Marchad
@marchad.bsky.social
By day, a boring IT bloke. By night, a boring father of two & husband of one.
Fan of history, science, books and cricket. Brass band cornet player.
Left of centre, skeptic and humanist.
I tend to tweet in the bath... like a budgie.
Fan of history, science, books and cricket. Brass band cornet player.
Left of centre, skeptic and humanist.
I tend to tweet in the bath... like a budgie.
I wonder how many people who are criticising the lifting of the two child cap on benefits by saying “if you can’t afford them, don’t have them”, were happy to accept child benefit for their own children.
November 29, 2025 at 2:03 PM
I wonder how many people who are criticising the lifting of the two child cap on benefits by saying “if you can’t afford them, don’t have them”, were happy to accept child benefit for their own children.
I did not have sexual relations with that man, Donald.
November 15, 2025 at 11:40 AM
I did not have sexual relations with that man, Donald.
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Should Gibb be sacked? yes, obviously. He's an abomination of basic journalistic standards. His GB News channel spreads conspiracy theory & disinformation. His Jewish Chronicle newspaper spreads invented stories. He is plainly trying to undermine the BBC so it's as bad as everything else he touches.
November 10, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Should Gibb be sacked? yes, obviously. He's an abomination of basic journalistic standards. His GB News channel spreads conspiracy theory & disinformation. His Jewish Chronicle newspaper spreads invented stories. He is plainly trying to undermine the BBC so it's as bad as everything else he touches.
Hearing accusations from Davros that the BBC edited Dr Who episodes to make Daleks look hostile.
November 11, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Hearing accusations from Davros that the BBC edited Dr Who episodes to make Daleks look hostile.
The prime minister, Winston Churchill earlier made a powerful speech saying that ‘…we will never surrender’.
And now, for balance here in the studio is Lord Haw-Haw.
And now, for balance here in the studio is Lord Haw-Haw.
November 11, 2025 at 8:05 AM
The prime minister, Winston Churchill earlier made a powerful speech saying that ‘…we will never surrender’.
And now, for balance here in the studio is Lord Haw-Haw.
And now, for balance here in the studio is Lord Haw-Haw.
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A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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November 6, 2025 at 8:43 PM
A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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On this day in 1605 Robert Catesby’s plan to assassinate King James I by blowing up the Houses of Parliament was in operation.
A minor player, Guy Fawkes was sitting in the cellar guarding the gunpowder slightly bitter that Catesby would get all the credit whilst his contribution would be forgotten
A minor player, Guy Fawkes was sitting in the cellar guarding the gunpowder slightly bitter that Catesby would get all the credit whilst his contribution would be forgotten
November 5, 2025 at 4:28 PM
On this day in 1605 Robert Catesby’s plan to assassinate King James I by blowing up the Houses of Parliament was in operation.
A minor player, Guy Fawkes was sitting in the cellar guarding the gunpowder slightly bitter that Catesby would get all the credit whilst his contribution would be forgotten
A minor player, Guy Fawkes was sitting in the cellar guarding the gunpowder slightly bitter that Catesby would get all the credit whilst his contribution would be forgotten
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You couldn’t make it up…
“Baroness Mone & her husband Doug Barrowman have bought a £10m home on America’s “billionaire island”, where their neighbours will include Amazon’s Jeff Bezos..”
Less than a month after PPE Medpro ordered to pay back £120m+ 🤦🏻♂️
www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/...
“Baroness Mone & her husband Doug Barrowman have bought a £10m home on America’s “billionaire island”, where their neighbours will include Amazon’s Jeff Bezos..”
Less than a month after PPE Medpro ordered to pay back £120m+ 🤦🏻♂️
www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/...
October 27, 2025 at 1:02 PM
You couldn’t make it up…
“Baroness Mone & her husband Doug Barrowman have bought a £10m home on America’s “billionaire island”, where their neighbours will include Amazon’s Jeff Bezos..”
Less than a month after PPE Medpro ordered to pay back £120m+ 🤦🏻♂️
www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/...
“Baroness Mone & her husband Doug Barrowman have bought a £10m home on America’s “billionaire island”, where their neighbours will include Amazon’s Jeff Bezos..”
Less than a month after PPE Medpro ordered to pay back £120m+ 🤦🏻♂️
www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/...
