Martin Cook
@cookieaob.bsky.social
Interested in gardening, politics, art, cryptic crosswords, sport, wine and funny stuff, no particular order. Fully paid up antifa member.
Reform UK now have multiple viable paths to power in Britain.
They could reach No.10 without ever facing proper scrutiny – another critical failure of the mainstream press.
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January 6, 2026 at 8:27 PM
It's ruined so many lives already in the UK. The gambling lobby have been superb at squashing dissent and government action sadly.
Gambling is the next opioid crisis.
JUST IN: Polymarket announces plans to launch real estate prediction markets, allowing users to predict future home prices.
January 6, 2026 at 8:24 PM
It's ruined so many lives already in the UK. The gambling lobby have been superb at squashing dissent and government action sadly.
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Fellow BUSTER KEATON fans will enjoy Jim Jarmusch telling the story of how if it hadn’t been for JAMES MASON buying Keaton’s old house in Los Angeles in the 1980’s almost every film Buster made would’ve been lost to us forever.
Incredible stuff.
Incredible stuff.
January 6, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Fellow BUSTER KEATON fans will enjoy Jim Jarmusch telling the story of how if it hadn’t been for JAMES MASON buying Keaton’s old house in Los Angeles in the 1980’s almost every film Buster made would’ve been lost to us forever.
Incredible stuff.
Incredible stuff.
The free speech kings....my arse.
Woman arrested live on air by Donald Trump's thugs just because she says she doesn't want her tax dollars used to commit war crimes in Venezuela.
This is far worse repression than they have in Venezuela.
This is far worse repression than they have in Venezuela.
January 6, 2026 at 6:42 PM
The free speech kings....my arse.
And yet the deficit grows month on month...
Trump: "I said, 'Check the tariff shelf' ... we've taken in $650 billion." (Note the complete silence from House Republicans as he hypes tariffs.)
January 6, 2026 at 4:41 PM
And yet the deficit grows month on month...
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I just hate this nazi prick.
Trump on DC: "I don't know you, but to me those soldiers standing there look so good. I'm not gonna feel safe walking down the street without them. I don't think you would either."
January 6, 2026 at 4:34 PM
I just hate this nazi prick.
Disastrous.
To say this is extraordinarily stupid given the circumstances and direction of travel is an understatement
www.politico.eu/article/pala...
www.politico.eu/article/pala...
Palantir lands biggest ever UK defense deal
The £240 million contract with the Ministry of Defence has renewed a debate about Britain’s dependence on American technology.
www.politico.eu
January 6, 2026 at 11:53 AM
Disastrous.
We really do not want Thiel's Palantir in our business.
Not the most important thing. But this contract was - probably unlawfully - awarded without competition. But the Court of Appeal, under pressure from the Tories over our VIP lane judicial reviews, said there was no public interest in who Government awards contracts to so there can be no challenge.
Yet another huge contract, awarded without any competitive bidding process, to Wes Streeting's favourite NHS supplier, the Hard Right US surveillance tech specialists Palantir, for military decision making capability.
January 6, 2026 at 11:52 AM
We really do not want Thiel's Palantir in our business.
Who would be Keir Starmer at the moment. The poor bastard.
January 6, 2026 at 7:56 AM
Who would be Keir Starmer at the moment. The poor bastard.
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Four generations of my family have served our country. Service is in my blood. The President wouldn’t know anything about that.
January 5, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Four generations of my family have served our country. Service is in my blood. The President wouldn’t know anything about that.
Recession is coming.
This can’t be true because Trump said tariffs were going to pay for everything and we were all going to get $2,000 checks with the money left over.
January 5, 2026 at 9:53 PM
Recession is coming.
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Suburbia implementing Trump foreign policy.
January 5, 2026 at 6:58 AM
Suburbia implementing Trump foreign policy.
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I remember when they were saying they were powerless to return a man they illegally sent to an El Salvador gulag because it would violate that country's national sovereignty.
January 3, 2026 at 5:46 PM
I remember when they were saying they were powerless to return a man they illegally sent to an El Salvador gulag because it would violate that country's national sovereignty.
Always...
January 4, 2026 at 10:04 AM
Always...
There's always a tweet.
