Mark Stephenson
@markonline.bsky.social
An ex Marine, I Iove spending time on the water whenever possible. Politically, I have what is considered traditional left of centre views. I support Scottish self-determination and am a supporter of the Scotland Rugby team and the Toronto Blue Jays.
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100+: number of Palestinian children killed by Israeli forces in Gaza since the Trump-brokered “ceasefire.”
January 18, 2026 at 4:57 AM
100+: number of Palestinian children killed by Israeli forces in Gaza since the Trump-brokered “ceasefire.”
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Robert Jenrick says the Tories "broke Britain," so he's joined a party that includes:
Nadhim Zahawi,
Nadine Dorries,
Jonathan Gullis,
Ben Bradley,
Danny Kruger,
Jake Berry,
Marco Longhi,
Aiden Burley,
Anne Marie Morris,
Lee Anderson
and Andrea Jenkyns.
Nadhim Zahawi,
Nadine Dorries,
Jonathan Gullis,
Ben Bradley,
Danny Kruger,
Jake Berry,
Marco Longhi,
Aiden Burley,
Anne Marie Morris,
Lee Anderson
and Andrea Jenkyns.
January 15, 2026 at 6:08 PM
Robert Jenrick says the Tories "broke Britain," so he's joined a party that includes:
Nadhim Zahawi,
Nadine Dorries,
Jonathan Gullis,
Ben Bradley,
Danny Kruger,
Jake Berry,
Marco Longhi,
Aiden Burley,
Anne Marie Morris,
Lee Anderson
and Andrea Jenkyns.
Nadhim Zahawi,
Nadine Dorries,
Jonathan Gullis,
Ben Bradley,
Danny Kruger,
Jake Berry,
Marco Longhi,
Aiden Burley,
Anne Marie Morris,
Lee Anderson
and Andrea Jenkyns.
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🚨"This is nuts! What the f*ck is going on, this is insane! ICE is just trying to scare people; they tell you it's only immigrants—it's f*cking anybody!" -furious Minneapolis resident tells our @zdroberts.bsky.social after ICE shot a man in the leg tonight. LIVE NOW ⬇️
January 15, 2026 at 3:59 AM
🚨"This is nuts! What the f*ck is going on, this is insane! ICE is just trying to scare people; they tell you it's only immigrants—it's f*cking anybody!" -furious Minneapolis resident tells our @zdroberts.bsky.social after ICE shot a man in the leg tonight. LIVE NOW ⬇️
@torontobluejays.bsky.social
It would be good if you joined the Twitter/X exodus and started using @bsky.app instead.
It would be good if you joined the Twitter/X exodus and started using @bsky.app instead.
January 11, 2026 at 6:17 PM
@torontobluejays.bsky.social
It would be good if you joined the Twitter/X exodus and started using @bsky.app instead.
It would be good if you joined the Twitter/X exodus and started using @bsky.app instead.
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“Do not pledge loyalty to people who would sell you out in the blink of an eye.”
@premthakker.bsky.social sits down w/ MN Attorney General Keith Ellison amidst an effort to investigate Renee Nicole Good’s murder after she was killed by an ICE agent earlier this week.
🔗: zeteo.com/p/keith-elli...
@premthakker.bsky.social sits down w/ MN Attorney General Keith Ellison amidst an effort to investigate Renee Nicole Good’s murder after she was killed by an ICE agent earlier this week.
🔗: zeteo.com/p/keith-elli...
January 11, 2026 at 3:23 AM
“Do not pledge loyalty to people who would sell you out in the blink of an eye.”
@premthakker.bsky.social sits down w/ MN Attorney General Keith Ellison amidst an effort to investigate Renee Nicole Good’s murder after she was killed by an ICE agent earlier this week.
🔗: zeteo.com/p/keith-elli...
@premthakker.bsky.social sits down w/ MN Attorney General Keith Ellison amidst an effort to investigate Renee Nicole Good’s murder after she was killed by an ICE agent earlier this week.
🔗: zeteo.com/p/keith-elli...
