Gritted Teeth
@winfamb.bsky.social
North Essex. Retired.
Natural worrier, dislike of all things Tory and their ilk.
Family, Empathy, Fairness & Decency. And dogs.
Serious Moonlight.
Natural worrier, dislike of all things Tory and their ilk.
Family, Empathy, Fairness & Decency. And dogs.
Serious Moonlight.
I was ticking over nicely until the Bushmills came out.
December 26, 2025 at 9:43 PM
I was ticking over nicely until the Bushmills came out.
In the words of Prince, very soon I'm going to eat like it is 1999.
December 25, 2025 at 3:02 PM
In the words of Prince, very soon I'm going to eat like it is 1999.
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DOJ busy over the holiday period redacting mentions of Trump…
December 24, 2025 at 11:50 AM
DOJ busy over the holiday period redacting mentions of Trump…
Looks like I picked a bad time to not feel like eating or drinking.
December 23, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Looks like I picked a bad time to not feel like eating or drinking.
What would Joe Strummer do?
December 23, 2025 at 7:57 PM
What would Joe Strummer do?
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Reading the reflections on Joe Strummer on the anniversary of his death.
Joe was the greatest front man I've ever seen. Unlike the others who top polls, Joe was authentic. The Clash were authentic.
Joe was the greatest front man I've ever seen. Unlike the others who top polls, Joe was authentic. The Clash were authentic.
December 23, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Reading the reflections on Joe Strummer on the anniversary of his death.
Joe was the greatest front man I've ever seen. Unlike the others who top polls, Joe was authentic. The Clash were authentic.
Joe was the greatest front man I've ever seen. Unlike the others who top polls, Joe was authentic. The Clash were authentic.
This evening I've been listening to The Clash & Bowie. The Clash speak to me as my life is. Bowie about how life could be. Both equally valid.
December 21, 2025 at 8:20 PM
This evening I've been listening to The Clash & Bowie. The Clash speak to me as my life is. Bowie about how life could be. Both equally valid.
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The British state is really good at one thing-Making sure that those at the top are never held accountable when disaster happens. From Aberfan to Ibrox and from Hillsborough to Grenfell the sure and certain thing is that those responsible are never punished. #r4today
December 19, 2025 at 8:23 AM
The British state is really good at one thing-Making sure that those at the top are never held accountable when disaster happens. From Aberfan to Ibrox and from Hillsborough to Grenfell the sure and certain thing is that those responsible are never punished. #r4today
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Beyond words.
But I'll try anyway.
Somewhere on this planet is The Worst Human. It stands to reason one of us is The Worst One. Logically, somebody has to be.
And it's this cunt, isn't it.
But I'll try anyway.
Somewhere on this planet is The Worst Human. It stands to reason one of us is The Worst One. Logically, somebody has to be.
And it's this cunt, isn't it.
December 15, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Beyond words.
But I'll try anyway.
Somewhere on this planet is The Worst Human. It stands to reason one of us is The Worst One. Logically, somebody has to be.
And it's this cunt, isn't it.
But I'll try anyway.
Somewhere on this planet is The Worst Human. It stands to reason one of us is The Worst One. Logically, somebody has to be.
And it's this cunt, isn't it.
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I grew up in the 70s and 80s.
If you weren't there, just a little clarification on that Spectator piece.
Literally, NOBODY admired Hitler. Apart from nazis.
Hope that helps.
If you weren't there, just a little clarification on that Spectator piece.
Literally, NOBODY admired Hitler. Apart from nazis.
Hope that helps.
December 10, 2025 at 1:14 PM
I grew up in the 70s and 80s.
If you weren't there, just a little clarification on that Spectator piece.
Literally, NOBODY admired Hitler. Apart from nazis.
Hope that helps.
If you weren't there, just a little clarification on that Spectator piece.
Literally, NOBODY admired Hitler. Apart from nazis.
Hope that helps.
The biggest problems in the UK are:
Old people like me
Brexit
Housing.
Old people like me
Brexit
Housing.
December 5, 2025 at 11:32 AM
The biggest problems in the UK are:
Old people like me
Brexit
Housing.
Old people like me
Brexit
Housing.
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Rising racism blamed for collapse in number of foreign nurses coming to UK.
UKIP/Reform/Farage damaged the economy with Brexit, now destroying the NHS.
The UK is an ageing society, without immigration the economy can't function. Will we ever get an honest debate?
UKIP/Reform/Farage damaged the economy with Brexit, now destroying the NHS.
The UK is an ageing society, without immigration the economy can't function. Will we ever get an honest debate?
Rising racism blamed for collapse in number of foreign nurses coming to UK
Number of overseas nurses and midwives registered between April and September was half that of a year ago
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Rising racism blamed for collapse in number of foreign nurses coming to UK.
UKIP/Reform/Farage damaged the economy with Brexit, now destroying the NHS.
The UK is an ageing society, without immigration the economy can't function. Will we ever get an honest debate?
UKIP/Reform/Farage damaged the economy with Brexit, now destroying the NHS.
The UK is an ageing society, without immigration the economy can't function. Will we ever get an honest debate?
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It's Farage at his absolute weakest - thin-skinned, easy to offend, and nurturing a persecution complex.
