Tom McEnroe
@tommcenroe.bsky.social
Bikes are nice.
Cycling commuter when an aging back allows it, gardener, photographer, amateur mixologist
Rants about the state of the world, and the UK in particular, by appointment.
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Cycling commuter when an aging back allows it, gardener, photographer, amateur mixologist
Rants about the state of the world, and the UK in particular, by appointment.
https://www.flickr.com/people/tommce/
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Tom McEnroe
@tommcenroe.bsky.social
· Oct 10
A friend has a small library of books whose titles may not mean quite what they did when they were originally published - friends and family have been adding to it over the years.
Mr Pink Whistle features....
Mr Pink Whistle features....
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Over a decade ago a high school art teacher in Nara asked himself the question, what are some free activities that would inspire students to take an interest in art?
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Every Fall This High School Art Teacher in Nara Sweeps Fallen Leaves into Ephemeral Art
this year's fall foliage creation featured Crayon Shinchan | all images courtesy hamacream
Over a decade ago a high school art teacher in Nara asked himself the question, what are some free activities...
spoon-tamago.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Over a decade ago a high school art teacher in Nara asked himself the question, what are some free activities that would inspire students to take an interest in art?
spoon-tamago.com/hamacream-fa...
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Why Nigel Farage, is the scale of it too big?
Maybe you could ask Arron Banks to fund it!
#ReformRussianBribes
Maybe you could ask Arron Banks to fund it!
#ReformRussianBribes
November 25, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Why Nigel Farage, is the scale of it too big?
Maybe you could ask Arron Banks to fund it!
#ReformRussianBribes
Maybe you could ask Arron Banks to fund it!
#ReformRussianBribes
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I guess it’s a compliment that the top story on BBC London’s TV/online output today is a direct lift of a month-old London Centric story? But once again the BBC is consistently the worst news outlet for actually remembering to credit others.
November 25, 2025 at 7:52 AM
I guess it’s a compliment that the top story on BBC London’s TV/online output today is a direct lift of a month-old London Centric story? But once again the BBC is consistently the worst news outlet for actually remembering to credit others.
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![[Scene is JESUS sat behind a boss’s desk in his office on a cloud in HEAVEN]
1
JESUS [speaking into intercom]
Hi can you send in Saint Nicholas please
2
SANTA [entering in full Santa garb]:
Hi boss
JESUS:
Hi Nick
3
JESUS:
Listen - about this ‘my birthday’ thing...
SANTA:
Ohh not this again boss
4
JESUS:
Nick, it’s out of hand. *You’ve* got out of hand.
5
JESUS:
I mean when I hired you, you was all humble, hiding under windows, lobbing in dowries…
And now you’re like…
6
JESUS [gesturing disdainfully at Santa’s clothing]:
I mean - what’s this.
7
SANTA:
This is my get up! I’ve had this since the Coca Cola deal in the 30s
JESUS:
*That’s what I mean.*
8
JESUS:
You’ve just gone too -
SANTA:
Oh no, oh no -
9
SANTA:
Sorry boss but waaay back in the Reformation, right, Martin Luther said: “why don’t we have Jesus delivering the presents?”. And when he prayed to ask you, do you remember what you said? Eh?
10
SANTA:
You said: “I ain’t going back there”
11
SANTA:
If you wanna take over -
JESUS:
Oh yeah! Kids coming downstairs to find me resurrected in their living room going "I got you an Xbox"...
12
SANTA:
You’re just feeling threatened cos I’m doing a bloody good -
JESUS:
*WATCH IT NICK*.
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The only reason Gill stopped being the Reform UK leader in Wales was because he failed to win a seat in the 2021 Senedd election.
Zia Yusuf keeps trying to make this sound like this is ancient history, and Reform washed their hands of him, but nothing is further from the truth.
Zia Yusuf keeps trying to make this sound like this is ancient history, and Reform washed their hands of him, but nothing is further from the truth.
November 24, 2025 at 9:55 AM
The only reason Gill stopped being the Reform UK leader in Wales was because he failed to win a seat in the 2021 Senedd election.
