Steve Spithray

They should have done it years ago anyway, to be free from the FIFA poison…

This photo of Saltburn makes it look like a mountain top enclave. If I was Italian (cos they love an enclave) I would definitely holiday there…

If we are progressing this, I’m 7th gen Maltese. Legend has it ‘Maltese John’ Spiteri saved a Mackem fisherman from drowning in the early 1800s and was transported back to Wearside as a reward…

Shipyard Foreman in Sunderland, both (and during the war), my dad’s dad had been in the merchant navy but was savvy enough to transfer home in the mid-30s. My mam’s dad was a quiet, homely over-achiever. Both died (relatively) young of work-related illnesses in the early-80s…

Wasn’t Paul Draper cancelled for stalking and whatnot anyway?

I’m so happy Starmer is supporting the tax dodging billionaire nepo-babies in Dubai. Truly a man of the people

"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."

-Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953

Yo trainer people, any idea what these are called so I can try and locate some deadstock? Yes I’ve googled the number on the tongue and I’ve tried scanning the data matrix thingy to no avail…

It was still the best performance of the night. Saw his full show about three years ago. INCREDIBLE. I’ve never seen anybody so comfortable on stage

British people moving back from Dubai should be taxed at 100% until we’ve made up the difference

"The Islamists oppose women getting an education," I mutter, as I aim my missile at the girls school

The world could be such a nice place if we allowed it. It's all so goddamn unnecessary. There's no need for any of it. It's so beautiful here. It should be so cool to be alive

There’s always a tweet

Truth. Been saying this for years from a regional vantage. Everything can’t be brilliant. It dilutes the stuff that really is…

I mean, fuck, when I was on £40 a week dole in 1998 my dad took a tenner off me… I’ve never been out of debt since 🤷‍♂️

I voted Labour at the last election (it was important to oust the incumbent Simon Clarke) then immediately joined the Greens. Green is no longer a wasted vote…

After Brexit I looked into getting Maltese citizenship (I’m, like, seventh gen Maltese) but I would have needed a marriage certificate from 1820-ish in a really common Maltese surname that could have been located in any one of hundreds of individual church records in Malta…

INDEPENDENT Playgrounds would become 'crack dens' if Greens were in power, policing minister says

I’m sorry, I know it’s a minor point, but crack dens are traditionally indoor establishments. What the scaremongering Labour minister is describing here is a crack paddock.

Honestly this has taken longer than the roadworks at Team Valley

There's also an irony that the tariffs imposed as part of deals (with the UK and EU) would appear to stand after the ruling as they're not reliant on IEEPA. But then, you do deals with the devil...

I love that whoever picked up that email is defo going to stream the album out of curiosity

One thing they’ll always say about Trump is that he gave 600% out there…

About to republish an updated version of my first non-fic on the Amazons and thinking about starting to write my third - the final part of the Teesside trilogy (if I can garner at least some interest in a publisher in advance)…

Also considering commissions and editorial roles on a freelance basis 👐

A runner has to begin loop 4 by the 36 hour mark in order to continue. Neither Damian nor Sébastien will finish loop 3 in time to begin loop 4; however, if they complete loop 3 within 40 hours they will be credited with a Fun Run. #BM100

My elderly father served prawn crackers with the Sunday roast today

In addition to the rain, fog is rolling in. Now the Barkley is just playing with the runners. #BM100

Well, well, well…

Imagine if something were to leak confirming Steve Davis’ (SSD, Hit The North etc) continued involvement in a prominent north east music venue

Remember when we used to joke that Wikipedia was the new truth. How quaint and olde worlde

Scale: massive