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@merryvale

Writer of the lyrics to The One Show on BBC One.

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My brother was in his band and he used to pop round when we lived in Hayes.

05.03.2026 07:37 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Screaming Lord Sutch has been round my house several times.

05.03.2026 07:27 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Great work as always...

03.03.2026 10:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Announcements from our Labour Government - most unreported by BBC, radio and the media.

The big one is the crack down on public sector fraud saving taxpayers Β£7.5bn.

Share far and wide we need to do the job of our media.
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03.03.2026 06:24 πŸ‘ 90 πŸ” 58 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 1

Reform UK is a grievance party. If they win the by-election, it's another MP to air grievances in the HoC. If they lose, it's another injustice to add to their list of grievances. So in one sense, he's not a sore loser. He's just won a different prize.

03.03.2026 09:30 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Arrogance personified.

27.02.2026 05:46 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The trouble with deploying Chinese technology in the UK is that, a couple of hours later, you feel like deploying another one.

24.02.2026 12:56 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is turning into a marathon thread.

24.02.2026 12:08 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Quite probably the best celebrity story I’ve ever seen.

24.02.2026 12:06 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Don’t forget always managing to park directly outside a massive office building in the heart of a busy city.

24.02.2026 11:14 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Agreed. It’s a no-win situation.

OK, they could have had a time delay but I do see β€œawareness” of this condition mentioned more.

Mad world innit.

24.02.2026 07:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Today I discovered that when Peter Sellers was going through a particularly paranoid phase in his life, Spike Milligan sent him a telegram saying "IGNORE FIRST TELEGRAM".
There was, of course, no first telegram.

23.02.2026 11:20 πŸ‘ 74 πŸ” 29 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

He’s trying to make contact with the Clacton twin town residents over there known as the Clactossigans..

22.02.2026 18:51 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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a man in a suit and tie is standing in front of a glass door . ALT: a man in a suit and tie is standing in front of a glass door .
18.02.2026 22:42 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Your job was to see the doors fall off.

18.02.2026 22:26 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

@mrjamesob.bsky.social

James

As a starting point, perhaps have Liz Truss on a Full Disclosure podcast?

Mick, Uxbridge

16.02.2026 10:53 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Jeff Daniels Shocks Kelly Clarkson With Moving Original Song Performance
Jeff Daniels Shocks Kelly Clarkson With Moving Original Song Performance YouTube video by The Kelly Clarkson Show

This man is such a talent…

youtube.com/watch?v=qCdD...

15.02.2026 18:43 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

@mrjamesob.bsky.social

James

LBC has pretty much morphed into GB News...hour after hour of anti-Labour broadcasting. Even programme trailers are negative. Yes, it's important but how about an hour or so about Farage and Reform & the scandals involving them?

But that doesn't support the narrative.

09.02.2026 11:50 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yes, he probably has but for some reason he’s pivoting to show his true thoughts. Shame really, used to think he was a good β€˜un.

05.02.2026 12:25 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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An occasional reminder that KFC's Twitter followers are 10 different herbs and spices.

26.01.2026 07:04 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Agreed; he has several critics regarding his thoughts on certain topics but this really is time well spent that other leaders are ducking.

Credit to him.

22.01.2026 12:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It always was just a route into parliament, to gain him access to the corridors - and hopefully levers - of power.

A monumental con job on those poor constituents.

22.01.2026 07:42 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Incredibly fortunate it wasn’t one more and he would have to combat 18 of them.

22.01.2026 07:28 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Apparently they were struggling with the sheer volume of incoming emails.

So that’s with a party of 5 (?) MPs…how on earth would they cope with a majority in government??

21.01.2026 12:27 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Someone on This Morning. The section of the show is "I'm too beautiful to work"

Someone on This Morning. The section of the show is "I'm too beautiful to work"

Monday

29.09.2025 05:49 πŸ‘ 85 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 0

It’s strange how so many people don’t see an issue with this and other appointees/scandals in Reform.

It’s UK MAGA, simple as.

Tragic.

13.01.2026 08:06 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Greenland!

03.01.2026 11:44 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Former Bond girl…

31.12.2025 20:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I was at the Marquee Club in TV’s London many years ago seeing a band a mate was in with the drummer being Zak Starkey.

Part way through the gig I turned around and Ringo Starr was standing next to me. And Barbara Bach.

Never said a word. Still haunts me.

31.12.2025 17:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

O J Simpson queue jumped me at a restaurant once.

29.12.2025 20:36 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0