Tom Roberts
@tpgroberts.bsky.social
One of the most consistent principles in his life is to become unbelievably partisan in every conflict he encounters, and then to win the conflict using a barrage of extreme verbal force.
He/Him
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Tom Roberts
@tpgroberts.bsky.social
· Jun 23
Going to keep plugging this for now, but after years of just food posting into the ether I have made an Instagram of my food pictures as well as tips for recipes etc.
www.instagram.com/tpgeats
Some example photos here, but please follow if of interest:
www.instagram.com/tpgeats
Some example photos here, but please follow if of interest:
Why is his head like that?
It's pretty funny how the Silicon Valley tech bros have all suddenly decided that the actual Pope is the villain in their little narrative. sfstandard.com/2025/11/10/m...
Marc Andreessen v. the pope: VC starts meme-war with Leo XIV
The venture capitalist quickly deleted his social media posts mocking the pontiff’s call to build moral AI.
sfstandard.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Why is his head like that?
They're the Kemi Badenoch of political parties
Ok so the Your Party Conference has ended with - and I promise you I am not making this up -
- With a man on stage singing Imagine.
- With a man on stage singing Imagine.
November 30, 2025 at 8:59 PM
They're the Kemi Badenoch of political parties
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"Your Party"
November 29, 2025 at 11:54 AM
"Your Party"
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Your Party (Trotsky, Cliff, Sultana thought), Your Party (anti revisionist), Your Party (Corbynite centre)…
In ten years there will be 12 Your Parties
November 30, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Your Party (Trotsky, Cliff, Sultana thought), Your Party (anti revisionist), Your Party (Corbynite centre)…
A genuinely fascinating mess is coming
November 30, 2025 at 11:22 AM
A genuinely fascinating mess is coming
Just looping back to this because it crossed my feed again, a fundamental weakness in Blue Labour (well, I loathe to say it, but) "thinking" is that universities are delivering the workforce that industry wants.
The UK is an extremely successful service economy because of it!
The UK is an extremely successful service economy because of it!
Turning half of unis into voc colleges could cut student immig a lot
"To underwrite the industrial strategy half the universities should be turned into vocational colleges linked to the needs of the armed forces+industry
We desperately need a skilled workforce that does not rely on immigration"
"To underwrite the industrial strategy half the universities should be turned into vocational colleges linked to the needs of the armed forces+industry
We desperately need a skilled workforce that does not rely on immigration"
November 30, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Just looping back to this because it crossed my feed again, a fundamental weakness in Blue Labour (well, I loathe to say it, but) "thinking" is that universities are delivering the workforce that industry wants.
The UK is an extremely successful service economy because of it!
The UK is an extremely successful service economy because of it!
In a rush to the airport, first flight is at 7:40, get there and there is no 7:40 flight, only a 7:30 and a 7:50.
Speak to the guy, he explains that it's fine, ours is 7:30, but not to worry, because it's delayed so won't be til 7:50 anyway.
Speak to the guy, he explains that it's fine, ours is 7:30, but not to worry, because it's delayed so won't be til 7:50 anyway.
November 30, 2025 at 5:40 AM
In a rush to the airport, first flight is at 7:40, get there and there is no 7:40 flight, only a 7:30 and a 7:50.
Speak to the guy, he explains that it's fine, ours is 7:30, but not to worry, because it's delayed so won't be til 7:50 anyway.
Speak to the guy, he explains that it's fine, ours is 7:30, but not to worry, because it's delayed so won't be til 7:50 anyway.
The President is a land of contrasts
November 30, 2025 at 4:07 AM
The President is a land of contrasts
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead is maybe my favourite play of all time, an absolutely delightful reimagining that runs through so much modern humour.
RIP the greatest British playwright of our time on.ft.com/4anfEQJ
British playwright Sir Tom Stoppard dies
[FREE TO READ] Czech-born author of witty, cerebral plays was also an award-winning screenwriter
on.ft.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead is maybe my favourite play of all time, an absolutely delightful reimagining that runs through so much modern humour.
