Robert Lyons
@robertlyons.bsky.social
Author of The Shell Collector, a tale of the City of London.
Reading, classical music, art, golf, grandfather to 6. Political centrist, unsympathetic to ideologists of either wing.
Reading, classical music, art, golf, grandfather to 6. Political centrist, unsympathetic to ideologists of either wing.
Writing of ‘billionnaires’ as if they were all the same - and all bad people - is no different in principle from racists saying the same of all black people, all brown people, all Muslims or all Jews.
Prejudice against groups you dislike is still prejudice.
Prejudice against groups you dislike is still prejudice.
December 28, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Writing of ‘billionnaires’ as if they were all the same - and all bad people - is no different in principle from racists saying the same of all black people, all brown people, all Muslims or all Jews.
Prejudice against groups you dislike is still prejudice.
Prejudice against groups you dislike is still prejudice.
Me too. He and I have one thing in common, and I hope he recovers from it as well as I am. I wish him well.
December 28, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Me too. He and I have one thing in common, and I hope he recovers from it as well as I am. I wish him well.
You want an argument? I don’t.
But for me the things you value are not what I value most. We have the finest classical music, theatres, art galleries and museums in the world. I wouldn’t swap them for all your oil, diamonds or mini nuclear reactors. That’s why I live here and nowhere else.
OK?
But for me the things you value are not what I value most. We have the finest classical music, theatres, art galleries and museums in the world. I wouldn’t swap them for all your oil, diamonds or mini nuclear reactors. That’s why I live here and nowhere else.
OK?
December 28, 2025 at 5:29 PM
You want an argument? I don’t.
But for me the things you value are not what I value most. We have the finest classical music, theatres, art galleries and museums in the world. I wouldn’t swap them for all your oil, diamonds or mini nuclear reactors. That’s why I live here and nowhere else.
OK?
But for me the things you value are not what I value most. We have the finest classical music, theatres, art galleries and museums in the world. I wouldn’t swap them for all your oil, diamonds or mini nuclear reactors. That’s why I live here and nowhere else.
OK?
You have plenty.
But all…?
But all…?
December 28, 2025 at 3:11 PM
You have plenty.
But all…?
But all…?
One of the two! Our closest friends are/were Canadian, and I’ll grant you better than theirs!
December 28, 2025 at 2:00 PM
One of the two! Our closest friends are/were Canadian, and I’ll grant you better than theirs!
But very cold. Our Ottawa friend is in Mexico.
December 28, 2025 at 12:28 PM
But very cold. Our Ottawa friend is in Mexico.
Come over to London. Our television stations even have the right to criticise our government.
December 28, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Come over to London. Our television stations even have the right to criticise our government.
There won’t be long queues.
December 28, 2025 at 11:41 AM
There won’t be long queues.
Has he completely lost his marbles?
December 27, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Has he completely lost his marbles?
By the manner in which a man plays his golf shall you know him.
December 27, 2025 at 7:46 PM
By the manner in which a man plays his golf shall you know him.
Sounds like the DoJ thinks it can make new laws.
Does Congress agree?
Does Congress agree?
December 27, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Sounds like the DoJ thinks it can make new laws.
Does Congress agree?
Does Congress agree?
Has RTE verified the numbers? Have you even checked whether they include Hamas terrorists?
Or, like most Irish media, do you not care about the truth, so long as you have a rod to beat Israel with?
Or, like most Irish media, do you not care about the truth, so long as you have a rod to beat Israel with?
December 27, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Has RTE verified the numbers? Have you even checked whether they include Hamas terrorists?
Or, like most Irish media, do you not care about the truth, so long as you have a rod to beat Israel with?
Or, like most Irish media, do you not care about the truth, so long as you have a rod to beat Israel with?
“Well, Gates, Buffett and Soros have already given so much, I didn’t think any more was necessary.”
December 27, 2025 at 5:43 PM
“Well, Gates, Buffett and Soros have already given so much, I didn’t think any more was necessary.”
Reminds me of the VP debate put-down of Dan Quayle by Lloyd Bentsen.
