Pete Marchetto
@petemarchetto.bsky.social
Boomer postpatriot Englishman, freelance writer in expat recovery (from China), of the social-democratic centre now deemed 'far left', Green Party member. Free sample ebook of short stories at:
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... picked up on this and questioned it at the time.
I believe Polanski's own boyfriend works as a carer, I may have that wrong. And when I watched it, I just heard him say we shouldn't be denigrating people who do work most of us would be loath to do, we should be thankful.
I believe Polanski's own boyfriend works as a carer, I may have that wrong. And when I watched it, I just heard him say we shouldn't be denigrating people who do work most of us would be loath to do, we should be thankful.
December 10, 2025 at 10:01 PM
... picked up on this and questioned it at the time.
I believe Polanski's own boyfriend works as a carer, I may have that wrong. And when I watched it, I just heard him say we shouldn't be denigrating people who do work most of us would be loath to do, we should be thankful.
I believe Polanski's own boyfriend works as a carer, I may have that wrong. And when I watched it, I just heard him say we shouldn't be denigrating people who do work most of us would be loath to do, we should be thankful.
Did you see the programme? Only I'm noticing how the more this story circulates, the more removed it becomes from what he actually said.
Bear in mind it was a live debate against three or four antagonists, a presenter, and a studio audience of, I'd guess, around a hundred. Odd how none of them...
Bear in mind it was a live debate against three or four antagonists, a presenter, and a studio audience of, I'd guess, around a hundred. Odd how none of them...
December 10, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Did you see the programme? Only I'm noticing how the more this story circulates, the more removed it becomes from what he actually said.
Bear in mind it was a live debate against three or four antagonists, a presenter, and a studio audience of, I'd guess, around a hundred. Odd how none of them...
Bear in mind it was a live debate against three or four antagonists, a presenter, and a studio audience of, I'd guess, around a hundred. Odd how none of them...
... picked up on this and questioned it at the time.
I believe Polanski's own boyfriend works as a carer, I may have that wrong. And when I watched it, I just heard him say we shouldn't be denigrating people who do work most of us would be loathe to do, we should be thankful.
I believe Polanski's own boyfriend works as a carer, I may have that wrong. And when I watched it, I just heard him say we shouldn't be denigrating people who do work most of us would be loathe to do, we should be thankful.
December 10, 2025 at 10:00 PM
... picked up on this and questioned it at the time.
I believe Polanski's own boyfriend works as a carer, I may have that wrong. And when I watched it, I just heard him say we shouldn't be denigrating people who do work most of us would be loathe to do, we should be thankful.
I believe Polanski's own boyfriend works as a carer, I may have that wrong. And when I watched it, I just heard him say we shouldn't be denigrating people who do work most of us would be loathe to do, we should be thankful.
Did you see the programme? Only I'm noticing how the more this story circulates, the more removed it becomes from what he actually said.
Bear in mind it was a live debate against three or four antagonists, a presenter, and a studio audience of, I'd guess, around a hundred. Odd how none of them...
Bear in mind it was a live debate against three or four antagonists, a presenter, and a studio audience of, I'd guess, around a hundred. Odd how none of them...
December 10, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Did you see the programme? Only I'm noticing how the more this story circulates, the more removed it becomes from what he actually said.
Bear in mind it was a live debate against three or four antagonists, a presenter, and a studio audience of, I'd guess, around a hundred. Odd how none of them...
Bear in mind it was a live debate against three or four antagonists, a presenter, and a studio audience of, I'd guess, around a hundred. Odd how none of them...
... appear to have zilched.
I'm not sure why you would trust a gut feeling on this occasion in the absence of evidence.
I'm not sure why you would trust a gut feeling on this occasion in the absence of evidence.
December 10, 2025 at 9:57 PM
... appear to have zilched.
I'm not sure why you would trust a gut feeling on this occasion in the absence of evidence.
I'm not sure why you would trust a gut feeling on this occasion in the absence of evidence.
For something as specific as '... as much a chancer as Farage', it seems a bit odd that you rely on gut feeling.
Farage has a long history as a chancer. That's why he's regarded as one, no gut feeling required.
People have been delving deeply into Polanski's background looking for dirt. They...
Farage has a long history as a chancer. That's why he's regarded as one, no gut feeling required.
People have been delving deeply into Polanski's background looking for dirt. They...
December 10, 2025 at 9:57 PM
For something as specific as '... as much a chancer as Farage', it seems a bit odd that you rely on gut feeling.
Farage has a long history as a chancer. That's why he's regarded as one, no gut feeling required.
People have been delving deeply into Polanski's background looking for dirt. They...
Farage has a long history as a chancer. That's why he's regarded as one, no gut feeling required.
People have been delving deeply into Polanski's background looking for dirt. They...
Thank heavens. I've heard of Southgate. 🤭 I tend to get lost when conversation turns to football.
