Squeezy John
@johnspiers.co.uk
John Spiers. Squeezebox player with Gigspanner Big Band, Bellowhead, Spiers & Boden, Peter Knight & John Spiers, Jackie Oates & John Spiers …
Folk music, allotmenteer, socialist, half a century old.
Folk music, allotmenteer, socialist, half a century old.
I see that famous tax dodger and prominent figure in several Tory governments, Nadhim Zahawi who claimed his horse stables’ heating bill on parliamentary expenses has defecated to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK, immediately slagging off the party he was begging for a peerage only weeks ago.
January 12, 2026 at 4:02 PM
I see that famous tax dodger and prominent figure in several Tory governments, Nadhim Zahawi who claimed his horse stables’ heating bill on parliamentary expenses has defecated to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK, immediately slagging off the party he was begging for a peerage only weeks ago.
Facebook Marketplace ... this time I've found an ex-Royal Mail Fiat Doblo which has been inexpertly converted in to a "camper" by putting what looks like a teenage girl's bedroom with no facilities in the back with a sign saying "feeling lucky"! and an "I love peeing outside" sticker.
January 11, 2026 at 11:30 PM
Facebook Marketplace ... this time I've found an ex-Royal Mail Fiat Doblo which has been inexpertly converted in to a "camper" by putting what looks like a teenage girl's bedroom with no facilities in the back with a sign saying "feeling lucky"! and an "I love peeing outside" sticker.
Definitely calling my next band "Blind Pinnocks"
January 7, 2026 at 11:22 PM
Definitely calling my next band "Blind Pinnocks"
Since turning 50 years old ... I have been told repeatedly by dodgy social media ads that the solution to all of my problems is Tai Chi and private, non-prescribed testosterone replacement.
I'd prefer a Labour government to actually act like a left wing party and for the USA to stop being batshit!
I'd prefer a Labour government to actually act like a left wing party and for the USA to stop being batshit!
January 7, 2026 at 11:20 PM
Since turning 50 years old ... I have been told repeatedly by dodgy social media ads that the solution to all of my problems is Tai Chi and private, non-prescribed testosterone replacement.
I'd prefer a Labour government to actually act like a left wing party and for the USA to stop being batshit!
I'd prefer a Labour government to actually act like a left wing party and for the USA to stop being batshit!
I don't know if any of you have had to deal with orthodontists? But fuck me ... even though some orthodontic work is necessary for a proper bite and available for children on the NHS ... they're all on the make.
You'll find out too when you get to the end of your kids treatment!
You'll find out too when you get to the end of your kids treatment!
January 7, 2026 at 11:05 PM
I don't know if any of you have had to deal with orthodontists? But fuck me ... even though some orthodontic work is necessary for a proper bite and available for children on the NHS ... they're all on the make.
You'll find out too when you get to the end of your kids treatment!
You'll find out too when you get to the end of your kids treatment!
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🚨BREAKING: More than two weeks past its statutory deadline, the DOJ has released less than 1% of its Epstein documents and it will continue to be in violation of the law for the foreseeable future. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Less than 1% of Epstein files have been released, DOJ admits
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
January 6, 2026 at 5:43 PM
🚨BREAKING: More than two weeks past its statutory deadline, the DOJ has released less than 1% of its Epstein documents and it will continue to be in violation of the law for the foreseeable future. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Sorry Americans ... I'm afraid you're all the bad guys now.
Should have nipped this in the bud.
Signs were all there 5 years ago when he tried to overturn the results of the election with mob violence.
But no ... life's too comfortable for you over there ... so don't do anything. Now we have to.
Should have nipped this in the bud.
Signs were all there 5 years ago when he tried to overturn the results of the election with mob violence.
But no ... life's too comfortable for you over there ... so don't do anything. Now we have to.
January 6, 2026 at 11:10 PM
Sorry Americans ... I'm afraid you're all the bad guys now.
Should have nipped this in the bud.
Signs were all there 5 years ago when he tried to overturn the results of the election with mob violence.
But no ... life's too comfortable for you over there ... so don't do anything. Now we have to.
Should have nipped this in the bud.
