Mark Holden
holdenmw.bsky.social
Mark Holden
@holdenmw.bsky.social
Something not silly.
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All the rape, torture, and murder will be brushed under the carpet, a great lesson for any future war criminals.
November 21, 2025 at 7:20 AM
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It's hard to find words to capture quite how revolting, steeped in bigotry, irresponsible, morally unmoored, Labour has become. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Anglican bishop shaken ‘to the core’ by home secretary’s asylum seeker comments
Bishop of Edmonton says people coming to UK are being ‘scapegoated’ for years of policy failures
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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I really can’t bear to see such headlines anymore. Immigrants prop up this country and its systems and institutions. Most of them work really hard to contribute to society. They are equally deserving of a dignified life that doesn’t involve being scapegoated by politicians & media everyday. Enough!
November 14, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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Russians dropped a glide bomb on elderly people who were waiting in line for their pensions. More than 20 dead.

Please. Don’t look away and don’t be silent. This is all I could ask for
September 9, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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There may come a day when the BBC puts on air one of the other 29,999 headteachers currently estimated to be working in UK schools, but that day is not today
June 19, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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The disparity btwn what’s actually happening in Los Angeles and the way it’s being mischaracterized is one of the biggest stress tests of modern media in recent memory. Botted socials, AI, old clips, declining literacy—it’s like seeing a broken emergency response system hit by a storm.
June 10, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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The UK risks becoming an “island of strangers” due to immigration says Keir Starmer. This is possibly the most repellent statement that the Labour party has ever uttered. Shameful.
May 12, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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Labour has a whopping great majority and four years left to turn this country around.

They should be setting the agenda, not chasing about trying to placate voters of a party with five MPs who will never vote for them anyway.

It's not only disappointing... it's embarrassing
May 12, 2025 at 7:17 AM
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This is bullshit. You can say there are costs, you can even claim the costs outweigh the benefits. But to say that immigration has caused incalculable damage is not just hugely offensive to millions of people and their families, but simply empirically demonstrably wrong
If you thought the PM’s speech was punchy, his foreword to the immigration white paper says high net migration has done “incalculable damage” to the country.

That is a serious shift in tone for a Labour government/party.
May 12, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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And a f-ing terrible one at that.

I honestly despair.

To be clear: immigration is NOT the primary cause of the housing crisis. It has a tiny impact.

Decades of foolishly using property as our primary personal asset class, combined with under investment in social housing, is the cause.
If you thought the PM’s speech was punchy, his foreword to the immigration white paper says high net migration has done “incalculable damage” to the country.

That is a serious shift in tone for a Labour government/party.
May 12, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Deeply depressing day for anyone for anyone who has supported or cared about Labour in the past. Or hoped to have a government who care about good governance over posturing and politics. To get rid of the Tories, they've become them. Frankly, it's not a price worth paying.
May 12, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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Send them your support, it’s better than an opinion on here war.ukraine.ua/donate/
Donate to Ukraine’s defenders
The National Bank of Ukraine has decided to open a special fundraising account to support the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
war.ukraine.ua
February 28, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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You can send donations yourself direct to ukraine here: war.ukraine.ua/donate/ #SlavaUkraïni
Donate to Ukraine’s defenders
The National Bank of Ukraine has decided to open a special fundraising account to support the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
war.ukraine.ua
February 28, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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We need facts as never before.

3 years after Putin invaded Ukraine, I spent 24 hours with combat medics on the Ukrainian frontline.

Their courage, compassion, dedication & skill are astounding.

Please read & please never stop standing up for Ukraine. 🇺🇦

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
‘We have a rule when we hear the sirens: if you’ve started operating, you don’t stop’: 24 hours with doctors on the Ukrainian frontline
Like the soldiers they battle to save, combat medics in Ukraine are under constant attack. Three years after the invasion, one NHS doctor bears witness
www.theguardian.com
February 22, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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i think this is pretty much right. not a shock that the political economy of apartheid south africa produced a bunch of reactionaries who hope to replicate that political economy for the 21st century www.ft.com/content/cfbf...
Musk, Thiel and the shadow of apartheid South Africa
The parallels between South Africa then and the US today are striking
www.ft.com
December 29, 2024 at 10:03 PM
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Over 70 Russian missiles & 100 drones rained down on Ukraine this morning. What a despicable man Putin is. Sending love, strength, warmth & safety to all in Ukraine this Christmas. #SlavaUkrainii 🇺🇦🎄
December 25, 2024 at 8:38 AM
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News Happening Faster Than Man Can Generate Uninformed Opinions
theonion.com/news-happeni...
December 19, 2024 at 3:06 PM
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Difficult to describe what a dangerous moment we are in.

The owner of Twitter/richest man in the world/closest adviser to the next US president is promoting a far-right Tommy Robinson (!) documentary to his 200 million followers.

This is the mainstreaming of violent, Islamophobic fascism.
November 24, 2024 at 7:58 PM
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Ethnic cleansing.

“1.9 million people have been displaced in Gaza out of a population of 2.2 million people.

“Israel’s actions have intentionally caused the mass forced displacement of the majority of the civilian population of Gaza.”

Human Rights Watch

www.hrw.org/report/2024/...
“Hopeless, Starving, and Besieged”
The 154-page report, “‘Hopeless, Starving, and Besieged’: Israel’s Forced Displacement of Palestinians in Gaza,” examines how Israeli authorities’ conduct has led to the displacement of over 90 percen...
www.hrw.org
November 15, 2024 at 10:15 AM
Congratulations America on electing a convicted criminal - huge achievement! I am sure he is feeling humbled.
November 6, 2024 at 10:58 AM
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Is it good when a fascist billionaire becomes the first person who can see every spot on the planet in real time? Who can say for sure
October 24, 2024 at 10:13 PM