Nigel (no, not that one) - I ♥️ 🇨🇦
@nigelingledew.bsky.social
A one-man mission to rescue the name 'Nigel' (which I've always disliked) from the gutter.
Bereft at the state of the world we're handing on to our kids. Sorry kids.
Retired. Former IT geek; still dabble.
West Country.
Not Canadian - just love 'em to bits!
Bereft at the state of the world we're handing on to our kids. Sorry kids.
Retired. Former IT geek; still dabble.
West Country.
Not Canadian - just love 'em to bits!
To paraphrase the late great Douglas Adams (H2G2):
Any net imbalance between the amount you eat and the amount you excrete whilst at school is surgically removed from your bodyweight when you leave: so every time you go to the lavatory there it is vitally important to get a receipt.
Any net imbalance between the amount you eat and the amount you excrete whilst at school is surgically removed from your bodyweight when you leave: so every time you go to the lavatory there it is vitally important to get a receipt.
December 17, 2025 at 3:34 PM
To paraphrase the late great Douglas Adams (H2G2):
Any net imbalance between the amount you eat and the amount you excrete whilst at school is surgically removed from your bodyweight when you leave: so every time you go to the lavatory there it is vitally important to get a receipt.
Any net imbalance between the amount you eat and the amount you excrete whilst at school is surgically removed from your bodyweight when you leave: so every time you go to the lavatory there it is vitally important to get a receipt.
Is he also still boycotting BBC until they apologise for him watching programmes in the 70s?
As it's Jane Austen fever time perhaps he has taken to heart 'you have delighted us enough' and is piping down for a bit.
As it's Jane Austen fever time perhaps he has taken to heart 'you have delighted us enough' and is piping down for a bit.
December 17, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Is he also still boycotting BBC until they apologise for him watching programmes in the 70s?
As it's Jane Austen fever time perhaps he has taken to heart 'you have delighted us enough' and is piping down for a bit.
As it's Jane Austen fever time perhaps he has taken to heart 'you have delighted us enough' and is piping down for a bit.
Wee Tommee Two-Dads would fit right in with the Gurkhas. I'm sure they would make him more than welcome.
December 16, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Wee Tommee Two-Dads would fit right in with the Gurkhas. I'm sure they would make him more than welcome.
Farage thunders: "The BBC needs reform."
Farage whispers: Reform needs the BBC."
Farage whispers: Reform needs the BBC."
December 16, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Farage thunders: "The BBC needs reform."
Farage whispers: Reform needs the BBC."
Farage whispers: Reform needs the BBC."
What, the Alexander Yakovenko who told a fellow diplomat: “We have crushed the British to the ground. They are on their knees, and they will not rise for a very long time.”?
See fascinating article by @peterjukes.bsky.social and work by @carolecadwalla.bsky.social in bylinetimes.com/2022/03/08/p...
See fascinating article by @peterjukes.bsky.social and work by @carolecadwalla.bsky.social in bylinetimes.com/2022/03/08/p...
Putin’s Plot Against ‘Great’ Britain – And How He Got Away With It
Peter Jukes tracks Vladimir Putin’s long war against the West and the allies he has found in the pro-Brexit establishment in the plot to derail Britain
bylinetimes.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:59 PM
What, the Alexander Yakovenko who told a fellow diplomat: “We have crushed the British to the ground. They are on their knees, and they will not rise for a very long time.”?
See fascinating article by @peterjukes.bsky.social and work by @carolecadwalla.bsky.social in bylinetimes.com/2022/03/08/p...
See fascinating article by @peterjukes.bsky.social and work by @carolecadwalla.bsky.social in bylinetimes.com/2022/03/08/p...
"...his adult politics do."
And those, dear reader, impoverished a nation and separated it from valuable allies at a time when it was the last thing needed.
And those, dear reader, impoverished a nation and separated it from valuable allies at a time when it was the last thing needed.
December 14, 2025 at 5:00 PM
"...his adult politics do."
And those, dear reader, impoverished a nation and separated it from valuable allies at a time when it was the last thing needed.
And those, dear reader, impoverished a nation and separated it from valuable allies at a time when it was the last thing needed.
December 14, 2025 at 12:42 AM
I see you managed to blot The Glinner out from your memory.
Very wise.
Very wise.
December 14, 2025 at 12:23 AM
I see you managed to blot The Glinner out from your memory.
Very wise.
Very wise.
I got a bollocking for leaving the remnants of a paper hankie in my pocket going through screening.