December 10, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Thank heavens. I've heard of Southgate. 🤭 I tend to get lost when conversation turns to football.
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December 10, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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... and this is just the processing fee...
December 10, 2025 at 8:46 PM
... and this is just the processing fee...
... beyond the knowledge that they don't use bats.
At least I don't think they do, but I'm open to correction.
At least I don't think they do, but I'm open to correction.
December 10, 2025 at 8:27 PM
... beyond the knowledge that they don't use bats.
At least I don't think they do, but I'm open to correction.
At least I don't think they do, but I'm open to correction.
I know not this Joey Barton.
If it's a football reference, I wouldn't. Aside from a distant connection with Ed Sherringham, (Teddy), which has gone into family lore, and though David Beckham went to my high school, (albeit some time after I left), my understanding of football extends little...
If it's a football reference, I wouldn't. Aside from a distant connection with Ed Sherringham, (Teddy), which has gone into family lore, and though David Beckham went to my high school, (albeit some time after I left), my understanding of football extends little...
December 10, 2025 at 8:27 PM
I know not this Joey Barton.
If it's a football reference, I wouldn't. Aside from a distant connection with Ed Sherringham, (Teddy), which has gone into family lore, and though David Beckham went to my high school, (albeit some time after I left), my understanding of football extends little...
If it's a football reference, I wouldn't. Aside from a distant connection with Ed Sherringham, (Teddy), which has gone into family lore, and though David Beckham went to my high school, (albeit some time after I left), my understanding of football extends little...
I wonder if players will have their social media inspected? 😏
December 10, 2025 at 7:37 PM
I wonder if players will have their social media inspected? 😏
We shall see. 🤭
To be fair, the last time the USA held it, attendance was high. But it appears the stadiums will be bigger this time around, and foreign attendance inevitably lower.
To be fair, the last time the USA held it, attendance was high. But it appears the stadiums will be bigger this time around, and foreign attendance inevitably lower.
December 10, 2025 at 7:35 PM
We shall see. 🤭
To be fair, the last time the USA held it, attendance was high. But it appears the stadiums will be bigger this time around, and foreign attendance inevitably lower.
To be fair, the last time the USA held it, attendance was high. But it appears the stadiums will be bigger this time around, and foreign attendance inevitably lower.
... nonsense they've been coming out with of late trying to attack Polanski.
Whether it originated with them or whether they welcomed it as a gift I couldn't say.
Whether it originated with them or whether they welcomed it as a gift I couldn't say.
December 10, 2025 at 7:31 PM
... nonsense they've been coming out with of late trying to attack Polanski.
Whether it originated with them or whether they welcomed it as a gift I couldn't say.
Whether it originated with them or whether they welcomed it as a gift I couldn't say.
... can tell the artificiality of this in that no one on the panel, the presenter and no one in the audience picked up on this ostensibly terrible remark. The people banging on about it after the event are, frankly, the usual suspects. So yes, I suspect Labour is capitalising on this given the...
December 10, 2025 at 7:31 PM
... can tell the artificiality of this in that no one on the panel, the presenter and no one in the audience picked up on this ostensibly terrible remark. The people banging on about it after the event are, frankly, the usual suspects. So yes, I suspect Labour is capitalising on this given the...
Venality? The point he was making was that the migrants we denigrate are doing those jobs for us we are unwilling to do and maybe we should be thanking them instead.
If he'd said 'Foreigners should be wiping arses, that's kinda their job' I'd get the commentary. He said nothing of the kind.
You...
If he'd said 'Foreigners should be wiping arses, that's kinda their job' I'd get the commentary. He said nothing of the kind.
You...
December 10, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Venality? The point he was making was that the migrants we denigrate are doing those jobs for us we are unwilling to do and maybe we should be thanking them instead.
If he'd said 'Foreigners should be wiping arses, that's kinda their job' I'd get the commentary. He said nothing of the kind.
You...
If he'd said 'Foreigners should be wiping arses, that's kinda their job' I'd get the commentary. He said nothing of the kind.
You...
Wouldn't it have been quicker to type 'We're all going to die!'?
December 10, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Wouldn't it have been quicker to type 'We're all going to die!'?
'Removed by author'. The world has moved on. 100% is no longer an endorsement. It's now 1,000%.
That's inflation for you.
The author probably felt you were damning them with faint praise.
That's inflation for you.
The author probably felt you were damning them with faint praise.
December 10, 2025 at 4:47 PM
'Removed by author'. The world has moved on. 100% is no longer an endorsement. It's now 1,000%.
That's inflation for you.
The author probably felt you were damning them with faint praise.
That's inflation for you.
The author probably felt you were damning them with faint praise.
Trouble is, people are going to get to that '... Israeli officials and analysts warn' bit, and wonder...
December 10, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Trouble is, people are going to get to that '... Israeli officials and analysts warn' bit, and wonder...