@danieljfranklin.bsky.social
At least we’re not talking about Epstein 🇬🇱
January 17, 2026 at 8:23 PM
At least we’re not talking about Epstein 🇬🇱
Here’s a little game.
Tell me the very worst US President that has ever been portrayed in film or TV.
Then tell me if you’d rather have them, or Trump.
Tell me the very worst US President that has ever been portrayed in film or TV.
Then tell me if you’d rather have them, or Trump.
January 7, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Here’s a little game.
Tell me the very worst US President that has ever been portrayed in film or TV.
Then tell me if you’d rather have them, or Trump.
Tell me the very worst US President that has ever been portrayed in film or TV.
Then tell me if you’d rather have them, or Trump.
USA is now a rogue state. We need to begin completely de-tangling ourselves from them.
Brexit has made us so weak and isolated.
Brexit has made us so weak and isolated.
January 7, 2026 at 9:13 AM
USA is now a rogue state. We need to begin completely de-tangling ourselves from them.
Brexit has made us so weak and isolated.
Brexit has made us so weak and isolated.
There’s every chance now that if Trump doesn’t get the Nobel Peace Prize, he will just invade Sweden and take it.
January 3, 2026 at 6:06 PM
There’s every chance now that if Trump doesn’t get the Nobel Peace Prize, he will just invade Sweden and take it.
Can we call him a dictator yet?
January 3, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Can we call him a dictator yet?
I’ve deleted the Twitter app. Not deleted the account but just my ability to easily access it. It’s soul destroying looking at that shit every day.
December 18, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I’ve deleted the Twitter app. Not deleted the account but just my ability to easily access it. It’s soul destroying looking at that shit every day.
Twitter is getting worse. It’s a sewer. A god awful, stinking, angry sewer of awfulness. My mental health takes a battering every time I log on.
December 16, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Twitter is getting worse. It’s a sewer. A god awful, stinking, angry sewer of awfulness. My mental health takes a battering every time I log on.
Maybe we stop calling it a “migrant crisis” and start calling it a “racist crisis”.
September 4, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Maybe we stop calling it a “migrant crisis” and start calling it a “racist crisis”.
In a trade war between the USA and China, I really never thought I’d be rooting for China
April 8, 2025 at 7:42 AM
In a trade war between the USA and China, I really never thought I’d be rooting for China
Do you own a suit?
March 28, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Do you own a suit?
Presumably this is going to be how we get out of Trump’s state visit.
JUST IN: King Charles experienced "temporary side effects" of cancer treatment on Thursday and has canceled Friday engagements. cnn.it/3FGLhHI
March 27, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Presumably this is going to be how we get out of Trump’s state visit.
Seeing what is going on in America, I imagine Putin is very erect right now.
February 3, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Seeing what is going on in America, I imagine Putin is very erect right now.
Sometimes I leave my porridge for half an hour then have a yummy porridge cake
December 18, 2024 at 11:49 AM
Sometimes I leave my porridge for half an hour then have a yummy porridge cake
He’s got a point. I get so fed up with having to fight the Battle of the Somme every month.
December 9, 2024 at 9:44 PM
He’s got a point. I get so fed up with having to fight the Battle of the Somme every month.
Joe Biden pardoning his son is a bad look.
I’d do it too, but that’s why the idea of the President having that power is obscene.
I’d do it too, but that’s why the idea of the President having that power is obscene.
December 2, 2024 at 9:26 AM
Joe Biden pardoning his son is a bad look.
I’d do it too, but that’s why the idea of the President having that power is obscene.
I’d do it too, but that’s why the idea of the President having that power is obscene.
Happy St Andrews Day.
Coz that’s a thing my calendar says is happening.
Coz that’s a thing my calendar says is happening.
November 30, 2024 at 8:38 PM
Happy St Andrews Day.
Coz that’s a thing my calendar says is happening.
Coz that’s a thing my calendar says is happening.
Meet the Rees-Moggs?
I’d rather meet syphilis
I’d rather meet syphilis
November 24, 2024 at 5:23 PM
Meet the Rees-Moggs?
I’d rather meet syphilis
I’d rather meet syphilis
Ian Hislop is a national treasure
November 23, 2024 at 8:28 AM
Ian Hislop is a national treasure
Reposted
A word on the Allison Pearson free speech row, and what she describes as a ‘Kafkaesque’ threat to it. We asked her on @thenewsagents.bsky.social to discuss.
She said: ‘No. And if you get any aspect of the story wrong my lawyers will be watching.’
Gotta love a free speech warrior 🤷🏻♂️
She said: ‘No. And if you get any aspect of the story wrong my lawyers will be watching.’
Gotta love a free speech warrior 🤷🏻♂️
November 18, 2024 at 4:32 PM
A word on the Allison Pearson free speech row, and what she describes as a ‘Kafkaesque’ threat to it. We asked her on @thenewsagents.bsky.social to discuss.
She said: ‘No. And if you get any aspect of the story wrong my lawyers will be watching.’
Gotta love a free speech warrior 🤷🏻♂️
She said: ‘No. And if you get any aspect of the story wrong my lawyers will be watching.’
Gotta love a free speech warrior 🤷🏻♂️
When doctors and nurses wanted more money for saving lives in horrid conditions, they were called greedy.
When a farmer wants to leave a £4m asset to his kids untaxed, he’s a bloody hero.
When a farmer wants to leave a £4m asset to his kids untaxed, he’s a bloody hero.
November 19, 2024 at 11:43 AM
When doctors and nurses wanted more money for saving lives in horrid conditions, they were called greedy.
When a farmer wants to leave a £4m asset to his kids untaxed, he’s a bloody hero.
When a farmer wants to leave a £4m asset to his kids untaxed, he’s a bloody hero.
The point of joining Bluesky and leaving Twitter isn’t to avoid the right wing nut jobs. It’s to stop them being in control.
November 17, 2024 at 9:34 PM
The point of joining Bluesky and leaving Twitter isn’t to avoid the right wing nut jobs. It’s to stop them being in control.
Elon Musk seems to have based his entire personality on a combination of Lex Luthor and several Bond villains.
November 17, 2024 at 11:37 AM
Elon Musk seems to have based his entire personality on a combination of Lex Luthor and several Bond villains.
There is a distinctly Twitter feel about this joint
November 16, 2024 at 7:03 PM
There is a distinctly Twitter feel about this joint