Peter Smith
@redpeter99.bsky.social
Recovering X and Twitter addict. Looking for a funnier, more intelligent place.
Lifelong Leeds United supporter.
I block racists.
Elderly white hippie and proud.
Lifelong Leeds United supporter.
I block racists.
Elderly white hippie and proud.
BBC Breakfast viewers asked to email their happy memories of Blind Date on its 40th anniversary.
Does preventing Cilla Black from making records count?
Does preventing Cilla Black from making records count?
November 28, 2025 at 6:27 AM
BBC Breakfast viewers asked to email their happy memories of Blind Date on its 40th anniversary.
Does preventing Cilla Black from making records count?
Does preventing Cilla Black from making records count?
A retail expert is asked on BBC News about avoiding buying unnecessary items on Black Friday.
Easy. Don't buy owt.
Easy. Don't buy owt.
November 28, 2025 at 5:57 AM
A retail expert is asked on BBC News about avoiding buying unnecessary items on Black Friday.
Easy. Don't buy owt.
Easy. Don't buy owt.
Strong Phil Daniels and Lesley Ash in Quadrophenia vibes.
A Street in Venice | John Singer Sargent
November 28, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Strong Phil Daniels and Lesley Ash in Quadrophenia vibes.
Led Zeppelin 4.
Listening to some old vinyl albums this afternoon. Name a better side one than Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young ‘s Déjà Vu.
November 28, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Led Zeppelin 4.
Political hacks such as Rigby, Mason and Coates should spend one year every five on secondment doing voluntary work in the poorest parts of the UK.
It would end their obsession with shenanigans in the Westminster bubble.
It would end their obsession with shenanigans in the Westminster bubble.
November 27, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Political hacks such as Rigby, Mason and Coates should spend one year every five on secondment doing voluntary work in the poorest parts of the UK.
It would end their obsession with shenanigans in the Westminster bubble.
It would end their obsession with shenanigans in the Westminster bubble.
First "It's dark and it's only 4 o clock" of 2025 here in North Yorkshire.
November 27, 2025 at 4:08 PM
First "It's dark and it's only 4 o clock" of 2025 here in North Yorkshire.
Aldi are selling a variation of pigs in blankets called Stags in Quilts - venison wrapped in bacon.
At £2.99 they're both cheap and a little deer.
At £2.99 they're both cheap and a little deer.
November 27, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Aldi are selling a variation of pigs in blankets called Stags in Quilts - venison wrapped in bacon.
At £2.99 they're both cheap and a little deer.
At £2.99 they're both cheap and a little deer.
One positive about the Budget. It nails the lie that there's no difference between Labour and the Tories.
November 27, 2025 at 2:49 PM
One positive about the Budget. It nails the lie that there's no difference between Labour and the Tories.
The "Is it a fallen leaf on the pavement or a pile of dog shit?" time of the year soon comes round.
November 27, 2025 at 11:17 AM
The "Is it a fallen leaf on the pavement or a pile of dog shit?" time of the year soon comes round.
Now immigration has dropped to around 200,000 would Reform and their ilk admit their real problem is they don't like people with different coloured faces.
November 27, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Now immigration has dropped to around 200,000 would Reform and their ilk admit their real problem is they don't like people with different coloured faces.
The Sky News coverage of the Budget yesterday was, bizarrely, focused on the OBR leak.
November 27, 2025 at 9:24 AM
The Sky News coverage of the Budget yesterday was, bizarrely, focused on the OBR leak.
What those who describe themselves as strivers fail to acknowledge is the amount of good fortune in their lives.
Whether it's being born into wealth, free education, buying a house decades ago, good health etc.
Not all hard work gets a commensurate reward.
Whether it's being born into wealth, free education, buying a house decades ago, good health etc.
Not all hard work gets a commensurate reward.
November 27, 2025 at 7:30 AM
What those who describe themselves as strivers fail to acknowledge is the amount of good fortune in their lives.
Whether it's being born into wealth, free education, buying a house decades ago, good health etc.
Not all hard work gets a commensurate reward.
Whether it's being born into wealth, free education, buying a house decades ago, good health etc.
Not all hard work gets a commensurate reward.
Think Ed has had one too many falls from his surfboard.
Not funny, not true.
Not funny, not true.
November 27, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Think Ed has had one too many falls from his surfboard.
Not funny, not true.
Not funny, not true.
Today is my foodbank day. It will surprise The Daily Mail that many of our clients are in work, important work.
They are strivers not shirkers.
They are strivers not shirkers.
November 27, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Today is my foodbank day. It will surprise The Daily Mail that many of our clients are in work, important work.
They are strivers not shirkers.
They are strivers not shirkers.
Switching between the Arsenal game and Championship games last night and realised I much prefer Bramall Lane and The Hawthorns to the Emirates Stadium.
#JumpersForGoalposts
#JumpersForGoalposts
November 27, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Switching between the Arsenal game and Championship games last night and realised I much prefer Bramall Lane and The Hawthorns to the Emirates Stadium.
#JumpersForGoalposts
#JumpersForGoalposts
Confused. Is a worker whose low wage needs topping up by the state a striver or a resident of Benefit Street?
November 27, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Confused. Is a worker whose low wage needs topping up by the state a striver or a resident of Benefit Street?
Poor Chris. He's just been outbid on eBay for the life sized inflatable Nigel Farage he'd set his heart on.
November 26, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Poor Chris. He's just been outbid on eBay for the life sized inflatable Nigel Farage he'd set his heart on.
The landlord of a Yorkshire pub is sometimes known as T'Publican.
November 26, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The landlord of a Yorkshire pub is sometimes known as T'Publican.
I love the news conference by Rachel Reeves on Sky News. The cross section of people behind her is rather nice to see.
November 26, 2025 at 4:05 PM
I love the news conference by Rachel Reeves on Sky News. The cross section of people behind her is rather nice to see.
Sam Coates on Sky News is doing a pretty good impression of a bloke whose puppy has just died.
Questioning whether the OBR forecasts are too favourable for Labour.
Give it a rest, fella
Questioning whether the OBR forecasts are too favourable for Labour.
Give it a rest, fella
November 26, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Sam Coates on Sky News is doing a pretty good impression of a bloke whose puppy has just died.
Questioning whether the OBR forecasts are too favourable for Labour.
Give it a rest, fella
Questioning whether the OBR forecasts are too favourable for Labour.
Give it a rest, fella
There are many responses to the appalling speech from Kemi Badenoch but one, for sure, isn't Prime Minister in Waiting.
November 26, 2025 at 2:10 PM
There are many responses to the appalling speech from Kemi Badenoch but one, for sure, isn't Prime Minister in Waiting.
Remember the Monty Python sketch when Michael Palin was trying to buy an argument and accidentally entered the room for abuse.
Uncannily like Badenoch's response to the #Budget.
Uncannily like Badenoch's response to the #Budget.
November 26, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Remember the Monty Python sketch when Michael Palin was trying to buy an argument and accidentally entered the room for abuse.
Uncannily like Badenoch's response to the #Budget.
Uncannily like Badenoch's response to the #Budget.
There are goldfish with better memories than Badenoch.
95% of the problems faced by Labour are a result of 14 years of Tory incompetence and negligence.
#Budget
95% of the problems faced by Labour are a result of 14 years of Tory incompetence and negligence.
#Budget
November 26, 2025 at 1:52 PM
There are goldfish with better memories than Badenoch.
95% of the problems faced by Labour are a result of 14 years of Tory incompetence and negligence.
#Budget
95% of the problems faced by Labour are a result of 14 years of Tory incompetence and negligence.
#Budget