Tom Roberts
@tpgroberts.bsky.social
One of the most consistent principles in his life is to become unbelievably partisan in every conflict he encounters, and then to win the conflict using a barrage of extreme verbal force.
He/Him
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Tom Roberts
@tpgroberts.bsky.social
· Jun 23
Going to keep plugging this for now, but after years of just food posting into the ether I have made an Instagram of my food pictures as well as tips for recipes etc.
www.instagram.com/tpgeats
Some example photos here, but please follow if of interest:
www.instagram.com/tpgeats
Some example photos here, but please follow if of interest:
A fun piece of trivia is that Get Out is exactly the same runtime as Melania.
way too niche to put in my review but: wow, if you enjoyed the pacing of the ending to The Return Of The King [Extended Edition], you're going to love Melania (2026)!
January 30, 2026 at 6:38 PM
A fun piece of trivia is that Get Out is exactly the same runtime as Melania.
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way too niche to put in my review but: wow, if you enjoyed the pacing of the ending to The Return Of The King [Extended Edition], you're going to love Melania (2026)!
January 30, 2026 at 5:15 PM
way too niche to put in my review but: wow, if you enjoyed the pacing of the ending to The Return Of The King [Extended Edition], you're going to love Melania (2026)!
R.I.P. Catherine O'Hara, you taught me it was okay to never say baby correctly again.
www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...
www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...
Catherine O’Hara death: Schitt’s Creek and Home Alone star dead at 71
Canada-native comedy legend was also known for 'SCTV,' 'Best in Show' and 'The Studio'
www.independent.co.uk
January 30, 2026 at 6:28 PM
R.I.P. Catherine O'Hara, you taught me it was okay to never say baby correctly again.
www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...
www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...
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and no I haven't put the Mandelson-Epstein-Reinaldo scoop on twitter
we journalists *can* make Bluesky the place to break news
we journalists *can* make Bluesky the place to break news
January 30, 2026 at 6:03 PM
and no I haven't put the Mandelson-Epstein-Reinaldo scoop on twitter
we journalists *can* make Bluesky the place to break news
we journalists *can* make Bluesky the place to break news
Transphobia, not even once.
Someone from the Tories’ Lords team really needs to change Sharron Davies’ X log in.
As an aside, how *would* 15 minute cities be “thrust on us overnight”?
As an aside, how *would* 15 minute cities be “thrust on us overnight”?
January 30, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Transphobia, not even once.
Why is it always osteopaths?
emails show da Silva emailing Epstein...asking for money to fund an osteopathy course and other related expenses. “I will wire your loan amount immediated’y [sic],” Epstein replied.
A few days later, da Silva sent Epstein email: “thank you for the money which arrived in my account this morning”.
A few days later, da Silva sent Epstein email: “thank you for the money which arrived in my account this morning”.
January 30, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Why is it always osteopaths?
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Does Matthew Goodwin, Reform candidate for Gorton and Denton, really think that accepting that Marcus Rashford is English denies Mr Goodwin's national identity?
That would seem to be to be a crazily overtly racist position for a mainstream party to allow its candidates to adopt.
That would seem to be to be a crazily overtly racist position for a mainstream party to allow its candidates to adopt.
January 30, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Does Matthew Goodwin, Reform candidate for Gorton and Denton, really think that accepting that Marcus Rashford is English denies Mr Goodwin's national identity?
That would seem to be to be a crazily overtly racist position for a mainstream party to allow its candidates to adopt.
That would seem to be to be a crazily overtly racist position for a mainstream party to allow its candidates to adopt.
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i am happy to fight for freedom with the libertarians but also, we don’t really need to *talk*
January 30, 2026 at 4:07 PM
i am happy to fight for freedom with the libertarians but also, we don’t really need to *talk*
Genuinely can't think of a worse day, you get arrested on trumped up charges for doing your job, posted all over social media, and then you get to jail, sit down in holding and the only person to talk to is Don Lemon.
