Robert Lyons
@robertlyons.bsky.social
Author of The Shell Collector, a tale of the City of London.
Reading, classical music, art, golf, grandfather to 6. Political centrist, unsympathetic to ideologists of either wing.
Reading, classical music, art, golf, grandfather to 6. Political centrist, unsympathetic to ideologists of either wing.
The Roman empire imploded in 410 AD, when its emperor couldn’t keep his people with him as he failed to cope with the challenge from outside.
And now the century of US power and hegemony is about to end. Destroyed by a leader who failed to keep his people with him…
You get the picture?
And now the century of US power and hegemony is about to end. Destroyed by a leader who failed to keep his people with him…
You get the picture?
December 9, 2025 at 2:49 AM
The Roman empire imploded in 410 AD, when its emperor couldn’t keep his people with him as he failed to cope with the challenge from outside.
And now the century of US power and hegemony is about to end. Destroyed by a leader who failed to keep his people with him…
You get the picture?
And now the century of US power and hegemony is about to end. Destroyed by a leader who failed to keep his people with him…
You get the picture?
I love the model, but have to admit that if we had it in the UK, I’d be either broke or dead.
So my wife says, maybe not such a great idea.
So my wife says, maybe not such a great idea.
December 8, 2025 at 8:58 PM
I love the model, but have to admit that if we had it in the UK, I’d be either broke or dead.
So my wife says, maybe not such a great idea.
So my wife says, maybe not such a great idea.
Who ever releases a video of a war crime he himself committed? Voluntarily?
December 8, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Who ever releases a video of a war crime he himself committed? Voluntarily?
We don’t want the folk who’ve just come home from shopping to know they’ve just paid more for their food than they used to, do we?
December 8, 2025 at 6:01 PM
We don’t want the folk who’ve just come home from shopping to know they’ve just paid more for their food than they used to, do we?
They want his support - and Musk’s. Not sure it’ll do them much good. Most of us wouldn’t touch him with a sterilised bargepole.
December 8, 2025 at 5:29 PM
They want his support - and Musk’s. Not sure it’ll do them much good. Most of us wouldn’t touch him with a sterilised bargepole.
Can’t say people living in European democracies have much love for Trump.
After all, he prefers Putin’s Russia to us.
God help the USA if China and Russia combine and there are no countries left willing to support you.
After all, he prefers Putin’s Russia to us.
God help the USA if China and Russia combine and there are no countries left willing to support you.
December 8, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Can’t say people living in European democracies have much love for Trump.
After all, he prefers Putin’s Russia to us.
God help the USA if China and Russia combine and there are no countries left willing to support you.
After all, he prefers Putin’s Russia to us.
God help the USA if China and Russia combine and there are no countries left willing to support you.
Throwball?
Oh no, that's Baseball. And Basketball.
Hmm...
Oh no, that's Baseball. And Basketball.
Hmm...
December 8, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Throwball?
Oh no, that's Baseball. And Basketball.
Hmm...
Oh no, that's Baseball. And Basketball.
Hmm...
Electorates are strange. Trump was re-elected after Jan 6 2021. The UK voted for Brexit. Reform UK may well be elected in 2028/9.
The USA is learning its lesson. Must we go through a similar learning process before the lessons sink in?
For the sake of my grandkids, I do hope not.
The USA is learning its lesson. Must we go through a similar learning process before the lessons sink in?
For the sake of my grandkids, I do hope not.
December 8, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Electorates are strange. Trump was re-elected after Jan 6 2021. The UK voted for Brexit. Reform UK may well be elected in 2028/9.
The USA is learning its lesson. Must we go through a similar learning process before the lessons sink in?
For the sake of my grandkids, I do hope not.
The USA is learning its lesson. Must we go through a similar learning process before the lessons sink in?
For the sake of my grandkids, I do hope not.
It seems a reasonable place for Elon Musk to spend his latter days.
