Peter Smith
@redpeter99.bsky.social
Recovering X and Twitter addict. Looking for a funnier, more intelligent place.
Lifelong Leeds United supporter.
I block racists.
Elderly white hippie and proud.
Lifelong Leeds United supporter.
I block racists.
Elderly white hippie and proud.
What those who describe themselves as strivers fail to acknowledge is the amount of good fortune in their lives.
Whether it's being born into wealth, free education, buying a house decades ago, good health etc.
Not all hard work gets a commensurate reward.
Whether it's being born into wealth, free education, buying a house decades ago, good health etc.
Not all hard work gets a commensurate reward.
November 27, 2025 at 7:30 AM
What those who describe themselves as strivers fail to acknowledge is the amount of good fortune in their lives.
Whether it's being born into wealth, free education, buying a house decades ago, good health etc.
Not all hard work gets a commensurate reward.
Whether it's being born into wealth, free education, buying a house decades ago, good health etc.
Not all hard work gets a commensurate reward.
Think Ed has had one too many falls from his surfboard.
Not funny, not true.
Not funny, not true.
November 27, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Think Ed has had one too many falls from his surfboard.
Not funny, not true.
Not funny, not true.
Today is my foodbank day. It will surprise The Daily Mail that many of our clients are in work, important work.
They are strivers not shirkers.
They are strivers not shirkers.
November 27, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Today is my foodbank day. It will surprise The Daily Mail that many of our clients are in work, important work.
They are strivers not shirkers.
They are strivers not shirkers.
Switching between the Arsenal game and Championship games last night and realised I much prefer Bramall Lane and The Hawthorns to the Emirates Stadium.
#JumpersForGoalposts
#JumpersForGoalposts
November 27, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Switching between the Arsenal game and Championship games last night and realised I much prefer Bramall Lane and The Hawthorns to the Emirates Stadium.
#JumpersForGoalposts
#JumpersForGoalposts
Confused. Is a worker whose low wage needs topping up by the state a striver or a resident of Benefit Street?
November 27, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Confused. Is a worker whose low wage needs topping up by the state a striver or a resident of Benefit Street?
Poor Chris. He's just been outbid on eBay for the life sized inflatable Nigel Farage he'd set his heart on.
November 26, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Poor Chris. He's just been outbid on eBay for the life sized inflatable Nigel Farage he'd set his heart on.
The landlord of a Yorkshire pub is sometimes known as T'Publican.
November 26, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The landlord of a Yorkshire pub is sometimes known as T'Publican.
I love the news conference by Rachel Reeves on Sky News. The cross section of people behind her is rather nice to see.
November 26, 2025 at 4:05 PM
I love the news conference by Rachel Reeves on Sky News. The cross section of people behind her is rather nice to see.
Sam Coates on Sky News is doing a pretty good impression of a bloke whose puppy has just died.
Questioning whether the OBR forecasts are too favourable for Labour.
Give it a rest, fella
Questioning whether the OBR forecasts are too favourable for Labour.
Give it a rest, fella
November 26, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Sam Coates on Sky News is doing a pretty good impression of a bloke whose puppy has just died.
Questioning whether the OBR forecasts are too favourable for Labour.
Give it a rest, fella
Questioning whether the OBR forecasts are too favourable for Labour.
Give it a rest, fella
There are many responses to the appalling speech from Kemi Badenoch but one, for sure, isn't Prime Minister in Waiting.
November 26, 2025 at 2:10 PM
There are many responses to the appalling speech from Kemi Badenoch but one, for sure, isn't Prime Minister in Waiting.
Remember the Monty Python sketch when Michael Palin was trying to buy an argument and accidentally entered the room for abuse.
Uncannily like Badenoch's response to the #Budget.
Uncannily like Badenoch's response to the #Budget.
November 26, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Remember the Monty Python sketch when Michael Palin was trying to buy an argument and accidentally entered the room for abuse.
Uncannily like Badenoch's response to the #Budget.
Uncannily like Badenoch's response to the #Budget.
There are goldfish with better memories than Badenoch.
95% of the problems faced by Labour are a result of 14 years of Tory incompetence and negligence.
#Budget
95% of the problems faced by Labour are a result of 14 years of Tory incompetence and negligence.