Zia Yusuf keeps trying to make this sound like this is ancient history, and Reform washed their hands of him, but nothing is further from the truth.
Zia Yusuf keeps trying to make this sound like this is ancient history, and Reform washed their hands of him, but nothing is further from the truth.
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This is one of the big accounts boosting Tommy Robinson, Farage and Reform and ‘English Patriots’.
It’s Russian.
It’s Russian.
November 24, 2025 at 9:29 AM
This is one of the big accounts boosting Tommy Robinson, Farage and Reform and ‘English Patriots’.
It’s Russian.
It’s Russian.
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Bloody hell, even by stupid entitled driver standards this idiot is gold plated.
Clearly he's never read the highway code. If there are no times then it s bus lane. It's actually not hard.
Why do people out themselves as stupid like this?
www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/2563185...
Clearly he's never read the highway code. If there are no times then it s bus lane. It's actually not hard.
Why do people out themselves as stupid like this?
www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/2563185...
'I was disgusted' - Man's anger over new 24-hour bus lane in Bradford
A driver has urged Bradford Council to use clearer signage after he was fined for driving through a 24-hour bus lane.
www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Bloody hell, even by stupid entitled driver standards this idiot is gold plated.
Clearly he's never read the highway code. If there are no times then it s bus lane. It's actually not hard.
Why do people out themselves as stupid like this?
www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/2563185...
Clearly he's never read the highway code. If there are no times then it s bus lane. It's actually not hard.
Why do people out themselves as stupid like this?
www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/2563185...
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Except that’s not true.
Gill was the head of Reform UK in Wales only a few years ago - in 2021.
Gill was constantly seen by Farage’s side since his first election - as a UKIP MEP - in 2014.
Reform must come clean with their Russian connections.
Gill was the head of Reform UK in Wales only a few years ago - in 2021.
Gill was constantly seen by Farage’s side since his first election - as a UKIP MEP - in 2014.
Reform must come clean with their Russian connections.
Reform UK's Zia Yusuf calls Nathan Gill 'ancient history'
The party's head of policy says he has never met Nathan Gill, who served as the leader of Reform UK in Wales in 2021.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Except that’s not true.
Gill was the head of Reform UK in Wales only a few years ago - in 2021.
Gill was constantly seen by Farage’s side since his first election - as a UKIP MEP - in 2014.
Reform must come clean with their Russian connections.
Gill was the head of Reform UK in Wales only a few years ago - in 2021.
Gill was constantly seen by Farage’s side since his first election - as a UKIP MEP - in 2014.
Reform must come clean with their Russian connections.
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Architect George Clarke calls for boycott of firms criticised by Grenfell inquiry
Architect George Clarke calls for boycott of firms criticised by Grenfell inquiry
TV personality wants homeowners and businesses to shun ‘dishonest’ firms Arconic, Kingspan and Celotex
Grenfell United and the TV architect George Clarke are calling on businesses and homeowners to take a “moral decision” and boycott the companies criticised in the Grenfell inquiry for “systematic dishonesty”.
Clarke, best known for his series George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces, said he had made the decision not to use products from Arconic, Kingspan and Celotex, three companies that were heavily criticised in the findings of the Grenfell inquiry published last year and who have continued to deny wrongdoing. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Architect George Clarke calls for boycott of firms criticised by Grenfell inquiry
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As Trump and Putin work to crush Ukraine and destabilise Europe and Farage’s ally gets sentenced to 10yrs for taking Russian bribes, it’s a good time to revisit this excellent report on how the British rightwing has betrayed us all.
Brexit was their weapon of choice.
bylinetimes.com/2022/03/08/p...
Brexit was their weapon of choice.
bylinetimes.com/2022/03/08/p...
Putin’s Plot Against ‘Great’ Britain – And How He Got Away With It
Peter Jukes tracks Vladimir Putin’s long war against the West and the allies he has found in the pro-Brexit establishment in the plot to derail Britain
bylinetimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:31 AM
As Trump and Putin work to crush Ukraine and destabilise Europe and Farage’s ally gets sentenced to 10yrs for taking Russian bribes, it’s a good time to revisit this excellent report on how the British rightwing has betrayed us all.
