Gordon F Bates

Socialist, optimist, pacifist, grandad, former arts management consultant, photographer. Living in Hertfordshire but heart still in the north east.

[Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn]

How the world works in a nutshell: giant corporations profit from an illegal war whilst the governments who wage them tell the rest of us to tighten our belts.

[Gordon F Bates @greyadair]

@JeremyClarkson But she has made a huge contribution to the people of this country. Unlike you

[Gordon F Bates @greyadair]

I don’t think Rod Stewart has ever had arthritic knees. ‘Some guys have all the luck, some guys have all the pain’

[Gordon F Bates @greyadair]

@rayspencermbe Me too

[Gordon F Bates @greyadair]

@RevRichardColes It happened to me also and it makes for a good story.

[Gordon F Bates @greyadair]

As posts on X become increasingly supportive of the far right I will be leaving at some stage in the near future. If you’re at all interested you can follow me on Bluesky @greyadair.bsky.social.

[Gordon F Bates @greyadair]

@tentspitch Absolutely

[Peter Stefanovic @PeterStefanovi2]

Jeez. The NHS will pay the King’s duchy £11m over 15 years to rent a warehouse for ambulances whilst the Ministry of Justice pays William’s duchy £1.5m a year to use Dartmoor prison

https://t.co/X5Wy2HDeNB

[Gordon F Bates @greyadair]

@rayspencermbe Well done. James

[Gordon F Bates @greyadair]

@JaneyGodley Sending love, and thanks for the joy and laughter you’ve given us all x

[Just Jack @7Veritas4]

This used to the Republican Party.

It's why true Reagan republicans are supporting Kamala Harris.

[Gary Neville @GNev2]

They partied , they bet on elections , they crashed the economy, they broke every public service, they destroyed integrity and honesty in public office , they paid their mates billions , they put their friends in the House of Lords, they gave their cronies knighthoods, they went into the jungle , they lied again and again, they were convicted by police, they went on holiday when they shouldn’t and they have the cheek to question Keir Starmer’s work ethic. I would never take anything for granted but I hope they are annihilated on Thursday. The worst people and government we have ever had!

P.S good afternoon all 😊❤️

[Jay @jessicamayclark]

Bet she hates this being reposted …
Oops 😬

[Gordon F Bates @greyadair]

Great @juliefowlis concert in Hertford tonight. Wonderful music, wonderful voice.

[Gordon F Bates @greyadair]

@NUFC That’s Jackie shining down.

[Gordon F Bates @greyadair]

@rayspencermbe Wonderful!

[BladeoftheSun @BladeoftheS]

Why Rwanda is BS in a single image.

[BladeoftheSun @BladeoftheS]

Rishi Sunak has lied and said 2024 will be the year the UK economy bounces back after inflation.

There is no bouncing back the effects of inflation are permanent and even if inflation was 0% the economy could be 0% as well.

So really it means absolutely nothing.

[Dave † 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇺🇸🇮🇪🎸🎶 @daveguitarjones]

Lord Nelson was 5ft 6in.

His statue is 17ft 4in.

That’s Horatio of 3:1.

[Andy McDonald MP for Middlesbrough & Thornaby East @AndyMcDonaldMP]

I really shouldn’t be shocked by yet more evidence of the grotesque inequality in the UK, but I have to confess to being staggered by this.