John R.

Welsh by birth, Scottish by residence, British by temperament. Like common sense and a good malt.

[John R. @joro55]

@IKEAUK is there a worse place to shop.

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@Suffragent_ An alternative theory is that her show is shit and no one wanted to go. Just putting it out there..

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@marksandspencer Chocolate covered custard creams. Life changing.

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Dubious tactics from estate agents. I’m shocked. https://t.co/nwmqNURa9g

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This Norris Jarry match is stressful. #Wimbledon2025

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@NicolaH16426700 @BBCNews That may be so but it doesn’t make it right. BBC coverage was making a meal of it talking about ‘ongoing developments’. There were no developments, it was a tragic funeral.

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Anyone else think that the live coverage from Portugal of Diogo Jota’s funeral by @BBCNews is unnecessary and in bad taste? We don’t need live updates of “developments”. Leave his family alone.

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@Travel_Up what a dreadful experience with this third party travel company. Communication and customer service are a joke.

[John R. @joro55]

@Travel_Up hi, how quickly to you process refunds for cancelled flights?

[John R. @joro55]

Another fiasco at @EDI_Airport and @Ryanair . Apparently when luggage is taken off a Ryanair flight, the next lot has to be loaded before the others are taken to the terminal. Saves Ryanair money by shortening turnaround time it seems. Not great for passengers though.

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Swinney 'very moved' after Pope's funeral in Rome. Are we paying for this? https://t.co/NpkGrB7qYM

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@sarahsackman It’s exactly what you’re paid for so no medals..

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Celebs in space. How shallow can we get. #BlueOrigin

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The incessant ads for ‘The Scotto ’ are cracking me up. They’re so bad, makes me want to turn over

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@murdo_fraser I thought you were talking about N Sturgeons departure there for a moment.

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Will we notice. Shona Robison and Fiona Hyslop to stand down as MSPs. https://t.co/1403lPAS3O

[John R. @joro55]

In a nutshell .

[J.K. Rowling @jk_rowling]

This 'why do you care about a tiny fraction of the population?' line is, and always was, utterly ridiculous.

Gender ideology has undermined freedom of speech, scientific truth, gay rights, and women's and girls' safety, privacy and dignity. It's also caused irreparable physical damage to vulnerable kids.

Nobody voted for it, the vast majority of people disagree with it, yet it has been imposed, top down, by politicians, healthcare bodies, academia, sections of the media, celebrities and even the police. Its activists have threatened and enacted violence on those who've dared oppose it. People have been defamed and discriminated against for questioning it. Jobs have been lost and lives have been ruined, all for the crime of knowing that sex is real and matters.

When the smoke clears, it will be only too evident that this was never about a so-called vulnerable minority, notwithstanding the fact that some very vulnerable people have been harmed. The power dynamics underpinning our society have been reinforced, not dismantled. The loudest voices throughout this entire fiasco have been people insulated from consequences by their wealth and/or status. They aren't likely to find themselves locked in a prison cell with a 6'4" rapist who's decided his name's now Dolores. They don't need state-funded rape crisis centres, nor do they ever frequent high street changing rooms. They simper from talk show sofas about those nasty far-right bigots who don't want penises swinging around the girls' showers, secure in the knowledge that their private pool remains the safe place it always was.

Those who've benefited most from gender identity ideology are men, both trans-identified and not. Some have been rewarded for having a cross-dressing kink by access to all spaces previously reserved for women. Others have parlayed their delicious new victim status into an excuse to threaten, assault and harass women. Non-trans-identified leftybros have found a magnificent platform from which to display their own impeccably progressive credentials, by jeering and sneering at the needs of women and girls, all while patting themselves on the back for giving away rights that aren't theirs.

The actual victims in this mess have been women and children, especially the most vulnerable, gay people who've resisted the movement and paid a horrible price, and regular people working in environments where one misplaced pronoun could see you vilified or constructively dismissed. Do not tell me this is about a tiny minority. This movement has impacted society in disastrous ways, and if you had any sense, you'd be quietly deleting every trace of activist mantras, ad hominem attacks, false equivalence and circular arguments from your X feeds, because the day is fast approaching when you'll want to pretend you always saw through the craziness and never believed it for a second.

[J.K. Rowling @jk_rowling]

This 'why do you care about a tiny fraction of the population?' line is, and always was, utterly ridiculous.

Gender ideology has undermined freedom of speech, scientific truth, gay rights, and women's and girls' safety, privacy and dignity. It's also caused irreparable physical damage to vulnerable kids.

Nobody voted for it, the vast majority of people disagree with it, yet it has been imposed, top down, by politicians, healthcare bodies, academia, sections of the media, celebrities and even the police. Its activists have threatened and enacted violence on those who've dared oppose it. People have been defamed and discriminated against for questioning it. Jobs have been lost and lives have been ruined, all for the crime of knowing that sex is real and matters.

When the smoke clears, it will be only too evident that this was never about a so-called vulnerable minority, notwithstanding the fact that some very vulnerable people have been harmed. The power dynamics underpinning our society have been reinforced, not dismantled. The loudest voices throughout this entire fiasco have been people insulated from consequences by their wealth and/or status. They aren't likely to find themselves locked in a prison cell with a 6'4" rapist who's decided his name's now Dolores. They don't need state-funded rape crisis centres, nor do they ever frequent high street changing rooms. They simper from talk show sofas about those nasty far-right bigots who don't want penises swinging around the girls' showers, secure in the knowledge that their private pool remains the safe place it always was.

Those who've benefited most from gender identity ideology are men, both trans-identified and not. Some have been rewarded for having a cross-dressing kink by access to all spaces previously reserved for women. Others have parlayed their delicious new victim status into an excuse to threaten, assault and harass women. Non-trans-identified leftybros have found a magnificent platform from which to display their own impeccably progressive credentials, by jeering and sneering at the needs of women and girls, all while patting themselves on the back for giving away rights that aren't theirs.

The actual victims in this mess have been women and children, especially the most vulnerable, gay people who've resisted the movement and paid a horrible price, and regular people working in environments where one misplaced pronoun could see you vilified or constructively dismissed. Do not tell me this is about a tiny minority. This movement has impacted society in disastrous ways, and if you had any sense, you'd be quietly deleting every trace of activist mantras, ad hominem attacks, false equivalence and circular arguments from your X feeds, because the day is fast approaching when you'll want to pretend you always saw through the craziness and never believed it for a second.

[John R. @joro55]

Stabbed schoolboy a best friend to all, say family. There should be no online speculation about the assailants ethnicity. Not to protect him but to protect the integrity of his prosecution. #Sheffield https://t.co/9BoqLRMIsu