Pete Marchetto
@petemarchetto
Boomer postpatriot Englishman, freelance writer in expat recovery (from China), of the social-democratic centre now deemed 'far left', Green Party member. Free sample ebook of short stories at: 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 🇬🇪 🇪🇺 🏳️🌈
There is, of course, a major question of our time not being asked by the mainstream media, rarely addressed even on social media, and it is this. Can Count Binface sit in the House of Commons? The answer, sadly, under current regulations, is no. Jonathan Harvey would have to sit in his...
I'm going to be soooo relieved when this 'Let's guess what Burnham will do then talk about it as if it's been written in stone' phase is over.
Like I said, aside from in the fantasy realm of our opponents, it's not an issue. Link: www.moreincommon.org.uk/wp-content/u...
These Wannabe Tory Starmerites are driving me up the wall. Thank God they're about to be marginalised in the political sphere.
I can't help feeling that if Count Binface suddenly finds himself an MP on the back of this, he's going to be well pissed off. It'd be like me winning Miss World through weird circumstance, then being contractually obliged to pose in a bikini for the next year.
Yay! All-UK, no America, no sport trending. Perhaps it's time to think about getting the Empire back together.
... and I realised after writing it that yes, that's about it, really.
And they're off! 😀 The tiniest suggestion that someone may think genocide is Not A Frightfully Good Idea, and the antisemitism smears start. It's soooooo predictable.
Having paused it to take that screenshot, I then continued to where Karan Johar listed his second point.
Watching overseas versions of 'The Traitors', occasional cultural differences creep in. For example, on the Indian version, this way of signalling 'One' translates rather differently for an international audience.
Another way we Brits are superior to Americans is @countbinface.bsky.social Count Binface. The Americans could never have a Count Binface given Count Garbagecanface sounds like an actual aristocrat from one of those fiddly little countries between us and Russia (absent a few umlauts and Cyrilians).
We have to stop blaming spivs for running in a political environment made for spivs. Successive governments of ostensible sensibles have failed to shore up the polity against disinformation and corruption, having themselves often used it to their own enrichment and advantage.
Can I just say that, in my youf, I thought 'Clacton' was 'Clapton'? I hope my raising this fact doesn't sway any constituent's vote or cause anyone undue distress.
If only someone had come up with something better than 'Here's a pile of crap. Take it. If you don't, you'll get an even bigger pile of crap.'
Many column inches and a lot of broadcast time are being spent today on collecting evidence and reaching the conclusion everyone knew already. Infantino is a dickhead. Maybe they should just run with that. 'Reminder: Infantino is a dickehead. In other news...'
Trump's references to Communism are a new thing. Is Miller looking to bring back the McCarthy era? It would kinda make sense. We know the administration is punitive towards any opposition and is looking to find ways to rig elections. An umbrella term could prove useful with McCarthyism the model.
Only Americans could celebrate 250 years since their worst mistake. Bet you're sorry now, suckers! Serves you right for not paying your taxes.
The Presidency has held up the biggest, brightest mirror to Trump. How can he be so oblivious to what it shows him? That's the bit I really do not understand.
From its homepage. As a boast, it's perhaps the wrong one to make.
Just as I thought. Bloody ridiculous. You're wasting my time making noises and sending me off on 'Is the Earth flat?' level internet searches. I'm here for intelligent conversation, not ill-informed statements from numpties. Muted. Link: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion...
Anyone else joined W Social? If so, please add @petemarchetto.wsocial.eu - it's a bit chilly in there at the moment. If you've never heard of it, more information in the first comment. For those thinking about joining, it's a palaver. It may, for now, be by invitation only, as in the early days...
We've reached the silly stage, so hopefully intelligent people will increasingly jump ship from the anti-Green, anti-Polanski bandwagon now. This post from @carlabela1.bsky.social one Carla Martin - who when I hovered I found to have a sizeable following to my surprise, I thought it would be...
Beats the hell out of being voted leader of a party on the back of a pack of lies and then going on to become Prime Minister, though.
Agreed. Up to the final para and '... they think we'll buy their blame-shifting propaganda'. I'm angry that too many of us have for 47 years and continue to do so.