Signs were all there 5 years ago when he tried to overturn the results of the election with mob violence.
But no ... life's too comfortable for you over there ... so don't do anything. Now we have to.
Sorry ... I stand by this ... the only engagement from anyone in the US blamed us in the UK for not doing enough to sort their shitshow out!!! And then they blocked me for suggesting that the UK isn't in the business of trying to depose democratically elected governments!!!
They'll never rise up
They'll never rise up
Do you know what, Americans? I've had enough ... I've had enough of lame satire about what Trump is doing ... I've had enough people on here going "well I didn't vote for him".
It's gone way past that ... your country is an illegal threat to the world ... you don't stop that with snarky videos.
It's gone way past that ... your country is an illegal threat to the world ... you don't stop that with snarky videos.
January 6, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Sorry ... I stand by this ... the only engagement from anyone in the US blamed us in the UK for not doing enough to sort their shitshow out!!! And then they blocked me for suggesting that the UK isn't in the business of trying to depose democratically elected governments!!!
They'll never rise up
They'll never rise up
Do you know what, Americans? I've had enough ... I've had enough of lame satire about what Trump is doing ... I've had enough people on here going "well I didn't vote for him".
It's gone way past that ... your country is an illegal threat to the world ... you don't stop that with snarky videos.
It's gone way past that ... your country is an illegal threat to the world ... you don't stop that with snarky videos.
January 6, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Do you know what, Americans? I've had enough ... I've had enough of lame satire about what Trump is doing ... I've had enough people on here going "well I didn't vote for him".
It's gone way past that ... your country is an illegal threat to the world ... you don't stop that with snarky videos.
It's gone way past that ... your country is an illegal threat to the world ... you don't stop that with snarky videos.
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Hello Ely Folk! Delighted that the powerful @merryhellband.bsky.social, Steve Knightley and the Winter Yards and @samkellymusic.bsky.social with The Lost Boys will be joining the sublime Gigspanner Big Band and the fiery Grace Petrie at our 40th in 2026. Get tickets now at early bird prices!
November 26, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Hello Ely Folk! Delighted that the powerful @merryhellband.bsky.social, Steve Knightley and the Winter Yards and @samkellymusic.bsky.social with The Lost Boys will be joining the sublime Gigspanner Big Band and the fiery Grace Petrie at our 40th in 2026. Get tickets now at early bird prices!
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What sort of music do we like?
Check out our 2025 Album of the Year Show at 8pm tonight on @folkfridayradio.bsky.social @readifolkradio.bsky.social
Check out our 2025 Album of the Year Show at 8pm tonight on @folkfridayradio.bsky.social @readifolkradio.bsky.social
January 2, 2026 at 5:15 PM
What sort of music do we like?
Check out our 2025 Album of the Year Show at 8pm tonight on @folkfridayradio.bsky.social @readifolkradio.bsky.social
Check out our 2025 Album of the Year Show at 8pm tonight on @folkfridayradio.bsky.social @readifolkradio.bsky.social
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The Gigspanner Big Band's album Turnstone has received quite a few end of year 'Best Of 2025' accolades.
This is one you can participate in, as it is Reader's Vote, which closes on the 10th of January.
If Turnstone was a favourite of yours, please cast a vote. Thank you!
tinyurl.com/5n77443t
This is one you can participate in, as it is Reader's Vote, which closes on the 10th of January.
If Turnstone was a favourite of yours, please cast a vote. Thank you!
tinyurl.com/5n77443t
January 4, 2026 at 4:49 PM
The Gigspanner Big Band's album Turnstone has received quite a few end of year 'Best Of 2025' accolades.
This is one you can participate in, as it is Reader's Vote, which closes on the 10th of January.
If Turnstone was a favourite of yours, please cast a vote. Thank you!
tinyurl.com/5n77443t
This is one you can participate in, as it is Reader's Vote, which closes on the 10th of January.
If Turnstone was a favourite of yours, please cast a vote. Thank you!
tinyurl.com/5n77443t
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I've managed to complete Dry January in just 16 hours, you lazy bastards.
