Steve Crowther
@clueless13.substack.com
Pro-European, pro-Starmer (LP member), humanist, contemporary arts - music, literature, film & theatre and Bradford Park Avenue FC
I can't help it, but The Donald does me laugh. Oh dearie me:
October 25, 2025 at 1:41 PM
I can't help it, but The Donald does me laugh. Oh dearie me:
Crap: The bank’s fees for arranging or servicing a mortgage could be subject to VAT. What wouldn’t be taxed is the interest itself. Interest isn’t a service fee; it’s considered payment for the use of money.
October 25, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Crap: The bank’s fees for arranging or servicing a mortgage could be subject to VAT. What wouldn’t be taxed is the interest itself. Interest isn’t a service fee; it’s considered payment for the use of money.
No comment needed:
October 25, 2025 at 12:32 PM
No comment needed:
‘Starmer says he looks forward to working with Powell, a "proud defender" of Labour values.’ BBC.
Which is why I sacked her.
Which is why I sacked her.
October 25, 2025 at 11:27 AM
‘Starmer says he looks forward to working with Powell, a "proud defender" of Labour values.’ BBC.
Which is why I sacked her.
Which is why I sacked her.
Sean Dyche is the new Nottingham Forest manager. I like him and wish him good luck. Here’s a photo of the departing Ange Postecoglou, showcasing the decency and class his former team have lost.
October 21, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Sean Dyche is the new Nottingham Forest manager. I like him and wish him good luck. Here’s a photo of the departing Ange Postecoglou, showcasing the decency and class his former team have lost.
This is going to be my next read - but maybe not just yet:
October 9, 2025 at 8:06 PM
This is going to be my next read - but maybe not just yet:
You could not make this shit up:
October 9, 2025 at 8:01 PM
You could not make this shit up:
What's the first thing that comes to mind when you think of Grimsby - A Global Fishing Port? Traditional Smoked Fish? Grimsby Dock Tower? Or this:
August 28, 2025 at 7:28 AM
What's the first thing that comes to mind when you think of Grimsby - A Global Fishing Port? Traditional Smoked Fish? Grimsby Dock Tower? Or this:
God Bless... Private Eye Magazine.
August 24, 2025 at 10:26 AM
God Bless... Private Eye Magazine.
Worry ye not, he'll sort it out:
August 23, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Worry ye not, he'll sort it out:
Really impressive interview with
@rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social on @politicsinsideout.bsky.social
I wish the Labour Government could communicate a sense of purpose and direction as effectively as Wes can.
@rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social on @politicsinsideout.bsky.social
I wish the Labour Government could communicate a sense of purpose and direction as effectively as Wes can.
August 1, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Really impressive interview with
@rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social on @politicsinsideout.bsky.social
I wish the Labour Government could communicate a sense of purpose and direction as effectively as Wes can.
@rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social on @politicsinsideout.bsky.social
I wish the Labour Government could communicate a sense of purpose and direction as effectively as Wes can.
Brexit in a nutshell.
Stephen Flynn invariably talks sense—and even washes his hair.
📺 Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg (20 Jul 2025)
🎥 youtu.be/n8h6XvbQR_E?...
#Brexit #StephenFlynn #UKPolitics #LauraKuenssberg
Stephen Flynn invariably talks sense—and even washes his hair.
📺 Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg (20 Jul 2025)
🎥 youtu.be/n8h6XvbQR_E?...
#Brexit #StephenFlynn #UKPolitics #LauraKuenssberg
July 28, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Brexit in a nutshell.
Stephen Flynn invariably talks sense—and even washes his hair.
📺 Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg (20 Jul 2025)
🎥 youtu.be/n8h6XvbQR_E?...
#Brexit #StephenFlynn #UKPolitics #LauraKuenssberg
Stephen Flynn invariably talks sense—and even washes his hair.
📺 Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg (20 Jul 2025)
🎥 youtu.be/n8h6XvbQR_E?...
#Brexit #StephenFlynn #UKPolitics #LauraKuenssberg
Ignore the headline. Instead, focus on Marco Rubio's comments re Macron's formal recognition of Palestine state, calling it reckless and 'only serves Hamas propaganda...it's a slap in the face to the victims of October 7'. This confirms the fate of the civilians in Gaza.
#MarcoRubio #Macron #Gaza
#MarcoRubio #Macron #Gaza
July 26, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Ignore the headline. Instead, focus on Marco Rubio's comments re Macron's formal recognition of Palestine state, calling it reckless and 'only serves Hamas propaganda...it's a slap in the face to the victims of October 7'. This confirms the fate of the civilians in Gaza.
