Mark Haigh
@haighm.bsky.social
Centre left, nurse and musician. Check out my latest release
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I mean, this doesn't even make sense in and of itself but does tell you something about why we don't have a strong left voice in this country (power? No we don't want that!)
Partly because so many formerly leftwing parties have turned to the right, there's a lot of confusion about what right and left mean in politics. I hope this helps:
The right defends economic power.
The left resists economic power.
The right defends economic power.
The left resists economic power.
November 3, 2025 at 8:42 PM
I mean, this doesn't even make sense in and of itself but does tell you something about why we don't have a strong left voice in this country (power? No we don't want that!)
And so the latest attack on a senior female Labour politician rears its ugly head. So fucking predictable
October 29, 2025 at 10:59 PM
And so the latest attack on a senior female Labour politician rears its ugly head. So fucking predictable
BBC News - Four survivors call for minister to quit as row deepens over grooming inquiry
www.bbc.com/news/article...
I see the latest female MP on the right wing witch hunt radar has been found... @sturdyalex.bsky.social you were totally right about Kemi yesterday, this is a disgrace
www.bbc.com/news/article...
I see the latest female MP on the right wing witch hunt radar has been found... @sturdyalex.bsky.social you were totally right about Kemi yesterday, this is a disgrace
Four survivors call for Jess Phillips to quit as row deepens over grooming inquiry
They say Jess Phillips has lost survivors' trust, and candidates to chair the inquiry are unfit for the role.
www.bbc.com
October 23, 2025 at 6:29 AM
BBC News - Four survivors call for minister to quit as row deepens over grooming inquiry
www.bbc.com/news/article...
I see the latest female MP on the right wing witch hunt radar has been found... @sturdyalex.bsky.social you were totally right about Kemi yesterday, this is a disgrace
www.bbc.com/news/article...
I see the latest female MP on the right wing witch hunt radar has been found... @sturdyalex.bsky.social you were totally right about Kemi yesterday, this is a disgrace
@quietriotpod.bsky.social one for grin and share it, flyer distributed at Celtic match this weekend
October 6, 2025 at 6:08 AM
@quietriotpod.bsky.social one for grin and share it, flyer distributed at Celtic match this weekend
Sharia law is working latest
Violent crime with injury is down in every London borough thanks to the collective efforts of the police and London's Violence Reduction Unit.
But one death or one crime is one too many - so we’ll keep working with partners and the government to drive down crime and make London safer for everyone.
But one death or one crime is one too many - so we’ll keep working with partners and the government to drive down crime and make London safer for everyone.
September 29, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Sharia law is working latest
blabbermouth.net/news/at-the-...
I know it won't mean a lot to many people on here, but Tomas was an amazing vocalist for several bands, but especially At The Gates. RIP.
I know it won't mean a lot to many people on here, but Tomas was an amazing vocalist for several bands, but especially At The Gates. RIP.
AT THE GATES Vocalist TOMAS LINDBERG Dead At 52
Tomas Lindberg of Swedish melodic death metal pioneers AT THE GATES has died after a battle with cancer, his family has confirmed to Swedish public service television company SVT Nyheter. He was 52 ye...
blabbermouth.net
September 16, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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I know it won't mean a lot to many people on here, but Tomas was an amazing vocalist for several bands, but especially At The Gates. RIP.
I know it won't mean a lot to many people on here, but Tomas was an amazing vocalist for several bands, but especially At The Gates. RIP.
BBC breakfast's Jon Kay arguing Elon Musk is defending free speech in his speech on Saturday...wtf is wrong with these people?!
September 15, 2025 at 7:30 AM
BBC breakfast's Jon Kay arguing Elon Musk is defending free speech in his speech on Saturday...wtf is wrong with these people?!
Why the feck are Sky news showing the unhinged US press conference/latest attempt to deflect from Epstein live and in full🤷
September 9, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Why the feck are Sky news showing the unhinged US press conference/latest attempt to deflect from Epstein live and in full🤷
How can you act with integrity but break the ministerial code? You should have had the expertise to know you should have asked an expert about something? What the actual fuck
September 5, 2025 at 11:23 AM
How can you act with integrity but break the ministerial code? You should have had the expertise to know you should have asked an expert about something? What the actual fuck
Brilliant episode, of course. But... If Medusa is everything to everybody what can possibly come next? 🤔🤣
🐍 MEDUSA - Here's Looking At You, Kid 🪦
Before Medusa was monstrous, she was beautiful. And before she was beautiful, she was powerful. She is a riddle that defies solution, from a time before the shape of things was settled.
🍊 open.spotify.com/episode/67sR...
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Before Medusa was monstrous, she was beautiful. And before she was beautiful, she was powerful. She is a riddle that defies solution, from a time before the shape of things was settled.
🍊 open.spotify.com/episode/67sR...
