John Rodway
@johnrodway.bsky.social
Retired Executive after career in IT, now a carer for my disabled wife. Proud Welshman. Cyclist and lover of all sports. Reading FC season ticket holder. Voted Remain.
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John Rodway
@johnrodway.bsky.social
· Jul 13
#bbclaurak says:
“Last show next week and we have Ed Davey and Nigel Farage , two leaders of the smaller parties “
One has 4 MPs the other 72 but both according to her are smaller parties.
Shameless.
“Last show next week and we have Ed Davey and Nigel Farage , two leaders of the smaller parties “
One has 4 MPs the other 72 but both according to her are smaller parties.
Shameless.
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The only time Article 5 of the NATO Treaty was invoked was to defend us, not for us to defend Europe. European soldiers and civilians died fighting with us and working next to us in Afghanistan. Europe was not attacked on September 11, 2001.
December 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The only time Article 5 of the NATO Treaty was invoked was to defend us, not for us to defend Europe. European soldiers and civilians died fighting with us and working next to us in Afghanistan. Europe was not attacked on September 11, 2001.
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Helen Whately on #bbclaurak does not understand how PIP works for Motability vehicles.
People don’t get “a free car”.
Disabled people , who qualify via the very high criteria for the mobility element of PIP, can sacrifice that payment as a lease for a vehicle.
She should know this.
People don’t get “a free car”.
Disabled people , who qualify via the very high criteria for the mobility element of PIP, can sacrifice that payment as a lease for a vehicle.
She should know this.
December 7, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Helen Whately on #bbclaurak does not understand how PIP works for Motability vehicles.
People don’t get “a free car”.
Disabled people , who qualify via the very high criteria for the mobility element of PIP, can sacrifice that payment as a lease for a vehicle.
She should know this.
People don’t get “a free car”.
Disabled people , who qualify via the very high criteria for the mobility element of PIP, can sacrifice that payment as a lease for a vehicle.
She should know this.
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I’m sure I’m not the only one thinking about Hitler’s Olympics in 1936.
December 6, 2025 at 10:20 AM
I’m sure I’m not the only one thinking about Hitler’s Olympics in 1936.
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“And then they made him a fake trophy because he kept whining and moaning and wouldn’t STFU.”
December 6, 2025 at 4:06 AM
“And then they made him a fake trophy because he kept whining and moaning and wouldn’t STFU.”
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This is like in the Wizard of Oz when he gives the Cowardly Lion a medal.
December 5, 2025 at 5:42 PM
This is like in the Wizard of Oz when he gives the Cowardly Lion a medal.
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President Trump won the FIFA Peace Prize at the World Cup Draw. I know some families of some guys murdered on a boat off the coast of Venezuela by Trump who'd like a word.....
December 5, 2025 at 8:42 PM
President Trump won the FIFA Peace Prize at the World Cup Draw. I know some families of some guys murdered on a boat off the coast of Venezuela by Trump who'd like a word.....
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Trump: We’re going to send ICE to World Cup matches.
FIFA: WE’RE GIVING YOU OUR FIRST EVER PEACE PRIZE!!!
FIFA: WE’RE GIVING YOU OUR FIRST EVER PEACE PRIZE!!!
December 5, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Trump: We’re going to send ICE to World Cup matches.
FIFA: WE’RE GIVING YOU OUR FIRST EVER PEACE PRIZE!!!
FIFA: WE’RE GIVING YOU OUR FIRST EVER PEACE PRIZE!!!
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Immigrants from around the world are being terrorized by Trump and his evil regime. So the organization that oversees soccer teams from around the world decides to give Trump a made up peace prize.
Now that is World Cup level gaslighting.
Now that is World Cup level gaslighting.
December 5, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Immigrants from around the world are being terrorized by Trump and his evil regime. So the organization that oversees soccer teams from around the world decides to give Trump a made up peace prize.
Now that is World Cup level gaslighting.
Now that is World Cup level gaslighting.
