Tony
@puckoon.bsky.social
Came here from the other place. Retired. Amateur folk musician and actor, Saints supporter, unexpectedly old. Naturist, but I don't feel the need to post naked pics of myself (sighs of relief heard throughout Bluesky).
It would be shocking if that happened. Or if people signed them up to mailing lists. That would be awful.
February 15, 2026 at 9:24 PM
It would be shocking if that happened. Or if people signed them up to mailing lists. That would be awful.
It seems a bit self-defeating to have getting Starmer out as your aim. Labour has 3 more years before the next election. While I think he's a decent man, they might go for someone more charismatic and regain lost Labour voters. Like Tories and May/Johnson.
February 15, 2026 at 6:24 PM
It seems a bit self-defeating to have getting Starmer out as your aim. Labour has 3 more years before the next election. While I think he's a decent man, they might go for someone more charismatic and regain lost Labour voters. Like Tories and May/Johnson.
I can remember that our first phone line had an exchange name and number.
February 11, 2026 at 4:40 PM
I can remember that our first phone line had an exchange name and number.
Glad you made it. Great concert.
February 11, 2026 at 8:39 AM
Glad you made it. Great concert.
To be fair to Case, he wasn't a SPAD, he was a senior Civil Servant. He just wasn't a very good one.
February 8, 2026 at 9:10 AM
To be fair to Case, he wasn't a SPAD, he was a senior Civil Servant. He just wasn't a very good one.
Him resigning "on his own terms" is even worse for Starmer than him remaining. It makes Starmer look completely ineffectual. You can predict the question "Why did McSweeny resign after you said you had full confidence in him?"
February 8, 2026 at 9:08 AM
Him resigning "on his own terms" is even worse for Starmer than him remaining. It makes Starmer look completely ineffectual. You can predict the question "Why did McSweeny resign after you said you had full confidence in him?"
He should not have been appointed. I said, at the time, that ambassadors should be career diplomats, not former politicians; Mandelson was just a particularly odious one. We have a career diplomat in place now and the relationship with Trump does not seem appreciably different.
February 5, 2026 at 9:39 AM
He should not have been appointed. I said, at the time, that ambassadors should be career diplomats, not former politicians; Mandelson was just a particularly odious one. We have a career diplomat in place now and the relationship with Trump does not seem appreciably different.
Well done Gordon Brown. I never liked the idea of anyone who was not a career diplomat being appointed as an ambassador. But appointing Mandelson was especially stupid.
February 4, 2026 at 1:18 AM
Well done Gordon Brown. I never liked the idea of anyone who was not a career diplomat being appointed as an ambassador. But appointing Mandelson was especially stupid.
I'm not sure Starmer resigning would be in Reform's best interest.
February 1, 2026 at 7:09 PM
I'm not sure Starmer resigning would be in Reform's best interest.
Somebody I otherwise like and seems quite sensible posted this bollocks on Facebook a couple of days ago. How can you reason with stupid?
January 31, 2026 at 10:07 AM
Somebody I otherwise like and seems quite sensible posted this bollocks on Facebook a couple of days ago. How can you reason with stupid?
Do they actually want to tow the British Isles out into the Atlantic?
January 31, 2026 at 9:58 AM
Do they actually want to tow the British Isles out into the Atlantic?
It would be wrong whichever way they decided. If he was allowed to stand, then lost and Labour also lost the mayoralty (all possible with the current polls), what price would Labour have paid for Burnham's ambition?
January 25, 2026 at 4:25 PM
It would be wrong whichever way they decided. If he was allowed to stand, then lost and Labour also lost the mayoralty (all possible with the current polls), what price would Labour have paid for Burnham's ambition?
Whereas the USA has merely elected one.
January 21, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Whereas the USA has merely elected one.
We have to remember that there is no real deadline. Can you imagine on, say, 7th June that Farage will tell a potential defector "No. You stay with the Tories. We don't want any more of you"? Unless it's Liz Truss, of course.
January 21, 2026 at 8:48 AM
We have to remember that there is no real deadline. Can you imagine on, say, 7th June that Farage will tell a potential defector "No. You stay with the Tories. We don't want any more of you"? Unless it's Liz Truss, of course.
I think it's more to do with not wanting to be asked about Trump, Greenland and tariffs.
January 18, 2026 at 9:44 AM
I think it's more to do with not wanting to be asked about Trump, Greenland and tariffs.
And this why I have still doubts about voting Green (despite also not being convinced by everything Labouris doing). This total rejection of any sort of pragmatism. Liz Truss has a similar approach from the other political direction.
January 18, 2026 at 9:19 AM
And this why I have still doubts about voting Green (despite also not being convinced by everything Labouris doing). This total rejection of any sort of pragmatism. Liz Truss has a similar approach from the other political direction.
You'd think someone asking such a question would make the least effort to find out the answer before posting it.
January 18, 2026 at 9:12 AM
You'd think someone asking such a question would make the least effort to find out the answer before posting it.
She left Labour long ago (even while she was still technically a party member).
January 17, 2026 at 2:09 PM
She left Labour long ago (even while she was still technically a party member).