Ian Pethick
ianpethick.bsky.social
Ian Pethick
@ianpethick.bsky.social
Cornish boy, now barricaded into my bunker within Khan's urban hellscape.
Parkrunner, non league football lover, spender of too much money in record shops, espresso sipping, wine slurping, real ale drinking ,cat daddy who will never vote Tory.
Levi has been disappeared then.
#TheApprentice
February 12, 2026 at 10:18 PM
Farage v Lowe is a bit "Iran v Iraq"
February 12, 2026 at 12:49 PM
Manchester United, the club that Sir Jim Ratcliffe owns a 25% stake in, has 19 non British players within its squad of 25. Colonised by immigrants? #R4Today
February 12, 2026 at 7:07 AM
With Labour in a desperate relegation battle, there's only one man Keir Starmer can turn to now as his new Chief Of Staff.
February 8, 2026 at 3:26 PM
The candidate that's giving off strong "future Reform councillor" vibes. ##TheApprentice
February 6, 2026 at 8:49 AM
Do the Question Time crew pack Zia Yusuf away with the rest of the set at the end of filming, freight him to next week's venue and assemble him again? #BBCQT
February 5, 2026 at 9:11 AM
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

If this was a steel or car plant, then the government would have rushed towards it with a bail out package.
‘If I think about what this means, I want to cry’: what happens when a city loses its university?
When Essex University’s Southend campus opened, it was a message of hope for a ‘left behind’ UK seaside town. Its closure will be felt far beyond its 800 students, some of whom will not get their degr...
www.theguardian.com
February 4, 2026 at 9:46 AM
Why did two extra candidates appear after the rest of them had gathered at the start, did they miss their flights? #TheApprentice.
January 30, 2026 at 12:54 PM
So, using the logic of this Reform bloke, if all road speed limits were abolished then the Welsh economy would boom? #R4Today
January 30, 2026 at 7:23 AM
Please,please,please let these stories be correct. The ridicule would be off the scale.
January 28, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Absolutely no shame. The man who was run of number 10 by his own party, and was found by the standards committee to have deliberately and repeatedly misled parliament, is now lecturing in political science. No doubt for big $$$$.
January 22, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Oh great, Lord Glasman. OFF. #BBCPM
January 22, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Report by the "Prosperity Institute " who were formally known as the Legatum Group, which has two directors listing an address for correspondence in Dubai.
January 22, 2026 at 1:41 PM
"You boy! Has Farage unveiled his defector from Labour?"
January 21, 2026 at 7:36 AM
This is serious policy on net zero and cost of living.We installed PV solar on our Victorian terrace, and used no gas between April and Oct 2025.Plus got paid a decent amount for surplus electricity. We were also able to run an AC unit at no cost during heatwaves. What's not to like? #R4Today
January 21, 2026 at 7:27 AM
January 20, 2026 at 6:39 AM
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Nine years ago a Twitter user was sending poetry to Sadiq Khan about London’s many cultural identities. A decade on, Reform UK’s mayoral candidate doesn’t dispute it was her old account - so what’s changed?

Our profile of Laila Cunningham: www.londoncentric.media/p/laila-cunn...
January 18, 2026 at 7:32 AM
This has aged well.
January 15, 2026 at 5:45 PM
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Incredibly, no-one on Nigel Farage’s team has got round to deleting this post. It’s still live as Robert Jenrick gives his big defection speech.
January 15, 2026 at 4:49 PM
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January 15, 2026 at 5:19 PM
So, turns out that crap like this is influencing the decisions of businesses looking to invest in London and move staff to the city. I'm old enough to remember the accusations from prominent Tories that people are "talking the country down." #R4Today
January 15, 2026 at 6:59 AM
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Amazingly, Zahawi only got round to deleting the below after the press conference announcing his defection to Reform.
January 12, 2026 at 12:09 PM
The phrase "paid in" certainly does a lot of heavy lifting when we talk about chucking cash at pensioners.
#R4PM
January 6, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Why did Fire have to be in Gladiator character and outfit for her #CelebrityMastermind" appearance, but Legend can be known as "Matt" and wear suit and tie for #CelebrityTheApprentice" ?
December 31, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Marty Supreme is a prime example of Mark Kermode's statement that "all films can be improved by cutting 30 minutes off it." Pretty good, but way too long.
December 31, 2025 at 12:11 PM