Pete Blanchard

@peteblanchard

Proud father, hispanophile, history buff, once-competent bass player, ex-Fordie, pro-European. Oh, and Janey Godley was right.

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Pete Blanchard@peteblanchard· 1d

Anyway, I s'pose you can't have a speaker at WHW fest, whose book was lightly lauded by the WHW hosts described any other way, surely? 😉

Screenshot of very positive reviews of Tank Command by Hamish de Bretton Gordon by James Holland and Al Murray.

Pete Blanchard@peteblanchard· 1d

Screenshot from We Have Ways fest 2026 showing the photo and blurb for Hamish de Bretton Gordon.

Pete Blanchard@peteblanchard· 6d

Peter Caddick-Adams seemingly still turning the knife in Jason Arday's back even though the poor bloke's only just passed away. Stay classy, Caddick-Adams, stay classy... #JasonArday

A screenshot of a tweet on X by the historian Peter Caddick-Adams. The tweet says:

"This is all very sad. Jason Arday found dead this afternoon. We all (me too) hounded him over his large than life claims, but it seems the inner man was too fragile to cope with the persona he had created".

Two tweets from X. One by someone called Blockhouses of the ABW says "The last selfish act of a narcissist, avoiding accountability and the consequences of his actions. It is a real tragedy that someone feels they have to take thier (sic) life as it impacts far too many and those left behind. It also maybe in his las (sic) selfish act seeks to transfer blame".

The reply by Peter Caddick-Adams is: "Indeed. Selfish when you consider he leaves a wife & family behind".

Pete Blanchard@peteblanchard· 12d

A frog and a turtle discuss writing an essay. The turtle suggests procrastination and explains it to the frog who thinks this concept is amazing.

Pete Blanchard@peteblanchard· 20d

Baseless, scaremongering lies from Braverman and Farage. Why would anyone give these devious fuckwits the keys to power?

Two tweets on X from Suella Braverman and Nigel Farage falsely claiming the folk who stormed into Ceuta are heading for the UK.

Pete Blanchard@peteblanchard· 20d

A chilled beer in the garden in the evening cool.

A cold glass with some light-coloured beer in it text to a dark brown beer bottle with a green label stating "HOPHEAD" on a wooden table. In the background, lots of greenery on a trellis or two.

Pete Blanchard@peteblanchard· Jul 17

Pete Blanchard@peteblanchard· Jul 10

In Spain, El País is opting for 'Conde Cubo de Basura' which does roll off the tongue a little easier 🙂

A screenshot from Spanish media outlet El País which shows a photo of Andy Burnham and Count Binface. The headline includes a reference to the Count in Spanish as Conde Cubo de Basura (Count Dustbin).

Pete Blanchard@peteblanchard· Jul 2

Poster for the film 'The Good The Bad & the Ugly'

Pete Blanchard@peteblanchard· Jul 2

Poster for the film 'Battle of Britain'.

Pete Blanchard@peteblanchard· Jul 2

Yup. Ballcock.

A selfie of me holding an old corroded ballcock from my home plumbing system

Pete Blanchard@peteblanchard· Jun 19

The first garlic of the year.

A freshly picked garlic bulb, still attached to its roots and stalk lies in my ok eft hand, both stained with dirt.

Pete Blanchard@peteblanchard· Jun 7

There's a coincidence; I was literally there 48 hours ago!

The memorial statue to Edith Cavell in London.

Pete Blanchard@peteblanchard· Jun 6

Unbelievably insensitive. JD Vance is a shit-stirring scumbag and, quite frankly, can fuck right off.

Quote tweet by JD Vance. Original tweet by Visegrad24 -- a video from the arrest and death of Henry Nowak. Vance's commentary: "Henry Nowak died the same way a civilization dies: abandoned, handcuffed by authorities who neither trusted nor cared for him, and accused of hate crimes he did not commit. His murder is as tragic as it is enraging. He should still be alive today, and he would be if the last few generations of European elites had stood their ground against the politics of self-hatred and the mass invasion of migrants, many of whom despise the West and the people who love it.

