johnrooney30.bsky.social @johnrooney30.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Is it me or is anyone else wearing sunglasses in London today? 000 0
johnrooney30.bsky.social @johnrooney30.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I agree. I never been so angry about the state of this country, I will keep giving. 090 9
johnrooney30.bsky.social @johnrooney30.bsky.social · 10/09/2026I’m not Jewish but this is true morality. 000 0
johnrooney30.bsky.social @johnrooney30.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Reminds me that I was in Sunderland the day after the referendum and the taxi driver told me that we will now get rid of the foreigners.Apart from students I never say a non white person. 000 0
johnrooney30.bsky.social @johnrooney30.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Exactly. Since this broke I thought Woodhouse should have come up with the equivalent. Beyond parody? Hopefully not. 000 0
johnrooney30.bsky.social @johnrooney30.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Wait for Toby being over the media tomorrow pointing out that this is outrageous. 010 1
johnrooney30.bsky.social @johnrooney30.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Exactly. When I was a student Peregrine was explicitly a Marxist who was an advocate who was terrified that the working class might win. Hilarious but a smattering of understanding. Thanks for your podcast on exposing this these shits 000 0
johnrooney30.bsky.social @johnrooney30.bsky.social · 28/08/2026True. From an absolutely non liberal point why do they smell like the perfume counter for teenagers? 000 0
johnrooney30.bsky.social @johnrooney30.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Alice thank you so much for your contribution to humanity. 050 5
johnrooney30.bsky.social @johnrooney30.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Absolutely. Legitimate concerns. Yeah so let’s intimidate, threaten and frighten people. 000 0
johnrooney30.bsky.social @johnrooney30.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Embrace the evacuations and the destruction. Blimey oh Riley. 000 0
johnrooney30.bsky.social @johnrooney30.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Can you imagine if a young black female politician said this to camera? 000 0
johnrooney30.bsky.social @johnrooney30.bsky.social · 28/06/2026Overdraft? Why do they think that false analogies aid understanding? 130 3
johnrooney30.bsky.social @johnrooney30.bsky.social · 20/06/2026You think is a hot take? Please. 000 0
johnrooney30.bsky.social @johnrooney30.bsky.social · 13/06/2026I was a student in Birmingham in 1974 when the bombs happened. Went home. Memories of my Irish family’s reaction reminded me of that terrified African social worker. Of course what she and her family is going through is much worse. I despair. 000 0
johnrooney30.bsky.social @johnrooney30.bsky.social · 10/06/2026I couldn’t agree more. I don’t understand why these people are not even a modicum of respect. They give so much hope in this dreadful time. 020 2
johnrooney30.bsky.social @johnrooney30.bsky.social · 10/06/2026So sorry for your experience. Please keep trying. You are worth it. 010 1
johnrooney30.bsky.social @johnrooney30.bsky.social · 10/06/2026This brought tears to my eyes. Thank you 020 2
johnrooney30.bsky.social @johnrooney30.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Stephen I am usually impressed by your posts but I really dislike the focus on who said what after yesterday. 000 0
johnrooney30.bsky.social @johnrooney30.bsky.social · 24/05/2026I think so as well. He is a great communicator that can respond without sounding as though he’s constrained by a comms team. 050 5
johnrooney30.bsky.social @johnrooney30.bsky.social · 15/05/2026I think the problem is that the idea that changing the leadership is an acceptable strategy. Historically the evidence is overwhelming. The level of political debate this week has descended into a reality tv show. The idea that this is helping to defeat Reform is far the birds. 000 0
johnrooney30.bsky.social @johnrooney30.bsky.social · 30/04/2026I think this is opens up the possibility of deflection of what history is. I agree with your sentiment but I think the simple idea of forcing populists to identify what they are proud of now is a simple but effective strategy. 000 0
johnrooney30.bsky.social @johnrooney30.bsky.social · 24/04/2026Well even more reason for an investigation. 110 1
johnrooney30.bsky.social @johnrooney30.bsky.social · 23/04/2026Just back from a pub quick.Hilarious. Harrison, Boy at Michael went down a storm. Which king made the flag the English one less so. Naturally 000 0
Reposted by @johnrooney30.bsky.socialSteve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 23/04/2026There's...a lot to process here, although it does seem appropriate to capitalise County DEATH for dramatic effect 14283 28
johnrooney30.bsky.social @johnrooney30.bsky.social · 19/04/2026Many thanks. I look forward to reading the literature. 010 1
johnrooney30.bsky.social @johnrooney30.bsky.social · 19/04/2026Thanks Guy. Do you have a link to your research that I could read. I find it both fascinating and frustrating why this happening. 110 1
johnrooney30.bsky.social @johnrooney30.bsky.social · 19/04/2026Thank you. I’m 74 and I can’t understand why many of my neighbours fall into this category. Is it lack of contact with a wider community or euphoric recall of a society that never existed? 110 1
johnrooney30.bsky.social @johnrooney30.bsky.social · 07/04/2026My Goodness my thoughts are with fellow humans. Vulnerable people who are subjected to this. Wtf has happened to us? 010 1
johnrooney30.bsky.social @johnrooney30.bsky.social · 07/04/2026What were they thinking. So sad for the decent people both in the bands and fans who were looking forward to a usually great event. 000 0
johnrooney30.bsky.social @johnrooney30.bsky.social · 05/04/2026Hi Dorian I know art requires the suspension of belief but when they leave the Hilton to go to Hampstead and go over Westminster Bridge the input of marketing destroys it. 000 0
johnrooney30.bsky.social @johnrooney30.bsky.social · 27/03/2026My goodness this is impressive. It shows the importance of institutional independence. I guess they will be decried as woke. Looking forward to lots of discussion in the media about this. 000 0
johnrooney30.bsky.social @johnrooney30.bsky.social · 23/03/2026He really is a sad man. Trying to dig deeper and deeper believing he will emerge with dignity. 010 1
johnrooney30.bsky.social @johnrooney30.bsky.social · 13/02/2026I’m am more and more impressed with BBC verify 010 1
johnrooney30.bsky.social @johnrooney30.bsky.social · 12/01/2026I left about 18 months ago. I thought if was in a pub, club or any other social space listening to the deranged conversation would I stay?Amazed that people and institutions still use it. 060 6
johnrooney30.bsky.social @johnrooney30.bsky.social · 12/12/2025Blimey political commentators desperate to say something about nothing. 000 0
johnrooney30.bsky.social @johnrooney30.bsky.social · 10/12/2025Oh come on. This outrageously unfair. Straw man point. 000 0
johnrooney30.bsky.social @johnrooney30.bsky.social · 08/12/2025The most depressing thing about this, apart from the lack of nouse from a politician who sought a significant post, is how did a party with a long history thought: yeah this way to go. 000 0
johnrooney30.bsky.social @johnrooney30.bsky.social · 01/12/2025It’s like a close relative is in hospital and rather than reporting the prognosis and treatment options we hear what the medics are gossiping about in their coffee breaks. 020 2
johnrooney30.bsky.social @johnrooney30.bsky.social · 21/11/2025The strange thing, or not strange, is how broadcast media give the “news”and then report what the papers say. Assuming that papers are neutral and worth hearing. 020 2
