The middle-aged backpacker

Middleaged Mod travelling the world. Travel tips, adventures & a bit of music. Veteran, London marathon finisher 2023

[Supertanskiii @supertanskiii]

Fuck me, that sexist plumber that Reform found in a pub DIED ON HIS ARSE.

It was the worst performance I’ve ever seen on QT. I almost felt sorry for him at one point then recovered by remembering that he’s a misogynistic arsehole standing for a racist party.

#QuestionTime

[Rameses Niblick III @TheLittleWaster]

A grubby, self serving, shit stain on society.

[Socialist Opera Singer @OperaSocialist]

Farage is humiliated by Starmer at #PMQs and shown to be not only a pathetic little racist but actually a danger to the UK.

Farage should be in prison for what he did yesterday.

[The middle-aged backpacker @BackpackingMod]

@PC_Angry I can’t even bring myself to read this… drivel!! CPS bottling stuff again.

[h and n @neilh32]

44 years ago today we were liberated by 2 Para. We had been locked up for 29 days , boy we were all pleased to see them ! Please retweet so that this message is seen.

[The middle-aged backpacker @BackpackingMod]

@IsmailYazar2108 @hicasamadim Whenever did 6x6=12 🤦‍♂️

[The middle-aged backpacker @BackpackingMod]

@hicasamadim 72

[Olena Rohoza @OlenaRohoza]

“AND YOU STILL DARE TO OPEN YOUR MOUTH…”

Sasha Legerman: This is too accurate not to share.

This Australian’s response to Trump’s rant that “NATO does nothing for America” is absolutely devastating:

“Mate. You run a country where 600,000 homeless people will sleep on the streets tonight.

A country where 40% of adults can’t cover a $400 emergency without borrowing money.

A country where insulin costs more than a car payment, and people ration it just to stay alive.

A country where medical debt is the number one cause of bankruptcy.

A country where women die in hospital parking lots because doctors are too afraid of abortion laws to treat miscarriages.

You imprison more of your own citizens than any country on Earth.
More than China. More than Russia. More than North Korea.

In the land of the free, 2 million people sit in cages, and a quarter of them haven’t even been convicted of anything.
They’re simply too poor to afford bail.

Your life expectancy is declining. You’re the only developed nation where that’s happening.

Your infant mortality rate is worse than Cuba’s.

Your children practice active shooter drills between math and English classes while you sell defense stocks to your friends.

Your minimum wage hasn’t changed in 15 years.

Your teachers work two jobs, your veterans sleep under bridges, and you just spent a trillion dollars flattening a country that never attacked you.

And now a convicted criminal — found liable for sexual abuse, defending a pedophile, sleeping with a porn star, and running the biggest dumpster-fire campaign since the Taliban — is thanking you for yet another disaster.

And you call Greenland badly governed?

Greenland has universal healthcare. Free education. One of the lowest incarceration rates in the world.
Nobody there goes bankrupt because they got sick. Nobody dies in a waiting room because insurance refused treatment.

‘NATO wasn’t there when we needed them.’

When exactly was that, champ?
September 11?

Because NATO invoked Article 5 for the first and only time in history FOR YOU.

Soldiers from dozens of countries deployed, fought, bled, and died in Afghanistan FOR YOU.

Australia wasn’t even in NATO, and we still showed up. For twenty years.

And then you left at 2 a.m. without telling anyone and left everybody else to clean up the mess.

You don’t care that a great nation is being terrorized by your friend, and you haven’t shown it a single ounce of sympathy.

So maybe before calling other countries badly governed, take a look at your own backyard, you aluminum siding salesman with a spray tan.

The only thing badly managed in this picture is your damn mouth.

And you still dare to lecture the rest of the world?”

[The middle-aged backpacker @BackpackingMod]

@clark_aviation There is a lot of cross transfer now Which I think is good as it allows people to develop. It was much harder in my day. Also this guy may have been RAF from start but has completed the all arms commando cse which allows him to wear that badge.

[The middle-aged backpacker @BackpackingMod]

@InspGadgetBlogs Certainly when I policed Devizes a shift consisted of 6 officers to cover a rural area that was 18 miles north to south and 12 miles east to west. We had 4 single crewed cars during days and evening & night shift was a double crewed car for the whole area. Just 2 of you after 12!