#MarcoRubio #Macron #Gaza
#MarcoRubio #Macron #Gaza
With the usual graceless charm we have come to expect from the Tories, it was touching to hear the comments by Stephen Flynn: 'Like almost all MPs, I don't know why the Chancellor was upset. Seeing another person in distress is always very difficult, and we wish her well.'
July 3, 2025 at 6:41 AM
With the usual graceless charm we have come to expect from the Tories, it was touching to hear the comments by Stephen Flynn: 'Like almost all MPs, I don't know why the Chancellor was upset. Seeing another person in distress is always very difficult, and we wish her well.'
Would you Adam and Eve it. The greatest living composer, Bob Dylan, is 84 today. Happy Birthday.
May 24, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Would you Adam and Eve it. The greatest living composer, Bob Dylan, is 84 today. Happy Birthday.
'Police say they arrested me at request of Palestine Solidarity Campaign stewards. Police claim my placard incited racial & religious hatred.
Criticism of Hamas gets you arrested in Gaza - and now in UK' Peter Tatchell
Criticism of Hamas gets you arrested in Gaza - and now in UK' Peter Tatchell
May 17, 2025 at 8:01 PM
'Police say they arrested me at request of Palestine Solidarity Campaign stewards. Police claim my placard incited racial & religious hatred.
Criticism of Hamas gets you arrested in Gaza - and now in UK' Peter Tatchell
Criticism of Hamas gets you arrested in Gaza - and now in UK' Peter Tatchell
'Vance confirms the only US security guarantee in Ukraine will be the mineral deal. He also plays down British & French peacekeeping troops as “20k troops from some random country that hasn’t fought a war in 30 or 40 years.” That random country is us.
March 4, 2025 at 12:47 PM
'Vance confirms the only US security guarantee in Ukraine will be the mineral deal. He also plays down British & French peacekeeping troops as “20k troops from some random country that hasn’t fought a war in 30 or 40 years.” That random country is us.
"If you want talks, don't target people with ballistic missiles," Zelensky tells Russia. Russia's response is illuminating, ...accusing Zelensky of "a total lack of diplomatic ability" and that" a fragmentation of the West has begun"
And there we have it, Putin's aims, his plan, & it's working?
And there we have it, Putin's aims, his plan, & it's working?
March 3, 2025 at 3:00 PM
"If you want talks, don't target people with ballistic missiles," Zelensky tells Russia. Russia's response is illuminating, ...accusing Zelensky of "a total lack of diplomatic ability" and that" a fragmentation of the West has begun"
And there we have it, Putin's aims, his plan, & it's working?
And there we have it, Putin's aims, his plan, & it's working?
A United Nations resolution re-affirmed its “commitment to the sovereignty, independence, unity and territorial integrity” of Ukraine. It passed by 93 votes to 18, with Russia, North Korea, Belarus & America opposing it. America and North Korea. You couldn't make this s**t up.
February 24, 2025 at 7:43 PM
A United Nations resolution re-affirmed its “commitment to the sovereignty, independence, unity and territorial integrity” of Ukraine. It passed by 93 votes to 18, with Russia, North Korea, Belarus & America opposing it. America and North Korea. You couldn't make this s**t up.
Russia won't accept Nato troops in Ukraine as part of any peace deal, says Lavrov.
But it has to be Nato troops, Ukraine must be allowed to join Nato.
But it has to be Nato troops, Ukraine must be allowed to join Nato.
February 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Russia won't accept Nato troops in Ukraine as part of any peace deal, says Lavrov.
But it has to be Nato troops, Ukraine must be allowed to join Nato.
But it has to be Nato troops, Ukraine must be allowed to join Nato.
#Putin ready to speak to #Zelensky 'if necessary', Kremlin says as US and Russia hold talks. BBC
So, some thugs break in to your house - smashed & soiled rooms, wall-to-wall trauma. 'If necessary', says the head thug, 'we'll talk to you.' It's like we are living in some alternative reality.
So, some thugs break in to your house - smashed & soiled rooms, wall-to-wall trauma. 'If necessary', says the head thug, 'we'll talk to you.' It's like we are living in some alternative reality.
February 18, 2025 at 11:37 AM
This looks like appeasement to me. @mrjamesob.bsky.social's 'gag' about Roosevelt phoning Hitler to come to some agreement about the Nazi invasion of Poland doesn't seem so funny now:
'No role for Europe in Ukraine talks', says Russia's Lavrov.
'No role for Europe in Ukraine talks', says Russia's Lavrov.
February 17, 2025 at 12:45 PM
This looks like appeasement to me. @mrjamesob.bsky.social's 'gag' about Roosevelt phoning Hitler to come to some agreement about the Nazi invasion of Poland doesn't seem so funny now:
'No role for Europe in Ukraine talks', says Russia's Lavrov.
'No role for Europe in Ukraine talks', says Russia's Lavrov.