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"It’s nonsense to say that the welfare system is being drained by migrants when it’s actually being drained by low pay, unaffordable housing and a decade and a half of what was political cowardice that was sold to us as “tough decisions” & “fiscal responsibility.” "
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Foreigners Are Claiming Benefits! (And Other Things That Happen When They Live and Work Here)
The Times turns data into dog whistles - here's what those numbers actually mean.
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October 23, 2025 at 7:27 PM
"It’s nonsense to say that the welfare system is being drained by migrants when it’s actually being drained by low pay, unaffordable housing and a decade and a half of what was political cowardice that was sold to us as “tough decisions” & “fiscal responsibility.” "
open.substack.com/pub/iratusur...
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My 14-year-old self would never have guessed that, in 50 years' time, all the world's music would be available at the click of a button, you'd navigate the globe by carrying a tiny computer around in your pocket, and the US President would post a video of himself shitting over American citizens.
October 19, 2025 at 9:34 AM
My 14-year-old self would never have guessed that, in 50 years' time, all the world's music would be available at the click of a button, you'd navigate the globe by carrying a tiny computer around in your pocket, and the US President would post a video of himself shitting over American citizens.
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A story in three parts
October 16, 2025 at 3:33 PM
A story in three parts
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People are waiting years for mental health support but then end up in A&E in crisis.
It’s time we treat mental health as seriously as physical health.
It’s time we treat mental health as seriously as physical health.
October 13, 2025 at 12:47 PM
People are waiting years for mental health support but then end up in A&E in crisis.
It’s time we treat mental health as seriously as physical health.
It’s time we treat mental health as seriously as physical health.
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“This isn’t some tinpot scandal of bent (politics or dodgy dealing). It’s a portal into a network… seeking to destabilise (Ukraine & US elections). …That UK’s oblivious to (its import & why it matters) fills me with a new wave of alarm.” @carolecadwalla.bsky.social
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We need to talk about Russia
So, yes, that means we also need to talk about Nigel Farage
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October 12, 2025 at 9:50 PM
“This isn’t some tinpot scandal of bent (politics or dodgy dealing). It’s a portal into a network… seeking to destabilise (Ukraine & US elections). …That UK’s oblivious to (its import & why it matters) fills me with a new wave of alarm.” @carolecadwalla.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
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Although Tony Blair’s association with Epstein may be a concern, the real elephant in the room was the deception of Parliament that took us into a war against Iraq.
#chilcot
#chilcot
October 11, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Although Tony Blair’s association with Epstein may be a concern, the real elephant in the room was the deception of Parliament that took us into a war against Iraq.
#chilcot
#chilcot
It’s an insult. Nobel is a very bad guy. Everyone says he’s a bad man. I’ve said I expect to win the peace prize in two weeks time or very bad things will happen to him.
Who is Nobel anyway? Has anyone met him? I’ve heard things about dynamite and it’s not good. #trump
Who is Nobel anyway? Has anyone met him? I’ve heard things about dynamite and it’s not good. #trump
October 10, 2025 at 7:19 PM
It’s an insult. Nobel is a very bad guy. Everyone says he’s a bad man. I’ve said I expect to win the peace prize in two weeks time or very bad things will happen to him.
Who is Nobel anyway? Has anyone met him? I’ve heard things about dynamite and it’s not good. #trump
Who is Nobel anyway? Has anyone met him? I’ve heard things about dynamite and it’s not good. #trump
The Green Party seems to be saying all the right things at the moment.
Mental health doesn't take a day off.
The Green Party is committed to ensuring mental health and physical health care are equally prioritised.
That means funding major improvements in mental health care - so that all of us can access the support we need, when we need it.
The Green Party is committed to ensuring mental health and physical health care are equally prioritised.
That means funding major improvements in mental health care - so that all of us can access the support we need, when we need it.
October 10, 2025 at 3:41 PM
The Green Party seems to be saying all the right things at the moment.
Scientists have discovered a strong genetic correlation between mothers with crazy hair and sons, whose crazy hair also coexists with crazy ideas.
September 23, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Scientists have discovered a strong genetic correlation between mothers with crazy hair and sons, whose crazy hair also coexists with crazy ideas.
Paracetamol cures headaches, which increases the chance of sex, which increases the chance of pregnancy, which increases the chance of children being born with autism.
