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.
All his life, Boris Johnson has faced no consequences for his actions. He'll continue to be indulged and rewarded. He'll continue his buffoonery.
Nowt will change.
#CovidInquiry
Nowt will change.
#CovidInquiry
November 21, 2025 at 1:57 AM
All his life, Boris Johnson has faced no consequences for his actions. He'll continue to be indulged and rewarded. He'll continue his buffoonery.
Nowt will change.
#CovidInquiry
Nowt will change.
#CovidInquiry
Dominic Cummings' rudeness and scruffiness was seen as evidence he was a genius.
The reality is he's just rude and scruffy.
#CovidInquiry
The reality is he's just rude and scruffy.
#CovidInquiry
November 20, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Dominic Cummings' rudeness and scruffiness was seen as evidence he was a genius.
The reality is he's just rude and scruffy.
#CovidInquiry
The reality is he's just rude and scruffy.
#CovidInquiry
The sight of Johnson pissing about in March 2020 and treating Covid, like he treats everything, as a joke is nauseating.
#CovidInquiry #C4News
#CovidInquiry #C4News
November 20, 2025 at 7:06 PM
The sight of Johnson pissing about in March 2020 and treating Covid, like he treats everything, as a joke is nauseating.
#CovidInquiry #C4News
#CovidInquiry #C4News
Haven't seen another take that civil servant Chris Wormold was culpable for the woeful government response to Covid.
A cynic might think Sam Coates has read the #CovidInquiry report through an anti Labour and anti Starmer prism.
A cynic might think Sam Coates has read the #CovidInquiry report through an anti Labour and anti Starmer prism.
November 20, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Haven't seen another take that civil servant Chris Wormold was culpable for the woeful government response to Covid.
A cynic might think Sam Coates has read the #CovidInquiry report through an anti Labour and anti Starmer prism.
A cynic might think Sam Coates has read the #CovidInquiry report through an anti Labour and anti Starmer prism.
23000 people is a decent attendance at a football game in The Championship
That's the number of needless deaths due to the incompetence of Johnson and the shower of incompetents he led.
#CovidInquiry
That's the number of needless deaths due to the incompetence of Johnson and the shower of incompetents he led.
#CovidInquiry
November 20, 2025 at 5:34 PM
23000 people is a decent attendance at a football game in The Championship
That's the number of needless deaths due to the incompetence of Johnson and the shower of incompetents he led.
#CovidInquiry
That's the number of needless deaths due to the incompetence of Johnson and the shower of incompetents he led.
#CovidInquiry
The country couldn't have put two worse people in charge of the government response to Covid.
Johnson and Cummins conducted themselves disgracefully.
#CovidInquiry
Johnson and Cummins conducted themselves disgracefully.
#CovidInquiry
November 20, 2025 at 5:28 PM
The country couldn't have put two worse people in charge of the government response to Covid.
Johnson and Cummins conducted themselves disgracefully.
#CovidInquiry
Johnson and Cummins conducted themselves disgracefully.
#CovidInquiry
A civil servant called Chris Wormold was the subject of Coates' ire. Every other culpable person was overlooked.
Wonder if it's because Wormold is now a senior civil servant working with Starmer.
Wonder if it's because Wormold is now a senior civil servant working with Starmer.
Sam Coates is playing a blinder in identifying non Tory government politicians to blame on Sky News.
November 20, 2025 at 4:47 PM
A civil servant called Chris Wormold was the subject of Coates' ire. Every other culpable person was overlooked.
Wonder if it's because Wormold is now a senior civil servant working with Starmer.
Wonder if it's because Wormold is now a senior civil servant working with Starmer.
Sam Coates is playing a blinder in identifying non Tory government politicians to blame on Sky News.
November 20, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Sam Coates is playing a blinder in identifying non Tory government politicians to blame on Sky News.
Only the loudest voices were acted on and the views of women ignored.
The English public school system in a nutshell.
#CovidInquiry
The English public school system in a nutshell.
#CovidInquiry
November 20, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Only the loudest voices were acted on and the views of women ignored.