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
MEDUSA - Here's Looking at You, Kid
Podcast Episode · Alex Andreou's Podyssey · 01/09/2025 · 1h 35m
podcasts.apple.com
September 2, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Brilliant episode, of course. But... If Medusa is everything to everybody what can possibly come next? 🤔🤣
BBC News - Asylum hotel ruling won't feel like much of a victory at Home Office
www.bbc.com/news/article...
More anti Labour/ pro Reform op-ed stuff from the supposedly neutral BBC.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
More anti Labour/ pro Reform op-ed stuff from the supposedly neutral BBC.
Asylum hotel ruling won't feel like much of a victory at Home Office
The government avoids having its asylum policy thrown into chaos but the court ruling is a gift for its opponents.
www.bbc.com
August 29, 2025 at 4:23 PM
BBC News - Asylum hotel ruling won't feel like much of a victory at Home Office
www.bbc.com/news/article...
More anti Labour/ pro Reform op-ed stuff from the supposedly neutral BBC.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
More anti Labour/ pro Reform op-ed stuff from the supposedly neutral BBC.
@iandunt.bsky.social dunno if this is just me but I'm not getting your posts on my feed anymore... Only if someone reposts them. Anyone else mentioned this?
I know Blue Sky doesn't have an algorithm like X but that's how it started there 🤷
I know Blue Sky doesn't have an algorithm like X but that's how it started there 🤷
August 21, 2025 at 9:07 AM
@iandunt.bsky.social dunno if this is just me but I'm not getting your posts on my feed anymore... Only if someone reposts them. Anyone else mentioned this?
I know Blue Sky doesn't have an algorithm like X but that's how it started there 🤷
I know Blue Sky doesn't have an algorithm like X but that's how it started there 🤷
You would think from BlueSky that Starmer was personally in Gaza shooting Palestinians, Cooper firebombing hotels, Rayner building over the Lake District and Reed spraying toxins over farmland. It's fast becoming a mirror to X...
July 23, 2025 at 8:12 AM
You would think from BlueSky that Starmer was personally in Gaza shooting Palestinians, Cooper firebombing hotels, Rayner building over the Lake District and Reed spraying toxins over farmland. It's fast becoming a mirror to X...
So RIP Ozzy. An odd bloke but part of one of the greatest bands ever, and had a pretty damn good solo career too. Glad I got to see you with Sabbath once.
July 22, 2025 at 6:28 PM
So RIP Ozzy. An odd bloke but part of one of the greatest bands ever, and had a pretty damn good solo career too. Glad I got to see you with Sabbath once.
The quality of both the audio and video of Live Aid is astounding. Being 9 at the time I don't really remember it though of course have seen plenty of the performances since then.
This is what the BBC is about...
This is what the BBC is about...
July 12, 2025 at 6:16 PM
The quality of both the audio and video of Live Aid is astounding. Being 9 at the time I don't really remember it though of course have seen plenty of the performances since then.
This is what the BBC is about...
This is what the BBC is about...
BBC News - Assisted dying: How did my MP vote on Friday 20 June? - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
In a free vote like this what the hell does it matter how your MP voted? Feels like more BBC Reform pandering @sturdyalex.bsky.social @iandunt.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
In a free vote like this what the hell does it matter how your MP voted? Feels like more BBC Reform pandering @sturdyalex.bsky.social @iandunt.bsky.social
Assisted dying: How did my MP vote on Friday 20 June?
Check whether your MP voted for or against the assisted dying bill.
www.bbc.co.uk
June 20, 2025 at 3:50 PM
BBC News - Assisted dying: How did my MP vote on Friday 20 June? - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
In a free vote like this what the hell does it matter how your MP voted? Feels like more BBC Reform pandering @sturdyalex.bsky.social @iandunt.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
In a free vote like this what the hell does it matter how your MP voted? Feels like more BBC Reform pandering @sturdyalex.bsky.social @iandunt.bsky.social
Even by the standards of the current Tory shadow bench, this is a particularly bonkers view point to take on building new reservoirs... @sturdyalex.bsky.social @samfr.bsky.social
May 29, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Even by the standards of the current Tory shadow bench, this is a particularly bonkers view point to take on building new reservoirs... @sturdyalex.bsky.social @samfr.bsky.social
Ko-fi.com/home/coffees...
Well worth supporting @alexpodyssey.bsky.social one of the best podcasts out there.
Well worth supporting @alexpodyssey.bsky.social one of the best podcasts out there.
Mark Haigh just supported Alex Andreou on Ko-fi! ❤️
Ko-fi lets you support creators you love with donations, memberships and shop sales!
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May 13, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Ko-fi.com/home/coffees...
Well worth supporting @alexpodyssey.bsky.social one of the best podcasts out there.
