The cynical contrarian @contracynical.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Whenever someone asks “What if we’d won at the battle of Hastings?”, they look baffled when I point out that ‘we’ did. 020
The cynical contrarian @contracynical.bsky.social · 04/07/2026Disappointing that @zurch.bsky.social can write about US population and immigration history without any reference to the indigenous people. 6 years ago today Trump’s supporters were telling Lakota Sioux Americans in SD to ‘go home’. Thought you were better than this. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukTrump's new take on 250 years of American expansionismThe US has grown, both in terms of its land and its people, over the last 250 years. What's next? 010
The cynical contrarian @contracynical.bsky.social · 29/06/2026A graphic depiction of another reason Europeans don’t buy American cars. #BuildQuality #BuildItAndTheyWillTut 000
The cynical contrarian @contracynical.bsky.social · 19/06/2026He also stayed in Southport for a while, and was so smitten with the elegance of Lord Street that it inspired the subsequent design of the Champs Élysées. 010
The cynical contrarian @contracynical.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Always enjoy listening to @thenewsagents.co.uk especially when discussing the misleader of the free world and his #EmperorsNewClothes. Tonight was sublime as they interviewed the emperor’s tailor. Made me consider buying tena for men. 010
The cynical contrarian @contracynical.bsky.social · 14/05/2026I’ve just read #WesStreeting‘s resignation letter, and realise what a distinctive choice of words Peter Mandelson has. 072
The cynical contrarian @contracynical.bsky.social · 13/05/2026If Wes Streeting does resign tomorrow, who do we think will replace Peter Thiel as head of the NHS? 011
The cynical contrarian @contracynical.bsky.social · 07/05/2026The genius* of Donald Trump’s resolution of the Iran War is that it will save millions of dollars at federal, state, and even citizen level. Producing the Stars and Stripes flags is much more expensive than the white flag they can now proudly fly after his capitulation. *delusion Saigon2.0 010
The cynical contrarian @contracynical.bsky.social · 08/04/2026Well Donnie needs Bessent to organise escorts since he can no longer call on Jeffrey and Ghislaine. 020
The cynical contrarian @contracynical.bsky.social · 04/04/2026Acceptable names for storms: - Damocles - Wilhelm - Troy - Gawain - Siobhan - Hammerhead Not acceptable: - Dave - Trish - Petunia - Blowy McBlowface - Daniels 093
The cynical contrarian @contracynical.bsky.social · 03/04/2026Long shot here regarding the Epstein war in #Iran, but have the Europeans and other non-psychopath nations considered getting a middle-aged Lancastrian grandmother to shout “Will you not!” 010
The cynical contrarian @contracynical.bsky.social · 31/03/2026Could someone explain* to the Donald that asking NATO to help with his invasion of Iran is like asking your local Fire Department to help you burn down your neighbour’s house. *This would call for the use of a very weighty explaining bat. 12011
The cynical contrarian @contracynical.bsky.social · 25/03/2026Trump is about to find out what happens when the yapping dog catches the motorcycle. Meanwhile, China, assimilating Africa’s untapped resources and the gulf states’ vast reserves, now covered in Trump’s shite, is poised to dominate a post-fossil fuelled planet. 010
The cynical contrarian @contracynical.bsky.social · 15/03/2026For the driver cameos at the beginning of each F1 race, they’re obviously coached to do a different dramatic pose: turn to camera, unfold arms, signal “number one” etc. They should be more imaginative: Armpit fart, remove spinach from teeth, bollock scratch, earwax delve. #F1 #ShanghaiGP 082
Reposted by The cynical contrarianBrian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 25/02/2026Having a clear out of first lines for poems I shall never write. Please help yourself to any of these. 2422243
The cynical contrarian @contracynical.bsky.social · 24/02/2026Ditto. Loved Baby’s breath, but made the same leap. 020
The cynical contrarian @contracynical.bsky.social · 24/02/2026… and for those of use who don’t/won’t subscribe to or fund Social Media sites that host hate-speech, promote self-harm and distribute sexualised content about children? If only there were a non-commercial public site for such content: committees.parliament.uk/committee/36...committees.parliament.ukBusiness and Trade Committee - News - Committees - UK ParliamentNews for Business and Trade Committee 000
The cynical contrarian @contracynical.bsky.social · 22/02/2026Oh dear I see BBC online news has dropped another clog: “that 5% increase in levies is paid either by the exporters or their customers in the US.” Exporters? Really? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... “”bbc.co.ukTrump tariffs: The uncertainties facing businesses and consumers after tariff changesBusinesses say questions remain after US President Donald Trump announced he will impose global tariffs of 15%. 000
The cynical contrarian @contracynical.bsky.social · 21/02/2026What a well-considered, finely crafted thread! 111
