Block party

Further to being blocked on Twitter by Sir Nicholas Soames (see previous post) another person who has blocked me is broadcaster Jeremy Vine.

I’m not entirely sure why. I didn’t abuse him in any way because I’m generally careful not to do that.

I did however comment on a couple of his tweets that sought to blame motorists for incidents involving cyclists.

In one instance the cyclist was very clearly at fault but Jeremy has a blind spot when it comes to cyclists.

In his eyes they can do almost no wrong and with his helmet camera he’s become a bit of a vigilante.

Anyway I wasn’t aware he had blocked me until I noticed, several weeks later, that I couldn’t see his tweets (that other people in my timeline were retweeting or commenting upon).

Two things struck me.

One, how thin-skinned he must be.

Two, how much better my life is without Jeremy Vine's tweets.

Seriously. Until I discovered he had blocked me I hadn’t fully appreciated how irritating he was. I swear that one tweet was directly responsible for raising my blood pressure.

The fact that I can no longer read his tweets has improved my life because I genuinely feel calmer.

So thank you, Jeremy, you’ve done me a big, big favour.

PS. I very rarely block people on Twitter. Instead I ‘mute’ or unfollow them.

You’d be surprised if I told you some of their names but it’s quite a long list and my life is all the better for it.