January 1, 2026 at 6:20 PM
I've managed to complete Dry January in just 16 hours, you lazy bastards.
I’m not saying that ALL Reform voters are racist … but 37% of Reform voters are definitely racist according to this poll … and 1 in 10 of them are actual white supremacists!!
"More than a third (37%) of Reform UK voters said they would be prouder of Britain if there were fewer people from minority ethnic backgrounds in a decade’s time, and 10% [compared to 3% overall] said it was important to have white skin to be a good British citizen."
Number of people who say Britons must be born in UK is rising, study shows
Exclusive: Research finds ‘worrying’ surge in support for hard-right narratives on national identity
www.theguardian.com
January 1, 2026 at 11:37 AM
I’m not saying that ALL Reform voters are racist … but 37% of Reform voters are definitely racist according to this poll … and 1 in 10 of them are actual white supremacists!!
Absolutely adorable … there are hundreds of them … but dear God the stench they make!!!
December 30, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Absolutely adorable … there are hundreds of them … but dear God the stench they make!!!
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So Boris Johnson, Prince Phillip, Andrew Bonar Law, Freddie Mercury, George I, George II, Richard E Grant, Douglas Carswell, Rudyard Kipling, Cliff Richard, Joanna Lumley and Spike Milligan weren't British?
Interesting
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Interesting
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Number of people who say Britons must be born in UK is rising, study shows
Exclusive: Research finds ‘worrying’ surge in support for hard-right narratives on national identity
www.theguardian.com
December 29, 2025 at 11:21 PM
So Boris Johnson, Prince Phillip, Andrew Bonar Law, Freddie Mercury, George I, George II, Richard E Grant, Douglas Carswell, Rudyard Kipling, Cliff Richard, Joanna Lumley and Spike Milligan weren't British?
Interesting
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Interesting
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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December 5, 2024 at 4:44 AM
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This is literally what the Telegraph campaigned for.
December 27, 2025 at 9:42 AM
This is literally what the Telegraph campaigned for.
It's been a horrible day since a phone call this morning. I'm just consoling myself with good memories ... this is definitely one of them!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCk0...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCk0...
Bellowhead: A Bus Song A Day - Day 6. Manchester
YouTube video by thisisbellowhead
www.youtube.com
December 27, 2025 at 12:44 AM
It's been a horrible day since a phone call this morning. I'm just consoling myself with good memories ... this is definitely one of them!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCk0...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCk0...
Unbearable news from the Bellowhead gang.
Those of you who came along to the 2024 Bellowhead tour will remember our wonderful helicon player and dear friend Ed Neuhauser taking centre stage for the introduction to Fire Marengo.
What you wouldn't have realised is that Ed had been diagnosed with a brain tumour twelve months previously.
What you wouldn't have realised is that Ed had been diagnosed with a brain tumour twelve months previously.
December 26, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Unbearable news from the Bellowhead gang.
Happy Christmas everyone!
Now that’s better isn’t it?
Now that’s better isn’t it?
December 25, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Happy Christmas everyone!
Now that’s better isn’t it?
Now that’s better isn’t it?
Happy Christmas everyone … now we all know it’s not really Christmas until you’ve gone to bed and woken up again so let’s forget all this Happy Christmas at midnight when it’s still Christmas Eve nonsense … and let’s see your greetings at the actual time you get up so we can all judge you!!! 🧑🎄
December 25, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Happy Christmas everyone … now we all know it’s not really Christmas until you’ve gone to bed and woken up again so let’s forget all this Happy Christmas at midnight when it’s still Christmas Eve nonsense … and let’s see your greetings at the actual time you get up so we can all judge you!!! 🧑🎄
Note to all the accounts that started an “on the first day of Christmas …” thread on December 1st … THE FIRST DAY OF CHRISTMAS IS FUCKING TOMORROW!!!!
Now do it again … properly!
Now do it again … properly!
December 24, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Note to all the accounts that started an “on the first day of Christmas …” thread on December 1st … THE FIRST DAY OF CHRISTMAS IS FUCKING TOMORROW!!!!
Now do it again … properly!
Now do it again … properly!