#Budget
November 26, 2025 at 1:52 PM
There are goldfish with better memories than Badenoch.
95% of the problems faced by Labour are a result of 14 years of Tory incompetence and negligence.
#Budget
95% of the problems faced by Labour are a result of 14 years of Tory incompetence and negligence.
#Budget
Badenoch's response is a mixture of anger and arrogance.
Just wearisome whinging from an annoying Sixth Form student.
Just wearisome whinging from an annoying Sixth Form student.
November 26, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Badenoch's response is a mixture of anger and arrogance.
Just wearisome whinging from an annoying Sixth Form student.
Just wearisome whinging from an annoying Sixth Form student.
I speak for every third child whose family unexpectedly found themselves needing to live on Benefits that the removal of the cap is bloody good news.
#Budget
#Budget
November 26, 2025 at 1:38 PM
I speak for every third child whose family unexpectedly found themselves needing to live on Benefits that the removal of the cap is bloody good news.
#Budget
#Budget
It's not particularly exciting #Budget but I don't want thrills with my money and security.
Sometimes, the game calls for a Geoffrey Boycott or Chris Tavare innings.
Sometimes, the game calls for a Geoffrey Boycott or Chris Tavare innings.
November 26, 2025 at 1:31 PM
It's not particularly exciting #Budget but I don't want thrills with my money and security.
Sometimes, the game calls for a Geoffrey Boycott or Chris Tavare innings.
Sometimes, the game calls for a Geoffrey Boycott or Chris Tavare innings.
Just a question of who'll win the contest to be the salivating anti government TV hack of the day.
Too close to call between Sam Coates and Chris Mason, IMHO.
Too close to call between Sam Coates and Chris Mason, IMHO.
Today's the day we're going to see the most scrutinised and most talked about (lied about) budget in British history, no matter what is said today it'll be attack after attack after attack, the tories fucked the economy and now all eyes are on Labour to fix it in less than 2 years.
November 26, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Just a question of who'll win the contest to be the salivating anti government TV hack of the day.
Too close to call between Sam Coates and Chris Mason, IMHO.
Too close to call between Sam Coates and Chris Mason, IMHO.
A very moving and courageous interview. Vivid is the key word. Even though it was over 40 years the hurt is still there to see.
Farage has the brass neck to say his words weren't hurtful, the twat.
Farage has the brass neck to say his words weren't hurtful, the twat.
"My most vivid memories of my school life is Farage repeatedly coming up to me, knowing that I was Jewish, saying 'Hitler was right' and 'gas em' and that was frequently followed by imitating the sound of escaping gas."
Peter Ettedgui, ex classmate of Reform UK Leader Nigel Farage.
Peter Ettedgui, ex classmate of Reform UK Leader Nigel Farage.
November 26, 2025 at 11:04 AM
A very moving and courageous interview. Vivid is the key word. Even though it was over 40 years the hurt is still there to see.
Farage has the brass neck to say his words weren't hurtful, the twat.
Farage has the brass neck to say his words weren't hurtful, the twat.
Tax people who abbreviate university to uni.
November 26, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Tax people who abbreviate university to uni.
He also believes using a Ramones song to flog electrical goods is acceptable.
‘Madness’ to increase welfare spending in Budget, says AO World boss
‘Madness’ to increase welfare spending in Budget, says AO World boss
‘Madness’ to increase welfare spending in Budget, says AO World boss
www.independent.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 9:57 AM
He also believes using a Ramones song to flog electrical goods is acceptable.
Farage was an odious racist at school? Really?
November 26, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Farage was an odious racist at school? Really?
Watched the Boro game last night. Hayden Hackney was brilliant. I hope the recruitment geniuses at Thorp Arch are aware of the talent 50 miles up the road and hope Ayling and Howson are having a quiet word.
#lufc
#lufc
November 26, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Watched the Boro game last night. Hayden Hackney was brilliant. I hope the recruitment geniuses at Thorp Arch are aware of the talent 50 miles up the road and hope Ayling and Howson are having a quiet word.
#lufc
#lufc
The biased Reform heavy insights of Chris Mason hide the fact that he's also a terrible writer.
November 26, 2025 at 5:17 AM
The biased Reform heavy insights of Chris Mason hide the fact that he's also a terrible writer.