Rob Jacobs
@robjake.bsky.social
Hope you are having a good day. Teacher, history nut, guitar, rugby, cricket & DOGS. UK Lib Dems🔶, Europhile & support Ukraine. Always follow the golden rule.
I love the way Jan One Tooth gives you both an urgent frisk to see if you have a restaurant goodie bag.
December 5, 2025 at 10:48 PM
I love the way Jan One Tooth gives you both an urgent frisk to see if you have a restaurant goodie bag.
Angst about the end of Rome and our present West aside, I thought the Roman glass cup was the most extraordinary object. More beautiful than any treasure. Imagine finding something like that.
November 26, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Angst about the end of Rome and our present West aside, I thought the Roman glass cup was the most extraordinary object. More beautiful than any treasure. Imagine finding something like that.
I hope MI5 are watching the airports in case any more of these RefUKers try and run home to Moscow.
November 23, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I hope MI5 are watching the airports in case any more of these RefUKers try and run home to Moscow.
I think all this is going to bite the UK on the bum. The latest migration figures show that net immigration has declined by two thirds since the Brexit high and that the combined birth rate + net immigration is now well below the replacement rate.
November 18, 2025 at 2:52 PM
I think all this is going to bite the UK on the bum. The latest migration figures show that net immigration has declined by two thirds since the Brexit high and that the combined birth rate + net immigration is now well below the replacement rate.
Excited about this new Ken Burns documentary. I can't help but think, all things considered, you guys would have been better off sticking with George III. Afterall he was at least a constitutional monarch and a devolution settlement should have been possible.
November 14, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Excited about this new Ken Burns documentary. I can't help but think, all things considered, you guys would have been better off sticking with George III. Afterall he was at least a constitutional monarch and a devolution settlement should have been possible.
Apparently nobody knows Nathan Gill. Yeah right.
November 8, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Apparently nobody knows Nathan Gill. Yeah right.
Apparently nobody knew Nathan Gill. Yeah right...
November 3, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Apparently nobody knew Nathan Gill. Yeah right...
Florence & the Machine on Later with Jools Holland.
She's still so good.
She's still so good.
November 2, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Florence & the Machine on Later with Jools Holland.
She's still so good.
She's still so good.
The Others is a proper ghost story for Halloween if that is your thing. Currently on the BBC I Player.
October 31, 2025 at 1:42 PM
The Others is a proper ghost story for Halloween if that is your thing. Currently on the BBC I Player.
Has Jan been to Paris recently?
October 20, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Has Jan been to Paris recently?
Noah Caluori 19. Five tries (+ a penalty try that was his) on first team starting debut. Glides like Guscott and leaps like a salmon. He will play for England & the Lions. Privileged to have been there to see a super star born. Just WOW!
October 18, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Noah Caluori 19. Five tries (+ a penalty try that was his) on first team starting debut. Glides like Guscott and leaps like a salmon. He will play for England & the Lions. Privileged to have been there to see a super star born. Just WOW!
Well this is a wonderful film on BBC2. Turns out the real life of Harriet Tubman was even more extraordinary than the movie. After escaping north she went back and helped dozens more run free, fought for the Union and was a suffragette. Died 91 years old. Wow.
October 13, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Well this is a wonderful film on BBC2. Turns out the real life of Harriet Tubman was even more extraordinary than the movie. After escaping north she went back and helped dozens more run free, fought for the Union and was a suffragette. Died 91 years old. Wow.
While we are on the far right, have you all seen the new UKIP logo? I mean FFS, they aren't even hiding it any more.
October 13, 2025 at 7:17 PM
While we are on the far right, have you all seen the new UKIP logo? I mean FFS, they aren't even hiding it any more.
This latest series of Blue Lights is a cut above most TV cop shows. A really well done slow burn psychological thriller with many topical strands carefully woven in.