[The middle-aged backpacker @BackpackingMod]

This 👇👇👇

[Cllr Tanisha Bramwell @tanishabramwell]

Our local meeting at Kirklees Council a few days ago has become viral.

Many people have seen the clips showing disagreement, frustration and confusion. What many have not seen is the full meeting, which remains available to watch online.

Cllr Sarah Wood, leader of Reform in Kirklees, nominated herself to become Leader of the Council. During the meeting she stated that she did not understand the constitution, yet simultaneously accused others of acting unconstitutionally for following the AGM process and established procedures. To me, those two positions are difficult to reconcile.

Cllr Wood also stated on camera, “We will make sure the residents know.”

That language concerns me. When elected representatives publicly label councillors, officers or cross party colleagues as acting unconstitutionally without evidence, it risks creating a false narrative. Words matter. They carry weight. They influence public perception.

I know all too well the real world consequences misinformation can have when it spreads locally. We have seen how narratives can take hold, how trust can be damaged and how individuals can become targets because of things that simply are not true.

That is why I stood up. That is why I challenged what was being said. That is why I was passionate in my response.

My only apology is to our newly elected Mayor. She conducted herself professionally throughout an extremely difficult meeting and ensured all sides had an opportunity to speak. She showed patience, fairness and leadership, and for that she deserves recognition.

Our communities benefit when councillors, regardless of political affiliation, communicate, cooperate and work together in the interests of residents.

Defamatory language, misinformation and a refusal to engage constructively do not help our communities. They do not solve problems, improve services or support residents facing real challenges in their daily lives.

On Thursday, the Council’s responsibility is clear. The focus must be on electing a Leader who can provide stability, competence and direction. Residents expect serious leadership, not political theatre. They expect councillors to focus on the issues that matter: local services, public finances, community safety and the future of Kirklees.

The people of Kirklees did not elect us to create division. They elected us to deliver results. That must remain the priority.

[Darran Hill @Hill_Darran]

The only message you can take from this as a serving officer?
Don’t bother. The public get the policing it deserves.
Thinking of joining? Don’t.
Sad times, but inevitable.

https://t.co/vWnowGuYbi

[Reform Watch @theReformwatch]

Robert Kenyon is friends with Gary Raikes on Facebook. Raikes, a former BNP and Britain First member, leads the New British Union – the modern successor to Oswald Mosley’s British Union of Fascists. This is who represents Reform in Makerfield.

[Raylene - Undercover Indie ® @UndercoverIndy]

Okay folks from the UK ... it's your time to step up and make a difference ... I hate thieves! 😡

"Please could you keep an eye on here or other forums for my stolen Les Paul R9 from 2014.
It was stolen from West Yorkshire.
The suspect is trying to off load it locally and police are aware.
It might even turn up as a new guitar day post." ~ Yorkshireman David

[Alun Davies 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇪🇺 @AlunTredegar]

I probably shouldn’t say this - or even think it - but the humiliation of this dreadful person is utterly delicious.

[David @Zero_4]

Isabel Oakeshott on Nigel Farage buying a £1.4m house: “I honestly don’t see why it’s anyone’s business. Why should people know how he paid?”

Isabel Oakeshott on Angela Rayner buying a 2nd home: “I smell a massive rat. How on earth has she raised the money to buy a £800k flat?”

[The middle-aged backpacker @BackpackingMod]

@InspGadgetBlogs Hi can you be recorded as a crime suspect when you’re below the age of criminal responsible??? What is policing coming too??? 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[The middle-aged backpacker @BackpackingMod]

@DrHelenFry Love it in there, lots of history. Nice little display of SOE stuff and also history linking the Cambridge spy ring. All very interesting 🙂

[The middle-aged backpacker @BackpackingMod]

@rocknrollofall @prodnose I think you may have forgotten The Black Crowes. Listen to their live album with Jimmy Page ‘Live at the Greek’ doing all Led Zep covers and a few Crowes bits as well. They Knock Heart for 6. 😎😎

[The middle-aged backpacker @BackpackingMod]

@liamgallagher @CJBolding Had the pleasure of sitting down with Liam a number of times and he’s brilliant company 😊😊