"Hankie? HANKIE? What's a hankie?" he demanded on the edge of apoplexy as I apologised.
If only I'd known that over there the thing you wank into is called a couch.
"Hankie? HANKIE? What's a hankie?" he demanded on the edge of apoplexy as I apologised.
If only I'd known that over there the thing you wank into is called a couch.
December 13, 2025 at 7:11 PM
I got a bollocking for leaving the remnants of a paper hankie in my pocket going through screening.
"Hankie? HANKIE? What's a hankie?" he demanded on the edge of apoplexy as I apologised.
If only I'd known that over there the thing you wank into is called a couch.
"Hankie? HANKIE? What's a hankie?" he demanded on the edge of apoplexy as I apologised.
If only I'd known that over there the thing you wank into is called a couch.
The beep-beep-beep sound of a large ferret reversing.
December 13, 2025 at 6:53 PM
The beep-beep-beep sound of a large ferret reversing.
I share your pain brother.
December 13, 2025 at 3:18 PM
I share your pain brother.
It's the politics of spinelessness.
December 12, 2025 at 7:12 PM
It's the politics of spinelessness.
Or commit to a feckin' strategy (ha!) and push through. Accrue the advantages of being ahead of the pack by not having to maintain two production lines, one for the future, one for the past.
Or, or, continue being hopeless in that endearing British way.
Or, or, continue being hopeless in that endearing British way.
December 12, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Or commit to a feckin' strategy (ha!) and push through. Accrue the advantages of being ahead of the pack by not having to maintain two production lines, one for the future, one for the past.
Or, or, continue being hopeless in that endearing British way.
Or, or, continue being hopeless in that endearing British way.
@aptshadow.bsky.social - Surely this is a cover from one of your 'Children...' novels?!
Magnificent.
(And don't call you Surely)
Magnificent.
(And don't call you Surely)
December 12, 2025 at 6:45 PM
@aptshadow.bsky.social - Surely this is a cover from one of your 'Children...' novels?!
Magnificent.
(And don't call you Surely)
Magnificent.
(And don't call you Surely)
Braces (suspenders) AND belt - taking no chances with his kecks dropping by accident.
My parents called that style of shoe 'Co-respondent Shoes', i.e. the sort that a cad cited in a divorce case would be likely to be drawn to!
My parents called that style of shoe 'Co-respondent Shoes', i.e. the sort that a cad cited in a divorce case would be likely to be drawn to!
December 12, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Braces (suspenders) AND belt - taking no chances with his kecks dropping by accident.
My parents called that style of shoe 'Co-respondent Shoes', i.e. the sort that a cad cited in a divorce case would be likely to be drawn to!
My parents called that style of shoe 'Co-respondent Shoes', i.e. the sort that a cad cited in a divorce case would be likely to be drawn to!
My first thought was - I wonder what they won their VCs for, and was it the trauma of that which caused them to seek out other damaged people.
December 12, 2025 at 5:23 PM
My first thought was - I wonder what they won their VCs for, and was it the trauma of that which caused them to seek out other damaged people.
I sought out some music by Corelli on the back of Jack's duetting with Maturin. I'm such a philistine I'd never heard of him before. Lovely experience.
December 12, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I sought out some music by Corelli on the back of Jack's duetting with Maturin. I'm such a philistine I'd never heard of him before. Lovely experience.
Good old Jack Aubrey.
"My bankers are Hoares."
"My bankers are Hoares."
December 12, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Good old Jack Aubrey.
"My bankers are Hoares."
"My bankers are Hoares."
After 6, when it's cheaper. But before 9,because that would be rude.
December 12, 2025 at 4:31 PM
After 6, when it's cheaper. But before 9,because that would be rude.
These are not the students you are looking for.
December 12, 2025 at 9:29 AM
These are not the students you are looking for.
In any normal organisation, i.e. not parliament, indulging in bullying or harassment after receiving the mandatory training that points out that such behaviour is often considered A Bad Thing, would put you on the fast path to P45 and bland (if you're lucky) reference.
December 11, 2025 at 9:30 AM
In any normal organisation, i.e. not parliament, indulging in bullying or harassment after receiving the mandatory training that points out that such behaviour is often considered A Bad Thing, would put you on the fast path to P45 and bland (if you're lucky) reference.
Mine say As long as you stick to Facebook that's OK, because no one we know reads that any more.
December 10, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Mine say As long as you stick to Facebook that's OK, because no one we know reads that any more.