Brexit was their weapon of choice.
bylinetimes.com/2022/03/08/p...
Brexit was their weapon of choice.
bylinetimes.com/2022/03/08/p...
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Farage reminds me of the sort of British journalist satirised by Humbert Wolfe:
“You cannot hope to bribe or twist
(thank God!) the British journalist.
But, seeing what the man will do
unbribed, there's no occasion to.”
“You cannot hope to bribe or twist
(thank God!) the British journalist.
But, seeing what the man will do
unbribed, there's no occasion to.”
November 22, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Farage reminds me of the sort of British journalist satirised by Humbert Wolfe:
“You cannot hope to bribe or twist
(thank God!) the British journalist.
But, seeing what the man will do
unbribed, there's no occasion to.”
“You cannot hope to bribe or twist
(thank God!) the British journalist.
But, seeing what the man will do
unbribed, there's no occasion to.”
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Turns out the media & most of Parliament is as out of touch with reality as Twitter. Dear England.
Why do people think England flags have been raised on lampposts?
White adults
National pride: 26%
Anti-migrant/minority sentiment: 49%
Both: 19%
Ethnic minority adults
National pride: 15%
Anti-migrant/minority sentiment: 55%
Both: 20%
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
White adults
National pride: 26%
Anti-migrant/minority sentiment: 49%
Both: 19%
Ethnic minority adults
National pride: 15%
Anti-migrant/minority sentiment: 55%
Both: 20%
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
November 22, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Turns out the media & most of Parliament is as out of touch with reality as Twitter. Dear England.
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Newmarket MP Matt Hancock gave a £37bn Covid testing contract to Jockey Club director Dido Harding, who subcontracted it to Grand National sponsor Randox, employer of Tory MP Owen Paterson, whose late wife chaired Aintree racecourse. That's how the Tories handled the pandemic.
November 22, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Newmarket MP Matt Hancock gave a £37bn Covid testing contract to Jockey Club director Dido Harding, who subcontracted it to Grand National sponsor Randox, employer of Tory MP Owen Paterson, whose late wife chaired Aintree racecourse. That's how the Tories handled the pandemic.
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The right wing elite are ruthless in protecting their own and getting what they want.
They wanted Johnson. (And what a disaster that was for us).
Now they want Farage. (Would be an off the scale catastrophe for the country).
Time we woke up to the betrayal.
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-confid...
They wanted Johnson. (And what a disaster that was for us).
Now they want Farage. (Would be an off the scale catastrophe for the country).
Time we woke up to the betrayal.
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-confid...
The Confidence Trick That Put Boris Johnson Into Power Is Now Being Used on Nigel Farage
The same people who convinced the British public to back a catastrophic Boris Johnson premiership are now pulling the same trick again with Nigel Farage
www.adambienkov.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 2:33 PM
The right wing elite are ruthless in protecting their own and getting what they want.
They wanted Johnson. (And what a disaster that was for us).
Now they want Farage. (Would be an off the scale catastrophe for the country).
Time we woke up to the betrayal.
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-confid...
They wanted Johnson. (And what a disaster that was for us).
Now they want Farage. (Would be an off the scale catastrophe for the country).
Time we woke up to the betrayal.
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-confid...
One of the best, and simultaneously saddest, pictures.
The Last Word and a now empty bottle of green Chartreuse.
Going to be a while before that gets replaced!
#Cocktails #Saturday #Sad #Empty
The Last Word and a now empty bottle of green Chartreuse.
Going to be a while before that gets replaced!
#Cocktails #Saturday #Sad #Empty
November 22, 2025 at 6:35 PM
One of the best, and simultaneously saddest, pictures.
The Last Word and a now empty bottle of green Chartreuse.
Going to be a while before that gets replaced!
#Cocktails #Saturday #Sad #Empty
The Last Word and a now empty bottle of green Chartreuse.
Going to be a while before that gets replaced!