Donald Trump, you are no John Kennedy.
Not even having your name put on the same building can ever change that.
Donald Trump, you are no John Kennedy.
Not even having your name put on the same building can ever change that.
December 27, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Reminds me of the VP debate put-down of Dan Quayle by Lloyd Bentsen.
Donald Trump, you are no John Kennedy.
Not even having your name put on the same building can ever change that.
Donald Trump, you are no John Kennedy.
Not even having your name put on the same building can ever change that.
But it’s a lovely idea, ‘Jesus was like me’, isn’t it? It gives the white American Christian validation.
Whereas the darker skinned Levantine looks more like the other guys.
So unfair.
Whereas the darker skinned Levantine looks more like the other guys.
So unfair.
December 27, 2025 at 5:10 PM
But it’s a lovely idea, ‘Jesus was like me’, isn’t it? It gives the white American Christian validation.
Whereas the darker skinned Levantine looks more like the other guys.
So unfair.
Whereas the darker skinned Levantine looks more like the other guys.
So unfair.
This is not about Denmark. It’s about Greenland and its people. They seem pretty clear. They don’t want the USA.
Who can blame them?
Who can blame them?
December 27, 2025 at 4:59 PM
This is not about Denmark. It’s about Greenland and its people. They seem pretty clear. They don’t want the USA.
Who can blame them?
Who can blame them?
Hopefully topped with plenty of Schlagsahne.
December 27, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Hopefully topped with plenty of Schlagsahne.
I have not yet seen any reason to accept this version.
December 26, 2025 at 11:08 PM
I have not yet seen any reason to accept this version.
Isaiah Berlin was invited to dine with Churchill. The old man spent the whole meal pressing the great philosopher to talk about his musicals.
December 26, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Isaiah Berlin was invited to dine with Churchill. The old man spent the whole meal pressing the great philosopher to talk about his musicals.
But as a door stop…
Why did he wait to market them till AFTER Christmas? He’s losing his touch.
Why did he wait to market them till AFTER Christmas? He’s losing his touch.
December 26, 2025 at 9:21 PM
But as a door stop…
Why did he wait to market them till AFTER Christmas? He’s losing his touch.
Why did he wait to market them till AFTER Christmas? He’s losing his touch.
Veterans get a discount - only $1776 when they get their ‘housing’ check.
December 26, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Veterans get a discount - only $1776 when they get their ‘housing’ check.
Although it’s hundreds of years ago, I remember the one thing I taught our kids before all others: to tell the truth.
Karoline had better learn fast if she wants hers to grow up with the right standards.
Karoline had better learn fast if she wants hers to grow up with the right standards.
December 26, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Although it’s hundreds of years ago, I remember the one thing I taught our kids before all others: to tell the truth.
Karoline had better learn fast if she wants hers to grow up with the right standards.
Karoline had better learn fast if she wants hers to grow up with the right standards.
I’d believe them. I mean, you can hide a million files up there in that cloud. Or in Hunter’s laptop. Almost anywhere.
For a while…
For a while…
December 26, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I’d believe them. I mean, you can hide a million files up there in that cloud. Or in Hunter’s laptop. Almost anywhere.
For a while…
For a while…
I fear that the decline and fall of the Roman Empire set a precedent. Second chances are rare indeed, as others quickly take the place of the fallen.
December 26, 2025 at 1:57 PM
I fear that the decline and fall of the Roman Empire set a precedent. Second chances are rare indeed, as others quickly take the place of the fallen.
He suffers from nocturnal delirium, a condition arising in one of 330 million Americans. It can be treated either of two ways; impeachment or 25th amendment. If untreated, it is likely to be terminal, but it has such a rare incidence that medical science has no experience of how long this will take.
December 26, 2025 at 1:45 PM
He suffers from nocturnal delirium, a condition arising in one of 330 million Americans. It can be treated either of two ways; impeachment or 25th amendment. If untreated, it is likely to be terminal, but it has such a rare incidence that medical science has no experience of how long this will take.