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Sabrina Carpenter made the White House delete their fuck ass tweet.
December 5, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Sabrina Carpenter made the White House delete their fuck ass tweet.
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Delighted to reveal that I will be announcing the very first winner of the LBC* Peace Prize on Monday**.
*(morning show)
**I’ll probably forget
*(morning show)
**I’ll probably forget
December 5, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Delighted to reveal that I will be announcing the very first winner of the LBC* Peace Prize on Monday**.
*(morning show)
**I’ll probably forget
*(morning show)
**I’ll probably forget
#worldcupdraw is a total embarrassment.
On the day Trump illegally bombs another fishing boat he gets given a fatuous ‘peace’ prize by FIFA. Corruption off the scale.
This is the negative reaction on the BBC Sport website.
On the day Trump illegally bombs another fishing boat he gets given a fatuous ‘peace’ prize by FIFA. Corruption off the scale.
This is the negative reaction on the BBC Sport website.
December 5, 2025 at 6:04 PM
#worldcupdraw is a total embarrassment.
On the day Trump illegally bombs another fishing boat he gets given a fatuous ‘peace’ prize by FIFA. Corruption off the scale.
This is the negative reaction on the BBC Sport website.
On the day Trump illegally bombs another fishing boat he gets given a fatuous ‘peace’ prize by FIFA. Corruption off the scale.
This is the negative reaction on the BBC Sport website.
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🔴 Nigel Farage’s Reform is more reliant on super-rich backers than any major party in modern British political history
75% of *all* Reform donations *ever* have come from just three rich men
Is this what democracy looks like?
New on Democracy for Sale
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/75-of-refo...
75% of *all* Reform donations *ever* have come from just three rich men
Is this what democracy looks like?
New on Democracy for Sale
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/75-of-refo...
75% of Reform UK’s donations have come from just three rich men
Calls grow for donation caps as Democracy for Sale research reveals that three-quarters of Reform’s funding comes from a trio of wealthy donors
democracyforsale.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:55 AM
🔴 Nigel Farage’s Reform is more reliant on super-rich backers than any major party in modern British political history
75% of *all* Reform donations *ever* have come from just three rich men
Is this what democracy looks like?
New on Democracy for Sale
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/75-of-refo...
75% of *all* Reform donations *ever* have come from just three rich men
Is this what democracy looks like?
New on Democracy for Sale
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/75-of-refo...
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Sir John Curtice
"Joining the EU Single Market and Customs Union would give the Labour government a distinct purpose.
There'd be immediate economic benefits and clear electoral difference to Reform Farage and Tories."
Labour needs to ditch the Morgan MacSweeney strategy that is destroying Labour
"Joining the EU Single Market and Customs Union would give the Labour government a distinct purpose.
There'd be immediate economic benefits and clear electoral difference to Reform Farage and Tories."
Labour needs to ditch the Morgan MacSweeney strategy that is destroying Labour
December 4, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Sir John Curtice
"Joining the EU Single Market and Customs Union would give the Labour government a distinct purpose.
There'd be immediate economic benefits and clear electoral difference to Reform Farage and Tories."
Labour needs to ditch the Morgan MacSweeney strategy that is destroying Labour
"Joining the EU Single Market and Customs Union would give the Labour government a distinct purpose.
There'd be immediate economic benefits and clear electoral difference to Reform Farage and Tories."
Labour needs to ditch the Morgan MacSweeney strategy that is destroying Labour
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We get the politics the few pay for.
#democracy - it would be a good idea
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#democracy - it would be a good idea
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Crypto investor donates record £9m to Reform UK
The sum from Christopher Harborne is the largest ever single donation by a living person to a British political party.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 10:32 AM
We get the politics the few pay for.
#democracy - it would be a good idea
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#democracy - it would be a good idea
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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The idea that I would ever work with Tories is absurd. If you don't believe me just ask Lee Anderson, Nadine Dorries, Danny Kruger, Andrea Jenkyns, Jonathan Gullis, Sarah Pochin, Jake Berry, Marco Longhi, Peter Bone...