The cynical contrarian @contracynical.bsky.social · 20/02/2026Bad News / Good News: 😔 Trump will never serve a single day in custody. 😃 The many people desperately trying to keep him from prosecution will soon desperately hope for a cushy job in the kitchens and spend a lot of nervous time in the showers. Karma 010
The cynical contrarian @contracynical.bsky.social · 20/02/2026Trump’s presser brings not so fond (but vivid) memories of investigating security lapses in our psychiatric care system. 000
The cynical contrarian @contracynical.bsky.social · 20/02/2026MAGA must be relieved to have rejected monarchy. Imagine the ruling class having control of who can investigate and prosecute the ruling class! 000
The cynical contrarian @contracynical.bsky.social · 15/07/2025Anybody know when @skynewsrss.bsky.social are publishing the salary details of their presenters for subscribers? #WePayTheirSalaries 010
The cynical contrarian @contracynical.bsky.social · 22/06/2025Trump is at the point of ordering copies of the US Constitution on softer paper. 010
The cynical contrarian @contracynical.bsky.social · 15/06/2025Channeling the OIC for the #TrumpParade Khaki-wank: Shouldeeeders.. wait for it… Down! Arms, by the right (or left; whatever) Dangle! By the leeeeeeft (or right)… in your own time… Amble! Anyone remember drill? 000
The cynical contrarian @contracynical.bsky.social · 26/03/2025Something something Steve Bannon/Piers Gaveston, blah blah blah Elon Musk/Hugh deSpenser, something something Trump/Edward II. Historians care to expand? @davidolusoga.bsky.social 010
The cynical contrarian @contracynical.bsky.social · 25/02/2025I once had to physically separate a GP and a Social Worker (we’re talking lapels grabbed) over ‘CPR’, each calling for the other to stay in their lane. I stepped in, said ‘Child Protection Register’, mimed chest pumps and left them to their embarrassment. 031
The cynical contrarian @contracynical.bsky.social · 19/02/2025Slight correction if I may: Trump thinks they’re doing this with Ukraine, while Putin is doing this with Europe. 000
The cynical contrarian @contracynical.bsky.social · 22/01/2025No reference to the cliff-edge drop for tariffs following the abolition of slavery? Another Drumpf policy driven by ignorance and a rose tinted view of the appalling subjugation of people who made the mistake of not being wealthy white men. 000
Reposted by The cynical contrarianNeil A Mortimer @neilmortimer.bsky.social · 09/12/2024To be fair Trish, quite a few Uber drivers are already qualified GPs. 151
The cynical contrarian @contracynical.bsky.social · 25/11/2024Not sure whether my uppermost sentiment is disappointment or disgust that Elon Musk is still a Fellow of @royalsociety.bsky.social Surely his anti-science rants and support for rapists and tinfoil hatters reflect poorly on such a previously august body? 010
The cynical contrarian @contracynical.bsky.social · 23/11/2024Nick Triggle’s grasp of the NHS in the spotlight again. It’s like watching a Springer Spaniel trying to explain Trigonometry. He can be relied on to deliver the laziest, least reliable articles. 010
The cynical contrarian @contracynical.bsky.social · 22/11/2024While everyone is wobbling on about eggs and left jabs, I’m genuinely moved by the extent of devolution that was championed by Prezza. In my opinion, a genuine legacy of achievement and a real challenge to the privilege of the south east. #RIPJohnPrescott 000
Reposted by The cynical contrarianNick Pettigrew @nick-pettigrew.bsky.social · 20/11/2024(To the tune of Eleanor Rigby) Jeremy Clarkson Seeing his arse as his tax dodge stops being legit Tough fucking shit 16515
The cynical contrarian @contracynical.bsky.social · 20/11/2024Huzzah for our Conservative and Reform politicians standing up for workers and their union, and for protestors’ right to protest (even if it disrupts traffic). What sort of woke libtard would expect owners of a multi million pound business to pay tax at the same rate as the rest of us? Shocking 000
Reposted by The cynical contrarianBrian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 17/11/2024Today’s poem is called ‘Please Bear in Mind’. 8611129
Reposted by The cynical contrarianIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 16/11/2024This unspeakable, insufferable cunt. Musk won't ever be able to demonstrate a microgram of the bravery and dignity Zelenskyy has demonstrated. 1524651672
The cynical contrarian @contracynical.bsky.social · 17/11/2024Dear Laura Have you not suggested Starmer simply implements Boris Johnson’s 2019 “Ready to go”™ plan for Social Care? Seems remiss of you not to mention it. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukSocial care 'impasse' at top of government - so what next, asks Laura KuenssbergMultiple sources say the Treasury is deeply nervous about the cost of fixing social care, and that the PM is yet to decide how to proceed. 010
The cynical contrarian @contracynical.bsky.social · 16/11/2024All true, but we left those when it stopped being fun. MySpace and Friends Reunited didn’t include contractual requirements to provide data for the enabler of a rapist fraudster who believes our posts confirm that he isn’t a cunt, when he is, as Janey Godley attested, is a cunt 020
The cynical contrarian @contracynical.bsky.social · 15/11/2024Will the tangerine comb-over rescue the citizens of Clacton from ‘the Honourable Member for Mar-a-Lago’ by appointing him deputy bleach taster to RFK? A win/win I’d have thought. 020