Peter Smith

@redpeter99.bsky.social

Recovering X and Twitter addict. Looking for a funnier, more intelligent place. Lifelong Leeds United supporter. I block racists. Elderly white hippie and proud.

I wouldn't be surprised to discover Kemi Badenoch drives a 1992 Lada Samara. By replacing it with a better car, she would be admitting it was a mistake buying it in the first place.

There's something of George Costanza about Kemi Badenoch in her decision to appoint the former neo Nazi as a Tory advisor. Rather than admit she's made a howler, she goes to extraordinary lengths to attempt to show she's correct. Similar to George and the Jerk Store joke. #Seinfeld

It probably won't happen but the prospect of Badenoch leading a Tory general election campaign is a joy. Every time she leaves X and enters the real world, she is hilariously inept and crass.

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Clever move by Burnham to hint at a public inquiry into Epstein. Not only the right thing to do but it also puts Trump on the back foot. Kowtowing and indulging Trump isn't the only option available.

Whether you're smart, special, unique, very sensitive, loving,caring, funny and a good mother is solely the judgement of others. Sarah Ferguson and Andrew "Too honourable" Mountbatten Windsor are a perfect match.

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Those who've known dementia and Alzheimers in the family will recognise the state of Trump. He's now past the stage of lying about facts and entered his own reality. He says anything he believes to be true at any given moment. Sadly, he has no-one to care for his welfare enough to intervene.

That a former neo Nazi is welcome in the Badenoch led Tory party but Shapps and Gavin Barwell aren't speaks volumes. It's baffling that Badenoch cannot recognise that the obvious path to power depends on moderate centre right voters.

Reform is the party for life's silver medallists. Farage, Tice, Yusuf and countless others have done well in life but not as well as they think their talents deserve. They need scapegoats to blame for not winning gold.

Five tickets in 6 months show Lynda La Plante, unlike her driving, is a bit slow. It also highlights how the driving test decades ago was not fit for purpose. I passed my test in 1974 without a single lesson. It wasn't until a speed awareness course in 2011 I realised I was a really poor driver.

The reality is that Pochin and her mates would have welcomed the Nazis if the country had lost the Battle of Britain. She'd have been waiting excitedly in Runcorn with a list of useful names and their addresses.

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I can't find the person on here to thank who described Beethoven as, basically, Haydn played loudly. It's a perfect description of Beethoven's violin concerto played just now on Radio 3.

To be positive about Rod Liddle. He attended Prior Pursglove Sixth Form College in Guisborough. He lived in Old Nunthorpe. I can't imagine any sixth former had a more pleasant journey to and from college. Going past Roseberry Topping twice a day.