I’ve proven a link.
I think my evidence is more compelling than Trump’s.
I’ve proven a link.
I think my evidence is more compelling than Trump’s.
September 23, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Paracetamol cures headaches, which increases the chance of sex, which increases the chance of pregnancy, which increases the chance of children being born with autism.
I’ve proven a link.
I think my evidence is more compelling than Trump’s.
I’ve proven a link.
I think my evidence is more compelling than Trump’s.
Now that Trump has discovered the cause of autism is Paracetamol, does that mean that vaccines are ok now?
#TrumpScience
#TrumpScience
September 23, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Now that Trump has discovered the cause of autism is Paracetamol, does that mean that vaccines are ok now?
#TrumpScience
#TrumpScience
I’ve done a study, and there is a clear link between children with autism and their births being two weeks either side of a full moon.
#TrumpScience
#TrumpScience
September 23, 2025 at 7:26 AM
I’ve done a study, and there is a clear link between children with autism and their births being two weeks either side of a full moon.
#TrumpScience
#TrumpScience
This is how they must have felt at Hogwarts when the dementors arrived.
September 16, 2025 at 8:10 PM
This is how they must have felt at Hogwarts when the dementors arrived.
I’m 2019, Jacob Rees-Mogg’s Company Accounts showed c£103M profit over the last 5 years, but paid ZERO UK corporation tax as ultimate ownership in Cayman Islands.
No contribution for schools, hospitals, roads, defence, public services, welfare etc.
Still, that Angela Rayner eh? Too big for her boots
No contribution for schools, hospitals, roads, defence, public services, welfare etc.
Still, that Angela Rayner eh? Too big for her boots
September 6, 2025 at 9:20 PM
I’m 2019, Jacob Rees-Mogg’s Company Accounts showed c£103M profit over the last 5 years, but paid ZERO UK corporation tax as ultimate ownership in Cayman Islands.
No contribution for schools, hospitals, roads, defence, public services, welfare etc.
Still, that Angela Rayner eh? Too big for her boots
No contribution for schools, hospitals, roads, defence, public services, welfare etc.
Still, that Angela Rayner eh? Too big for her boots
One thing the English used to mock America for is their obsession with flags.
It turns out they now want their own Trump and it’s become acceptable to vandalise anything coloured white by painting a red cross on it.
It turns out they now want their own Trump and it’s become acceptable to vandalise anything coloured white by painting a red cross on it.
August 28, 2025 at 7:45 AM
One thing the English used to mock America for is their obsession with flags.
It turns out they now want their own Trump and it’s become acceptable to vandalise anything coloured white by painting a red cross on it.
It turns out they now want their own Trump and it’s become acceptable to vandalise anything coloured white by painting a red cross on it.
I’m watching football.
Man United 0, Grimsby 2 at the moment.
It strikes me that seeing as there are two teams that herald from Manchester, the label of ‘United’ is a bit of a misnomer.
Man United 0, Grimsby 2 at the moment.
It strikes me that seeing as there are two teams that herald from Manchester, the label of ‘United’ is a bit of a misnomer.
August 27, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I’m watching football.
Man United 0, Grimsby 2 at the moment.
It strikes me that seeing as there are two teams that herald from Manchester, the label of ‘United’ is a bit of a misnomer.
Man United 0, Grimsby 2 at the moment.
It strikes me that seeing as there are two teams that herald from Manchester, the label of ‘United’ is a bit of a misnomer.
We all have our own view as to which sins and transgressions from scripture are the serious ones and which can be overlooked.
Do God and the mutually Devil agree who goes where? Do they have a quota that perhaps follows a bell curve or is it a strict ‘x number of sins’ threshold?
Do God and the mutually Devil agree who goes where? Do they have a quota that perhaps follows a bell curve or is it a strict ‘x number of sins’ threshold?
August 10, 2025 at 9:01 AM
We all have our own view as to which sins and transgressions from scripture are the serious ones and which can be overlooked.
Do God and the mutually Devil agree who goes where? Do they have a quota that perhaps follows a bell curve or is it a strict ‘x number of sins’ threshold?
Do God and the mutually Devil agree who goes where? Do they have a quota that perhaps follows a bell curve or is it a strict ‘x number of sins’ threshold?