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"Scotland take note: you are stuck with England’s Brexit stupidity. No prospect of UK rejoining EU in my lifetime, says Starmer’s reset negotiator. So Labour, Tories and Reform UK are all Brexit-supporting parties.” #Scotland #IndependenceIsNormal
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Scotland take note - Indy PosterBoy
"Scotland take note: you are stuck with England's Brexit stupidity. No prospect of UK rejoining EU in my lifetime, says Starmer's reset negotiator. So Labour,
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January 8, 2026 at 2:36 PM
"Scotland take note: you are stuck with England’s Brexit stupidity. No prospect of UK rejoining EU in my lifetime, says Starmer’s reset negotiator. So Labour, Tories and Reform UK are all Brexit-supporting parties.” #Scotland #IndependenceIsNormal
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This is an important point that has been overlooked by many.
The SNP has not agreed to give Palantir our NHS Scotland data.
But if Sarwar or any of the other Unionist gangs gain power in Scotland, NHS Scotland data will be sold on to Palantir. Scotland is controlled by London & they can literally do anything to us, that they please. #VoteIndependence.
But if Sarwar or any of the other Unionist gangs gain power in Scotland, NHS Scotland data will be sold on to Palantir. Scotland is controlled by London & they can literally do anything to us, that they please. #VoteIndependence.
January 9, 2026 at 8:44 AM
This is an important point that has been overlooked by many.
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I'm writing about the Palestine Action hunger strikers at the moment, any of whom could die at any moment, and the astonishing media and government silence surrounding them. The Establishment seems to have become even crueller than when Thatcher was PM.
January 5, 2026 at 12:27 PM
I'm writing about the Palestine Action hunger strikers at the moment, any of whom could die at any moment, and the astonishing media and government silence surrounding them. The Establishment seems to have become even crueller than when Thatcher was PM.
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Take note leaders of Europe this is what you should have bloody said.
January 3, 2026 at 9:37 PM
Take note leaders of Europe this is what you should have bloody said.
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Whatever you might think of Maduro, the seizure and kidnapping of a head of state takes us to a very dark place. Vast, arbitrary, extra-legal power, which could be exercised almost anywhere, regardless of the character of the target government.
January 3, 2026 at 10:14 AM
Whatever you might think of Maduro, the seizure and kidnapping of a head of state takes us to a very dark place. Vast, arbitrary, extra-legal power, which could be exercised almost anywhere, regardless of the character of the target government.
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This 73 year old cartoon by Yuliy Ganf called "At This Restaurant Only One Person Is Served," is as true today as it ever was.
January 1, 2026 at 8:23 PM
This 73 year old cartoon by Yuliy Ganf called "At This Restaurant Only One Person Is Served," is as true today as it ever was.
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Number of people who go bankrupt every year because of medical bills or illness-related work loss:
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There’s a lesson there.
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There’s a lesson there.
January 1, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Number of people who go bankrupt every year because of medical bills or illness-related work loss:
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There’s a lesson there.
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There’s a lesson there.
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The Scottish Parliamentary Elections are happening next May and Bylines Scotland needs you! We're looking for writers, editors, proofreaders and fact-checkers so that we can report the party campaigns as they evolve. We're all volunteers and if you fancy joining us contact : editor@bylines.scot
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December 27, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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My latest blog piece, about Shabana Mahmood pandering to the basest instincts of the far right and why it's doomed to failure
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Starmer’s Labour enables fascism
When the race baiting far right criminal Stephen Yaxley-Lennon and the hard right Reform UK are praising Labour’s policies, you know that something has gone profoundly wrong in a party which …
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November 17, 2025 at 7:00 PM
My latest blog piece, about Shabana Mahmood pandering to the basest instincts of the far right and why it's doomed to failure
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The line “vote for us or you’ll get the far right” doesn’t really work when the policies you’re enacting are barely distinguishable from what the far right propose.
November 17, 2025 at 8:16 AM
The line “vote for us or you’ll get the far right” doesn’t really work when the policies you’re enacting are barely distinguishable from what the far right propose.
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Sky News now offering clarification.
They’d previously stated that the Maccabi ban was just about safety of Maccabi fans.
Now they admit it was also about Maccabi violence.
Ladies & gentlemen, our corrupt journo-political complex just got caught out.
They’d previously stated that the Maccabi ban was just about safety of Maccabi fans.
Now they admit it was also about Maccabi violence.
Ladies & gentlemen, our corrupt journo-political complex just got caught out.
