kfpm
Retired software person, living in England. Left of centre, potentially woke, lover of music and wine, can be found playing Destiny 2 on occasion. Please... no DM's.
- No, you weren't. news.sky.com/story/i-was-...
- God help us. BBC News - Couriers Evri and DHL merge to form delivery giant - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
- So, if you play for Liverpool, you're not allowed to leave? Perhaps the 'fans' should take a long hard look at themselves. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
- Ok, it wasn't clever, but, let's face it, Zionism isn't exactly blameless currently. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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- When I was programming, I would back up my source code to external media, at lunchtime, and going home time. A life-saving routine worth the time taken. On the positive side, you only ever lose your work once. After that, backing up becomes an obsession.
- Oh come on, you can't be a Dictator without embracing corruption, nepotism and racketeering.
- Again, regardless of the actual policy (and I do think there's value in thinking on how you can have most impact on a constrained budget), the rhetoric is horrible and goes against everything I voted for www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
- Labour seem to be developing a habit of going against what people voted for.
- I was reading the comments on a local news article about Medicaid cuts and a Missouri woman called having access to healthcare a “lifestyle” that isn’t meant for folks who can’t afford it. I have never read anything more sad, or American, in my life…
- Throughout the world there are counties with an uncommonly large number of stupid, ignorant people. USA gets the Gold medal though 🥇
- The best way to avoid having your speech compared to Enoch Powell would be not to give a speech like Enoch Powell’s, using words like Enoch Powell’s, with a meaning like Enoch Powell’s.
- Farage must be enjoying this.
- Probably the only people who would buy them nowadays www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ce...
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- It was rather good. I now see every warehouse as a hub of illegal activity.
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- Ok with you no this. They've been such a disappointment
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- I expect a Trump-level U-turn on this soon. So unnecessarily stupid.
- ⚡️Witkoff uses Kremlin translators in meetings with Putin, NBC reports. "If they speak to each other in Russian, he doesn't know what they are saying," one Western official told NBC News. Michael McFaul, former U.S. ambassador to Russia, called Witkoff's approach "a very bad idea."
- What an idiot
- So... Google's Gemini AI thingie tells me that UK exports just under 200,000 cars a year to USA. Gosh.
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- And where does this leave us as regards any possible EU negotiations?
- Good man. Wonder if Bezos and Musk will do something similar? No, of course not. BBC News - Bill Gates plans to give away most of his fortune by 2045 www.bbc.com/news/article...
- 1. Brexit does not stand up to scrutiny 2. The more scrutiny is placed on Brexit, the worse it looks 3. Strong majority already think Brexit is going badly 4. Immigration skyrocketed since Brexit 5. Labour can't fight Reform on immigration 6. So why not force Reform to defend Brexit? Winnable!
- We're not allowed to query Brexit anymore. A bit like acknowledging the existence of an uncle who is a paedophile.
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- Wonder how that will be policed 🤔
- Exactly! If Starmer has agreed to allow dodgy US chicken and beef in, then he is a traitor.
- Got to cancel out those DOGE 'savings' somehow. news.sky.com/story/second...
- Not Smart! He Just Took Over Companies Started By Others.
- Definitely not the genius he's purported to be.
- 🤣 Reform UK’s Andrea Jenkyns commits to sacking county council’s diversity officers – but there aren’t any leftfootforward.org/2025/05/refo...
- How do sub-prime individuals like her ever get to positions of power. Oh, I forgot. Sub-prime individuals voted for her. Doh.
- We’ve got ourselves a new word, haven’t we. Conclave It must be said (as if it’s just been invented) seventeen times a minute by every newscaster on every channel, every day… ad infinitum. 😬
- Let's cut to the chase - Ranulph Fiennes would make an excellent Pope.
- No words🤬
- A bit of a slimy individual.
- RFK Jr. is dangerous.
- Just as well they're resurrecting Alcatraz, it will be needed to house all the criminals and lunatics that form the US Government.
- Yes, don't worry about what's happening in the world, just live in your bubble of privilege. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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- And, as usual, no international condemnation. See no evil, hear no evil...
- Just browsing for a cottage/villa in France for holiday. Guess the owner has a sense of humour.
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- Pretty sure nothing he does now is going to get him re-elected.
- People tend to dismiss VP Pence’s actions on J6: he was just doing his job, why should he get any credit for simply sticking to the letter of the law? But if it was so easy to do, why was he one of the very few in his party to do it? apnews.com/article/penc...
- He did the right thing, and he should be remembered for that.
- Fed up of the privilege and drama of 'The Royals'. Time for abolition. news.sky.com/story/ve-day...
- As if there ever was any doubt. news.sky.com/story/israel...
- Local Elections: ‘Keir Starmer’s Rightward Shift Is Laying the Ground for Nigel Farage’ bylinetimes.com/2025/05/02/l...
- Starmer either needs to get his head out of his ass or just go. This country is being ruined, and playing into the hands of the far right.
- Don't want to live in a world where this grifter has any power.
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- The legacy of Boris Johnson. Destroyed his own party. Incredible.
- As if we needed more evidence that Farage et al are divorced from reality - their big idea is to cut spending from local government, which has suffered more in spending cuts than pretty much any other sector over the past decade
- He's trying to emulate Trump. The financial reality doesn't matter, just as it doesn't in US.
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- The world we live in is turning into a nightmare of lying bastards and retarded sheep.
- What a mess this Government is. Can't believe I voted for them ☹️ news.sky.com/story/politi...
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- Aren't we rid of her yet? Her rants indicate she is in need of clinical intervention.
- Stephen Lynch, aiming to be top Dem on the Oversight Cmte, blew up at a constituent who asked him to oppose the GOP. "I get to decide that. I get to decide that. I get to decide that. I'm elected. I get to decide that. You wanna decide that? You need to run for Congress, okay? I get to decide that"
- What an utter pr***
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- Interesting point.
- he bought that hat with the money didn’t he
- Cardinal withdraws from Conclave after Pope Francis left note saying he should be excluded for a financial scandal where €140m went missing bit.ly/4cQKdNU it is so like the plot of @Robert___Harris’s novel Conclave! Read it if you haven’t - or again if you have!
- Real-life Conclave, marvellous!
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- What is lost, and cannot be regained, is trust.
- Nasty nasty company. BBC News - Meta warns of 'worse' experience for European users www.bbc.com/news/article...
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- What will it take for Trump voters to have their eyes opened? Perhaps they just don't care.
- Beginning to hurt them.
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- Off to jail with them. Utter idiots
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- I think she is what's called 'a piece of work'
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- Narcissistic psycopath