And I'll cry if I want to
Chaos has engulfed the first 24 hours of the inaugural 'Your Party' conference in Liverpool, with Zarah Sultana boycotting the first day of the event, Jeremy Corbyn facing "witch-hunt" allegations, and an entryism row
@siennarodgers.bsky.social & @tomscotson.bsky.social report from Merseyside
@siennarodgers.bsky.social & @tomscotson.bsky.social report from Merseyside
“End The Witch-hunt”: The First 24 Hours At The Chaotic ‘Your Party’ Conference
Chaos has engulfed the first 24 hours of the inaugural conference of ‘Your Party’, the new political party being founded by Jeremy Corbyn, Zarah Su...
www.politicshome.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:29 PM
And I'll cry if I want to
So, how we got scammed. We have booked a day trip with a private tour guide, Amin, he is great and facilitated mine and Samer's decisions to go off script (I.e. pick a new restaurant, do a boat trip, see the light show).
November 29, 2025 at 6:44 PM
So, how we got scammed. We have booked a day trip with a private tour guide, Amin, he is great and facilitated mine and Samer's decisions to go off script (I.e. pick a new restaurant, do a boat trip, see the light show).
Fuck.
Next year, Shabana Mahmood is going to have you tortured at a black site if you’re caught performative reading Sally Rooney novels on the tube
November 29, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Fuck.
But he talks like a gentleman
Sultana has refused to enter the “He does look a bit like Jesus now that you mention it Party” conference.
Absolutely ludicrous cranks.
Absolutely ludicrous cranks.
November 29, 2025 at 3:47 PM
But he talks like a gentleman
Excellent day in Luxor
November 29, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Excellent day in Luxor
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Just arrived at the Your Party Conference. Buzzing!
November 29, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Just arrived at the Your Party Conference. Buzzing!
There's a weirdness to Your Party where they have collapsed into exactly the worst jokes about what a party run just by Corbyn would be like, but somehow this is all from decisions Corbyn is opposing.
Zarah Sultana boycotts first day of Your Party conference over 'witch hunt' expulsions
Zarah Sultana boycotts first day of Your Party conference over 'witch hunt' expulsions
Zarah Sultana has boycotted day one of the Your Party Conference over the expulsion of members of left-wing groups.
news.sky.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:38 PM
There's a weirdness to Your Party where they have collapsed into exactly the worst jokes about what a party run just by Corbyn would be like, but somehow this is all from decisions Corbyn is opposing.
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Sultana and Corbyn act like they were put together in a competition by Simon Cowell and now they're contractually obliged to go on tour
November 29, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Sultana and Corbyn act like they were put together in a competition by Simon Cowell and now they're contractually obliged to go on tour
They remind me of a couple who stayed together for the kids and the kids turned out to be shite
Sultana and Corbyn act like they were put together in a competition by Simon Cowell and now they're contractually obliged to go on tour
November 29, 2025 at 3:35 PM
They remind me of a couple who stayed together for the kids and the kids turned out to be shite
Even ignoring everything else, she did not but a 6 bedroom house in North Kensington in the 1970s for £4000.
November 29, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Even ignoring everything else, she did not but a 6 bedroom house in North Kensington in the 1970s for £4000.
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Me: (Just a regular ordinary lawyer, and definitely not a crackpot pursuing a wacky personal jihad) The gender wars
November 28, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Me: (Just a regular ordinary lawyer, and definitely not a crackpot pursuing a wacky personal jihad) The gender wars
It's also an example of the underlying problem being the same cruelty that they now think will solve it!
The reason for expensive taxis is that they restricted bus travel to appease the same people!
The reason for expensive taxis is that they restricted bus travel to appease the same people!
This is just revolting cruelty, done to pander to racists who won't give it the time of day. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Government to ban asylum seekers from using taxis
The ban is set to come in February and any exemptions will have to be signed off by the Home Office.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 8:44 AM
It's also an example of the underlying problem being the same cruelty that they now think will solve it!
The reason for expensive taxis is that they restricted bus travel to appease the same people!
The reason for expensive taxis is that they restricted bus travel to appease the same people!
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love to live in a world where all my personal data is relentlessly harvested so that megacorps can feed it into their all-knowing algorithms and yet somehow the end result is that algorithm going “we think you’d like Clarkson’s Farm”
November 28, 2025 at 9:35 AM
love to live in a world where all my personal data is relentlessly harvested so that megacorps can feed it into their all-knowing algorithms and yet somehow the end result is that algorithm going “we think you’d like Clarkson’s Farm”
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In the entire history of human organization, the number of collective enterprises which have been improved by allowing SWP members in is quite literally zero
November 28, 2025 at 11:14 PM
In the entire history of human organization, the number of collective enterprises which have been improved by allowing SWP members in is quite literally zero