Gary Bainbridge
@garybainbridge.bsky.social
Owner-operator of Liverpool's premier bijou editorial services provider, Bus Stop. Occasional bus traveller. Used to be a small deal.
Nearer 30, tbf.
February 9, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Nearer 30, tbf.
This is like watching the Summer Olympics about 20 years ago.
February 9, 2026 at 7:44 PM
This is like watching the Summer Olympics about 20 years ago.
I don't see how he comes back from all this.
February 9, 2026 at 3:47 PM
I don't see how he comes back from all this.
It survived Michael Lush, so I reckon he'd have got away with it.
February 9, 2026 at 3:42 PM
It survived Michael Lush, so I reckon he'd have got away with it.
If you wanted to be Prime Minister, why *would* you think it's a good idea to start the ball rolling before the local elections? Better to let Starmer take a pasting in May and then come in, surely?
February 9, 2026 at 3:39 PM
If you wanted to be Prime Minister, why *would* you think it's a good idea to start the ball rolling before the local elections? Better to let Starmer take a pasting in May and then come in, surely?
He was Alastair Campbell's Number 2 when I encountered him "number 2" being extremely appropriate in my opinion.
February 9, 2026 at 12:00 PM
He was Alastair Campbell's Number 2 when I encountered him "number 2" being extremely appropriate in my opinion.
It would explain all the right-wing stuff.
February 9, 2026 at 11:23 AM
It would explain all the right-wing stuff.
Tim Allan was extremely and unnecessarily rude to me once, so off he can go, quite frankly.
February 9, 2026 at 11:21 AM
Tim Allan was extremely and unnecessarily rude to me once, so off he can go, quite frankly.
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Today is the birthday of writer Bill Finger (Feb. 8, 1914-Jan. 18, 1974), who took Bob Kane’s initial idea & developed it into the Batman we know today. He also wrote the first appearance of the original Green Lantern, and cocreated Robin, the Joker, Catwoman, Lana Lang, Wildcat, Riddler, & more.
February 8, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Today is the birthday of writer Bill Finger (Feb. 8, 1914-Jan. 18, 1974), who took Bob Kane’s initial idea & developed it into the Batman we know today. He also wrote the first appearance of the original Green Lantern, and cocreated Robin, the Joker, Catwoman, Lana Lang, Wildcat, Riddler, & more.
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It's not the world's fault you can't draw. Pencils are 30p each.
February 6, 2026 at 6:15 PM
It's not the world's fault you can't draw. Pencils are 30p each.
It does remind me very much of the kerfuffle surrounding Dan Jarvis in 2015.
February 6, 2026 at 8:52 AM
It does remind me very much of the kerfuffle surrounding Dan Jarvis in 2015.
Gutted to have liked this and made the number of likes 70. x
February 5, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Gutted to have liked this and made the number of likes 70. x
I once let on to Nina Sosanya outside Euston Square tube station.
February 5, 2026 at 3:17 PM
I once let on to Nina Sosanya outside Euston Square tube station.
Look, Eddie, which of us can truly understand what goes on in the minds of titans like Louis Walsh?
February 5, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Look, Eddie, which of us can truly understand what goes on in the minds of titans like Louis Walsh?
We're never going to know until we ask Louis Walsh in person. Can you please set it up?
February 5, 2026 at 2:52 PM
We're never going to know until we ask Louis Walsh in person. Can you please set it up?
We're talking about a guy who changed the name of his next group to Westlife because it sounded a bit like Westside (which they couldn't use because there was already a band of that name).
February 5, 2026 at 2:46 PM
We're talking about a guy who changed the name of his next group to Westlife because it sounded a bit like Westside (which they couldn't use because there was already a band of that name).
As I said to @londonreviewbookshop.co.uk, that wasn't really a thing in Ireland.
February 5, 2026 at 2:44 PM
As I said to @londonreviewbookshop.co.uk, that wasn't really a thing in Ireland.
You must have a much higher opinion of Louis Walsh than I have.
February 5, 2026 at 2:40 PM
You must have a much higher opinion of Louis Walsh than I have.
I've given this far too much thought in the past.
February 5, 2026 at 2:37 PM
I've given this far too much thought in the past.
What is this business with Al Carns? Did none of you live through the Dan Jarvis nonsense?
February 5, 2026 at 2:31 PM
What is this business with Al Carns? Did none of you live through the Dan Jarvis nonsense?
He is, but it wasn't distributed in Ireland, probably on account of it being a dirty black Protestant publication. There was an Irish Catholic version called Our Boys, which he might have read.
February 5, 2026 at 2:26 PM
He is, but it wasn't distributed in Ireland, probably on account of it being a dirty black Protestant publication. There was an Irish Catholic version called Our Boys, which he might have read.
There is absolutely no way Louis Walsh employed that level of subtlety when coming up with the name.
February 5, 2026 at 2:21 PM
There is absolutely no way Louis Walsh employed that level of subtlety when coming up with the name.