Well worth supporting @alexpodyssey.bsky.social one of the best podcasts out there.
www.spectator.co.uk/article/a-fa...
Ooh @sturdyalex.bsky.social @alexpodyssey.bsky.social looks like you've got a review in every Liberal's favourite magazine
Ooh @sturdyalex.bsky.social @alexpodyssey.bsky.social looks like you've got a review in every Liberal's favourite magazine
A fabulously entertaining new podcast about ancient Greece
How did a myth about the consequences of poor judgment become a parable for aspiration? The question is posed by the Greek writer-actor Alex Andreou in his fabulously entertaining new podcast. His top...
www.spectator.co.uk
May 2, 2025 at 1:56 PM
www.spectator.co.uk/article/a-fa...
Ooh @sturdyalex.bsky.social @alexpodyssey.bsky.social looks like you've got a review in every Liberal's favourite magazine
Ooh @sturdyalex.bsky.social @alexpodyssey.bsky.social looks like you've got a review in every Liberal's favourite magazine
So the takeaway is that all Labour needed to do was reverse 17 years of economic and social decline in the face of the Ukraine war and Trump and post Brexit within the last 9 months?
They've made many mistakes of course in that time but anyone who thought this wasn't a five/ten year project is mad
They've made many mistakes of course in that time but anyone who thought this wasn't a five/ten year project is mad
May 2, 2025 at 7:42 AM
So the takeaway is that all Labour needed to do was reverse 17 years of economic and social decline in the face of the Ukraine war and Trump and post Brexit within the last 9 months?
They've made many mistakes of course in that time but anyone who thought this wasn't a five/ten year project is mad
They've made many mistakes of course in that time but anyone who thought this wasn't a five/ten year project is mad
I can't imagine the amount of time and effort put into making something this good, and then to make it free for all to enjoy (or donate if you wish)... What a brilliant series this is
🖤 Persephone II - You Do Something To Me 🪦
NEW EPISODE: The alternative version of the myth utterly defies the first one. Join me for the final part of this Whodunnit - or, more accurately - Whatdunnshe.
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NEW EPISODE: The alternative version of the myth utterly defies the first one. Join me for the final part of this Whodunnit - or, more accurately - Whatdunnshe.
🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/4mEh...
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
5. Persephone II - You Do Something To Me
Podcast Episode · Alex Andreou's Podyssey · 27/04/2025 · 1h 11m
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April 28, 2025 at 1:33 PM
I can't imagine the amount of time and effort put into making something this good, and then to make it free for all to enjoy (or donate if you wish)... What a brilliant series this is
@quietriotpod.bsky.social probably a bit late for today but although there's been a lot of reporting on the abolition of NHSE, there's been remarkably little on the need for ICBs to cut 50% of staff, and even less on providers being asked to cut 50% of corporate services...
March 19, 2025 at 2:04 PM
@quietriotpod.bsky.social probably a bit late for today but although there's been a lot of reporting on the abolition of NHSE, there's been remarkably little on the need for ICBs to cut 50% of staff, and even less on providers being asked to cut 50% of corporate services...
@sturdyalex.bsky.social @alexpodyssey.bsky.social wasn't sure what to expect from this but loved the first episode. Connecting Narcissus and Echo all the way thru to social media via popular culture over the centuries was something I would never have considered... Which is the point of course! Bravo
March 15, 2025 at 11:07 AM
@sturdyalex.bsky.social @alexpodyssey.bsky.social wasn't sure what to expect from this but loved the first episode. Connecting Narcissus and Echo all the way thru to social media via popular culture over the centuries was something I would never have considered... Which is the point of course! Bravo
Launching on the 15th of March 2025.
Subscribe/Follow now, to get the first episode as soon as it hits the apps.
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March 2, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Great episode today. Definitely extolling the merits of calm reflection rather than knee jerk reaction, but recognising both are valid and useful at times. Alex didn't quite say 'I told you so' but I'm sure there was a little bit of well deserved schadenfreude 😂
🏫 NEW Sunday School: With Friends Like These ⛪️
@pimlicat.bsky.social & @sturdyalex.bsky.social discuss the week's awful events, how to leave a mobster🇺🇸 safely + an emotion we haven't felt in a while: being proud of Britain🇬🇧.
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@pimlicat.bsky.social & @sturdyalex.bsky.social discuss the week's awful events, how to leave a mobster🇺🇸 safely + an emotion we haven't felt in a while: being proud of Britain🇬🇧.
🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/5dck...
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
Sunday School: With Friends Like These
Podcast Episode · Quiet Riot · 02/03/2025 · 53m
podcasts.apple.com
March 2, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Great episode today. Definitely extolling the merits of calm reflection rather than knee jerk reaction, but recognising both are valid and useful at times. Alex didn't quite say 'I told you so' but I'm sure there was a little bit of well deserved schadenfreude 😂