Sideshow Robert

Registered Nurse in NHS. Cricket fan. Cinema lover. Democratic socialist.

[Sideshow Robert @SideshowBum]

@KirstieMAllsopp Do we know what the split is between renters who want to rent and renters who want to buy? I would buy if I could afford it. Property prices have been rising faster than my wages my whole life. Won’t landlords selling up cause prices to slow down, helping me catch up?

[Sideshow Robert @SideshowBum]

@d4nnytye 💯, the logical progression of his argument will always be that non-white people can never really be Welsh, or will always be less Welsh. If that’s what he thinks he should admit it and own it.

[Aaron Bastani @AaronBastani]

This is the craziest talking point of all.

Older Muslim patriarchs were forcing their wives to vote for…the white British lady with greyhounds? Whose party leader is…the gay Jewish guy? Who takes a public health approach with…drugs?

🤣

[Sideshow Robert @SideshowBum]

@AyoCaesar I was baptised and confirmed Anglican but am now an atheist. Has some of my Britishness leaked away already? Or do I get to keep it until I find a new god? How many kilograms of Britishness do I lose if I become a Sikh? Would it be more or less than if I convert to a Buddhist?

[Sideshow Robert @SideshowBum]

I was baptised and confirmed Anglican but am now an atheist. Has some of my Britishness leaked away already? Or do I get to keep it until I find a new god? How many kilograms of Britishness do I lose if I become a Sikh? Would it be more or less than if I convert to a Buddhist?

[Charlie Downes @cfdownes_]

@AyoCaesar Britain is, and has always been, a Christian country, Ash. You don't have to personally practice the faith to recognise that it is fundamental to our identity as a people.

A native Brit who converts to Islam is absolutely less British than a native Brit who is a Christian.

[Reform Party UK Exposed 🇬🇧 @reformexposed]

@IsabelOakeshott @reformparty_uk Stripping funding to a university due to the actions of a single university society is exactly the type of thin-skinned over-reaction that you would expect from Reform UK.

[ALASTAIR CAMPBELL @campbellclaret]

I’ve heard from a source close to someone who once did some decorating work that Nige is “furious” with Candyman and worried there may have to be a by-election in Clacton. I haven’t been able to confirm this independently but the fact people are even saying it is surely sign that Farage position is very very vulnerable. Now back to you in the studio

[Sideshow Robert @SideshowBum]

@darrengrimes Would you want strangers hanging pride flags from the lamp posts in front of your house Darren? And every other house on the street? I wouldn’t. Doesn’t make me anti-lgbt. I wouldn’t want national flags hung there either. Doesn’t make me anti-Britain.

[Stephen Moss @StephenMossGdn]

Looks like the mood is hardening against Chris Mason and momentum to oust him building. Seems unlikely he will last the week. Close associates Zeffman and Kuenssberg also in danger, according to political insiders

[Sideshow Robert @SideshowBum]

@malonebarry Unless I start pressing my own olives or extracting my own agave syrup, I’d still need to buy the ingredients for the recipe. Could well be cheaper if I start making ketchup and mayo regularly, but M&S have the advantage as they can make thousands of litres at a time.

[Sideshow Robert @SideshowBum]

@StanCollymore Australian bands have a mixture of is/was and are/were. In the ashes this year the big screen would say “Australia needs 10 runs to win”. In England they would use “need” instead.

[Sideshow Robert @SideshowBum]

@StanCollymore Interestingly, Wikipedia account for this in their articles about bands:

“Led Zeppelin were an English rock band.”
“Nirvana was an American rock band.”

[Robert Sterling @RobertMSterling]

I don’t want to connect my coffee machine to the wifi network. I don’t want to share the file with OneDrive. I don’t want to download an app to check my car’s fluid levels. I don’t want to scan a QR code to view the restaurant menu. I don’t want to let Google know my location before showing me the search results. I don’t want to include a Teams link on the calendar invite. I don’t want to pay 50 different monthly subscription fees for all my software. I don’t want to upgrade to TurboTax platinum plus audit protection. I don’t want to install the Webex plugin to join the meeting. I don’t want to share my car’s braking data with the actuaries at State Farm. I don’t want to text with your AI chatbot. I don’t want to download the Instagram app to look at your picture. I don’t want to type in my email address to view the content on your company’s website. I don’t want text messages with promo codes. I don’t want to leave your company a five-star Google review in exchange for the chance to win a $20 Starbucks gift card. I don’t want to join your exclusive community in the metaverse. I don’t want AI to help me write my comments on LinkedIn. I don’t even want to be on LinkedIn in the first place.

I just want to pay for a product one time (and only one time), know that it’s going to work flawlessly, press 0 to speak to an operator if I need help, and otherwise be left alone and treated with some small measure of human dignity, if that’s not too much to ask anymore.

[Patrick Dalton @shitlondon]

We are a ridiculous country.

[missfalasteenia @missfalsteenia]

I’m shocked they actually aired this on CNN

[Liam Bright @lastpositivist]

The holiday was once about remembering the costs of war. The change in language around it is pervasive and pernicious.

[Aamer Anwar✊🏾🏳️‍🌈#BlackLivesMatter @AamerAnwar]

Here’s your ‘Hate March’ @SuellaBraverman fuelled by you, with St George flags shouting “England till I die” marching to ‘defend’ the Cenotaph, rioting, attacking the police, disrupting the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month #RemembanceDay 🇵🇸🕊️

[Sideshow Robert @SideshowBum]

Pain

[anna 🏹 @myelessar]

how do you pick up the threads of an old life? how do you go on, when in your heart you begin to understand… there is no going back? there are some things that time cannot mend. some hurts that go too deep, that have taken hold

[Tom London @TomLondon6]

You work with the British army against the Taliban
The Brits promise to look after you & your family
The Brits withdraw after 20 years
They leave you & your family behind
You die in the Channel

Tory MPs, radio & broadcast blowhards, ignorant people suggest it is YOUR fault