Tulsi Gabbard in 2019:
"The United States needs to keep our hands off Venezuela... end these destructive and wasteful regime change wars... proven to cause more problems, increase suffering, increase instability for the people in the countries where we wage these wars. In Latin America especially".
"The United States needs to keep our hands off Venezuela... end these destructive and wasteful regime change wars... proven to cause more problems, increase suffering, increase instability for the people in the countries where we wage these wars. In Latin America especially".
January 4, 2026 at 9:59 AM
There's always a tweet.
Don't buy their shit.
Billionaire founders, CEOs and directors took more than $16 billion off the table last year — with executives at mega-cap tech companies accounting for an outsized share of insider selling. See the top 10 cash-outs of 2025: bloom.bg/4pZFu2d
📷️: Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images
📷️: Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images
January 2, 2026 at 11:25 PM
Don't buy their shit.
I've been watching Shifty on the BBC and 1975 on Netflix. Fascinating social documents.
January 2, 2026 at 10:00 PM
I've been watching Shifty on the BBC and 1975 on Netflix. Fascinating social documents.
Off his big orange tits.
January 2, 2026 at 6:54 PM
Off his big orange tits.
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"Farage is not just a cameo, he is ‘Mr Brexit’ – the most famous and successful of Bannon’s protégés apart from Donald Trump."
From the @bylinetimes.bsky.social linking Bannon, Farage, Trump, Epstein and Soros
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/19/d...
From the @bylinetimes.bsky.social linking Bannon, Farage, Trump, Epstein and Soros
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/19/d...
Dinner with Mr Brexit: Bannon’s European Revolution – Planned with Farage, Backed by Epstein
Nigel Farage was the figurehead and his partner Laure Ferrari started it. Steve Bannon and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were providing almost daily support
bylinetimes.com
January 2, 2026 at 9:51 AM
"Farage is not just a cameo, he is ‘Mr Brexit’ – the most famous and successful of Bannon’s protégés apart from Donald Trump."
From the @bylinetimes.bsky.social linking Bannon, Farage, Trump, Epstein and Soros
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/19/d...
From the @bylinetimes.bsky.social linking Bannon, Farage, Trump, Epstein and Soros
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/19/d...
Spicer on fire here.
January 2, 2026 at 10:45 AM
Spicer on fire here.
www.rhizocore.com
Heard about this brilliant company on R4 this morning. Genius.
Heard about this brilliant company on R4 this morning. Genius.
Rhizocore Technologies Ltd
Rhizocore Technologies is an applied mycology company, focused on using fungi to solve environmental challenges.
www.rhizocore.com
January 2, 2026 at 9:57 AM
www.rhizocore.com
Heard about this brilliant company on R4 this morning. Genius.
Heard about this brilliant company on R4 this morning. Genius.
Tremendous
South Park writer Toby Morton owns the Trump Kennedy Center web domain.
Trump is threatening to sue him to give it up.
Morton told them, "Go fuck yourselves!"
This is how you resist. Piss off the rapist pig and keep his blood pressure up so he strokes out.
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Trump is threatening to sue him to give it up.
Morton told them, "Go fuck yourselves!"
This is how you resist. Piss off the rapist pig and keep his blood pressure up so he strokes out.
Subscribe here now!
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January 1, 2026 at 9:40 PM
Tremendous
BBC News - Shamima Begum: Home secretary to 'robustly defend' citizenship decision - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Ludicrous. If she'd been a white kid she would have been back in the country years ago. The grooming of a minor ffs.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Ludicrous. If she'd been a white kid she would have been back in the country years ago. The grooming of a minor ffs.
Shamima Begum: Home secretary to 'robustly defend' citizenship decision
The ECHR questions whether it was considered if Shamima Begum was a victim of grooming and trafficking.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 1, 2026 at 5:13 PM
BBC News - Shamima Begum: Home secretary to 'robustly defend' citizenship decision - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Ludicrous. If she'd been a white kid she would have been back in the country years ago. The grooming of a minor ffs.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Ludicrous. If she'd been a white kid she would have been back in the country years ago. The grooming of a minor ffs.
This will be handy, mine are getting a bit battered now.
January 1, 2026 at 3:44 PM
This will be handy, mine are getting a bit battered now.