Henry was far from the first to so needlessly lose his life, and I fear he won’t be the last. Each time a life like his is lost, the proper response—the only response—is righteous anger. One of the most important things the Trump administration has proven to the world is that stopping the flow of mass migration and defending national sovereignty is a matter of political will and leadership. Anything else is an excuse.

It is because we love the West that we want to preserve it. We love our civilization. We love our country. We love our children. And nobody—nobody—should ever die the way that Henry Nowak died. May God comfort those who loved him, and may God rest his soul."

Pete Blanchard@peteblanchard· Jun 5

I decided I was happy not knowing the story behind this abandoned, amply-sized undergarment in the road of a well-to-do neighbourhood of Southend-on-Sea.

An abandoned pink bra lying on a tarmac road.

Pete Blanchard@peteblanchard· Jun 4

And now, the rain...

Photo of a small garden, with lots of plants, small trees and other greenery, with a table and folded parasol in heavy rain.

Pete Blanchard@peteblanchard· Jun 2

Very good!

An AI picture of Nigel Farage in a wood-panelled corridor bending over to pick up a cheque attached to a length of fishing line which disappears into a darkened room.

Pete Blanchard@peteblanchard· May 30

Rubbish! I've been wearing it for decades, young man, and can tell yo... Oh. I see. Allspice. Right. As you were...

An old magazine advert from the 1970s for Old Spice cologne.

Pete Blanchard@peteblanchard· May 30

I nearly got rather angry there, until I realised your spelling was in fact correct.

A photo of a couple of ham and salad rolls.

Pete Blanchard@peteblanchard· May 30

You need to trick the little buggers. Cover the closed part of a window (a blind, cardboard, tea towel, etc) and the fly will quickly head for the light of the open window and head over to fly through your neighbour's window instead...

Photo of a kitchen door with a blind lowered in front of it. To the right, a small two-pane window. The top part is open, the lower part covered by a tea towel.

Pete Blanchard@peteblanchard· May 28

Ah, Birmingham! Very pleased to be back here again.

A colour photo of the huge metal bull structure in Birmingham New Street Station.

Pete Blanchard@peteblanchard· May 25

Bit harsh.

A picture of Dill the Dog, a character from the 1970s children's programme, The Herbs.

Pete Blanchard@peteblanchard· May 24

The view into space from this morning's breakfast table.

A view up into a clear blue sky, with a few leafy branches on the bottom and left of the shot.

Pete Blanchard@peteblanchard· May 24

First outside breakfast of the year.

A small, freshly-varnished table with a wooden food board on it, in dappled sunshine. On the board there's a slice of pineapple, some cantaloupe melon, a chopped banana, a few grapes and a plate with a small piece of potato omelette and a slice of ham.

There's also a small glass of orange juice, a pint glass of water and a much of hot chocolate.

The blurred background has a piece of trellis and some plants in it.

Pete Blanchard@peteblanchard· May 24

In a neglected corner of the garden, a lonely clematis decides to make a statement.

A picture of a six-petalled, deep pink clematis flower, on a trellis, surrounded by weeds.

Pete Blanchard@peteblanchard· May 22

28° in the shade. Wonderful.

A photo of an outside thermometer, fixed to a trellis post, with the red line up to 28°.

Pete Blanchard@peteblanchard· May 18

Stopped drinking coffee a few years ago as my digestive system couldn't handle it any more. Just tried my first coffee since then. It was very nice, in one of these local places that roasts its own coffee beans, etc. I know I'm not used to caffeine but boy, I walked out of there feeling like this:

Close-up photo of an emerald-green frog with very large gold-coloured eyes.

Pete Blanchard@peteblanchard· Apr 27

Phwoar!!!

Pete Blanchard@peteblanchard· Apr 27

Currently at the 'F**k whoever wrote these bloody instructions' stage of wheelie bin shed construction.

A half-built wooden shed which will house three wheelie bins.

Pete Blanchard@peteblanchard· Apr 27

Wonderful weather for the end of April in this corner of England. Time to carry on with the gardening.