October 12, 2025 at 7:48 PM
This latest series of Blue Lights is a cut above most TV cop shows. A really well done slow burn psychological thriller with many topical strands carefully woven in.
Certainly puts Labour's media operation to shame. There is a brilliant progressive narrative to the UK and for too long it has not been told. Labour, in an attempt not upset anyone, are bland and soulless.
October 11, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Certainly puts Labour's media operation to shame. There is a brilliant progressive narrative to the UK and for too long it has not been told. Labour, in an attempt not upset anyone, are bland and soulless.
Can I just add a British perspective. Reform are in trouble. Despite being massively under reported the Gill / Russian money scandal is huge. Remember he pleaded guilty. I suspect MI5 are all over RefUK's accounts and sooner or later this is going to blow up. Timeline 👇🏽
October 10, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Can I just add a British perspective. Reform are in trouble. Despite being massively under reported the Gill / Russian money scandal is huge. Remember he pleaded guilty. I suspect MI5 are all over RefUK's accounts and sooner or later this is going to blow up. Timeline 👇🏽
If Trump goes full Germania will he call the rebuilt DC Trumpton?
October 10, 2025 at 11:03 AM
If Trump goes full Germania will he call the rebuilt DC Trumpton?
The world is in a mess, summer is over and the nights are drawing in BUT they're BACK! Thanks C5.
October 8, 2025 at 6:12 PM
The world is in a mess, summer is over and the nights are drawing in BUT they're BACK! Thanks C5.
How can the USA spend nearly twice as much per capita on healthcare and still not have universal coverage? It's a massive con trick.
October 8, 2025 at 9:32 AM
How can the USA spend nearly twice as much per capita on healthcare and still not have universal coverage? It's a massive con trick.
Brilliant, brilliant achievement by England Rugby, well done ladies. You know this all started with school sports partnerships some 20 years ago when Tag Rugby got into so many primary schools. A word for Canada who crowd funded their way here & beat NZ too. 🍾🎉
September 27, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Brilliant, brilliant achievement by England Rugby, well done ladies. You know this all started with school sports partnerships some 20 years ago when Tag Rugby got into so many primary schools. A word for Canada who crowd funded their way here & beat NZ too. 🍾🎉
The Volksempfanger (people's radio) was introduced by Dr Goebbels in 1935. The Nazi Party provided every German household with a free radio so that propaganda could be beamed into every home. Now does Musk's ownership of X and Fox News' interest in Tik-Tok make sense?
September 22, 2025 at 6:48 PM
The Volksempfanger (people's radio) was introduced by Dr Goebbels in 1935. The Nazi Party provided every German household with a free radio so that propaganda could be beamed into every home. Now does Musk's ownership of X and Fox News' interest in Tik-Tok make sense?
Some historical orthodoxies I'm not having.
1. The Anglo-Saxon settlement was all sweetness and light.
2. School kids need to be taught about the Tudors.
3. England doesn't do revolutions.
4. WW2 was largely won on the Eastern Front.
1. The Anglo-Saxon settlement was all sweetness and light.
2. School kids need to be taught about the Tudors.
3. England doesn't do revolutions.
4. WW2 was largely won on the Eastern Front.
September 20, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Some historical orthodoxies I'm not having.
1. The Anglo-Saxon settlement was all sweetness and light.
2. School kids need to be taught about the Tudors.
3. England doesn't do revolutions.
4. WW2 was largely won on the Eastern Front.
1. The Anglo-Saxon settlement was all sweetness and light.
2. School kids need to be taught about the Tudors.
3. England doesn't do revolutions.
4. WW2 was largely won on the Eastern Front.
Sunday night TV and Freddie Flintoff is single handedly saving souls, communities and the world. Give this man a knighthood and role out sport engagement across every city in the country. This is what real patriotism looks like.
September 14, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Sunday night TV and Freddie Flintoff is single handedly saving souls, communities and the world. Give this man a knighthood and role out sport engagement across every city in the country. This is what real patriotism looks like.