Don Lemon is not the only reporter who was arrested by federal agents overnight — local independent journalist Georgia Fort just went live on FB to say federal agents were also at her door to take her into custody over her protest coverage in Minneapolis.
January 30, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Genuinely can't think of a worse day, you get arrested on trumped up charges for doing your job, posted all over social media, and then you get to jail, sit down in holding and the only person to talk to is Don Lemon.
You do see this and basically conclude "oh, they found the agency with the fewest safeguards and set about weaponising it into a private army."
Personally I think this is too much money for Donald trumps untrained heavily armed militia
January 30, 2026 at 4:43 PM
You do see this and basically conclude "oh, they found the agency with the fewest safeguards and set about weaponising it into a private army."
Cannot emphasise enough how bad Starmer's judgement was to bring Mandelson back.
I'm not prone to exaggeration but this is probably the biggest scoop I've ever been involved in
Mandelson's partner took £10,000 from Epstein to pay for his osteopath course while Mandelson was de facto UK deputy prime minister, according to new files
more to follow
www.ft.com/content/c950...
Mandelson's partner took £10,000 from Epstein to pay for his osteopath course while Mandelson was de facto UK deputy prime minister, according to new files
more to follow
www.ft.com/content/c950...
Jeffrey Epstein sent £10,000 to Mandelson’s husband, emails show
Epstein sent Reinaldo Avila da Silva payment in 2009
www.ft.com
January 30, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Cannot emphasise enough how bad Starmer's judgement was to bring Mandelson back.
Not to disagree with Sunder, as he's right here, but I'm also genuinely curious why Kisin is on there at all having said that in his podcast!
It is quite striking that Konstantin Kisin simply denied (falsely) on BBC1 that he had said what he said, word for word, on his podcast.
Konstantin Kisin straight up lying on #bbcqt
Douglas Alexander: “When Fraser Nelson put it to you that Rishi Sunak is absolutely english… you said “he’s a brown Hindu, how is he english?”
Kisin: “No, that’s not what I said...”
Douglas Alexander: “When Fraser Nelson put it to you that Rishi Sunak is absolutely english… you said “he’s a brown Hindu, how is he english?”
Kisin: “No, that’s not what I said...”
January 30, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Not to disagree with Sunder, as he's right here, but I'm also genuinely curious why Kisin is on there at all having said that in his podcast!
Cheers, Nandy's crying, nice one.
There are only seven cities in England: London, Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool, Sheffield, Leeds and Newcastle. The other pretenders are just big towns.
January 30, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Cheers, Nandy's crying, nice one.
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Tesla killed the prius? www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
Tesla Just Killed the Most Important Car of the 21st Century
The Model S deserved better than this.
www.theatlantic.com
January 30, 2026 at 1:57 PM
Tesla killed the prius? www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
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Another Gin and Tonic please for each of the Tims.
A Jägerbomb for Harry and a jug full of Pimms.
Then next slip up to Twickers where the totty will swoon
And our lower limbs all slathered in a sea of maroon
A Jägerbomb for Harry and a jug full of Pimms.
Then next slip up to Twickers where the totty will swoon
And our lower limbs all slathered in a sea of maroon
I wrote about declining sartorial standards in the wine trade. Tweed and cords are decline in favour of James May shirts, band T-shirts and the dreaded gilet. henryjeffreys.substack.com/p/keep-the-r...
Keep the Red Trousers Flying
On declining sartorial standards in the wine trade. Plus a new episode of Intoxicating History.
henryjeffreys.substack.com
January 30, 2026 at 11:58 AM
Another Gin and Tonic please for each of the Tims.
A Jägerbomb for Harry and a jug full of Pimms.
Then next slip up to Twickers where the totty will swoon
And our lower limbs all slathered in a sea of maroon
A Jägerbomb for Harry and a jug full of Pimms.
Then next slip up to Twickers where the totty will swoon
And our lower limbs all slathered in a sea of maroon
I don't necessarily think this is a problem exclusive to the right, but it is still astonishing to me how hollow all of the idealogues touched on in this piece are.