December 3, 2025 at 8:08 AM
The idea that I would ever work with Tories is absurd. If you don't believe me just ask Lee Anderson, Nadine Dorries, Danny Kruger, Andrea Jenkyns, Jonathan Gullis, Sarah Pochin, Jake Berry, Marco Longhi, Peter Bone...
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Today the news will be about the government's proposals for juries.
Please read this thread so as to be informed about the actual practical problems in the criminal justice system - problems which will not be solved by this misconceived and illiberal tinkering.
Please read this thread so as to be informed about the actual practical problems in the criminal justice system - problems which will not be solved by this misconceived and illiberal tinkering.
Here is a list of reasons why some of my hearings and trials this year have been delayed and kicked off into the long grass, stuck in our record court backlog. Serious allegations which will now be tried *years* after the event. 🧵👇
December 2, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Today the news will be about the government's proposals for juries.
Please read this thread so as to be informed about the actual practical problems in the criminal justice system - problems which will not be solved by this misconceived and illiberal tinkering.
Please read this thread so as to be informed about the actual practical problems in the criminal justice system - problems which will not be solved by this misconceived and illiberal tinkering.
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December 1, 2025 at 3:06 AM
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Waiting for Laura to interrupt Kemi.
#BBCLauraK
#BBCLauraK
a man wearing a suit and tie is standing in a field of yellow flowers
ALT: a man wearing a suit and tie is standing in a field of yellow flowers
media.tenor.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Waiting for Laura to interrupt Kemi.
#BBCLauraK
#BBCLauraK
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I’m not a Labour voter but can you imagine how much less damage the Conservatives would’ve done to the country if journalists like Laura Kuenssberg had been as aggressive with their questioning of them as she is with Rachel Reeves today?
#BBCLauraK
#BBCLauraK
November 30, 2025 at 9:18 AM
I’m not a Labour voter but can you imagine how much less damage the Conservatives would’ve done to the country if journalists like Laura Kuenssberg had been as aggressive with their questioning of them as she is with Rachel Reeves today?
#BBCLauraK
#BBCLauraK
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Lying in politics is wrong and should never be rewarded, says newspaper which pays Boris Johnson £1 million a year to be its star columnist
November 29, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Lying in politics is wrong and should never be rewarded, says newspaper which pays Boris Johnson £1 million a year to be its star columnist
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And it goes on.
The man is completely unraveling.
Bombing boats, threatening invasions “to stop drugs,” and now promising a full pardon to a president convicted of trafficking 400 tons of cocaine into the U.S.
This isn’t law and order.
It’s the most lawless presidency in American history.👇
The man is completely unraveling.
Bombing boats, threatening invasions “to stop drugs,” and now promising a full pardon to a president convicted of trafficking 400 tons of cocaine into the U.S.
This isn’t law and order.
It’s the most lawless presidency in American history.👇
November 29, 2025 at 1:36 AM
And it goes on.
The man is completely unraveling.
Bombing boats, threatening invasions “to stop drugs,” and now promising a full pardon to a president convicted of trafficking 400 tons of cocaine into the U.S.
This isn’t law and order.
It’s the most lawless presidency in American history.👇
The man is completely unraveling.
Bombing boats, threatening invasions “to stop drugs,” and now promising a full pardon to a president convicted of trafficking 400 tons of cocaine into the U.S.
This isn’t law and order.
It’s the most lawless presidency in American history.👇
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Hang on, a pause is by definition temporary. Permanent is the opposite of temporary. “Permanent pause” is an oxymoron, a contradiction. If you want to be president of the US, don’t you think you should learn English, @realDonaldTrump ?
November 28, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Hang on, a pause is by definition temporary. Permanent is the opposite of temporary. “Permanent pause” is an oxymoron, a contradiction. If you want to be president of the US, don’t you think you should learn English, @realDonaldTrump ?