October 22, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Sky News now offering clarification.
They’d previously stated that the Maccabi ban was just about safety of Maccabi fans.
Now they admit it was also about Maccabi violence.
Ladies & gentlemen, our corrupt journo-political complex just got caught out.
They’d previously stated that the Maccabi ban was just about safety of Maccabi fans.
Now they admit it was also about Maccabi violence.
Ladies & gentlemen, our corrupt journo-political complex just got caught out.
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He's a pro-Israel propagandist. He's not Jewish.
He works for a right-wing pro-Israel organisation.
He's posted vile things about Palestinian kids shot by Israeli soldiers.
But Sky News presented him as an ordinary Jewish football fan subjected to online hatred.
He works for a right-wing pro-Israel organisation.
He's posted vile things about Palestinian kids shot by Israeli soldiers.
But Sky News presented him as an ordinary Jewish football fan subjected to online hatred.
October 21, 2025 at 2:42 PM
He's a pro-Israel propagandist. He's not Jewish.
He works for a right-wing pro-Israel organisation.
He's posted vile things about Palestinian kids shot by Israeli soldiers.
But Sky News presented him as an ordinary Jewish football fan subjected to online hatred.
He works for a right-wing pro-Israel organisation.
He's posted vile things about Palestinian kids shot by Israeli soldiers.
But Sky News presented him as an ordinary Jewish football fan subjected to online hatred.
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Rather than debate whether Prince Andrew loses his title, I’d prefer him taken to a police station, interviewed under caution and - if the investigating officers believe they have sufficient evidence - charged and prosecuted. If a jury later finds him guilty like any citizen he should then be jailed
October 20, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Rather than debate whether Prince Andrew loses his title, I’d prefer him taken to a police station, interviewed under caution and - if the investigating officers believe they have sufficient evidence - charged and prosecuted. If a jury later finds him guilty like any citizen he should then be jailed
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Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?
Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
October 7, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?
Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
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She was arrested for holding a sign reading:
“I do not support the proscription of Palestine Action”
How that would warrant arrest is very unclear. I wonder if the police here even understand the boundaries of the bizarre law they’ve been forced to enforce.
“I do not support the proscription of Palestine Action”
How that would warrant arrest is very unclear. I wonder if the police here even understand the boundaries of the bizarre law they’ve been forced to enforce.
October 5, 2025 at 9:40 PM
She was arrested for holding a sign reading:
“I do not support the proscription of Palestine Action”
How that would warrant arrest is very unclear. I wonder if the police here even understand the boundaries of the bizarre law they’ve been forced to enforce.
“I do not support the proscription of Palestine Action”
How that would warrant arrest is very unclear. I wonder if the police here even understand the boundaries of the bizarre law they’ve been forced to enforce.
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Pay attention to the language that will be used by much of the media.
The Global Sumud Flotilla never entered Israeli waters.
They are in international waters attempting to reach Palestinian waters.
Israel is once again breaking international law
The Global Sumud Flotilla never entered Israeli waters.
They are in international waters attempting to reach Palestinian waters.
Israel is once again breaking international law
October 1, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Pay attention to the language that will be used by much of the media.
The Global Sumud Flotilla never entered Israeli waters.
They are in international waters attempting to reach Palestinian waters.
Israel is once again breaking international law
The Global Sumud Flotilla never entered Israeli waters.
They are in international waters attempting to reach Palestinian waters.
Israel is once again breaking international law
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Immigration is just an excuse for them to be racist.
They don't care that 84% of sex offenders are white.
They don't care that immigrants are no more dangerous than anyone else.
They don't care about 'protecting women' or lowering crime.
They just care about being racist.
They don't care that 84% of sex offenders are white.
They don't care that immigrants are no more dangerous than anyone else.
They don't care about 'protecting women' or lowering crime.
They just care about being racist.
September 28, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Immigration is just an excuse for them to be racist.
They don't care that 84% of sex offenders are white.
They don't care that immigrants are no more dangerous than anyone else.
They don't care about 'protecting women' or lowering crime.
They just care about being racist.
They don't care that 84% of sex offenders are white.
They don't care that immigrants are no more dangerous than anyone else.
They don't care about 'protecting women' or lowering crime.
They just care about being racist.