PM
But that is the point, he HAS started the journey back, with constructive engagement on a range of issues, closer alignment, the CU back on the cards, ID... The UK needs to prove itself to both the EU and itself before actually rejoining can become real.
The EU won't wear it. Until we are in a stable place to rejoin and stay in the EU, there is simply no chance. And it's not going to be a simple pick up where we left off scenario either - they'll want e-IDs (see what he's trying to do?), single currency etc. We're nowhere near that.
January 18, 2026 at 10:25 AM
The EU won't wear it. Until we are in a stable place to rejoin and stay in the EU, there is simply no chance. And it's not going to be a simple pick up where we left off scenario either - they'll want e-IDs (see what he's trying to do?), single currency etc. We're nowhere near that.
I think Starmer may be ready - and the EU willing to accept - another referendum after the next GE, and Starmer might make it an election issue.
January 18, 2026 at 6:44 AM
I think Starmer may be ready - and the EU willing to accept - another referendum after the next GE, and Starmer might make it an election issue.