The English public school system in a nutshell.
#CovidInquiry
The English public school system in a nutshell.
#CovidInquiry
23000 lives could have been saved. TWENTY THREE THOUSAND.
#CovidInquiry
#CovidInquiry
November 20, 2025 at 4:07 PM
23000 lives could have been saved. TWENTY THREE THOUSAND.
#CovidInquiry
#CovidInquiry
November 20, 2025 at 4:02 PM
A real dilemma when you see a BMW struggling to gain traction in the snow.
Do you just walk past or do you gather passers-by together and organise them into a group to point and laugh?
Do you just walk past or do you gather passers-by together and organise them into a group to point and laugh?
November 20, 2025 at 9:13 AM
A real dilemma when you see a BMW struggling to gain traction in the snow.
Do you just walk past or do you gather passers-by together and organise them into a group to point and laugh?
Do you just walk past or do you gather passers-by together and organise them into a group to point and laugh?
Theresa May was a flawed Prime Minister but she had the skill set to lead the UK through Covid. We needed a dutiful plodder.
Johnson, in contrast, was dangerously incompetent and thousands paid the ultimate price.
Being a bit of a laugh is not a criterion for leadership.
#CovidInquiry
Johnson, in contrast, was dangerously incompetent and thousands paid the ultimate price.
Being a bit of a laugh is not a criterion for leadership.
#CovidInquiry
November 20, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Theresa May was a flawed Prime Minister but she had the skill set to lead the UK through Covid. We needed a dutiful plodder.
Johnson, in contrast, was dangerously incompetent and thousands paid the ultimate price.
Being a bit of a laugh is not a criterion for leadership.
#CovidInquiry
Johnson, in contrast, was dangerously incompetent and thousands paid the ultimate price.
Being a bit of a laugh is not a criterion for leadership.
#CovidInquiry
Local BBC radio is wonderful. Recall in the Lake District and listeners being asked to phone in and say when they last saw a brown car.
November 20, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Local BBC radio is wonderful. Recall in the Lake District and listeners being asked to phone in and say when they last saw a brown car.
The "Barry from Ludlow enjoying the Poulenc" messages on Radio 3 are irritating but "Sheila from Yarm choosing the wrong day to have a new door fitted" on Radio Tees is rather sweet.
November 20, 2025 at 7:05 AM
The "Barry from Ludlow enjoying the Poulenc" messages on Radio 3 are irritating but "Sheila from Yarm choosing the wrong day to have a new door fitted" on Radio Tees is rather sweet.
As cold and dark as the heart of Kemi Badenoch in North Yorkshire at the moment.
November 20, 2025 at 6:25 AM
As cold and dark as the heart of Kemi Badenoch in North Yorkshire at the moment.
With home internet learning, today's generation of teachers will never know the thrill of a school closure day or the tension listening to the list of schools closed on local radio hoping that yours is included.
November 20, 2025 at 6:23 AM
With home internet learning, today's generation of teachers will never know the thrill of a school closure day or the tension listening to the list of schools closed on local radio hoping that yours is included.
"Everything's bottoms, isn't it?"
#FawltyTowers
#FawltyTowers
Trump on Jerome Powell: "I'd love to fire his ass. He should be fired. The only thing Scott [Bessent] is blowing it on is the Fed. The rates are too high, Scott. And if you don't get it fixed fast, I'm going to fire your ass."
November 19, 2025 at 8:44 PM
"Everything's bottoms, isn't it?"
#FawltyTowers
#FawltyTowers
Sky News reports that inflation drops "slightly"
Don't think a rise of 0.2% would be reported as slight.
Don't think a rise of 0.2% would be reported as slight.
November 19, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Sky News reports that inflation drops "slightly"
Don't think a rise of 0.2% would be reported as slight.
Don't think a rise of 0.2% would be reported as slight.
It's dark and snowing here in North Yorkshire and it's not even 4pm.
November 19, 2025 at 3:51 PM
It's dark and snowing here in North Yorkshire and it's not even 4pm.