#Cocktails #Saturday #Sad #Empty
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Richard Tice, March 2025:
"I have never met Nathan Gill, and he has never had anything to do with Reform,"
"I have never met Nathan Gill, and he has never had anything to do with Reform,"
November 21, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Richard Tice, March 2025:
"I have never met Nathan Gill, and he has never had anything to do with Reform,"
"I have never met Nathan Gill, and he has never had anything to do with Reform,"
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NEW: If you have *any* interest in the Nathan Gill story, you need to look at this.
We’ve put all the dates into a timeline & it’s incredibly revealing.
1/
www.thenerve.news/p/nathan-gil...
We’ve put all the dates into a timeline & it’s incredibly revealing.
1/
www.thenerve.news/p/nathan-gil...
Reform UK and Russian bribes: a Nathan Gill timeline
As Reform’s former leader in Wales is sentenced to ten and a half years for taking bribes from a pro-Russian actor, here's a chronology of his actions and the wider context of Putin, Ukraine and Brexi...
www.thenerve.news
November 22, 2025 at 1:55 PM
NEW: If you have *any* interest in the Nathan Gill story, you need to look at this.
We’ve put all the dates into a timeline & it’s incredibly revealing.
1/
www.thenerve.news/p/nathan-gil...
We’ve put all the dates into a timeline & it’s incredibly revealing.
1/
www.thenerve.news/p/nathan-gil...
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Suspended Reform UK Councillor, Tom Pickup’s WhatsApp group called for "mass Islam genocide" and encouraged others to stockpile weapons to attack "lefties" and "migrants.”
Reform councillor suspended after 'Islam genocide' comments made in WhatsApp group | LBC
Tom Pickup claimed the comments he made were
www.lbc.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Suspended Reform UK Councillor, Tom Pickup’s WhatsApp group called for "mass Islam genocide" and encouraged others to stockpile weapons to attack "lefties" and "migrants.”
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Once Nathan Gill is sentenced, investigate all the MEPs.
Nigel Farage
Richard Tice
Dr David Bull
Paul Nuttall
Martin Daubney
Alex Phillips
#ReformRussianBribes
Nigel Farage
Richard Tice
Dr David Bull
Paul Nuttall
Martin Daubney
Alex Phillips
#ReformRussianBribes
November 21, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Once Nathan Gill is sentenced, investigate all the MEPs.
Nigel Farage
Richard Tice
Dr David Bull
Paul Nuttall
Martin Daubney
Alex Phillips
#ReformRussianBribes
Nigel Farage
Richard Tice
Dr David Bull
Paul Nuttall
Martin Daubney
Alex Phillips
#ReformRussianBribes
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What a beautiful timeline pairing
November 21, 2025 at 1:18 PM
What a beautiful timeline pairing
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Compare and contrast the Government language.
£3,750 EV grant on a £35k car: ‘helping families’.
Cycle to Work: ‘subsidising leisure’.
And yet cycling delivers TEN TIMES the impact of electric cars for reaching net zero. It’s almost like narrative, not data, is driving policy.
£3,750 EV grant on a £35k car: ‘helping families’.
Cycle to Work: ‘subsidising leisure’.
And yet cycling delivers TEN TIMES the impact of electric cars for reaching net zero. It’s almost like narrative, not data, is driving policy.
November 21, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Compare and contrast the Government language.
£3,750 EV grant on a £35k car: ‘helping families’.
Cycle to Work: ‘subsidising leisure’.
And yet cycling delivers TEN TIMES the impact of electric cars for reaching net zero. It’s almost like narrative, not data, is driving policy.
£3,750 EV grant on a £35k car: ‘helping families’.
Cycle to Work: ‘subsidising leisure’.
And yet cycling delivers TEN TIMES the impact of electric cars for reaching net zero. It’s almost like narrative, not data, is driving policy.
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Fixed it for you. Idiots! If the exclusion is based on appearance then it will certainly impact cis folks as well as trans folks.
November 20, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Fixed it for you. Idiots! If the exclusion is based on appearance then it will certainly impact cis folks as well as trans folks.