Robert Rea
@robertrea.bsky.social
Ex-BBC News, now freelance journalist/sub-ed/media trainer/whatever. Reluctant runner, Chelsea fan, lover of shouty music. Went viral once about standing in a queue
Can’t they just fuck off and stay fucked off?
November 24, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Can’t they just fuck off and stay fucked off?
Actually the real winner is anyone in the world who buys stuff
November 19, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Actually the real winner is anyone in the world who buys stuff
They were, of course, never that bothered about free speech…
November 18, 2025 at 7:56 PM
They were, of course, never that bothered about free speech…
Magnificent stuff. Thanks for this
October 15, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Magnificent stuff. Thanks for this
What the living fuck is he going on about? They need to cart him away and find him a home somewhere. A secure one. With orderlies
September 15, 2025 at 9:33 PM
What the living fuck is he going on about? They need to cart him away and find him a home somewhere. A secure one. With orderlies
That’s why he needs to practise
September 15, 2025 at 7:33 PM
That’s why he needs to practise
You can DM me now
September 12, 2025 at 12:08 AM
You can DM me now
Excellent article. Won’t make any difference to the sort of people who want to pin a “violence celebraters “ label on those with liberal opinions, sadly
September 11, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Excellent article. Won’t make any difference to the sort of people who want to pin a “violence celebraters “ label on those with liberal opinions, sadly
Have you SEEN the cost of tap water????
September 11, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Have you SEEN the cost of tap water????
I think you’re right
September 11, 2025 at 1:49 PM
I think you’re right
…stance on issues, I have been unhappy to watch the craven way its bosses have buckled under to pressure to move to the right. The BBC should never cower to politicians and activists
September 11, 2025 at 1:49 PM
…stance on issues, I have been unhappy to watch the craven way its bosses have buckled under to pressure to move to the right. The BBC should never cower to politicians and activists
Who was that? I know some of the foreign correspondents who were treated abysmally - people like Jon Sudworth. I left because I didn’t support what they were doing with the news teams, and partly because they threatened to make us apply for own jobs. As for its….
September 11, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Who was that? I know some of the foreign correspondents who were treated abysmally - people like Jon Sudworth. I left because I didn’t support what they were doing with the news teams, and partly because they threatened to make us apply for own jobs. As for its….
Who are you to tell them? You’re the Surgeon Fucking General, you dopey cunt. It’s literally your job to tell them
September 3, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Who are you to tell them? You’re the Surgeon Fucking General, you dopey cunt. It’s literally your job to tell them
Yup. I mean, not an ineffective policy tbf….
August 25, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Yup. I mean, not an ineffective policy tbf….
Of course, the difference between a Communist regimdd ex and a corruptocracy is in practice pretty small
August 25, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Of course, the difference between a Communist regimdd ex and a corruptocracy is in practice pretty small
He is the government. Currently. And he’s not taking the 10% of Nvidia into his personal account. It s now the US government’s property
August 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
He is the government. Currently. And he’s not taking the 10% of Nvidia into his personal account. It s now the US government’s property
So he believes the government should own as much of the economy as he can get? So he’s a communist
August 25, 2025 at 4:02 PM
So he believes the government should own as much of the economy as he can get? So he’s a communist
Britain has played an exceptional role in global history over the last 5 or 6 centuries, some of it good, some of it bad. Due to many factors, not least of being in the right place at the right time. But no - we didn’t “invent” law or democracy or global exploration. It’s bad history to claim we did
August 25, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Britain has played an exceptional role in global history over the last 5 or 6 centuries, some of it good, some of it bad. Due to many factors, not least of being in the right place at the right time. But no - we didn’t “invent” law or democracy or global exploration. It’s bad history to claim we did
Parliamentary democracy is a little more our thing, or at least the Parliament bit. But you said “democracy” originally, which as I’m sure you know comes to us (in a somewhat different form) from Ancient Greece
August 25, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Parliamentary democracy is a little more our thing, or at least the Parliament bit. But you said “democracy” originally, which as I’m sure you know comes to us (in a somewhat different form) from Ancient Greece
It’s not of course. It’s the basis of the legal system in the UK and some of our English-speaking ex-colonies (like the US). It’s not the basis of law in, say France or Italy. And the idea of the rule of law predates the English common law system by many, many centuries
August 25, 2025 at 11:54 AM
It’s not of course. It’s the basis of the legal system in the UK and some of our English-speaking ex-colonies (like the US). It’s not the basis of law in, say France or Italy. And the idea of the rule of law predates the English common law system by many, many centuries
No, we’re addicted to accurate history. Of course we did things “of consequence”. We had an empire that spanned a third of the world. But we didn’t invent law or democracy, modern or otherwise. And the Spanish, Italians & Portuguese led Europe’s “Age of Adventure”. We were very much JCLs
August 25, 2025 at 10:15 AM
No, we’re addicted to accurate history. Of course we did things “of consequence”. We had an empire that spanned a third of the world. But we didn’t invent law or democracy, modern or otherwise. And the Spanish, Italians & Portuguese led Europe’s “Age of Adventure”. We were very much JCLs