December 8, 2025 at 10:40 AM
It seems a reasonable place for Elon Musk to spend his latter days.
One of the lessons we need to learn about our democracies is that the world is a funny old place which not everyone sees through the same eyes.
But we still prefer it to systems which teach everyone to think alike.
But we still prefer it to systems which teach everyone to think alike.
December 8, 2025 at 10:38 AM
One of the lessons we need to learn about our democracies is that the world is a funny old place which not everyone sees through the same eyes.
But we still prefer it to systems which teach everyone to think alike.
But we still prefer it to systems which teach everyone to think alike.
“With Edward Kennedy”, did I hear?
December 8, 2025 at 12:01 AM
“With Edward Kennedy”, did I hear?
Too intelligent, I fear.
December 7, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Too intelligent, I fear.
The ultimate impossible choice.
December 7, 2025 at 11:54 PM
The ultimate impossible choice.
… the Kennedy Center Peace Prize.
December 7, 2025 at 11:49 PM
… the Kennedy Center Peace Prize.
“And this year’s Kennedy Center Peace Prize…”
December 7, 2025 at 11:46 PM
“And this year’s Kennedy Center Peace Prize…”
Next up: the Kennedy Peace Prize. Nominations from Cabinet members to the Chair, please.
December 7, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Next up: the Kennedy Peace Prize. Nominations from Cabinet members to the Chair, please.
Two men standing on half of a boat are a threat to the USA?
God help your country!
God help your country!
December 7, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Two men standing on half of a boat are a threat to the USA?
God help your country!
God help your country!
We had public hangings in England only a couple of centuries ago.
They have them in Iran today.
I wonder which he admires more.
They have them in Iran today.
I wonder which he admires more.
December 7, 2025 at 6:31 PM
We had public hangings in England only a couple of centuries ago.
They have them in Iran today.
I wonder which he admires more.
They have them in Iran today.
I wonder which he admires more.
Don Jr has made no bones about not needing finance in the US because they can get what they want from Russia.
As I keep saying:
FOLLOW THE MONEY!!!
As I keep saying:
FOLLOW THE MONEY!!!
December 7, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Don Jr has made no bones about not needing finance in the US because they can get what they want from Russia.
As I keep saying:
FOLLOW THE MONEY!!!
As I keep saying:
FOLLOW THE MONEY!!!
Sorry, missed it.
December 7, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Sorry, missed it.
The most pressing issue is the incompetence of the present administration.
Got it yet?
Got it yet?
December 7, 2025 at 11:02 AM
The most pressing issue is the incompetence of the present administration.
Got it yet?
Got it yet?
We switch on to The Lead most evenings at 10pm in London because we enjoy the reporting.
But as for the ridiculous repetitive ads in praise of yourselves… frankly we’re on the verge of switching you off every time they come up. Last night, seven in a row, so we did.
But as for the ridiculous repetitive ads in praise of yourselves… frankly we’re on the verge of switching you off every time they come up. Last night, seven in a row, so we did.
December 7, 2025 at 11:00 AM
We switch on to The Lead most evenings at 10pm in London because we enjoy the reporting.
But as for the ridiculous repetitive ads in praise of yourselves… frankly we’re on the verge of switching you off every time they come up. Last night, seven in a row, so we did.
But as for the ridiculous repetitive ads in praise of yourselves… frankly we’re on the verge of switching you off every time they come up. Last night, seven in a row, so we did.
Attendance obligatory?
December 7, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Attendance obligatory?
But not Philip Pullman’s The Book of Dust?
Both written for children.
The one by a literate adult.
The other by a petulant child.
Both written for children.
The one by a literate adult.
The other by a petulant child.
December 6, 2025 at 10:58 PM
But not Philip Pullman’s The Book of Dust?
Both written for children.
The one by a literate adult.
The other by a petulant child.
Both written for children.
The one by a literate adult.
The other by a petulant child.