He’s a vile man, no intellectual ability, just attacks anyone who disagrees with him.
A Trumpian drip.
He’s a vile man, no intellectual ability, just attacks anyone who disagrees with him.
A Trumpian drip.
December 4, 2025 at 6:23 PM
It's Farage at his absolute weakest - thin-skinned, easy to offend, and nurturing a persecution complex.
He’s a vile man, no intellectual ability, just attacks anyone who disagrees with him.
A Trumpian drip.
He’s a vile man, no intellectual ability, just attacks anyone who disagrees with him.
A Trumpian drip.
That is a bit too young for my liking...it must have been triggered by my wife having Teddy Swims on for what seemed forever.
December 4, 2025 at 2:06 PM
That is a bit too young for my liking...it must have been triggered by my wife having Teddy Swims on for what seemed forever.
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Grenfell as well. And many others instances. Nobody is prosecuted. The powerful protect each other.
As per fucking usual. Cops lie. Press lie. MPs lie. Families campaign in pain and anger. The truth comes out and no one, NO ONE gets punished no cops go to jail. Again and again and again it’s the same story but what is wrong with the justice system? Too many jury trials.
December 3, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Grenfell as well. And many others instances. Nobody is prosecuted. The powerful protect each other.
Hillsborough, the Post office, Grenfell all to the same template.
The Hillsborough Disaster was a textbook example of the way the UK state behaves after such an event. Protect those in positions of power, leak stories to the media to protect the same and then delay, delay, delay for decades. It all worked 'very well' didn't it? No justice for the 97 at all.
December 2, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Hillsborough, the Post office, Grenfell all to the same template.
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The Hillsborough Disaster was a textbook example of the way the UK state behaves after such an event. Protect those in positions of power, leak stories to the media to protect the same and then delay, delay, delay for decades. It all worked 'very well' didn't it? No justice for the 97 at all.
December 2, 2025 at 5:24 PM
The Hillsborough Disaster was a textbook example of the way the UK state behaves after such an event. Protect those in positions of power, leak stories to the media to protect the same and then delay, delay, delay for decades. It all worked 'very well' didn't it? No justice for the 97 at all.
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Can’t remember budget ‘case studies’ ever being quite so funny. Especially in newspapers that recently anointed Liz Truss a fiscal genius.
Wow - this guy must be really, REALLY bad with money if an extra £208 per month will “ruin” his retirement.
Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
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Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
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November 29, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Can’t remember budget ‘case studies’ ever being quite so funny. Especially in newspapers that recently anointed Liz Truss a fiscal genius.
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There comes a point where the criticism of Labour from the usual right wing sources becomes so hysterical, partial and nonsensical that it can be ignored. It's just noise.
That point is now.
That point is now.
November 29, 2025 at 4:57 AM
There comes a point where the criticism of Labour from the usual right wing sources becomes so hysterical, partial and nonsensical that it can be ignored. It's just noise.
That point is now.
That point is now.
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Do people throw their Clash records away when they discover Grant Shapps is Mick Jones' cousin?
Rachel Reeves' uncle is a trouble making tosser whose existence is totally irrelevant.
Rachel Reeves' uncle is a trouble making tosser whose existence is totally irrelevant.
November 28, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Do people throw their Clash records away when they discover Grant Shapps is Mick Jones' cousin?
Rachel Reeves' uncle is a trouble making tosser whose existence is totally irrelevant.
Rachel Reeves' uncle is a trouble making tosser whose existence is totally irrelevant.
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Tory immigration policy - ruinous, prejudiced madness.
Tory Brexit ideology - ruinous, prejudiced madness.
Why Labour is killing itself and the country to try to soothe the unsoothable rightwing media is beyond me. Tell the goddam truth. Publish the damage. Only then can you start to fix it.
Tory Brexit ideology - ruinous, prejudiced madness.
Why Labour is killing itself and the country to try to soothe the unsoothable rightwing media is beyond me. Tell the goddam truth. Publish the damage. Only then can you start to fix it.
November 27, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Tory immigration policy - ruinous, prejudiced madness.
Tory Brexit ideology - ruinous, prejudiced madness.
Why Labour is killing itself and the country to try to soothe the unsoothable rightwing media is beyond me. Tell the goddam truth. Publish the damage. Only then can you start to fix it.
Tory Brexit ideology - ruinous, prejudiced madness.
Why Labour is killing itself and the country to try to soothe the unsoothable rightwing media is beyond me. Tell the goddam truth. Publish the damage. Only then can you start to fix it.
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everyone knows farage is racist but the problem is people who like him don’t care because they are too
November 25, 2025 at 12:59 PM
everyone knows farage is racist but the problem is people who like him don’t care because they are too
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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It's not a coincidence that the four most damaging politicians of the last two decades (Cameron, Osborne, Johnson and Farage) are all the products of English public schools.
November 25, 2025 at 8:54 AM
It's not a coincidence that the four most damaging politicians of the last two decades (Cameron, Osborne, Johnson and Farage) are all the products of English public schools.
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I was looking for a job and then I found a job
And Heaven knows, I'm miserable now
And Heaven knows, I'm miserable now
November 23, 2025 at 8:09 AM
I was looking for a job and then I found a job
And Heaven knows, I'm miserable now
And Heaven knows, I'm miserable now