Rob Perryman

Former TSB Area Director for SW England. Narrowboat odyssey captured in a book ‘A Year On The Frog’ - available from Amazon.

[Sarrah Bellus @sarrah_bellus]

Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.

Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it. RT

[Sarrah Bellus @sarrah_bellus]

Donald Trump raped a 13-year-old child. She bit his penis. He punched her in the face. The FBI found the young girl’s story to be credible. Never stop talking about this. Post about it every day. We cannot allow these white supremacists to normalize child rape.

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

I literally watched this 11 times and I can’t stop.

[James Tate @JamesTate121]

Someone asked "Why do some British people not like Donald Trump?"

Nate White, an articulate and witty writer from England, wrote this magnificent response:

"A few things spring to mind.

Trump lacks certain qualities which the British traditionally esteem.

For instance, he has no class, no charm, no coolness, no credibility, no compassion, no wit, no warmth, no wisdom, no subtlety, no sensitivity, no self-awareness, no humility, no honour and no grace - all qualities, funnily enough, with which his predecessor Mr. Obama was generously blessed.

So for us, the stark contrast does rather throw Trump’s limitations into embarrassingly sharp relief.

Plus, we like a laugh. And while Trump may be laughable, he has never once said anything wry, witty or even faintly amusing - not once, ever.

I don’t say that rhetorically, I mean it quite literally: not once, not ever. And that fact is particularly disturbing to the British sensibility - for us, to lack humour is almost inhuman.

But with Trump, it’s a fact. He doesn’t even seem to understand what a joke is - his idea of a joke is a crass comment, an illiterate insult, a casual act of cruelty.

Trump is a troll. And like all trolls, he is never funny and he never laughs; he only crows or jeers.

And scarily, he doesn’t just talk in crude, witless insults - he actually thinks in them. His mind is a simple bot-like algorithm of petty prejudices and knee-jerk nastiness.

There is never any under-layer of irony, complexity, nuance or depth. It’s all surface.

Some Americans might see this as refreshingly upfront.

Well, we don’t. We see it as having no inner world, no soul.

And in Britain we traditionally side with David, not Goliath. All our heroes are plucky underdogs: Robin Hood, Dick Whittington, Oliver Twist.

Trump is neither plucky, nor an underdog. He is the exact opposite of that.

He’s not even a spoiled rich-boy, or a greedy fat-cat.

He’s more a fat white slug. A Jabba the Hutt of privilege.

And worse, he is that most unforgivable of all things to the British: a bully.

That is, except when he is among bullies; then he suddenly transforms into a snivelling sidekick instead.

There are unspoken rules to this stuff - the Queensberry rules of basic decency - and he breaks them all. He punches downwards - which a gentleman should, would, could never do - and every blow he aims is below the belt. He particularly likes to kick the vulnerable or voiceless - and he kicks them when they are down.

So the fact that a significant minority - perhaps a third - of Americans look at what he does, listen to what he says, and then think 'Yeah, he seems like my kind of guy’ is a matter of some confusion and no little distress to British people, given that:
* Americans are supposed to be nicer than us, and mostly are.
* You don't need a particularly keen eye for detail to spot a few flaws in the man.

This last point is what especially confuses and dismays British people, and many other people too; his faults seem pretty bloody hard to miss.

After all, it’s impossible to read a single tweet, or hear him speak a sentence or two, without staring deep into the abyss. He turns being artless into an art form; he is a Picasso of pettiness; a Shakespeare of shit. His faults are fractal: even his flaws have flaws, and so on ad infinitum.

God knows there have always been stupid people in the world, and plenty of nasty people too. But rarely has stupidity been so nasty, or nastiness so stupid.

He makes Nixon look trustworthy and George W look smart.

In fact, if Frankenstein decided to make a monster assembled entirely from human flaws - he would make a Trump.

And a remorseful Doctor Frankenstein would clutch out big clumpfuls of hair and scream in anguish:

'My God… what… have… I… created?

If being a twat was a TV show, Trump would be the boxed set."

[Really American 🇺🇸 @ReallyAmerican1]

THIS IS INSANE: In a bizarre moment, a camera operator is abruptly removed from the room during Trump's remarks at the Kennedy Center, when he appears to veer off into one of his unhinged rants. They are hiding his decline.

Make sure everyone sees this.

[Gengey @EllisGenge]

To everyone who’s been behind us this tournament, thank you, enjoyed that today. For the rest of the old mob, you know what to do 🍋 😍

[Chris Murphy 🟧 @ChrisMurphyCT]

7/ What Trump is trying to do is to engage in so much corruption and bribery and graft that it starts to feel normal. But it isn't normal. It's an outrage. It's our president stealing from us.

And my belief is that it's not too late to stop him. But only if we speak up.

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

60 years ago, a group of brave civil rights organizers marched across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama in the pursuit of justice and equality. Today we’re reminded of their courageous sacrifices, and tasked with the responsibility of doing what we can to carry forward their work.

[Johnny Mercer @JohnnyMercerUK]

This clown needs to check his privilege. I read @JDVance book making the mistake of finding him quite interesting. By his own admission he spent his time in the Marines “writing articles and taking pictures”.

Perhaps if he had got his hands dirty serving his country like so many of his fellow American and British veterans, chasing his own country’s crazy foreign policy ideas, he might not be so quick to dismiss their sacrifice.

[Canada Hates Trump @AntiTrumpCanada]

After bullying & expelling international war hero Volodymyr Zelenskyy from the White House, Trump returns to Mar-a-Lago, where he’ll play some golf & wine/dine with fellow rapist and child sex trafficker, Andrew Tate.
Motherfucker can rot in hell.

[Rob Perryman @robandpip2]

Fantastic chance for an entertaining evening with one of the UK’s best sports speakers - in aid of ⁦@CombatStress⁩ charity.QR for tickets. ⁦@BristolBears⁩ ⁦@UniofBath⁩ ⁦@BathRugby⁩ ⁦@hornets1962⁩ ⁦@WestonRugby⁩ ⁦@FrogOdyssey⁩

[Annie @AnnieForTruth]

💯💯💯

[Justin Trudeau @JustinTrudeau]

In America’s darkest hours, Canada has always been there.

[Alex Cole @acnewsitics]

Who made this? 😂

[Rob Perryman @robandpip2]

@KateSho84223985 - Happy birthday!! 🎂 Hope we can get together sometime this year. Best wishes for a fab day and a great 2025.

[Frog in a Bucket - Narrowboat Odyssey @FrogOdyssey]

What to give to the person who has everything this Xmas? ⁦@robandpip2⁩. YEAR ON THE FROG: The Misadventures of Two New Narrowboaters: https://t.co/TomIhGBSls: Perryman, Mr Rob, Perryman, Mrs Philippa: 9798863287287: Books https://t.co/1JuXS2TGAr

[KATY PERRY @katyperry]

This is @KamalaHarris. She’s gonna be… well… We’re the only ones who can finish this sentence 🗳️🇺🇸 VOTE!

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

I believe that the vast majority of people in this country are good and generous and honest and fair – and whether they are Democrats or Republicans or independents, they want those values reflected in their politics. That’s what we’ll get with @KamalaHarris and @Tim_Walz – two leaders who will work every day to make your lives better.