l'Esprit de l'Escalier
@espritescalier.bsky.social
Former I.T. analyst. Language teacher. Proud European. From the north west of one country, now resident of the south east of another.
Listening to R4 Farming prog. Protesting farmer "I can't afford the tax". Reporter "You have 7yrs to split between yr kids." Farmer "I might not live that long and anyway my kids might not want to continue farming." 🤔 So, you're dead. Your kids don't want to farm.🧵
November 27, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Listening to R4 Farming prog. Protesting farmer "I can't afford the tax". Reporter "You have 7yrs to split between yr kids." Farmer "I might not live that long and anyway my kids might not want to continue farming." 🤔 So, you're dead. Your kids don't want to farm.🧵
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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‘You, Boy!
Go and racially abuse everybody you meet
…but not in a hurtful or insulting way!’
Go and racially abuse everybody you meet
…but not in a hurtful or insulting way!’
November 25, 2025 at 8:13 AM
‘You, Boy!
Go and racially abuse everybody you meet
…but not in a hurtful or insulting way!’
Go and racially abuse everybody you meet
…but not in a hurtful or insulting way!’
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The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford
November 19, 2025 at 12:12 PM
The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford
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Can someone tell Mahmood that the Tommy Robinson/Reform voter she’s nodding to with her policies don’t just call her “paki” to (and behind) her face, but they’d deport her if they got the chance & she’s opening the door to giving them that chance by using their language & rhetoric, legitimising it.
November 18, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Can someone tell Mahmood that the Tommy Robinson/Reform voter she’s nodding to with her policies don’t just call her “paki” to (and behind) her face, but they’d deport her if they got the chance & she’s opening the door to giving them that chance by using their language & rhetoric, legitimising it.
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The sad thing is, on reading this line, it will be fist bumps all around in Shabana Mahmood's office. Because becoming Reform is their plan to beat it.
I hope every Labour MP considering whether to support Shabana Mahmood's asylum plans remembers Nigel Farage's assessment that the “Home Secretary sounds like a Reform supporter.”
If they support them they will too.
If they support them they will too.
November 17, 2025 at 7:39 AM
The sad thing is, on reading this line, it will be fist bumps all around in Shabana Mahmood's office. Because becoming Reform is their plan to beat it.
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Taking jewellery also has direct echoes of what the Nazis did. Direct.
www.timesofisrael.com/jewelry-seiz...
www.timesofisrael.com/jewelry-seiz...
Jewelry seized from Poles in Nazi concentration camps returned to families
Germany's Arolsen Archives hands over Stanislawa Wasilewska's bracelet, watch and crucifixes to her grandson and great-granddaughter at an emotional ceremony in Warsaw
www.timesofisrael.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Taking jewellery also has direct echoes of what the Nazis did. Direct.
www.timesofisrael.com/jewelry-seiz...
www.timesofisrael.com/jewelry-seiz...
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People like this have always been there, they don't make me embarrassed to be British. I'm just angry that the party I voted for seeks their approval over mine.
Just some British patriots in Benidorm, taking over a street in Spain to shout in their own language about unwanted foreigners. It’s a blessing that they are too thick to understand irony.
November 15, 2025 at 12:19 PM
People like this have always been there, they don't make me embarrassed to be British. I'm just angry that the party I voted for seeks their approval over mine.
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A response to Matt Goodwin on small boat refugees (with record of crime in Germany) committing crime (rape) in the UK.
November 14, 2025 at 1:57 PM
A response to Matt Goodwin on small boat refugees (with record of crime in Germany) committing crime (rape) in the UK.
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If you’re going to have cameras everywhere and fine people for pouring coffee down the drain you can’t then let organised criminals dump hundreds of trucks full of waste in a 150m long disaster and be like “oh, sorry, didn’t see anything, not our problem.”
November 14, 2025 at 6:44 PM
If you’re going to have cameras everywhere and fine people for pouring coffee down the drain you can’t then let organised criminals dump hundreds of trucks full of waste in a 150m long disaster and be like “oh, sorry, didn’t see anything, not our problem.”
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Which one is more English?
November 6, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Which one is more English?
The BBC Radio4 Today programme interview this a.m. with the chief exec of a UK-based co (didn't catch name) confirmed my fears. He projects shedding 30% workforce by using AI & plans to outsource as many jobs as poss to Thailand because their employment laws are more 'business friendly'. 🧵
November 12, 2025 at 7:34 AM
The BBC Radio4 Today programme interview this a.m. with the chief exec of a UK-based co (didn't catch name) confirmed my fears. He projects shedding 30% workforce by using AI & plans to outsource as many jobs as poss to Thailand because their employment laws are more 'business friendly'. 🧵
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Robbie Gibb was appointed to the BBC Board by Boris Johnson, was an editorial advisor for GB News, and worked as Theresa May's Director of Comms.
He is not impartial or neutral. The government should remove him from the Board immediately to protect the BBC's independence.
He is not impartial or neutral. The government should remove him from the Board immediately to protect the BBC's independence.
November 11, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Robbie Gibb was appointed to the BBC Board by Boris Johnson, was an editorial advisor for GB News, and worked as Theresa May's Director of Comms.
He is not impartial or neutral. The government should remove him from the Board immediately to protect the BBC's independence.
He is not impartial or neutral. The government should remove him from the Board immediately to protect the BBC's independence.
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Borderline hilarious (hollow laughter) to hear #R4today reporting on BBC bias and then immediately going to Nigel Fucking Farage for comment.
November 10, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Borderline hilarious (hollow laughter) to hear #R4today reporting on BBC bias and then immediately going to Nigel Fucking Farage for comment.
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What would Jesus do with 40 million pounds? Pretty sure it wouldn't be this. "Come, let us build ourselves a city, with a tower that reaches to the heavens, so that we may make a name for ourselves."
What would Jesus do with 40 million pounds? Pretty sure it wouldn't be this. "Come, let us build ourselves a city, with a tower that reaches to the heavens, so that we may make a name for ourselves."
Construction begins on major Christian landmark in Britain celebrating a million answered prayers
Eternal Wall of Answered Prayer
religionnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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What would Jesus do with 40 million pounds? Pretty sure it wouldn't be this. "Come, let us build ourselves a city, with a tower that reaches to the heavens, so that we may make a name for ourselves."
What would Jesus do with 40 million pounds? Pretty sure it wouldn't be this. "Come, let us build ourselves a city, with a tower that reaches to the heavens, so that we may make a name for ourselves."
@mrjamesob.bsky.social V much enjoyed yr talk with John Lloyd. One Meaning of Liff word my whole family adopted was 'scrabbie' - that half an old underpant your mum gives you to clean the car with.
November 9, 2025 at 7:38 AM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social V much enjoyed yr talk with John Lloyd. One Meaning of Liff word my whole family adopted was 'scrabbie' - that half an old underpant your mum gives you to clean the car with.
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The annual harvest for Michael Fabricant’s hair has just begun in Gloucestershire today.
November 6, 2025 at 10:07 AM
The annual harvest for Michael Fabricant’s hair has just begun in Gloucestershire today.
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This is Slough, so there might be just a smidge of irony in the fact that over the PA in Tesco Joni Mitchell is telling us all about how they paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
November 1, 2025 at 4:21 PM
This is Slough, so there might be just a smidge of irony in the fact that over the PA in Tesco Joni Mitchell is telling us all about how they paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
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Best 3 minutes you will spend on the internet today.
October 8, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Best 3 minutes you will spend on the internet today.