Steve Pickthall
@stevepickthall.bsky.social
Father, husband, drinker of malt & hop based beverages, eater of exquisite scran...
Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
I can imagine the conversation at CCHQ:
François: I’m off to Reform Ltd. if you don’t offer me something.
Badenough: How about I let you sit up front by the driver?
François: oh yippee mum!…er…Ms. Badenough.
#pmqs
François: I’m off to Reform Ltd. if you don’t offer me something.
Badenough: How about I let you sit up front by the driver?
François: oh yippee mum!…er…Ms. Badenough.
#pmqs
February 11, 2026 at 12:44 PM
I can imagine the conversation at CCHQ:
François: I’m off to Reform Ltd. if you don’t offer me something.
Badenough: How about I let you sit up front by the driver?
François: oh yippee mum!…er…Ms. Badenough.
#pmqs
François: I’m off to Reform Ltd. if you don’t offer me something.
Badenough: How about I let you sit up front by the driver?
François: oh yippee mum!…er…Ms. Badenough.
#pmqs
February 11, 2026 at 12:07 PM
February 7, 2026 at 1:50 PM
February 7, 2026 at 1:34 PM
Going to be pretty hard listening to the government being lectured on judgement by the party that not only brought us Johnson and Truss, but elected them to the highest position in the land.
#pmqs
#pmqs
February 4, 2026 at 12:04 PM
Going to be pretty hard listening to the government being lectured on judgement by the party that not only brought us Johnson and Truss, but elected them to the highest position in the land.
#pmqs
#pmqs
I'm all for the government helping out independent pubs. If it ends up as a subsidy for arsehole companies like Stonegate and Wetherspoons then it'll be a waste.
Either way, pubs will continue struggle because most of them are too big, draughty, expensive to heat and empty most of the week.
#wato
Either way, pubs will continue struggle because most of them are too big, draughty, expensive to heat and empty most of the week.
#wato
January 27, 2026 at 1:42 PM
I'm all for the government helping out independent pubs. If it ends up as a subsidy for arsehole companies like Stonegate and Wetherspoons then it'll be a waste.
Either way, pubs will continue struggle because most of them are too big, draughty, expensive to heat and empty most of the week.
#wato
Either way, pubs will continue struggle because most of them are too big, draughty, expensive to heat and empty most of the week.
#wato
January 7, 2026 at 12:21 PM
January 7, 2026 at 12:16 PM
It baffles me how cranks like Badenough are allowed to imply drilling for more oil (which is getting much harder and less cost effective) is an economic opportunity but green technologies aren’t.
#r4today
#r4today
January 6, 2026 at 8:29 AM
It baffles me how cranks like Badenough are allowed to imply drilling for more oil (which is getting much harder and less cost effective) is an economic opportunity but green technologies aren’t.
#r4today
#r4today
Badenoch’s arguments are not only stupid and careless but politically gormless too.
This is an opportunity for the Tories to demonstrate leadership and moral clarity as well as create a positive difference to their political opponents.
Opportunity missed.
#r4today
This is an opportunity for the Tories to demonstrate leadership and moral clarity as well as create a positive difference to their political opponents.
Opportunity missed.
#r4today
January 6, 2026 at 8:19 AM
Badenoch’s arguments are not only stupid and careless but politically gormless too.
This is an opportunity for the Tories to demonstrate leadership and moral clarity as well as create a positive difference to their political opponents.
Opportunity missed.
#r4today
This is an opportunity for the Tories to demonstrate leadership and moral clarity as well as create a positive difference to their political opponents.
Opportunity missed.
#r4today
Just walked dog through Newcastle’s leafy Jesmond. Not a single Christmas tree featured tinsel.
WTAF is wrong with these people?!
Degenerates.
WTAF is wrong with these people?!
Degenerates.
December 20, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Just walked dog through Newcastle’s leafy Jesmond. Not a single Christmas tree featured tinsel.
WTAF is wrong with these people?!
Degenerates.
WTAF is wrong with these people?!
Degenerates.
December 17, 2025 at 12:15 PM
December 10, 2025 at 12:48 PM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social wrong house. The ducks were in the Ogden’s (now Kev’s).
December 10, 2025 at 10:02 AM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social wrong house. The ducks were in the Ogden’s (now Kev’s).
Oh dear, Farage isn’t talking to the BBC.
Again.
Yawn.
Twat.
Again.
Yawn.
Twat.
December 4, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Oh dear, Farage isn’t talking to the BBC.
Again.
Yawn.
Twat.
Again.
Yawn.
Twat.
December 3, 2025 at 12:12 PM
November 28, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Braying Tories are very quiet when she talks about state schools and the miners pensions scheme. They have absolutely no idea what she's talking about.
#Budget2026
#Budget2026
November 26, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Braying Tories are very quiet when she talks about state schools and the miners pensions scheme. They have absolutely no idea what she's talking about.
#Budget2026
#Budget2026
November 26, 2025 at 12:00 PM
November 24, 2025 at 7:28 AM
I like Ken Clarke, but like all Tories, he seems to take absolutely no responsibility for the mess the country is in.
He seems to think his era was a great success but most of the country’s problems took root then and were caused by them.
He seems to think his era was a great success but most of the country’s problems took root then and were caused by them.
November 23, 2025 at 12:08 PM
I like Ken Clarke, but like all Tories, he seems to take absolutely no responsibility for the mess the country is in.
He seems to think his era was a great success but most of the country’s problems took root then and were caused by them.
He seems to think his era was a great success but most of the country’s problems took root then and were caused by them.
November 19, 2025 at 12:05 PM