Maybe I am a cynic, but I'm just not convinced that "racism and shrugging at the economy" is an intellectual tour de force.
Maybe I am a cynic, but I'm just not convinced that "racism and shrugging at the economy" is an intellectual tour de force.
This piece is self-congratulatory crap but why also includes the revelation that the CPS reading material for round tables includes amongst other things Drukpa Kunley posts conservativehome.com/2026/01/29/k...
Karl Williams: The New Right, then and now | Conservative Home
The most intense intellectual innovation happens around fissures where thinkers are in conscious tension with one another. But this process could also be seen as creating the soil in which new and hyb...
conservativehome.com
January 30, 2026 at 11:19 AM
I don't necessarily think this is a problem exclusive to the right, but it is still astonishing to me how hollow all of the idealogues touched on in this piece are.
Maybe I am a cynic, but I'm just not convinced that "racism and shrugging at the economy" is an intellectual tour de force.
Maybe I am a cynic, but I'm just not convinced that "racism and shrugging at the economy" is an intellectual tour de force.
Birmingham City Council v Abdulla and Others (2012)
Is it weird I never see bin women?
There’s lots of postwomen, but I’ve never seen a bin woman.
Is bin collecting the last great bastion of masculinity?
A lot of those guys seem really angry and frustrated though.
There’s lots of postwomen, but I’ve never seen a bin woman.
Is bin collecting the last great bastion of masculinity?
A lot of those guys seem really angry and frustrated though.
January 30, 2026 at 10:27 AM
Birmingham City Council v Abdulla and Others (2012)
That's a constitutional crisis, we count those.
The United States is not actually in a constitutional crisis. Our Constitution works just fine.
We are in a crisis of character — where nearly every single person who has sworn an oath to uphold our Constitution and enforce the law lacks the courage, moral fiber, and decency to do what is right.
We are in a crisis of character — where nearly every single person who has sworn an oath to uphold our Constitution and enforce the law lacks the courage, moral fiber, and decency to do what is right.
the president of the united states should not be allowed to personally loot the treasury to the sum of ten billion dollars and that this is not resulting in immediate, unanimous impeachment is a dramatic indictment of what has become of our political system
January 30, 2026 at 9:33 AM
That's a constitutional crisis, we count those.
God help women on the apps
January 30, 2026 at 9:07 AM
God help women on the apps
Feels like we should do more interrogation of him getting invited back on Question Time after this...
Left: Konstantin Kisin denies calling Rishi Sunak a 'brown Hindu' on #BBCQT
Right: Konstantin Kisin, "He's a brown Hindu"
Right: Konstantin Kisin, "He's a brown Hindu"
January 30, 2026 at 8:41 AM
Feels like we should do more interrogation of him getting invited back on Question Time after this...
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Hand on heart, read this book without finding out anything more about it.
I did and devoured it in an afternoon, then kept buying it for friends.
I did and devoured it in an afternoon, then kept buying it for friends.
January 29, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Hand on heart, read this book without finding out anything more about it.
I did and devoured it in an afternoon, then kept buying it for friends.
I did and devoured it in an afternoon, then kept buying it for friends.
I often insist I'm immune to this and then remember I learned to cook based on the videos of SortedFood, Binging with Babish, J Kenji Lopez Alt etc
every time i see a white guy in their fifties radicalized by the twitter algorithm into racism and extremism i think about how it's a total failure of the youtube algorithm to instead radicalize him into home brewing, elaborate A/V setups, or DIY solar
January 29, 2026 at 7:55 PM
I often insist I'm immune to this and then remember I learned to cook based on the videos of SortedFood, Binging with Babish, J Kenji Lopez Alt etc
"The margin of error is Geoff"
Okay so that sample of 143 poll of Gorton and Denton only actually found 51 people with a stated voting intention? I suspect that’s going to make it into some pol sci slide decks.
Tables are up now. The number of respondents for the headline voting intention, once don't knows and won't votes are removed, is 51.
<Meaningful stare>
<Meaningful stare>
January 29, 2026 at 7:45 PM
"The margin of error is Geoff"