The Thompsonian
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Most posts seem to be me shouting at the radio.
Most posts seem to be me shouting at the radio.
For Tories like Robinson and their mates who've never needed direct financial support from the state, welfare spending is just a waste of taxpayer's money. #r4today
November 27, 2025 at 8:24 AM
For Tories like Robinson and their mates who've never needed direct financial support from the state, welfare spending is just a waste of taxpayer's money. #r4today
Watching Prisoner 951 and reminded what a complete pile of ordure Boris Johnson is. In a normal country, he'd be in jail.
November 25, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Watching Prisoner 951 and reminded what a complete pile of ordure Boris Johnson is. In a normal country, he'd be in jail.
November 21, 2025 at 8:06 PM
We never hear about Taiwan, S Korea and similar counties who used data modelling, testing & isolating from the outset with huge success. #r4today
November 21, 2025 at 8:21 AM
We never hear about Taiwan, S Korea and similar counties who used data modelling, testing & isolating from the outset with huge success. #r4today
Right on cue, Gove's getting a nice little back rub from Webb on Spectator FM / #r4today. Damage limitation PR for the Johnson cabal in full swing. #covidinquiry
November 21, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Right on cue, Gove's getting a nice little back rub from Webb on Spectator FM / #r4today. Damage limitation PR for the Johnson cabal in full swing. #covidinquiry
Amazing how GB News, Telegraph, etc. who all "fought" for UK sovereignty during Brexit now gleefully support the BBC being sued in a foreign court #r4today
November 15, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Amazing how GB News, Telegraph, etc. who all "fought" for UK sovereignty during Brexit now gleefully support the BBC being sued in a foreign court #r4today
Dear Blue Sky algorithm.
I do not support Leeds United.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
I do not support Leeds United.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
November 14, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Dear Blue Sky algorithm.
I do not support Leeds United.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
I do not support Leeds United.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
“BBC news should be exactly how I say it should be” says Baron Moore of Etchingham on behalf of Marshall Wace Asset Management Ltd. #r4today.
November 10, 2025 at 7:24 AM
“BBC news should be exactly how I say it should be” says Baron Moore of Etchingham on behalf of Marshall Wace Asset Management Ltd. #r4today.
Lest we forget, no one at the BBC resigned over this editorial matter:
pressgazette.co.uk/news/bbc-adm...
#r4today #panorama
What were those “lessons”, and who learned them?
pressgazette.co.uk/news/bbc-adm...
#r4today #panorama
What were those “lessons”, and who learned them?
BBC admits ‘lesson to be learned’ over Remembrance Day footage mix-up which drew 2,000 complaints
The BBC has admitted it has a “lesson to be learned” after it used years-old footage of Boris Johnson laying a wreath on Remembrance Sunday.
pressgazette.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Lest we forget, no one at the BBC resigned over this editorial matter:
pressgazette.co.uk/news/bbc-adm...
#r4today #panorama
What were those “lessons”, and who learned them?
pressgazette.co.uk/news/bbc-adm...
#r4today #panorama
What were those “lessons”, and who learned them?
Such a celebratory tone on #r4today, reporting the pay rise of a man who, in the last few months, has:
- called for the overthrow the UK govt
- paid the legal fees of a racist thug
- claimed that 1000s of asylum seekers are raping and pillaging UK villages
- called for the overthrow the UK govt
- paid the legal fees of a racist thug
- claimed that 1000s of asylum seekers are raping and pillaging UK villages
November 7, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Such a celebratory tone on #r4today, reporting the pay rise of a man who, in the last few months, has:
- called for the overthrow the UK govt
- paid the legal fees of a racist thug
- claimed that 1000s of asylum seekers are raping and pillaging UK villages
- called for the overthrow the UK govt
- paid the legal fees of a racist thug
- claimed that 1000s of asylum seekers are raping and pillaging UK villages
What happens to the microplastics caught in the filter? Basic question not asked by Emma Barnett. This Earthshot prize does seem more like a Greenwash prize. #r4today
November 6, 2025 at 7:21 AM
What happens to the microplastics caught in the filter? Basic question not asked by Emma Barnett. This Earthshot prize does seem more like a Greenwash prize. #r4today
Why won’t all these intelligent, innovative, entrepreneurial, motivated, resourceful, hard-working young men just stay in their damp hotel rooms and do nothing all day? #r4today
November 5, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Why won’t all these intelligent, innovative, entrepreneurial, motivated, resourceful, hard-working young men just stay in their damp hotel rooms and do nothing all day? #r4today
We interrupt this important budget announcement so deputy political jester Nick Watt can tell us what he thinks about the first few minutes of it #r4today
November 4, 2025 at 8:17 AM
We interrupt this important budget announcement so deputy political jester Nick Watt can tell us what he thinks about the first few minutes of it #r4today