steve-krikler.bsky.social
@steve-krikler.bsky.social
Retired surgeon. Passionate about the NHS. Travelled a bit, people everywhere have similar needs, often let down by their ‘leaders’.
As excoriating as ever, from the opening paragraph on throughout the whole piece.
January 31, 2026 at 8:13 AM
Rearrange the following:
Door
Horse
Bolted
Stable
Shutting
After

And anyway, he’ll take no notice.
January 9, 2026 at 10:11 AM
POISE
OPENS?
January 4, 2026 at 7:34 AM
No,
FALSE
FERAL
FLING?
January 1, 2026 at 9:31 AM
FALSE
FERAL
FIGHT?
January 1, 2026 at 9:28 AM
Beautiful prose, as usual. A superb satire filled, as is all the best satire, with painful truths.
December 15, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Coventry used to have two ENT surgeons called Mr Curry and Mr Rice.
December 12, 2025 at 10:02 PM
You’re correct, but the people arguing we should leave the ECHR claim their reason is it is imposed on us by Europe, so the counter to this argument is “no, it is British”. Either way, protecting human rights seems a good idea.
October 8, 2025 at 7:31 AM
So it presumably means Newark is not well integrated.
October 7, 2025 at 5:06 PM
👏
October 7, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Not in the least surprising.

It is how Putin has repeatedly dealt with political opponents.
September 18, 2025 at 6:33 AM
and was found guilty. Well done Brazil. Trump escaped the legal system; shame on you USA.

Putin and Netanyahu are cast in the same mould. They have clung to power and vast numbers of people have died as a consequence of their actions. Both have been indicted for war crimes and should stand trial
September 12, 2025 at 8:01 AM
reflection on the state of the legal and political systems in the USA that Trump managed to avoid trial, got reelected (I would say the Democrats lost the election rather than Trump won it), and then issued a pardon to all the perpetrators of Jan 6 riots.

Bolsonaro went through the legal system …
September 12, 2025 at 8:01 AM